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Actual Spend

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Written by John Todero
Updated over 2 years ago

This is what the campaign actually spent instead of what might have been budgeted for a 30-day period.

This KPI is very important to take into consideration when reviewing properties to see if a campaign has either overspent or underspent and needs immediate attention.

*An example of a campaign underspending - Daily budget is $81.66 = $2,450/mo

There can be many reasons for this outcome, and a few are listed below:

  • The campaign is out of funds

  • The campaign end dates might not be correct

  • The daily budget is inaccurate

  • The CPC max bid might be too low

  • Impression share might be too high, limiting the campaign

  • Google implemented auto spending using the entire budget for the month

Regardless of the reasoning, any overspending or underspending will result in optimizations needed.

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