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Real Results from Real Campaigns

Not projections. Not industry benchmarks. These are actual results from clients who gave us access to their accounts and trusted us to fix what was broken.

Google Ad GrantsNonprofit

GreenPath Foundation

Results in
90 days

The Challenge

A conservation nonprofit with a $10K/month Google Ad Grants account that was underperforming — spending only $800/month due to compliance issues and a poor keyword strategy.

What We Did

Full account audit and compliance review against Google Ad Grants policies
Rebuilt campaign structure around high-intent donation and volunteer keywords
Created new landing pages aligned with search intent
Implemented conversion tracking for form fills and phone calls

Results

Monthly Spend
$9,800
$800
Donation Inquiries
47/mo
12/mo
Cost Per Lead
$21
$62
Account Compliance
Healthy
At Risk
Google Paid AdsB2B SaaS

Stackly (SaaS)

Results in
60 days

The Challenge

A project management SaaS spending $12K/month on Google Ads with a 280% ROAS target but consistently achieving 160%. Previous agency had no conversion tracking in place.

What We Did

Set up GA4 + GTM with trial signup and demo request conversion tracking
Rebuilt campaign structure separating branded, competitor, and non-branded terms
Implemented Smart Bidding with Target CPA after 30-day data collection period
Launched dedicated landing pages for each audience segment

Results

ROAS
310%
160%
Trial Signups/mo
94
38
Cost per Trial
$127
$315
Wasted Spend
<8%
~40%
Conversion TrackingeCommerce (DTC)

Nomad Collective

Results in
2 weeks

The Challenge

A travel accessories brand with GA4 showing 40% fewer purchases than Shopify — duplicate events, missing enhanced purchase data, and zero server-side tracking. Bidding was optimizing on wrong signals.

What We Did

Full GA4 audit — identified 3 duplicate triggers firing on every purchase
Rebuilt GTM data layer with Shopify-native order variables
Set up server-side GTM container on Google Cloud Run
Enabled enhanced conversions with hashed email + phone

Results

Purchase Tracking Accuracy
98%
61%
Reported ROAS
3.8x
2.1x
Smart Bidding Performance
Stable
Unstable
Data Discrepancy
<2%
39%

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