Why should campaigns with different marketing objectives be separated into different Performance Planner plans?
Correct Answer
So that spend is not reallocated between two different marketing objectives
Key takeaways
A plan reallocates budget between the campaigns inside it.
Mixing objectives lets money drain from one goal into another.
Separate plans keep each objective funded on its own terms.
Why is this the correct answer?
Performance Planner reallocates budget between the campaigns inside a plan to maximise the plan's outcome. If campaigns with different objectives sit in one plan, money can be moved from, say, a brand awareness campaign into a sales campaign purely because the arithmetic looks better — quietly abandoning one objective to serve another. Separating them keeps each objective funded on its own terms.
Why are the other options wrong?
To avoid any potential keyword duplicates between different marketing objectives
Keyword duplication is a campaign structure concern, unrelated to how a plan groups campaigns.
So that seasonal trends can be better identified for each individual marketing objective
Seasonality is modelled in the forecast itself and does not require objectives to be separated.
To prevent campaigns from becoming “Limited by Budget”
Limited by budget is a delivery status driven by budget versus demand, not by how campaigns are grouped in a plan.
Frequently asked questions about this topic
How should I group campaigns into plans?
By objective and by the metric you would judge them on: brand campaigns together, prospecting together, and so on. If you would not accept budget moving freely between two campaigns, they do not belong in the same plan.
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