RDN PPC Command Center

Google Ads 794-062-5021 · Reputation Defense Network
Audit of 2026-07-17 · read-only · built by Claude for Chad, Zac & John

Last 90 days at a glance

Numbers below use the corrected definitions: a lead = the HubSpot Lead conversion action only. Deal data joins HubSpot (12-month window). Revenue is understated until sales agents backfill amounts and the banking CSV lands.

Spend (90d)
$28,246
Google Search only
Real leads (90d)
329
Lead action, not all stages
True CPL
$86
interface implies ~$60 — see F2
Won deals (12mo, paid)
89
178 deals created
Known revenue (12mo)
$81,396
+36 won deals unvalued
Search impr. share
10–19%
headroom everywhere
How this page works: every finding has a comment bar. Pick your name, hit Agree or Disagree, write your reason, then Log response — it copies your response and opens the shared tracker sheet so you can paste it into your column on that finding's row. Chad rules on each finding in the tracker. Drafts save on this device automatically.

Campaign performance (90 days) + what actually closed (12 months)

CampaignSpend 90dLeadsCPLDeals createdWonKnown won $Search IS
RO | Search | Content Removal$9,954164$612212$13,531
RO | Search | Reputation Management$9,88191$109226$21,440
RO | Search | Competitor$7,12648$14800$0
RO | Reputation Defense (Brand)$3,45525$13831$1,550

Leads = HubSpot Lead conversion action (90d). Deals/won = HubSpot 12-month window via utm_campaign (RO-era campaigns are ~3.5 months old, so deal counts lag). IS bar = share of eligible Google searches where an ad actually showed.

12-month spend trend

* July is month-to-date (16 days). Red dashed columns = the unexplained Nov 2025 – Feb 2026 dark period (F11).

The truth funnel (12 months, all paid search)

Leads
1,202
57% of ALL RDN leads
→ Deals created
178
14.8% of leads
→ Won
89
50% of resolved deals
Avg valued won deal
$1,536
vs $4,106 for ORM deals
Junk-lead rate
~35%
per sales lead statuses

Findings — agree or disagree, with your reason

Severity reflects estimated impact on lead volume, lead quality, or revenue truth. Nothing here has been changed in the account; every item is a proposal for Zac/John to weigh in on and Chad to rule on.

Exact fix: the malformed tracking template (F6 / R1)

Location: Google Ads → Admin (Account settings) → Tracking → Final URL suffix (and any campaign-level overrides). Two ampersands are missing, so parameters run together and analytics receives garbage values.

CURRENT (broken):
...&placement={placement}ad={creative}&gclid={gclid}&keyword={keyword}&targetid={targetid}extensionid={extensionid}

CORRECTED (add the two & marked green):
...&placement={placement}&ad={creative}&gclid={gclid}&keyword={keyword}&targetid={targetid}&extensionid={extensionid}

Full corrected suffix, ready to paste (verify it matches the live one before replacing):

utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign={campaignid}&utm_term={keyword}&campaignid={campaignid}&adgroupid={adgroupid}&matchtype={matchtype}&device={device}&network={network}&devicemodel={devicemodel}&placement={placement}&ad={creative}&gclid={gclid}&keyword={keyword}&targetid={targetid}&extensionid={extensionid}

Note: the live template writes the campaign name into utm_campaign per campaign — keep whatever utm_campaign convention you prefer, just add the two missing ampersands. After saving, spot-check one ad's final URL with the Ad Preview tool, then confirm gclid capture rate rises in HubSpot over the next 2 weeks (baseline: 52%).