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A clean Google Ads build: $410K spend, $7.4M back

Jun 29, 2026

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1 min read

A clean Google Ads build: $410K spend, $7.4M back

Most case studies are rescues. This one was built clean from day one. Here's the anatomy of an account that never needed fixing, and what it says about yours.

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Google Ads

Google's Asset Studio makes your YouTube ads now. The angle still wins.

Jun 26, 2026

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1 min read

Google's Asset Studio makes your YouTube ads now. The angle still wins.

One-click AI video is here. Where it genuinely helps, where it flattens performance, and why the batch still starts with a human.

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Google Ads

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Jun 24, 2026

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1 min read

Google's new predictive metric can bid your Google Ads into the red

Google's new predictive metric optimises toward conversions that haven't happened. Feed it the wrong signal and you compound your worst-margin behaviour.

Google Ads

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Jun 22, 2026

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1 min read

Google built an agent to run your Google Ads. It still can't see this.

Ask Advisor connects Ads, Analytics, and Merchant Center into one Gemini chat. Here's the gap it can't close, and why it matters to your margins.

Google Ads

Jun 19, 2026

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4 min read

Google's Universal Cart moves checkout off your store

Universal Cart lets people buy inside Google Search. What that does to your feed, and why the feed just became your highest-traffic storefront.

Shopping

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Jun 17, 2026

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5 min read

Google AI Max is quietly eating your Dynamic Search Ads

Google's auto-upgrade lands in September. Here's what changes, what breaks, and the exact settings to lock down before it touches your account.

Google Ads

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Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Apr 9, 2026

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3 min read

The Most Overlooked Lever in eCommerce Ads

Why your ads might be losing conversions after the click?

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Apr 8, 2026

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5 min read

Why one brand owns 6 out of 8 Google Shopping slots and how to do the same?

7 levers that determine where your products show up (and whether they show up at all).

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Apr 7, 2026

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5 min read

Google just copied Meta's homework, and it might be their best move yet

Demand Gen brings lookalikes, carousels, and a first-party strategy to Google Ads. Here's the breakdown.

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Mar 20, 2026

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3 min read

The Difference Between “Scaling” and “Stressing” a Google Ads Account

Most accounts don’t break when scaling they crack quietly under pressure.

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Mar 19, 2026

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3 min read

Why February ROAS Always Looks Worse Than January

Attribution gets harder before it gets clearer

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Mar 18, 2026

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3 min read

March Is Where Google Ads Tells the Truth

This is when weak systems stop hiding

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Mar 17, 2026

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4 min read

How to Audit PMax Cannibalization?

Are you scaling... or just recycling demand?

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken

Mar 12, 2026

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3 min read

PMax vs Standard Shopping - What’s Actually Incremental?

High ROAS doesn’t mean high incrementality.

Patrick Schenken
Patrick Schenken
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