Marketing · Advertising
Performance Max or Search — Google Ads strategy
When what campaign works better for e-com, SaaS, services. Audience signals, asset groups, attribution, ROAS optimization.
Basic components
- Understanding the problem and the audience — without this, any strategy is off target.
- Current state audit - what works and what doesn't.
- KPIs and success metrics - what does "success" mean?
- Budget and timeline - realistic, not perfect.
- Stakeholders - those who make decisions, those who use it
- Risk assessment - what could go wrong
Steps for implementation
- Discovery + research (1-2 weeks)
- Strategy and plan (3-5 days)
- Quick wins - what can be done in a week
- Core implementation — 4-12 weeks depending on scope
- Testing and optimization (2-4 weeks)
- Launch + monitoring (3 days + ongoing)
Main mistakes
- Perfectionism - better to launch v1 in 30 days than v3 in 90 days
- Ignoring data - solutions without analytics = guesswork
- Skimping on UX - conversion suffers 2-3 times.
- Ignoring compliance costs more than development.
- Vendor lock-in without an alternative plan
- Single point of failure — no backup strategy
What to measure in marketing?
- Conversion rate (current vs target)
- Cost per acquisition (CAC)
- Lifetime value (LTV) - for recurring
- Time to value - how quickly the customer receives a result
- Churn rate - for subscription models
- NPS / CSAT - Retention indicator
Tools
- Analytics: GA4 + Mixpanel or PostHog
- Heatmaps: Hotjar or Microsoft Clarity
- A/B tests: VWO, Optimizely or GA4 experiments
- CRM: Bitrix24, HubSpot, Pipedrive
- Communication: Slack or Discord
- Project management: Linear, Notion or monday.com
Timelines and budget
- Startup phase: 3-5 days, €500-1500
- MVP implementation: 4-8 weeks, €5000-15000
- Production-level: 3-6 months, €15,000-50,000
- Enterprise: 6-12 months, €50000+
- Support: €200-2000/month depending on scope
- Marketing: 30-50% of dev budget for 6-12 months
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