8 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
8 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Worst day

by nocturnal911
7 replies
Hi,

Had anyone ever ran their campaign like this?


It was the worst day in my life. I have two campaigns targeted to one country, i competed against myself and went to bid around $69 cpm. Soon after i realised that i am competing against me, i stopped the campaign at $120 spent. But the adserver was stopped at $748, i got only 9 clicks. Most of my money was spent before my eyes in seconds.

That was really horrible...
#day #worst
  • Profile picture of the author MarcoLoveLife
    That must be bad , but I don't know how adserver not notice your changes , did you have high daily budget? server never deliver more than your daily budget, always stop with some spare at the end of the day.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9102356].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author vask
    Why were you bidding so high? $69 is so mind bogglingly high....

    Pausing a campaign doesn't mean the campaign will end RIGHT away, you might get leaks because it takes time to completely turn off a campaign. If you're bidding at $69 CPM and you spent $748, then it means you bought 10k impressions.

    A 10k impression leak is pretty common especially on big media buys... were you advertising on large volume sites?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9102433].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author nocturnal911
    Yes, that was really bad day for me. I am advertising on very high traffic site which has alexa under 100.

    I started the bid at $4 and as i said, i have two campaigns, i competed against myself,
    4-5,5-6,6-7,...went to $68-$69.

    I noticed the spend variation in the very start and paused it, but the adserver stopped at $748.

    Lesson learned!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9102492].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author vask
      Originally Posted by nocturnal911 View Post

      I am advertising on very high traffic site which has alexa under 100.
      Wow haha, you got some big ambitions. Hope that buy works out for you Let us know how it goes.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9103413].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author pcgun007
    $69 CPM!! You shoudn't do that.. which ads netword and what kinds of products?
    Signature
    Google Maps Scraper with Valid Email Addresses - GMap Leads Generator
    ‿︵‿︵.｡*ﾟ+.*.｡(❁´◡`❁)｡.｡:+ *‿︵‿︵
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9103814].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author JohnnyGood
    Coca Cola budget style xD Ya, many of us been there and done that Tho my mistakes were on lower ad spend.

    Thanks,
    Signature
    BoxOfAds.com PPV Spy Tool - Spy on Leadimpact,TrafficVance,50OnRed - Test it for Free

    BoxOfAds.com Display Spy Tool - You can test it for free Alternative to WRW/Adbeat

    Promote BoxOfads.com Join our referral program!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9104097].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by nocturnal911 View Post

    Hi,

    Had anyone ever ran their campaign like this?


    It was the worst day in my life. I have two campaigns targeted to one country, i competed against myself and went to bid around $69 cpm. Soon after i realised that i am competing against me, i stopped the campaign at $120 spent. But the adserver was stopped at $748, i got only 9 clicks. Most of my money was spent before my eyes in seconds.

    That was really horrible...
    Once, i scraped a ton of targets for a ppv campaign.. i was very stupid and didn't check the list good enough, I ended up with some targets like google, facebook, http, etc. (not on purpose but I didn't check the scraped list well enough)

    I ended up with a very large bill with no conversions, I started getting very picky on my target selection and got very careful on checking my targets after this.
    Signature
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[9105273].message }}

Trending Topics