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Monitor Google Ads performance issues

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 taskPlease generate a report for the 'Winter Collection' campaign showing daily spend, conversions,…+
Please generate a report for the 'Winter Collection' campaign showing daily spend, conversions, and cost-per-conversion for the last 30 days. Highlight any days where the cost-per-conversion exceeded our target of $25.
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 present this performance update to David on Friday, can you help me spot any red…+
Before I present this performance update to David on Friday, can you help me spot any red flags? Look at the 'Holiday Rush' campaign's spend and conversion trends over the last two weeks, and tell me if anything looks off or could lead to questions about efficiency. Suggest areas where we might be overspending for the results.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentMr. Henderson just emailed asking why his 'Local Services' campaign spend suddenly doubled…+
Our client, Mr. Henderson, just emailed asking why his 'Local Services' campaign spend suddenly doubled yesterday without a proportional increase in calls.
Mr. Henderson just emailed asking why his 'Local Services' campaign spend suddenly doubled yesterday without a proportional increase in calls. I'm worried it's a bidding glitch or a competitor pushing up prices, but I don't want to overreact or make an excuse. I can't tell him for sure yet if it's a real problem or just a daily fluctuation. What's the most likely cause of a sudden spend spike in Local Services advertising without a conversion increase, and what's the best next step to investigate and respond to him?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI frequently find myself explaining away unexpected performance dips or spikes to clients after…+
I frequently find myself explaining away unexpected performance dips or spikes to clients after the fact.
I frequently find myself explaining away unexpected performance dips or spikes to clients after the fact, which erodes trust. I'm always reacting to the numbers, not getting ahead of them. What habit should I change to proactively monitor for performance issues and communicate potential impacts before the client sees them?
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.