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When should business owners stop running their own Google Ads?  
When should business owners stop running their own Google Ads?

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Guess I set myself up for these kind of responses. =P I'm also saying from a purely cost perspective. For example, it may not be worth to pay an outside freelancer or agency if you're only spending $200/mo. Might not even be worth if if you're spending $1, 000/mo, as many times an agency is going to charge you a flat fee and a percentage. That's kind of the general guidelines I'm wondering from all ya'll. I know it depends on city, niche, etc.  
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Is your goal to grow? Or to stay where you are now? If you want to stay where you are now then I guess you don't need anyone? If your goal is to grow then the sooner you start to fill the right seats with the right people the faster you'll grow. Your goal in business isn't to do all of the jobs and slowly work your way from job to job. I think it's better to focus on getting good at team building ASAP. Hope that's helpful.  
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Wondering people's take on this. I've talked to some small business owners that outsource once their monthly spend is $1, 500, and I've seen small businesses have their own CEOs (ie. not Google Ads experts) manage a 20K monthly budget. On average, when do you think small businesses should start hiring an expert to manage their ads?  
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@viscountess since the beginning
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When the cost makes sense vs the spend and ROI
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Business owners don't run Google ads.  
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As soon as they stop work in the business and start working on the business.  
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When you feel as if you are too busy to stay on top of everything or if you feel like you have maxed out your abilities.  
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When they have no clue what they’re doing.  
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Never . They need to understands its bread and butter for them only thing is analysis
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What about other channels? Are they working and have positive ROI? In some niches with small budgets you can manage campaign by yourself. It is a matter of time.  
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Hey Jordan, That's a good question. It's something definitely worth discussing. It's a difficult moment to figure out for any business owner because of all the daily work they have to execute. That transition point is key. Here's a way to look at it. Imagine there is a revolt occurring against an evil dictator. The good guys win and they appoint their current leader, Sara, to be the next president. Before she became president she did everything from maintenance, accounting, soldier work, building stuff etc. As she became president of an entire country all these new resources opened up. She now has people at her disposal. She can't stop and build a bridge. She outsources it to her available architect team. It's the same concept as a business owner. How soon are you able to hire, train and have someone proficient in Adwords take over your role? Business owners might have answers like: "but I can't afford a good manager" "I am not profitable enough" Boom! That's another awesome insight. So, now we can ask: "What needs to be done to afford a ppc manager and be profitable enough to do that? " This is where you think about how you can increase your prices or focus on a particular weak point in the business.  
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Thanks for the thoughtful feedback, @laurynlausanne!  
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The number 1 activity perhaps the only activity of a business owner is to generate new business. So when to stop? Perhaps when a real person demonstrates they can genuinely perform better than the business owner. (I am a local business owner)
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I disagree, I think #1 is to lead the team. I reccomend you check out the book Traction :)
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@cher7665 No business No team. Thank you for book recommendation.  
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Guess this question fell on its face. lol I've run into at least a dozen or so small business owners (5-50 FT employees) who have been managing their Google Ads budget. Normally, those budgets are $5K-$20K a month, and these people are either the CEO or VP of the company. I know every business is different. Niches are different. Ads budget is different. Client acquisition is different. I guess my question is -- at what point should small business owners realistically start to outsource their Google Ads? (Looking forward to answers that aren't "Yesterday" or "Immediately" or "They should have already hired me". lol)
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In my opinion, once their budget: A. Is over $3K and B. Their CPC or cost per conversion isn't going down then they should think about outsourcing. Buuutt. if they have a budget of less than $3K, and their CPC isn't tanking and other metrics are positive, they probably won't get a return from outsourcing.  
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