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Hey there, savvy advertisers and business owners!

Today, we’re diving into an eye-opening case that underscores the paramount importance of strategic budget allocation in your advertising campaigns, particularly when utilizing platforms like Google PMAX. Buckle up, because we’re about to embark on a journey through numbers, performance, and, most crucially, capitalizing on missed opportunities!

The Tale of Two Countries: A Striking Contrast

In the spotlight, we have two countries: Switzerland and France. A recent client data snapshot revealed a stark contrast in their advertising performance, despite both nations being targeted under the same campaign through Google PMAX.

Switzerland:
- Spend: CHF 668.31
- Conversions: 73.51
- Conversion value per cost: 8.01
France:
- Spend: CHF 326.79
- Conversions: 3.00
- Conversion value per cost: 0.63

Switzerland clearly outperformed with an impressive conversion rate, while France seemed to lag, presenting an intriguing puzzle: Is the allocated budget being utilized in the most effective manner?

Digging Deeper: Understanding the Numbers

A closer look at the data revealed that, despite the heftier spend, Switzerland’s conversion value per cost soared at 8.01, significantly overshadowing the 0.63 achieved in France.

Now, the million-dollar question: What if the client had shifted more of their budget to Switzerland, capitalizing on the higher conversion potential? Spoiler alert: They could have boosted their sales by almost 50% without increasing their budget by a penny!

The Importance of Geo-Strategic Ad Spending

This case unveils a crucial lesson in the realm of digital advertising: the imperative of monitoring and analyzing performance across different geographical regions. It’s not only about how much you spend but where you spend it.

Regular checks on performance metrics by country, region, and city can spotlight potential goldmines (like Switzerland in this case) and illuminate areas (like France) that may require a strategic rethink.

Guiding Your Path with Ad360

Embarking on a journey to optimize your ad spend per geographical performance? Ad360 is here to steer your ship through the often turbulent waters of ad spend optimization. Our AI-powered platform doesn’t just highlight the highs and lows of your ad performance but also navigates you towards making informed, data-driven decisions, and forces Google to spend your budget in an optimal way by splitting campaigns by geo regions, and optimizing the budget allocation.

Your Turn to Steer

So, fellow navigators of the advertising seas, the horizon is clear: Regularly scrutinize those performance metrics, understand the underlying currents, and be bold in reallocating your budget to sail towards higher ROIs.

Intrigued to discover how Ad360 can be your compass in this journey? Book a demo with us and let’s explore uncharted territories together!

This article continues Frank’s story, after the Part 2 in which Frank discovered ads across the web and mobile to reach more interested customers.

While Frank had moved his Shopify store online during the pandemic, he had spent years building a grassroots local business. All the worldwide web stuff was cool… but he felt he had last connection to the streets he used to market on.

Local Geotargeting changed that. Now, Frank could focus ads on folks specifically in his region.

This feature of Ad360 is what brought Frank’s marketing efforts full circle. Instead of burning money on ads that were shown to people halfway around the world – who could care less – Frank was able to place ads precisely on individuals closest to his locale. Suddenly, old customers he hadn’t heard from since before the pandemic began trickling back in!

In fact, the local groundswell was so big that Frank was able to organize a local event by his old brick-and-mortar location, celebrating his reconnecting with the neighborhood. Ad360 had helped take Frank’s Shopify store across the web, but its geotagging feature had brought his marketing efforts right back home: full circle 😊

Using the “hyperlocal” function on Ad360, Frank was able to go beyond targeting his city – he highlighted his exact neighborhood to maximize his chances of new customers and new sales. The level of specificity made Frank as visible to his neighborhood as any major Fortune 500 company: he didn’t have to burn money placing ads all over.

Every ad focused on the couple of local streets that held his most likely customers. As the bevy of data shared from Shopify increased, Frank became a bit of a local celebrity because his customers saw his ads as much as Walmart or Amazon. When it came to his locale, Ad360’s hyperlocal targeting had made Frank’s Shopify store more visible than the largest companies on the web. Instead of wasting money with unfocused ads across the region, Ad360’s hyperlocal tech helped Frank thrive in his neighborhood niche!

Frank had gone from considering bankruptcy, at the start of the pandemic, to advertising across all social media, mobile apps, and webpages seamlessly. The whole experience became surreal as visitor traffic and customer engagement reached a groundswell of support. Frank was officially back in business, thriving off the visibility and geotargeted grassroots support.

If you want to expand your Shopify store’s online reach while strengthening your connection to your local customer base, try Ad360’s free demo today!