{"id":85949,"date":"2017-03-23T09:26:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T09:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/?post_type=guides&#038;p=85949"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:49:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:49:13","slug":"google-adwords-campaign-planning-optimization-template","status":"publish","type":"guides","link":"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/guides\/google-adwords-campaign-planning-optimization-template\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Ads campaign planning and optimization template"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>How will this Google Ads campaign planning and optimization template help me?<\/h3>\n<p>This Google Ads analysis template is aimed at providing a simple way to plan and review the effectiveness of your Google Ads Campaigns and Ad Groups, using Google Analytics to review key conversion outcomes, such as lead and sale, between two periods.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;It uses the free plugin Magic Tools for Google Analytics - see these instructions for how to install and run in Google Sheets. &quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1061505,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:12,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-textstyleruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:0}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:24,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:126}\" data-sheets-hyperlinkruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:24,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.analyticstraps.com\/ga4-magic-reports-google-sheets-add-on\/&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:126}\">It uses the free plugin <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.analyticstraps.com\/ga4-magic-reports-google-sheets-add-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magic Tools for Google Analytics - see these instructions for how to install and run in Google Sheets<\/a>. <\/span>We talk you through how to customize this for your business account in the 'Read Me' tab of the template.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is this guide for?<\/h3>\n<p>This template is aimed at marketers who are starting to use Google Ads and need to plan and monitor their campaigns, or those who need simpler reports than those available from Google of Google Ads performance within Google Sheets.<\/p>\n<p>To get the full benefit of the template, you should have Google Analytics added to your site and connected to Google Ads, and the Google Analytics extension added to Google Chrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How will this Google Ads campaign planning and optimization template help me? 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