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Budget Pacing: The Boring Skill That Saves Accounts

Rishabh Sharma 3 min readJuly 11, 2024

Monthly pacing reviewed weekly

Every Monday: check month-to-date spend vs target. Adjust if more than 10% off pace.

Daily budget caps

Prevent weekend runaway. Especially important for automation-heavy accounts that can burn a week's budget in 12 hours.

Reserve 10-15%

Hold back 10-15% of budget for mid-month winners. If a creative hits, you need powder to scale it without kneecapping other campaigns.

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