Same product, same price. Nearly double the revenue at a higher margin, so more than twice the profit, within 60 days of the restructure. August against August, a year apart, so the season is the same.
five campaigns, a few keywords each, every keyword in one place with all of its data
02
Campaign Architect rebuilt it, lean.
From our own search term reports: fewer campaigns, fewer keywords. Every irrelevant term went in as a phrase negative, in every campaign. Every exact keyword got an exact negative everywhere else, so its data landed in one place.
Irrelevant terms
from the search term reports, negated as phrase, everywhere
cheapdiyreplacement lid
Campaign A
cheapdiyreplacement lid
Campaign B
cheapdiyreplacement lid
Campaign C
cheapdiyreplacement lid
Campaign D
cheapdiyreplacement lid
Exact keywords
negated in every other campaign
Campaign A
insulated bottle 32oz
Campaign B
insulated bottle 32oz
Campaign C
insulated bottle 32oz
Campaign D
insulated bottle 32oz
one campaign, whole picture
03
Bid rules priced every keyword, every week.
Our target ACoS was 20 to 30%. Three rules, one per tier outside it, all on the same condition: at least 15 clicks since the last adjustment. Only the ACoS threshold changed between them.
Bid rules · the ladder we run15+ clicks since last adjustment · weekly
ACoS under 20%Raise 10%
20 to 30%Leave alone
30 to 40%Lower 10%
Over 40%Lower 20%
04
Negation caught the terms that clicked and never sold.
Recommended first, approved by us, so wasted clicks stopped dragging good keywords down.
Negation · recommended, then approved30 days · demo data
Search termClicksOrdersSpend
cheap plastic bottleAuto · Loose match
14
0
$17.92
ApproveDismiss
water bottle for dogsAuto · Close match
11
0
$12.10
ApproveDismiss
bottle rocket kitBroad · Head terms
19
0
$21.35
ApproveDismiss
05
Harvesting promoted the winners.
A search term that kept converting got its own exact keyword, with an exact negative in every source campaign.
Harvesting · automatic3+ orders · demo data
insulated water bottleAuto · 5 orders
HarvestingHV
Exact keyword created · negated in 3 source campaigns
Applied
steel bottle with strawBroad · 4 orders
HarvestingHV
Exact keyword created · negated in 2 source campaigns
Applied
bottle for hikingPhrase · 3 orders
HarvestingHV
Exact keyword created · negated in 3 source campaigns
Applied
06
The result, within 60 days.
Nearly double the revenue at a higher margin, so more than twice the profit, within 60 days of the restructure and the rules going live. August against August, a year apart: same product, same price, same season. The Shopkeeper rows are below.
Product AProfit margin
29%38%
More than twice the profit, at a higher margin.
Before29%
After38%
Units532 → 957×1.8
Revenue£7,655 → £14,152×1.8
Profit£2,233 → £5,315×2.4
60 daysfrom the restructure to this marginAug to Augthe same month a year apart, so the season is the same
Same product: the stock figure matches in both Shopkeeper rowsSame price
The source: the same Shopkeeper product row, a year apart, in presentation modeAugust, year one · 532 units · £7,655 revenue · £2,233 profit · 29% marginAugust, year two · 957 units · £14,152 revenue · £5,315 profit · 38% marginPresentation mode hides the product. The stock figure at the left of each row was taken the same day and matches: the same listing.
Product anonymised. The result is ours, from our own account; the rule visuals use demo data.