Google Keeps Suggesting I Increase My Budget – Should I Do It

Google budget increase recommendations are not neutral advice. They are generated by an algorithm that is optimised to increase advertiser spend. This does not mean they are always wrong, but they are never objective.

You are not alone in this.

Every time you log in there is a suggestion to increase your daily budget. Google says you are missing out on impressions and clicks. The recommendation comes with an estimated number of additional leads. The number always sounds appealing. You wonder whether to follow the advice or whether it is just Google trying to extract more money.

Here is what is actually going on.

Google budget recommendations are generated when your campaign regularly hits its daily budget limit before the day ends. They are not generated based on whether those additional clicks would have converted into profitable leads for you. The recommendation tells you that more budget would generate more impressions and clicks. It does not tell you anything about the quality or profitability of those additional clicks.

The thing most people miss.

A campaign that is spending its full budget every day and generating profitable leads at your target cost per lead is a candidate for budget increase. A campaign that is spending its full budget and generating leads at a cost that barely makes sense is not. The question is not whether you can spend more. It is whether spending more would generate proportionally more profitable business.

The fix that actually works.

Look at your current cost per lead compared to your target cost per lead. If you are comfortably within your target, increasing budget is a logical growth move. If you are at or above your target, fix the efficiency of your current campaign before adding more budget to it.

What this looks like when it works.

More budget amplifies both good performance and poor performance. Ensure your campaign is efficient before scaling it.

How I can help you.

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Ready to fix this?

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