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Google Ads Mastery -
Professional Program

Learn to build, optimise, audit, and scale Google Ads accounts through realistic data, live practitioner guidance, repeatable decision frameworks, and portfolio-ready assignments.

DECISION-FIRST LEARNINGREALISTIC DATASETSLIVE ACCOUNT THINKINGCOMMERCIAL OUTCOMESPORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
What this program builds

Know the platform.
Think like a strategist.

This is not a library of button-clicking tutorials. The program develops professional judgment: what to inspect first, what the data really says, what not to change yet, and how each Google Ads decision connects to revenue, profit, pipeline, and growth.

Beginner exercises start with clear signals. Advanced simulations deliberately include conflicting metrics, incomplete information, and commercial trade-offs—just like real accounts.

01

Build with intent

Translate a commercial objective into a clean campaign, ad-group, keyword, ad, budget, and measurement structure.

02

Optimise with evidence

Use account data, search terms, audience signals, economics, and downstream quality to prioritise action.

03

Audit root causes

Separate visible symptoms from tracking, targeting, bidding, feed, creative, landing-page, and commercial problems.

04

Scale responsibly

Forecast scenarios and expand spend, coverage, and automation without losing control of profitability.

The complete curriculum

Eight parts.
One professional pathway.

Move from Google Ads foundations through six campaign disciplines and finish with advanced measurement, optimisation, scaling, automation, and a simulated-account capstone.

01
PART 01

Google Ads Basics

Build the measurement, platform, keyword, and attribution foundations required for every campaign type.

6 modules
Part focus

Build the measurement, platform, keyword, and attribution foundations required for every campaign type.

  1. M01
    Google Ads Campaign Types and Their Essence

    Compare Search, Performance Max, Demand Gen, Display, Shopping, Video and App campaigns by inventory, intent, funnel role, creative requirements, targeting, bidding, KPIs and business fit.

  2. M02
    Google Ads Interface & Account Architecture

    Navigate manager, account, campaign, ad group, asset group and ad views, including settings, goals, audiences, assets, search terms, insights, experiments, billing and reporting.

  3. M03
    PPC Metrics & Performance Mathematics

    Calculate and interpret CTR, CPC, conversions, conversion rate, CPA, conversion value, ROAS, CPM, CPV and impression-share metrics.

  4. M04
    Search Terms, Keywords and Match Types

    Use Keyword Planner, classify intent, build keyword clusters, apply match types, review search terms and create negative-keyword systems.

  5. M05
    Google Ads Conversions and Goals

    Build conversion actions and goals, configure website measurement, test firing and deduplication, and troubleshoot missing or mis-attributed conversions.

  6. M06
    Google Ads Attribution

    Understand attribution models, conversion windows, cross-device effects, click-through and engaged-view or view-through concepts across B2C and B2B sales cycles.

02
PART 02

Search Ads

Design, launch, measure, and optimise intent-led Search campaigns with commercial discipline.

5 modules
Part focus

Design, launch, measure, and optimise intent-led Search campaigns with commercial discipline.

  1. M01
    Search Campaign Architecture

    Design campaign and ad-group structures around business priorities, geography, intent, landing-page similarity, budgets, negatives, networks and assets.

  2. M02
    Search Ads & Assets

    Write responsive search ads and build sitelinks, callouts, structured snippets, calls, lead forms and other relevant assets.

  3. M03
    Search Ads Metrics

    Interpret CTR, CPC, conversion rate, CPA, impression share, lost share, top share and Quality Score components diagnostically.

  4. M04
    Bidding & Budget Fundamentals

    Choose manual, traffic, conversion and value-based bid strategies based on objective, economics and data maturity.

  5. M05
    Understanding the Search Auction

    Analyse Auction Insights and separate competitor pressure from budget, relevance, bid and conversion-rate problems.

03
PART 03

Performance Max

Build and scale Performance Max with stronger assets, feeds, signals, goals, reporting, and controls.

6 modules
Part focus

Build and scale Performance Max with stronger assets, feeds, signals, goals, reporting, and controls.

  1. M01
    Performance Max Role, Inventory & Architecture

    Understand cross-inventory coverage, Search and Shopping fit, asset-group structure, URL expansion, brand controls, location settings and cannibalisation concerns.

  2. M02
    Asset Groups, Creative & Audience Signals

    Build coherent asset groups, prepare complete creative coverage, use audience signals correctly and assess creative fit.

  3. M03
    Merchant Center, Product Feeds & Listing Groups

    Connect Merchant Center, improve product data, use custom labels and listing groups, and diagnose disapprovals.

  4. M04
    PMax Bidding, Goals, Value & Budget

    Select goals, value rules and bid strategies while protecting signal quality and planning budgets around economics.

  5. M05
    PMax Insights, Reporting & Diagnostics

    Use search-term, audience, asset-group, product, channel, landing-page and conversion reporting to find waste and growth pockets.

  6. M06
    PMax Optimisation, Experiments & Scaling

    Create a repeatable optimisation cadence and controlled testing and scaling plan that protects marginal CPA or ROAS.

04
PART 04

Demand Gen

Create visual, audience-led demand with disciplined creative, measurement, testing, and scale.

6 modules
Part focus

Create visual, audience-led demand with disciplined creative, measurement, testing, and scale.

  1. M01
    Demand Gen Strategy, Inventory & Funnel Role

    Define Demand Gen’s role across eligible surfaces, prospecting and re-engagement use cases, objectives and measurement expectations.

  2. M02
    Audience Strategy

    Build first-party segments, Customer Match, website or app audiences, custom segments, demographics and expansion capabilities where available.

  3. M03
    Demand Gen Creative & Ad Formats

    Plan image, carousel and video systems that match hooks, proof, offers and CTAs to audience temperature and funnel stage.

  4. M04
    Bidding, Budget & Conversion Goals

    Choose conversion- or value-focused bidding, account for conversion delay and allocate budget without optimising to low-value micro-conversions.

  5. M05
    Placement, Audience & Creative Analysis

    Analyse audience, device, creative, format, conversion action and available placement or channel views.

  6. M06
    Demand Gen Optimisation & Scaling

    Build testing cycles and decision rules for audiences, creative, offers and landing pages while monitoring incrementality and downstream quality.

05
PART 05

Shopping Ads

Turn product data, retail economics, and query insight into scalable Shopping performance.

6 modules
Part focus

Turn product data, retail economics, and query insight into scalable Shopping performance.

  1. M01
    Shopping Ecosystem & Merchant Center

    Understand product data sources, account linking, destinations, policy requirements and ecommerce conversion tracking.

  2. M02
    Product Feed Engineering

    Optimise product attributes, images, pricing, availability, shipping and custom labels, and diagnose feed errors or disapprovals.

  3. M03
    Standard Shopping Architecture & Product Groups

    Structure campaigns and product groups by category, brand, margin, price, seasonality or business priority.

  4. M04
    Shopping Bidding, Budgets & Profit Economics

    Calculate break-even ROAS, allowable CPA and contribution margin, then allocate budget by product economics.

  5. M05
    Shopping Search Terms & Product Performance Analysis

    Separate feed and query problems from price, competitiveness, conversion-rate and stock problems.

  6. M06
    Shopping Optimisation & Scaling

    Improve feeds, queries, segmentation, bids, targets, promotions, seasonality, inventory and budget through a repeatable retail system.

06
PART 06

Video Ads

Plan YouTube and video campaigns around attention, audience, creative, attribution, and commercial outcomes.

6 modules
Part focus

Plan YouTube and video campaigns around attention, audience, creative, attribution, and commercial outcomes.

  1. M01
    YouTube/Video Campaign Strategy & Formats

    Map campaign objectives to awareness, consideration, traffic and conversion use cases across eligible formats.

  2. M02
    YouTube Audience & Content Targeting

    Use first-party data, custom segments, demographics, audience types, topics, keywords and placements where supported.

  3. M03
    Video Creative Strategy

    Build scripts around hook, problem, proof, offer, brand and CTA, with a testing matrix across aspect ratios and messages.

  4. M04
    Video Bidding, Reach, Frequency & Budget

    Match CPV, CPM, reach, frequency and conversion or value bidding to campaign objectives.

  5. M05
    Video Measurement & Attribution

    Interpret views, earned actions, engaged-view conversions, view-through influence, website behaviour and downstream conversions.

  6. M06
    Video Optimisation & Scaling

    Optimise audiences, creative, content, frequency, bids, budgets and landing pages, and scale based on marginal performance.

07
PART 07

App Campaigns

Acquire and retain valuable app users through sound measurement, creative, bidding, and event strategy.

6 modules
Part focus

Acquire and retain valuable app users through sound measurement, creative, bidding, and event strategy.

  1. M01
    App Campaign Ecosystem & Objectives

    Understand install, in-app action and value-focused objectives, eligible inventory, platform considerations and automation.

  2. M02
    App Measurement & Conversion Setup

    Map meaningful in-app events and understand Firebase, GA4, mobile measurement partners, event quality and deep links.

  3. M03
    App Creative Assets & Store Readiness

    Plan complete text, image and video coverage and align ads, store listings and post-install onboarding.

  4. M04
    App Bidding, Budgets & Event Selection

    Choose optimisation events with sufficient volume and value, then set budgets and targets that allow learning.

  5. M05
    App Performance Analysis

    Analyse CPI, install-to-action rate, CPA, ROAS or LTV proxies, event funnels, geography, device, OS and creative performance.

  6. M06
    App Optimisation, Retention & Scaling

    Optimise events, creative, deep links, store conversion, bidding and budgets around retained, value-producing users.

08
PART 08

Advanced Strategist

Connect account decisions to qualified leads, revenue, profit, automation, forecasts, and executive action.

7 modules
Part focus

Connect account decisions to qualified leads, revenue, profit, automation, forecasts, and executive action.

  1. M01
    Advanced Measurement & Attribution

    Connect ad interactions to qualified leads, opportunities, revenue and profit using enhanced conversions, offline imports, CRM feedback and conversion-lag analysis.

  2. M02
    Advanced Optimisation Strategies

    Build diagnostic workflows across bids, budgets, queries, placements, products, audiences, locations, goals and landing pages.

  3. M03
    Scaling Google Ads

    Model marginal CPA or ROAS, budget headroom, impression-share constraints, target changes, expansion and creative or feed capacity.

  4. M04
    Advanced Account Auditing & Troubleshooting

    Audit tracking, goals, settings, structure, targeting, feeds, creative, bids, budgets and policy status to trace root causes.

  5. M05
    Reporting, Forecasting & Stakeholder Communication

    Report business outcomes, explain variance, forecast results, state assumptions and turn findings into prioritised actions.

  6. M06
    Automation, Agents, Rules & Advanced Tools

    Use rules, workflows, bulk tools and AI agents with defined inputs, guardrails, approvals, human review and rollback plans.

  7. M07
    Final Capstone - Google Ads Account Simulation

    Audit a simulated account, rebuild measurement and campaign strategy, diagnose performance, propose experiments, forecast impact and present an executive plan.

How you’ll learn

Every module ends in action.

The learning loop combines concise instruction, realistic data, practitioner walkthroughs, and an active community where peers and program mentors help you work through questions and challenges.

Knowledge checks

Test genuine platform distinctions, metric interpretation, and the mechanics behind each decision.

Practical account labs

Work with fictional businesses and synthetic data that behave like real Google Ads accounts.

Live guidance & community

Discuss program questions with peers and mentors, ask for help when you’re stuck, and solve difficult challenges together.

Professional capstone

Audit a simulated account, present a 90-day optimisation and scaling roadmap, and defend your strategy.

The final proof

Graduate with a strategy—not just a score.

Your capstone combines a full account audit, measurement diagnosis, dashboard analysis, prioritised action plan, forecast, and a 15-minute executive presentation.

Technical accuracy30%
Diagnosis25%
Decision quality25%
Commercial reasoning15%
Communication5%
Built for progression

Start where you are.
Finish ready to lead.

Career startersBuild a complete foundation and produce evidence of practical skill.

Working marketersReplace scattered tactics with a reliable optimisation and auditing system.

Performance specialistsDeepen measurement, automation, commercial reasoning, and scaling strategy.

Ready to master the account?

Build skills.
Prove judgment.

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