Paid media diagnostic

When your ads, GA4 or tracking numbers stop making sense

Get a fixed-price review from a Google Ads and analytics specialist who runs paid traffic for his own advisory business too. No theory deck. A clear diagnosis, the likely fix, and what to do next.

  • Google Ads
  • GA4
  • GTM
  • Consent Mode
  • Meta
  • BigQuery
20+ yearsDigital marketing, analytics and lead-gen systems.
5.0 Google ratingBased on public client reviews.
Ads + analyticsGoogle Ads, GTM, GA4, BigQuery and automation.
Own ad spendAdvice tested on live acquisition channels, not just client theory.
What this is for

For the point where the dashboard is not telling the truth

Most PPC problems are not solved by another campaign tweak. They are solved by finding which signal is wrong, missing, duplicated or optimised toward the wrong commercial outcome.

Google Ads performance dropped

PMax, Search or Shopping performance has shifted and the account does not explain why.

GA4 revenue or leads look wrong

Conversions are missing, duplicated, misattributed or disagree with the backend numbers.

Lead quality is polluting bidding

Google is optimising toward form fills, but the sales team knows many of them are junk.

How I look at it

The auction is automated. The business signal usually is not.

Google already has auction intelligence. The diagnostic looks at whether your account is feeding that system clean commercial data: real revenue, qualified leads, consent-aware tracking, offline conversion feedback and landing pages that match the promise in the ad.

Read the Google Ads automation guide
IntentSearch terms, audiences, ads, landing page path.
Find
SignalGA4, GTM, click IDs, consent, form/order data.
Test
ActionWhat to fix, stop, consolidate or feed back.
Decide
Diagnostic scope

What you get back

The point is to reduce uncertainty. If the issue needs implementation, you will know what it is and what the fix should cost before committing further.

01

Access review

Ads, GA4, GTM and relevant platform context. Read-only is enough for a diagnostic unless a live fix is agreed.

02

Fault isolation

Where the number breaks: tag, consent layer, import, attribution, campaign structure, landing page or backend mismatch.

03

Written recommendation

Clear findings, priority order and the implementation path if the account needs a fix rather than just a decision.

Request a diagnostic

Send the messy version. I will tell you what is actually worth looking at.

Useful starting points: ad account symptoms, GA4 mismatch, recent site changes, consent banner changes, conversion import issues, lead quality problems, or "we do not trust the numbers".

Good fit Already spending on paid media, or about to launch with enough risk that clean tracking matters.
Bad fit Looking for free training, speculative agency pitches or an unpaid look-over without a defined scope.