What we've learned the hard way.
Quick tips from 10+ years of building websites, managing ad budgets, and ranking businesses on Google. No long reads — just things that actually matter.
5 things we check first when a PMax campaign isn't working
After migrating 15+ accounts to Performance Max, we see the same mistakes every time. Asset groups competing with each other. Conversion tracking that double-counts. Audience signals either too broad or too narrow. URL expansion sending traffic to irrelevant pages. And budgets too low for the algorithm to learn.
Quick fix: One asset group per campaign to start, verify every conversion action, give PMax at least ₹500/day for 6 weeks before judging.
Your website is probably slower than you think
Most sites we audit load in 4-8 seconds. Owners think 2. The culprit is always the same — uncompressed images, render-blocking CSS, too many plugins, cheap hosting. Google penalizes slow sites in both SEO rankings and Google Ads Quality Score. You're paying more per click for worse rankings.
Quick fix: Run PageSpeed Insights right now. Below 80? Start with TinyPNG for images, remove unused plugins, and upgrade hosting. These three alone cut load time in half.
Local SEO is the easiest win most businesses ignore
If you serve a local area and haven't optimized your Google Business Profile, you're leaving free leads on the table. Most competitors have a listing but it's incomplete — wrong categories, zero photos, no review strategy.
Quick fix: Complete every GBP field. Add 10+ real photos. Pick the right primary category. Post weekly. Ask happy customers for reviews. This alone gets you into the local 3-pack within weeks.
If your GA4 doesn't track conversions, your data is useless
Almost every GA4 we audit has the same problem: tracking code installed, zero conversion events defined. They see pageviews but can't tell which channel brought an actual lead. Every budget decision becomes a guess.
Quick fix: Define your top 3 conversions (form, call click, purchase). Set up as GTM events. Mark as conversions in GA4. Link to Google Ads. Now your ad optimization has real data.
What ₹25,000/month actually buys you in Google Ads
₹25K/month gets you 2-3 focused campaigns on high-intent keywords. Expect 150-300 clicks, 10-30 conversions depending on industry, and enough data in 60 days to know if scaling makes sense. It won't get you broad awareness — that needs ₹1L+.
Our advice: Start with ₹25K on Search only. Don't split across Search + Display + YouTube. Focus beats spread at small budgets. Once profitable, reinvest and expand.
Quick facts from our audits
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