If you had $100 to start with PPC today, how would you spend it?

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Daniel Emmanuel

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I'm still learning about PPC and trying to understand how experienced marketers approach small budgets

If you only had $100 to start today:

- Which platform would you choose (Google, Facebook, TikTok, etc)?
- What type of campaign would you run?
- What's one mistake beginners should avoid

Would love to learn from your experiences
 
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$100 is not much these days. It wasn't enough back in 2016 when I started either. My suggestion is to save that $100 and run a campaign once you have a significant budget.

You can use that $100 but it won't give you much opportunities to collect/analyze data to improve your campaigns. If you're lucky, you might get a positive ROI but you might have better chances of positive ROI in blackjack
 
I would start with one platform only, test small and track everything. Biggest mistake is spending money without knowing your audience and numbers.
 
I will choose google ads and run a simple search campaign. beginners should avoid changing too many things at once because it becomes hard to know what worked.
 
I'd probably start with Google Search since the intent is usually stronger. Keep the campaign small, track every click, and avoid making changes every single day before collecting enough data.
 
I'd go with Google Search, keep it super niche and don't spend all $100 at once, that's the biggest mistake i see.
 
Instead of spreading a limited budget too thin, I would concentrate Google Search campaigns on one key product using a few high-intent keywords. It's crucial to identify what actually converts before trying to scale.
 
I will use Google Search Ads for local services because the traffic usually has clear intent. I would avoid broad keywords at the start.
 
The only platform where you might get meaningful results for such a small amount of money is Google Search Ads. Just make sure you excluded GDN, Search Partners and use only relevant keywords and all the necessary negative keywords.
 
Daniel Emmanuel said:
I'm still learning about PPC and trying to understand how experienced marketers approach small budgets

If you only had $100 to start today:

- Which platform would you choose (Google, Facebook, TikTok, etc)?
- What type of campaign would you run?
- What's one mistake beginners should avoid

Would love to learn from your experiences
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Go with Google, you can start by setting a daily budget of $10–$20.
 
With only $100, your best bet is running a hyper-targeted Google Search lead-gen campaign using manual CPC so you maintain absolute control over every single dollar spent.
 
@Nameless Knight is kinda right about blackjack if you just run a standard campaign and let Google auto-optimize. if you want to actually flip that $100, go with Google Search but do call-only ads for a local niche. emergency plumbing, towing, locksmiths. set it to exact match, mobile only, and bid on local competitor names. you bypass the landing page entirely so you don't waste budget on bad conversion rates, and you can flip the live calls to a local business for $40 a pop. biggest mistake is keeping search partners and display network turned on... google will eat that hundred bucks in five minutes if you don't watch out.
 
I would choose Google Ads because people are already searching for what they need. I would use specific long keywords to get better clicks at a lower cost.
 
Set up a Meta Sales campaign with broad targeting and just let it run smoothly. My advice is to leave the ads alone for a few days instead of tweaking them daily, which resets the learning phase.
 
I'd put most of the budget into one platform where my audience is most active instead of spreading it too thin. I'd run a conversion campaign, test 2–3 creatives, and focus on collecting data first. The biggest mistake beginners make is changing settings every day before the algorithm has enough data.
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