In a particularly competitive space against big brand competition including: Argos, Ikea, Next and Amazon, incremental growth and efficiency improvements are key. Our objective was to grow conversion volumes within the existing budget.
We inherited a legacy Google Ads account and after auditing and reviewing the tracking, audiences, ad copies and URLs we began restructuring the account. PPC optimisations included:
Account level negative list & N-Gram analysis saw a 5.1% reduction in Cost/Conv
Leveraging our internal scripts we were able to identify high cost and low converting phrases that can be hard to identify using traditional keyword mining tactics. This allowed us to reduced the wasted spend and reallocate to low cost high converting terms.
Campaign Restructure achieved 36.1% increase in conversions
Over the years Google Ads keyword match types and Ad Group functionality have changed drastically. The setup that worked best for advertisers in 2018 is very different to the best practice we follow in 2023 and major updates were implemented in this account. Updated routing negatives, campaign setups, targeting, locations and ad extensions were just a few examples.
Performance Max Campaign resulted in a 66% reduction in Cost/Conv
As a Google Ads Partner agency we were provided access to Performance Max as a BETA test for e-commerce accounts in the UK. This allowed us to test the latest campaign type using Google's recommended structure alongside our Shopping campaigns.
Following the creative, asset group, listing group and audience signal guidance we delivered a significant reduction in Cost/Conv.
Following these initial improvements to the account we regularly implement daily, weekly and monthly optimisations:
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