MELLEKA MARKETING

Unleash Your Team — Google Ads Deep Dive

Account 504-101-8747 | Feb 9 – Mar 11, 2026 (30 Days)

Executive Summary

Bottom Line: This account has serious structural issues burning budget.

The account has 9 campaigns but only 2 are active. The Search campaign has ultra-broad single-word keywords pulling in irrelevant traffic. Conversion tracking is inflated — counting social clicks, directions, and engagement as "conversions." The PMax campaign is spending $5/day with a $5.72 target CPA but reporting 924 "conversions" (mostly inflated engagement actions). Meanwhile, real business leads (consultation requests, form fills) are minimal.

Account Overview — Last 30 Days

Total Spend
$577
~$19/day across 2 active campaigns
Total Clicks
7,595
Search: 142 | PMax: 6,772 | Leads UYT: 681
"Conversions" Reported
1,388
⚠️ Mostly inflated — see Conversion Audit below
Blended CPA
$0.42
Too good to be true = it IS too good to be true

Campaign Breakdown

CampaignStatusTypeBudget/DaySpendClicksImprAll Conv
Leads UYT PAUSED PMax $10/day $327.28 681 22,779 84
Search | General ENABLED Search $5/day $131.57 142 2,524 67
PMAX | General ENABLED PMax $5/day $118.25 6,772 53,828 1,237
7 Paused Campaigns (Insurance VA, Display, Leads Search, Discovery, Global Guard CFP, Unleash Rewards, Smart) $0 0 0 0

🚨 Red Flag #1: Conversion Tracking is Inflated

18+ conversion actions are enabled — most are NOT real leads

Google is optimizing toward junk conversions. The account counts Facebook clicks, LinkedIn clicks, map directions, and generic page views as "conversions." This means the smart bidding algorithm thinks it's getting $0.42 conversions when it's really just counting someone clicking a social icon.

Conversion ActionTypeCategoryStatusVerdict
Contact UsGA4 CustomContactENABLEDKEEP
request_a_consultationGA4 CustomRequest QuoteENABLEDKEEP
Booking_submittedGA4 CustomDefaultENABLEDKEEP
phone_clickGA4 CustomPhone CallENABLEDMAYBE — useful but secondary
ads_conversion_Sign_up_1GA4 CustomSignupENABLEDKEEP
facebook_clickGA4 CustomContactENABLEDREMOVE
linkedin_clickGA4 CustomContactENABLEDREMOVE
Local actions - DirectionsGoogle HostedDirectionsENABLEDREMOVE
Clicks to callGoogle HostedContactENABLEDREVIEW — duplicate?
Smart campaign ad clicks to callSmart CampaignContactENABLEDREMOVE
Smart campaign map clicks to callSmart CampaignContactENABLEDREMOVE
Smart campaign map directionsSmart CampaignDirectionsENABLEDREMOVE
Calls from Smart Campaign AdsSmart CampaignPhone CallENABLEDREMOVE
Website call button clicksGA4 CustomDefaultENABLEDREVIEW — may duplicate phone_click
Page viewGA4 CustomPage ViewENABLEDREMOVE
Session startGA4 CustomPage ViewENABLEDHIDDEN already

Recommendation: Strip down to 3-4 primary conversions

  • Keep: Contact Us, request_a_consultation, Booking_submitted, ads_conversion_Sign_up_1
  • Secondary (observe only): phone_click, Website call button clicks
  • Remove from bidding: Everything else — facebook_click, linkedin_click, Directions, all Smart Campaign conversions, Page view
  • Impact: Once cleaned up, the "real" conversion count will drop dramatically but bidding will optimize toward ACTUAL leads

🚨 Red Flag #2: Dangerously Broad Keywords

The Search | General campaign has single-word BROAD match keywords

These keywords will match literally anything remotely related. "Employment" on BROAD will trigger for "unemployment benefits," "employment lawyer," "employment verification," etc. This is why the account is wasting money on irrelevant searches.

Current Keywords in Search | General

ENABLED — Dangerously Broad (should be paused or restructured):

employment (BROAD) work (BROAD) recruitment (BROAD) hiring (BROAD) application (BROAD) recruiter (BROAD) resume (BROAD)

PAUSED — Previously Active (better but still broad):

virtual assistant services (BROAD) — $30, 33 clicks, 22 all_conv virtual assistant company (BROAD) — $15.95, 12 clicks, 15 all_conv remote virtual assistant (BROAD) — $14.74, 17 clicks, 5 all_conv virtual assistant staffing agency (BROAD) — $13.05, 8 clicks, 3 all_conv virtual admin assistant (BROAD) — $15.32, 6 clicks, 0 all_conv outsource virtual assistant (BROAD) — $4.09, 3 clicks, 4 all_conv real estate virtual assistant (BROAD)

The Problem:

  • The good VA-specific keywords are ALL PAUSED
  • The currently ENABLED keywords are generic single-word terms that match everything
  • "work" on BROAD will match: "work from home," "how does wifi work," "workout routine," "work permit" — anything with "work"
  • "application" matches: "college application," "app download," "application status," "job application form"
  • "resume" matches: "resume template," "resume builder free," "how to write a resume"
  • This is likely why Search spend dropped to almost $0 this week — Google can't find quality traffic with these garbage keywords at $5/day

🚨 Red Flag #3: Wasted Spend on Irrelevant Search Terms

Top Wasted Search Terms (Clicks, $0 Conversions)

Search TermClicksCostConvIssue
virtual administrative assistant jobs canada2$12.580Job seeker, wrong country
our assistants2$3.390Vague/irrelevant
freelancers1$2.690Wrong service type
aerotek staffing1$2.650Competitor search
nexgen agency1$2.460Competitor search
virtual assistant jobs canada1$2.200Job seeker, wrong country
manpower usa1$2.170Competitor search
7 virtual assistant services3$1.930Listicle research
virtual assistant jobs charlotte nc1$1.920Job seeker
stealth agents1$1.870Competitor search
outsource accelerator1$1.690Competitor search
virtual assistant jobs in us1$1.300Job seeker

Competitor Searches That DID Convert (but shouldn't be paying for)

Search TermClicksCostConvStatus
cyberbacker13$8.476Already EXCLUDED ✓
abacus staffing service2$4.293Already EXCLUDED ✓
axis talent solutions1$3.333Already EXCLUDED ✓

Good — competitor names are being excluded. But new competitors keep leaking through.

Potentially Good Search Terms

Search TermClicksCostAll ConvCPA
virtual assistant jobs in usa2$3.835$0.77
remote virtual assistant17$14.745$2.95
outsource virtual assistant3$4.094$1.02
virtual assistant company12$15.9515$1.06
virtual assistant services33$30.0222$1.36

⚠️ These CPAs look incredible because conversions are inflated. Real lead CPA is likely 5-10x higher.

🚨 Red Flag #4: Search Campaign Nearly Dead This Week

Last 7 Days (Mar 4-11)

Search Spend
$2.50
Search Clicks
3
PMax Spend
$35.49
PMax Clicks
54

Previous 7 Days (Feb 25 - Mar 3)

Search Spend
$42.39
Search Clicks
53
PMax Spend
$36.87
PMax Clicks
36

Search dropped 94% in one week: $42 → $2.50

The VA-specific keywords were paused, leaving only garbage single-word terms. Google's algorithm recognized these don't convert and stopped serving the ads. The PMax campaign is carrying the entire account at $5/day.

PMax | General — Deep Dive

Budget
$5/day
Target CPA
$5.72
30-Day Spend
$118.25
"All Conversions"
1,237
$0.10 "CPA" — obviously inflated

PMax is reporting 1,237 conversions on $118 spend

That's a $0.10 CPA, which is impossible for a B2B staffing service. PMax is optimizing toward the junk conversion actions (page views, social clicks, map directions). Once conversion tracking is cleaned up, PMax performance will look very different — and the $5.72 target CPA may be too aggressive for real leads.

PMax Negative Keywords (8 total)

temp define receptionist assistant [exact] asistente [exact] aspect workforce management [exact] talent crowd [exact]

Only 8 negatives on PMax. Needs way more to filter out job seekers, competitors, and irrelevant traffic.

Current Negative Keywords — Search | General

The campaign has a decent set of negatives already. Key ones: jobs, personal, real estate, freelancers, entry level job, part time job, job opening(s), career, salary, hire me, full time job, work from home, train. Some are duplicated in both BROAD and EXACT.

What's Missing From Negatives

  • More competitors: aerotek, manpower, nexgen, stealth agents, outsource accelerator, belay, time etc, prialto, fancy hands, woodbows
  • Job seekers: canada, charlotte, remote jobs, looking for work, applying, interview, certification
  • Wrong intent: free, cheap, cost, pricing, how to become, definition, meaning, wikipedia, reddit, what is
  • Wrong services: personal assistant, executive assistant, AI assistant, chatbot, software, app

Ad Copy Review — Search | General RSA

The ad is INSURANCE-focused but serving on general VA searches

All 4 pinned Headline 1 options are insurance-specific: "Virtual Insurance Assistants," "Insurance VA Specialists," "Insurance Agent Assistant," "Virtual Assistant Company." The campaign keywords are generic ("employment," "work," "hiring") but the ad screams insurance. This mismatch kills CTR and Quality Score.

Pinned H1 OptionsIssue
Virtual Insurance AssistantsInsurance-specific
Insurance VA SpecialistsInsurance-specific
Insurance Agent AssistantInsurance-specific
Virtual Assistant CompanyGeneral — good

Final URL: unleashyourteam.net — this is the homepage, not a dedicated landing page.

SEO Context

Organic Keywords
27
Organic Traffic
2/mo
Domain Rank
10.8M
Essentially invisible organically

With virtually zero organic presence, paid ads are the only traffic driver. This makes getting the ad account right even more critical — there's no organic safety net.

🎯 Priority Action Plan

  1. Fix Conversion Tracking (URGENT)
    Remove facebook_click, linkedin_click, Directions, all Smart Campaign conversions, Page view, and Session start from primary conversions. Keep only: Contact Us, request_a_consultation, Booking_submitted, Sign_up_1, and phone_click as secondary. This will cause a temporary "drop" in reported conversions but will fix the bidding algorithm.
  2. Restructure Search | General Keywords
    Pause ALL single-word keywords immediately (employment, work, hiring, recruitment, application, recruiter, resume). Re-enable the VA-specific keywords: virtual assistant services, virtual assistant company, remote virtual assistant, virtual assistant staffing agency, outsource virtual assistant. Switch from BROAD to PHRASE match. Create tightly themed ad groups: (1) Virtual Assistant Services, (2) Insurance Virtual Assistants, (3) Outsourced Staffing.
  3. Add 30+ Negative Keywords to Both Campaigns
    Competitors (aerotek, manpower, nexgen, stealth agents, outsource accelerator, belay, prialto), job seekers (canada, remote jobs, looking for work, applying, interview, certification, resume template), wrong intent (free, cheap, how to become, definition, reddit, wikipedia, AI assistant, chatbot, software).
  4. Fix Ad Copy — Remove Insurance Pinning or Create Separate Ad Groups
    Either: (a) Create a separate "Insurance VA" ad group with insurance keywords + insurance-focused ad copy, or (b) Remove the insurance-specific pinned headlines from the general RSA and replace with broader VA headlines. The current mismatch tanks Quality Score.
  5. Increase Budget After Fixes
    $5/day per campaign is too low for meaningful data. After cleaning up conversions and keywords, increase Search to $10-15/day and PMax to $10/day. Review after 2 weeks. Increase PMax target CPA from $5.72 to $15-25 (realistic for B2B VA leads).
  6. Create Dedicated Landing Page
    The ad currently sends to the homepage. Build a conversion-focused landing page with: clear value prop, services offered (VA specialties), testimonials, simple form (Name, Email, Company, VA needs), strong CTA. This alone could double conversion rates.
  7. Evaluate Re-enabling "Leads UYT" PMax After Conversion Fix
    Leads UYT was paused after spending $327 with 84 "all conversions." After conversion tracking is cleaned up, reconsider enabling this with realistic targeting. It was getting 681 clicks at $0.48 CPC which is solid for a PMax campaign.

💰 Estimated Impact

Wasted Spend Estimate

Based on search term analysis, approximately 30-40% of Search spend goes to irrelevant terms (competitors, job seekers, vague queries). On the current ~$131/mo Search spend, that's ~$40-50/mo wasted. On PMax, harder to quantify but likely 20-30% goes to junk placements.

After Optimization

With clean conversion tracking + proper keywords + higher budget, expect: real lead CPA of $15-30 (industry standard for B2B staffing), 3-8 qualified leads/month on a $300-500/mo budget, and clear attribution of which campaigns actually drive business.

Account Cleanup — Paused Campaigns

CampaignTypeBudget SetNotes
Insurance Virtual Assistant ServicesSmart$100/dayOld smart campaign. Has good negatives but $100/day budget is dangerously high if accidentally enabled.
Dispay Ad 01092025Display$51/dayLikely underperforming display. Misspelled name.
Leads-Search-CampaignSearch$15/dayOld search campaign, superseded by Search | General
Discovery Gen - 2025-03-21Demand Gen$35/dayNever got traction
Global Guard CFPSearch$70/day⚠️ Why is a Global Guard campaign in this account?
Unleash RewardsSearch$10/dayRewards program promo — keep paused

⚠️ Global Guard CFP Campaign at $70/day

There's a "Global Guard CFP" campaign with a $70/day budget sitting paused in the Unleash account. This is for a different client. If someone accidentally enables it, it'll burn $2,100/month in the wrong account. Recommend removing it entirely.