If Your Marketing Isn’t Driving Sales, Fix Your Poor Marketing ROI Now
Whether you're a local service business spending $3K/month on ads or an eCommerce brand with a $50K SEO budget, bad marketing quietly drains profit. Here’s what you’re losing by doing it wrong.
Here’s the truth:
- Wasted ad spend can drain thousands of dollars with zero return.
- Poor conversion rates mean you’re paying for traffic that never turns into sales.
- Weak SEO? You’re missing out on free, high-intent leads every single day.
How much is bad marketing really costing you? Let’s break it down.
3 Ways Bad Marketing is Hurting Your Business
1. Wasted Ad Spend: Are You Paying for Clicks That Don’t Convert?
Average wasted ad spend: 30-50% of most businesses’ budgets.
If your Google, Facebook, or Instagram Ads aren’t optimized, you’re likely:
- Targeting the wrong audience (paying for people who will never buy).
- Using poor ad copy that doesn’t drive action.
- Sending people to a weak landing page that doesn’t convert.
Real-World Data:
- 41% of businesses admit to running ads without tracking ROI properly.
- 72% of businesses fail to A/B test their ads, wasting thousands in inefficient campaigns.
- Landing pages that load 1 second slower see a 7% drop in conversions, costing businesses serious revenue.
The Growth Shark’s Ad Performance Audit finds and stops wasted spend before it drains your budget.
2. Poor Conversion Rates: You’re Getting Traffic, But No Sales
The real cost of a bad website? Thousands lost in revenue every month.
Even if your ads or SEO drive thousands of visitors to your site, if they don’t convert, you’re throwing money away.
Warning Signs of a Conversion Problem:
- Your website gets traffic, but very few people contact you or buy.
- Your forms and checkout process have high abandonment rates.
- Your competitors outrank and outperform you, even with fewer visitors.
Industry Benchmarks:
- Average website conversion rate: 2.35%
- High-performing websites convert at 5 %+
- If your conversion rate is under 2%, you’re leaving money on the table
3. Missed SEO Traffic: You’re Invisible to High-Intent Buyers
If you’re not ranking on Google, your competitors are getting YOUR leads.
SEO is the best way to attract customers for free, but bad SEO can cost you:
- Missed high-intent leads (people searching for exactly what you offer).
- Over-reliance on paid ads (paying for traffic when you could be getting it for free).
- Loss of credibility (customers trust top-ranked businesses more).
SEO Data You Can’t Ignore:
- 68% of all online experiences begin with a search engine.
- 75% of users never scroll past page one of Google.
- Businesses that invest in SEO get 53% more organic traffic than those that don’t.
The Growth Shark’s SEO Audit uncovers ranking opportunities so you can stop losing traffic to competitors.
Find Out Exactly How Much You’re Losing (FREE ROI Calculator)
Want to see how much money you’re leaving on the table? Use Growth Shark’s Free ROI Calculator to estimate:
How much revenue are you are missing due to bad conversion rates
How much wasted ad spend could you recover
How much organic traffic you could be getting with better SEO
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Stop Wasting Money on Bad Marketing – Get Your Free Growth Shark Audit
If your marketing isn’t delivering ROI, it’s costing you more than you think. Let Growth Shark uncover exactly where you’re losing leads, traffic, and ad spend—before it drains your budget any further.
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Website & Conversion Audit – Pinpoint where users drop off and fix conversion bottlenecks
SEO Audit – Reveal ranking gaps and unlock high-intent organic traffic
Marketing should grow your business, not waste your budget. Stop guessing. Start optimizing.
