Operations · 30 min weekly

Weekly Paid Ads Review Template

A formula-driven Excel workbook for commercial outcomes, channel data, creative tests and decision ownership.

Direct verdict

The review is complete only when it produces decisions with owners and thresholds. A dashboard walkthrough is not a weekly operating meeting.

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Founder-led B2B teamsIn-house performance marketersClient–specialist review calls
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1. Open with commercial outcomes

Record spend, qualified leads, opportunities, pipeline and revenue before CTR, CPM or CPC. Compare the previous complete period and the same weekday mix. Do not compare an incomplete Monday with a full prior week.

  • Spend and pacing
  • Cost per SQL and opportunity
  • Pipeline created and weighted pipeline
  • Lead rejection rate by source
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2. Explain what changed

Write one sentence for the movement, one for the likely mechanism and one for the evidence. Separate observed facts from hypotheses so the team does not turn correlation into a campaign edit.

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3. Review tests at the right unit

Creative tests should name the variable—hook, proof, offer or format—not simply list ad names. Search tests should identify query class, match type or landing-page change. Record the minimum spend or conversion count required before calling a result.

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4. End with owned decisions

Every action needs one owner, one deadline, one expected mechanism and one success threshold. Limit the weekly queue to the three actions most likely to affect qualified pipeline.

  • Keep / change / stop decision
  • Owner and due date
  • Expected metric movement
  • Reversal condition if performance deteriorates
A historical Google Ads overview showing clicks, conversions and cost over a 15-month period
Evidence, not decoration.Historical account view, values in VND. The template pairs platform trend data like this with qualified-lead and pipeline fields so the review does not stop at conversions.

Practical questions

Questions that change the decision

Should the team review every campaign weekly?

No. Review exceptions, material spend and active tests. Stable low-spend campaigns can be handled monthly.

What if B2B sales cycles are longer than a week?

Use cohort and stage-progression views. Weekly pipeline created is useful, while closed revenue should be read over a longer window.

How many actions should come from one review?

Usually three. A list of 15 changes creates noise and makes causal learning impossible.

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