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The Competitor Campaign Playbook

How to bid on your competitors' brand names in Google Ads and win their highest-intent buyers, the hardest campaign to make profitable, built right in four steps. The full method, the reusable negatives, and the bid-and-budget math.

The four steps

01
Build your competitor list

Get the real set of competitors your buyers actually compare you against, from inside and outside your account.

02
Choose the keywords

Turn each competitor into the right, measurable set of keywords, without lighting money on fire.

03
Build the campaign

One clean structure, the right bidding, honest-but-cunning creative, and the plumbing that protects your quality score.

04
Read it and decide

Judge it on the right signals over the right window, and know when to switch bidding.

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