Notes on marketing that
actually pays for itself.

Practical writing on ads, websites and the numbers underneath them.

How to audit a Google Ads account that is already spending
August 10, 2026

How to audit a Google Ads account that is already spending

The order to audit an inherited Google Ads account: tracking first, then waste, structure, bidding and pages, and how to decide between…

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How to launch a Google Ads account properly, from zero
August 10, 2026

How to launch a Google Ads account properly, from zero

The full launch sequence for a new Google Ads account in 2026: demand, target cost per customer, tracking before spend, structure, the…

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Working with a Google Ads agency: what to demand and what to check
August 10, 2026

Working with a Google Ads agency: what to demand and what to check

What to insist on before you sign, what the Google Partner badge actually measures, and four checks you can run yourself in…

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Cost per lead is climbing and nothing obvious changed
August 10, 2026

Cost per lead is climbing and nothing obvious changed

Cost per lead is three numbers multiplied together. The order to check them in, and the two 2026 platform changes that move…

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Bidding on competitor brands: worth it or just a tax
August 10, 2026

Bidding on competitor brands: worth it or just a tax

It takes four minutes to set up and quietly loses money for a year. When the numbers work, what the policy actually…

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Remarketing that does not annoy people
August 10, 2026

Remarketing that does not annoy people

Three settings cause nearly all of the irritation. Segmenting by intent, letting interest expire, and what changed on 15 June 2026.

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Seasonality in Google Ads, and how not to panic in a bad month
August 10, 2026

Seasonality in Google Ads, and how not to panic in a bad month

The rebuild worked, or the season turned. How to separate a bad month from a real problem before you start breaking the…

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Why ecommerce tactics fail in lead generation, and the reverse
August 10, 2026

Why ecommerce tactics fail in lead generation, and the reverse

Products and appointments look identical inside Google Ads and behave nothing alike. What breaks when tactics cross over, and one problem we…

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Google Ads or Google Business Profile: which one a local business should fund first
August 10, 2026

Google Ads or Google Business Profile: which one a local business should fund first

With 500 euros a month, the first question is whether any of it should go to Google at all. Where the free…

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Reading the Google Ads search terms report like a detective
August 10, 2026

Reading the Google Ads search terms report like a detective

Forty rows about a wet ceiling, none of them keywords. How to read the report for intent, what it stopped showing you,…

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