Onward · Bid Strategies Pack

Profit-First Google Ads Bid Strategies for Ecommerce.

Three connected docs, a live calculator, and a working playbook for restructuring a fragmented account. Built on Google's own documentation, the Croud UK Q2 2024 playbook, Savvy Revenue (Andrew Lolk) and the practitioner positions of Brainlabs, Tinuiti, Optmyzr and Smarter Ecommerce.

The three documents

📘

Bid Strategies Cheat Sheet

The main reference. Decision tree, every strategy explained, the 6 Smart Bidding mistakes (Savvy Revenue), advanced levers, 2026 updates.

7 sections ~25 min read
🧮

ROAS Target Calculator

How to set tROAS targets from real contribution margin. Includes an interactive calculator — type your margins, get your targets.

Interactive 3 worked examples
🛠

Campaign Reorganisation Playbook

Working backwards from a fragmented account: how to consolidate 8–9 campaigns into 2–3 portfolio bid strategies without breaking learning periods.

Staged migration Rollback plan included

Quick reference

The formulas you'll come back to

Breakeven ROAS
1 ÷ contribution margin %
Target ROAS
Breakeven + 20–50% buffer
LTV-adjusted breakeven
1 ÷ (CM% × CLV/AOV)
Target change cadence
10–20% per change, wait 14 days