One-Page Guide

Top 5 SEM Budget Leaks (and How to Plug Them)

Search campaigns rarely collapse overnight. Instead, budgets leak through small, compounding issues that go unchecked. This guide reveals the five most common SEM budget drains and actionable fixes to plug them.

Identify the 5 biggest budget drains in SEM

Proven fixes for each common leak

Protect your budget from platform defaults

Shift focus from vanity metrics to revenue

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What You'll Discover

Platform Rep Pitfalls

Why blindly following Google/Microsoft rep recommendations can drain your budget through unmeasured placements and poor targeting.

Broad Match Dangers

How broad match keywords without proper guardrails lead to irrelevant traffic that kills conversion rates.

Landing Page Waste

The connection between poor landing page experience and inflated CPCs, plus Quality Score optimization tactics.

Attribution Misalignment

Why optimizing for "easy" conversions instead of revenue leads platforms to waste spend on vanity metrics.

The Core Problem

"SEM platforms are designed to spend your budget, not protect it." This guide shows you how to implement the guardrails and optimization frameworks that ensure every dollar works harder for real business outcomes.

Where PCG Fits In

Most brands don't lose money from one big mistake—they lose it from a dozen small leaks.

Audit & Protect Spend

Catch where dollars are leaking (search partners, mismatched attribution, unchecked broad match).

Control Automation

Roll out Google/Microsoft features on our terms, with measurement frameworks in place.

Tie SEM to Revenue

Connect media spend to pipeline, profit, and LTV—so budget conversations shift from "cost" to "growth."

That's how we help brands stop waste and scale smarter.