A client came in convinced Google Ads just didn’t work. Budget burning. ROAS at 1.8 and falling T...A client came in convinced Google Ads just didn’t work. Budget burning. ROAS at 1.8 and falling T...
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A client came in convinced Google Ads just didn’t work. Budget burning. ROAS at 1.8 and falling
They’d been overriding Smart Bidding every few days — tweaking targets, adjusting bids, trying to help. Every override reset the learning phase. The account never got a clean 7 days
One fix: stop touching it. Lock the targets. Let it run 60 days
4.5X ROAS. $20K a month. Same budget. Same products
If your ads feel stuck, check how often someone’s been “optimising” them
Great example of how the right mix of Search, Shopping, and Performance Max can turn paid traffic into measurable revenue. A 3x ROAS is a strong outcome—especially for a Shopify shoe brand.