PPC / Google Ads

Ads that convert, not just click.

Performance Max, Smart Bidding and clean conversion tracking, managed with the discipline of an account that has to actually pay for itself.

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Beyond "Boosting" A Campaign

Smart Bidding is powerful. It's also easy to waste money on.

Performance Max and Smart Bidding are now the standard way Google Ads runs, letting AI place and bid your ads across Search, Display, YouTube and Gmail automatically. That's genuinely useful, but it also means an account with weak conversion tracking, no negative keywords or a poor Quality Score just lets the AI learn from bad data faster. The account structure and tracking foundation matter more now, not less.

Industry audits consistently find that unmanaged Google Ads accounts waste roughly a fifth to a third of their spend on irrelevant clicks, and accounts that haven't been reviewed in six months or more often waste even more than that. The waste rarely comes from one obvious mistake - it's usually a combination of broad match keywords catching unrelated searches, a negative keyword list that was never built out, and Smart Bidding campaigns left to "learn" without anyone checking what they actually learned.

Quality Score compounds this. A keyword scoring 10 out of 10 can have roughly half the cost-per-click of the same keyword scoring 5, for the identical auction position - so a poorly structured account isn't just wasting clicks, it's paying more for the clicks that do convert. In 2026 this has gotten harder to manage on your own, not easier: broad match is now the default inside Smart Bidding campaigns, "close variant" matching pulls in synonyms Google considers similar without asking you first, and a growing share of Google searches now trigger AI Overviews before your ad is even shown, changing which queries your ad competes for. None of this shows up as an obvious red flag in the dashboard - it just shows up as a cost-per-lead that's higher than it should be.

The Numbers
20-30%Typical ad spend wasted on irrelevant clicks in an unmanaged Google Ads account
~50%Lower cost-per-click a Quality Score of 10 pays versus a score of 5, same auction position
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Spend Without Clear Attribution

You're spending steadily on Google Ads but genuinely can't tell which campaigns are driving actual leads.

Cost Per Click Keeps Climbing

Your cost per click has been rising even though your offer and market haven't changed.

Set Up Once, Never Touched

Campaigns were built months ago and nobody's actively managed bids, budgets or negative keywords since.

Irrelevant Clicks Draining Budget

You're paying for clicks from searches that have nothing to do with what you actually sell.

Is This You?

Signs you actually need this, not just more advice about it.

If two or more of these sound familiar, the account probably isn't broken beyond repair - it just hasn't had a real audit in a while.

What's Included

Everything a healthy Google Ads account actually needs.

Not a generic package - each piece below is scoped to what your account actually needs. See how that scoping works just below.

Account & Campaign Structure

Clear separation between products, services and audiences, so campaigns are easy to optimise and easy to scale.

Smart Bidding & Performance Max

Set up with clear guardrails, so the AI has room to learn without chasing the wrong audience with your budget.

Keyword & Negative Keyword Research

High-intent keywords targeted deliberately, with negative keyword lists that stop budget leaking to irrelevant searches.

Ad Copy & Creative Testing

Multiple ad variations tested against each other, not one version left running untouched for months.

Landing Page Alignment

The page a click lands on actually matches the ad's promise, which is half the reason most campaigns underperform.

Conversion Tracking Setup

Accurate tracking of both hard conversions and lighter engagement events, the non-negotiable foundation for any profitable account.

Quality Score Optimisation

Landing page relevance and ad copy tightened, since a weak Quality Score quietly inflates your cost per click.

Budget Pacing & Bid Strategy

Spend paced deliberately across the month, adjusted based on real performance data, not gut feeling.

Scope Options

What's included depends on scope, not a fixed package.

This describes the difference in deliverables, not price - we quote after understanding your actual goals.

Foundational
A single Search campaign type, core conversion tracking set up correctly, negative keyword hygiene, and a monthly optimisation pass with plain-language reporting.
Full-Service
Multi-campaign coverage across Search, Performance Max and Display/YouTube retargeting, ongoing ad creative testing, and weekly bid and budget management rather than a monthly check-in.
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The Process

How we actually run and optimise a Google Ads account

This is a recurring cycle, not a one-time setup.

01

Account & Tracking Audit

We check that conversion tracking is actually firing correctly first - a campaign optimised against broken tracking data is optimising against noise.

02

Campaign Architecture Rebuild

Campaigns and ad groups are structured around tight keyword themes, not one broad catch-all group, so Quality Score and relevance can actually be measured.

03

Negative Keyword Build-Out

We build and continuously expand a negative keyword list from real search-term reports, since this is where most silent waste hides.

04

Match Type & Bidding Selection

Match types and bidding strategy (Manual CPC, Target CPA, Maximise Conversions) are chosen based on how much conversion data the account actually has.

05

Landing Page Alignment

Ad copy, keyword and landing page content are aligned, since landing page relevance is one of the three inputs Google uses to calculate Quality Score.

06

Weekly Search-Term Review

Search terms, cost-per-lead and wasted spend are reviewed weekly, not left to run unattended between monthly reports.

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Week 2-4

Wasted Spend Drops First

As the negative keyword list matures and the search-term report gets reviewed, cost-per-click on core keywords typically starts to drop as Quality Score improves.

Week 4-8

Conversions Start To Stabilise

Conversion volume and cost-per-lead take longer to settle, since Smart Bidding strategies need a meaningful number of conversions to "learn" properly before they optimise well.

Timeline

What results actually look like

We won't quote you a guaranteed percentage reduction in cost-per-lead, because Growth Magnet doesn't have a set of verified published case studies yet and inventing a number to sound convincing isn't how we work.

What you will get is full visibility into your own account's search-term reports, Quality Scores and cost trends every week, so you can see exactly where the budget is going and why, rather than trusting a black-box dashboard.

Not sure if your ad spend is actually working?

We'll audit your current account's structure and conversion tracking, free, before you spend another rupee.

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Myths, Busted

PPC advice that quietly burns your budget.

Myth: More budget always means more leads
Reality: budget without accurate conversion tracking or a solid Quality Score just burns spend faster. We fix the foundation before we scale spend.
Myth: Broad match keywords always waste money
Reality: paired with Smart Bidding and a real negative keyword list, broad match can capture high-intent traffic you'd otherwise never think to target.
Myth: Constant daily tweaking improves performance
Reality: frequent changes reset Smart Bidding's learning period and can cause a real dip in results. Deliberate, spaced-out optimisation outperforms daily fiddling.
Myth: Quality Score has nothing to do with SEO
Reality: if your organic presence for a topic is weak, your Quality Score - and your cost per click - suffers too. Google rewards topical authority across paid and organic together.

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Send it over on a free call - we'll tell you honestly what's fixable and what needs rebuilding.

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How We Work

Tracking first, spend second.

01

Account & Conversion Audit

We check whether your tracking is even accurate before we touch bids or budget.

02

Campaign Structure & Targeting

Campaigns rebuilt or restructured around real intent and clean audience separation.

03

Launch & Creative Testing

Multiple ad variations launched and tested against each other from day one.

04

Optimise & Scale

Budget increased on what's proven to convert, reported monthly in plain language.

Quick Glossary

A few more terms worth knowing.

Quality Score
Google's 1-10 rating of an ad's relevance, expected click-through rate and landing page experience - a higher score means you pay less for the same auction position.
Smart Bidding
Google's machine-learning bid strategies (Target CPA, Target ROAS, Maximise Conversions) that adjust bids automatically per auction, based on signals a human can't track in real time.
Performance Max
A campaign type that runs across Search, Display, YouTube, Gmail and Maps from one setup, optimised automatically toward your goal - powerful, but harder to audit without deliberately structured inputs.
Negative Keywords
Search terms you tell Google NOT to show your ad for, since broad match can otherwise pull in loosely related searches that waste budget without converting.
Common Questions

PPC and Google Ads, answered.

How much should I budget for Google Ads?

It depends on your industry's cost-per-click and how competitive your keywords are. We give a realistic budget range after reviewing your market, not a one-size number pulled from a template.

Does more budget automatically mean more leads?

No. Budget without accurate conversion tracking or a healthy Quality Score just burns spend faster - we fix tracking and account structure first, then scale budget once we know what's actually converting.

Should we use broad match keywords or exact match?

Broad match paired with Smart Bidding and a solid negative keyword list can capture high-intent traffic you'd otherwise miss, but only once conversion tracking is accurate enough for the AI bidding to learn from real data.

Will you make changes to our campaigns every day?

No, and that's deliberate. Frequent changes reset Smart Bidding's learning period and can cause a real dip in performance - we make deliberate, spaced-out adjustments based on enough data to act on.

Does our organic SEO affect our Google Ads performance?

Yes. If you're bidding on a keyword where your organic presence for that topic is weak or non-existent, your Quality Score - and your cost per click - suffers. Google rewards topical authority across both paid and organic.

How is Performance Max different from a normal search campaign?

Performance Max lets Google's AI place your ads across Search, Display, YouTube, Gmail and Maps automatically using Smart Bidding, rather than you managing each network separately. It needs clear conversion goals and creative assets to work well, and clear guardrails so it doesn't chase the wrong audience.

Do you require a long-term contract?

No. We ask for enough runway to let a campaign structure and Smart Bidding actually learn, typically a few months, but there's no locked-in long-term contract.

Can you take over an existing account that's underperforming?

Yes, this is one of our most common starting points. We audit the existing account structure, conversion tracking and Quality Score issues before touching bids or budget.

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