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Avoid common Google Ads mistakes

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskReview the 'Local Services' campaign and identify any ad groups with fewer than three active…+
Review the 'Local Services' campaign and identify any ad groups with fewer than three active advertisements or keywords with low search volume. Flag them for me.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I launch the 'New Product Launch' campaign, check it for common mistakes that usually…+
Before I launch the 'New Product Launch' campaign, check it for common mistakes that usually burn through budget or lead to irrelevant clicks. Look for things like broad match keywords without negatives, missing ad extensions, or low-quality ad copy, and give me a checklist of what to fix.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentThe 'Seasonal Promotion' campaign went live this morning, and we've spent half the daily budget…+
Our 'Seasonal Promotion' campaign just launched, and it's already spending a lot with no conversions.
The 'Seasonal Promotion' campaign went live this morning, and we've spent half the daily budget with zero conversions. I'm panicking because we can't afford to waste money, and the sales team is expecting results. I'm afraid I missed something critical in the setup. What are the most likely immediate mistakes I should check to stop the bleeding?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI regularly find out about costly campaign mistakes – like wrong targeting or irrelevant…+
I often discover costly mistakes in campaigns only after they've wasted budget.
I regularly find out about costly campaign mistakes – like wrong targeting or irrelevant keywords – only after they've been running for days and wasted a significant chunk of budget. It's embarrassing and impacts our profitability. I need a proactive habit for catching these errors before they go live or immediately after. What's the quickest pre-launch check I should always do?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

Questions people actually ask

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Google Ads's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.