If Your Google Ads Are Not Profitable, Here Is What Fixing Them Looks Like
Real Google Ads Results That Improved ROI and Reduced Wasted Spend
Every business was different. The improvements were not random. They came from careful analysis, experience, and decisions based on real data.

MMA Evolution Gym
125% More Leads at 46% Lower Cost
+125%
Increase in Leads
46%
Reduction in Cost Per Lead
$65 → $56
Cost Per Lead Improvement in First Month
The Situation
A Florida MMA gym wanted to increase memberships but was paying $65 per lead with stalled growth.
What Drove Improvement
- Campaign structure tightened
- Low intent traffic removed
- Budget concentrated on high converting terms
- Weekly performance reviews with targeted adjustments
Performance Timeline
February
Cost per lead $65
Month One
Conversions increased
Cost per lead reduced to $56
Month Three
Lead volume increased further
Lowest cost per lead during the period

Online Women's Clothing Store
15X Return on Ad Spend With 1,500+ Monthly Conversions
15X
15X ROAS in One Month
1,500+
Purchases in One Month
The Situation
Strong brand awareness but weak profitability from paid campaigns. Margins were tight and ad spend was not delivering strong return.
What Drove Improvement
- Shopping feed rebuilt
- Supporting campaigns introduced
- Low ROI products paused
- Budget concentrated on profitable products
- Bids adjusted to increase visibility on strong performers
Performance Timeline
Month One
Performance accelerated
ROAS increased sharply
Month Two
ROAS reached 15X
Generated 1,500+ Online Sales

Bathroom Renovation Company
$81,000 in Sales With 9X ROI
+9X ROI
Increase in Leads
$81,000
Revenue in One Month
$900 Reduction
in Ad Spend While Maintaining Lead Volume
The Situation
America's Bath was struggling to generate consistent leads at a strong return. Lead volume was low relative to company size, and performance was inefficient.
What Drove Improvement
- Account fully rebuilt with new campaigns and ad groups
- Campaigns structured around core service offerings
- Advanced strategies applied specifically for contracting businesses
- Performance monitored and adjusted aggressively
Performance Timeline
Month One
Account rebuilt. Conversions increased and costs declined.
Month Two
Ad spend reduced by $900. Maintained same lead volume
Month Three
Generated $81,000 in sales. Achieved 9X ROI

Grow Sign Company
158% More Leads While Reducing CPA by 83%
158%
Increase in Leads
83%
Lower Cost Per Acquisition
CPA Reduced
from $265 to $45
The Situation
Humble Sign Co. had been running Google Ads for over a year with moderate success. Campaigns were managed internally, but performance had plateaued and costs were high relative to results.
What Drove Improvement
- New campaigns created
- Existing campaigns rebuilt
- New ad variations introduced
- Negative search terms added
- Bidding strategy refined
Performance Timeline
Month One
Account rebuilt. Conversions increased and costs declined.
Month Two
Ad spend reduced by $900. Maintained same lead volume
Month Three
Generated $81,000 in sales. Achieved 9X ROI

Improve Online Sales
1,038% Increase in Online Orders
1,038%
Growth in Orders
273+
Orders in One Month
24 → 273
Order Increase
The Situation
Pink Orchid reached out after the December holiday season following very poor performance from their Smart Shopping campaigns. Order volume was low, and the account structure was limiting performance.
What Drove Improvement
- Full account audit completed
- Major campaign restructuring implemented
- Shopping structure cleaned up
- Ongoing performance management introduced
Performance Timeline
December
24 Online Orders
February
149+ Online Orders
March
273+ Online Orders

Established Law Firm
62% Lower Ad Spend With Consistent Lead Volume
62%
Reduction in Ad Spend
$7,000 →
Under $3,000
The Situation
The Cochran Firm hired me to improve performance on their Police Brutality campaign. Lead volume was decent, but the goal was to reduce spend while maintaining consistent call and lead flow.
What Drove Improvement
- Broad match terms tightened
- Search term report cleaned
- Negative keywords added
- New ads created
- Call extensions optimized
- • Ongoing performance adjustments made
Performance Timeline
Starting Point
Spending over $7,000 per month
Mixed quality leads
Month One
Campaign cleaned and rebuilt. Cost efficiency improved immediately
Month Two
Ad spend reduced to under $3,000. Maintained similar call and lead volume

Multi Location Business
Calls Increased 5X With $40 CPA and 12% Conversion Rate
100+
Monthly Calls
$40
Cost Per Acquisition
12%
Conversion Rate
The Situation
The business was struggling with low call volume across multiple locations. Some locations were receiving most of the calls while others were underperforming. The company needed immediate improvement to avoid serious financial risk.
What Drove Improvement
- Location specific keyword restructuring
- Customized campaigns for each location
- Adjusted targeting based on amenities
- Performance monitored and refined rapidly
Performance Timeline
Starting Point
Fewer than 20 calls per month.
Uneven performance across locations
Week Two
Call volume began rising rapidly. Location balance improved
Week Four
100+ monthly calls - CPA reduced to $40
Conversion rate increased to 12%

NYC Moving Company
90 Leads at $27 Per Lead With 44% Conversion Rate
90 Leads
45% more leads
$27
Cost Per Lead
44.12%
Conversion Rate
The Situation
Veterans Movers was bidding on broad generic terms. The account lacked negative keywords, had no strong calls to action, and was paying high CPCs due to poor targeting.
What Drove Improvement
- Market and competitor research conducted
- Messaging repositioned around veteran owned differentiation
- Conversion and call tracking implemented
- Broad match terms tightened
- Negative keywords aggressively added
- Ongoing search term refinement
Performance Timeline
Starting Point
High CPC - Generic traffic - Weak targeting
Month One
Campaign restructured - Tracking implemented - Negative terms added
Month Two
90 Leads - $27 CPL - 44.12% Conversion Rate
Pro Power Washing Company
This small power washing business located in Florida was struggling to stay afloat. They were using an Google Ads manager who was not producing results for them.
➡️ The campaign had many broad terms and many unrelated terms. The settings were a mess and the ads were poorly written.
➡️ The budget was tight and it was too small to try and stretch it out across the different service types.
➡️ As you can see (dark blue bar in June) the client paid as much as $549 for a lead.
✅ I took over the campaign in January focusing on the most profitable services first and was able to generate 18 leads with the small $50 a day budget.
✅ In February I was able to generate 42 leads while slightly increasing the budget.
✅ In March we advertised all of the services provided by the company. The client saw 74 leads at a slightly higher CPA, but the quality lead was good and they were able to close the majority of the leads.
This company is now receiving a steady stream of leads and is no longer struggling, but thriving!
Shiny Prints
I conducted an audit and created a solid strategy that included optimizations of the campaign, ads and landing pages. I also created a retargeting campaign to capture more sales at a lower cost.
This campaign was spending a lot of money with little results.
➡️ The CPA was very high and the ROI was poor.
➡️ The client had a handful of conversions per month with a CPA as high as $250.
➡️ I restructured the campaign, changed the bid strategy, improved the ad groups, wrote new ads, and calls to actions.
✅ In one month conversions shot up to 77 with a cost per conversion of $44.
✅ The campaign went from a negative ROAS to a
ROAS of over 500%. Which means; for every dollar they spent they were making more than five.
A-1 Auto Transportation
A-1 Auto Transportation reached out to me and asked if I could run a Bing ads campaign for them. Instead, I asked them about their current Google ads account.
They told me that their Google ads had reached its potential and there wasn’t any room for improvement. I debated that and requested to review their account.
I reviewed the campaign and saw that the campaign was actually not being maintained well and there was a huge opportunity for growth.
In one day, I took the campaign from an average of 23 leads per day to over 150! The first few days the CPA was higher than normal, but with a few additional adjustments the campaign is producing significantly more conversions at a slightly higher cost.
The cost per conversion went up from $9 to $10. However, well in line with the company’s target CPA of $12.
Biocide Systems
Biocide Systems was running a shopping campaign that was converting at $137 (red line) prior to hiring me. In order for the company to profit – conversions needed to be under $100.
➡️ I revamped the campaign by adding negative terms, branching out products, and improved positioning.
➡️ We then built out a keyword-driven text campaign to support our shopping efforts.
➡️ I was able to increase conversions while lowering the CPA. At the time of this case study, the cost per lead had dropped down to just
$57!
Just Yard Signs
The client had gone through many agencies and was not happy at all with the performance they had seen.
➡️ They were concerned about the bid strategy set in the campaign as well as the lack of ad groups that had been created.
➡️ Many of the keywords were lumped together into one ad group and needed to be broken out.
➡️ The campaign was performing poorly and the cost per conversion was very high – much more than the average order value. I conducted an audit and determined that several factors were causing the high CPA.
➡️ Some of those were poor account structure, not enough negative terms, times of days, and days of the week that were converting too high and certain demographics converted better than others.
✅ I made adjustments to these areas and others. The result was an increase in conversions (red line) at a much lower cost (blue line).
I lowered the CPA by
110%
while increasing conversions by
102%!





