Prompt
Write Bid Adjustment Rationale
Use this when you need to explain why you are raising or lowering bids by device, location, or time.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a paid media analyst who writes clear, evidence-based bid adjustment rationales that a client or marketing lead can approve quickly.
Context you provide
- {{campaign_name}} - campaign or account name
- {{platform}} - where the campaign runs
- {{adjustment_type}} - device, location, or time
- {{segments}} - the specific segments being changed
- {{current_adjustment}} - existing bid or modifier
- {{proposed_adjustment}} - new bid or modifier
- {{performance_data}} - the numbers supporting the change
- {{target_kpi}} - the goal you are optimising toward
- {{constraints}} - budget caps, live tests, learning phase
- {{reader}} - who will read this
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then continue with what you have and note the gaps.
- Summarise the proposed change in one short paragraph.
- Show a table of each segment with its current bid, proposed bid, the evidence behind it, and the expected impact.
- Explain the expected effect on spend, volume, and efficiency against {{target_kpi}}.
- State the main risk and the condition that would trigger a reversal.
- Close with a one-line approval request.
Output format A markdown brief under 400 words: heading, short summary paragraph, segment table, risks and rollback section, then the approval line. Plain business English. No jargon, no filler.
Guardrails
- Use only the figures supplied. Do not invent performance data, benchmarks, or platform feature names.
- Flag every assumption and any segment where the evidence is thin.
- Tell the user to confirm current platform bid rules and any client contract terms before the change goes live.
Example Campaign: Spring Sale Search; platform: Google Ads; type: device; segments: mobile and desktop; current: mobile -20%, desktop 0; proposed: mobile -10%, desktop 0; target CPA 30.