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Why your reports look great and your bank account does not

Nobody has to fabricate anything to make a mediocre account look good.

1. Blended numbers including brand

Brand traffic converts enormously and was mostly coming anyway. Blended into one figure, it lifts everything.

2. Platform-reported conversions

Google counts view-through, modelled and cross-device conversions. All legitimate, none the same as orders in your admin.

3. ROAS without margin

3.1x sounds good until you know your break-even is 3.3x.

4. Percentage growth on small bases

"Up 180%" on a campaign that spends 4% of the account is a rounding error dressed as a headline.

The fix

Ask for four numbers: non-brand spend, non-brand revenue reconciled to the store, ROAS against your break-even, and what changed this month. If those cannot be produced quickly, that is the answer.

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