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[D] Data Analytics · Block 01 — Hero
Google Ads
Setup & Tracking
Google Ads optimises toward the conversion signals you give it. If those signals are wrong, the algorithm learns the wrong thing — at your expense.
What’s included
Block 02 — The Problem
Smart Bidding is only as smart as the data it learns from.
An account optimising toward a GA4 goal that fires on page load rather than form submission is spending budget to drive users to a page, not to convert them. An account without enhanced conversions is operating with modelled conversion data that underrepresents true conversion volume.
Block 03 — Our Approach
Correct conversion data. Correct bid signals. Correct outcomes.
Conversion tracking audit: Every conversion action reviewed — firing correctly, deduplicating accurately, and mapping to actual business outcomes
Enhanced conversions setup: First-party data matching to improve conversion measurement accuracy for iOS and privacy-restricted environments
Value-based bidding configuration: Conversion values assigned correctly so Smart Bidding optimises for revenue, not just conversion volume
GA4 and Google Ads linking: Bidirectional data flow between GA4 and Google Ads — audiences, conversions, and attribution aligned
Audience signal configuration: Customer match lists, remarketing audiences, and similar audiences configured for Smart Bidding signal input
Block 04 — What You Get
Google Ads running on data you can trust.
Conversion Tracking Audit
Every conversion action reviewed and corrected — firing on the right event, deduplicating correctly
Enhanced Conversions
First-party matching improving conversion accuracy across privacy-restricted environments
Value Assignment
Revenue-based conversion values enabling Smart Bidding to optimise for margin, not volume
GA4 Linking
Cross-channel attribution and audience sharing between GA4 and Google Ads
Audience Setup
Remarketing and customer match audiences live and feeding bidding signals
Block 05 — Cost of Delay
Every day Smart Bidding runs on incorrect conversion data is a day it is learning the wrong optimisation pattern.
Google’s bidding algorithms require a learning period. An algorithm that has spent weeks learning from incorrect conversion signals has accumulated a learned bias toward the wrong outcomes. Early correction is significantly cheaper than late correction.
Smart Bidding on bad data is learning the wrong thing. A conversation costs nothing.
One conversion tracking audit takes one engagement. What it recovers in campaign efficiency typically pays for it within the first month.