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Stop wasting money on Google Ads

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 taskPause all keywords in the 'Generic Search' ad group that have received zero clicks in the last…+
Pause all keywords in the 'Generic Search' ad group that have received zero clicks in the last 30 days and have spent more than $5.
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 acceptOur 'Brand Awareness' campaign is spending too much for the results it's getting. Analyze the…+
Our 'Brand Awareness' campaign is spending too much for the results it's getting. Analyze the last 30 days and identify the top three areas where we're wasting money, such as irrelevant search terms, poorly performing ad groups, or inefficient bidding strategies. Suggest specific actions to reduce waste without cutting reach too much.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentIt's only the 15th, and the 'Lead Generation' campaign has already burned through 80% of its…+
Our monthly budget for the 'Lead Generation' campaign is almost gone, and it's only the 15th.
It's only the 15th, and the 'Lead Generation' campaign has already burned through 80% of its monthly budget, with conversion rates lower than expected. My boss, David, is going to be furious about the overspend and the lack of leads. I don't know where the money is going so fast. What are the immediate steps I can take to identify the biggest budget sinks and stop the waste before the end of the month?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI'm always finding hidden budget drains in our campaigns, like keywords that spend a lot but…+
I constantly feel like I'm throwing money away on underperforming parts of campaigns.
I'm always finding hidden budget drains in our campaigns, like keywords that spend a lot but never convert, or advertisements that get clicks but no sales. It feels like I'm constantly reacting to wasted spend instead of preventing it. I need a better habit for regularly identifying and eliminating these money pits before they become a problem. What's the most effective weekly check I can do to stop wasting money?
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.