All examples for Budget Pacing Dashboard

Underspending Campaign Needs Acceleration

A mid-month pacing check reveals significant underspending (-23.3% behind pace). Demonstrates how the skill calculates the required daily spend increase (+76%) to fully utilize the remaining budget over 12 days.

Input

What you provide to the skill

budget pacing check - $25,000 monthly budget, day 18 of 30, spent $11,500 so far

Output

What the skill generates for you

Budget Pacing Dashboard

Current Status

  • Budget Period: Day 18 of 30 (60.0% elapsed)
  • Monthly Budget: $25,000
  • Actual Spend: $11,500
  • Status: BEHIND PACE (underspending)

Pacing Analysis

Expected vs Actual

  • Expected by Day 18: $15,000 (60.0% of budget)
  • Actual Spend: $11,500
  • Variance: -$3,500 (-23.3% behind pace)

Current Performance

  • Current Daily Run Rate: $639/day
  • Expected Daily Rate: $833/day
  • Variance: -$194/day (23.3% under target)

Month-End Projection

Projected Total: $19,167

  • Projected Budget Utilization: 76.7%
  • Projected Under-Budget: -$5,833

Projection confidence: HIGH (sufficient data)

Alert: At current pace, you will significantly underspend your budget.

Recommendations

To Hit 100% Budget Utilization

Increase daily spend to $1,125/day for the remaining 12 days

  • Current daily rate: $639/day
  • Recommended daily rate: $1,125/day
  • Required increase: +$486/day (+76.1%)

Impact Analysis

If no changes made:

  • Projected month-end spend: $19,167
  • Missed opportunity: $5,833 (23.3% of budget unused)

If recommendation followed:

  • Total additional spend needed: $13,500 over 12 days
  • Will fully utilize monthly budget

Action Items

  1. Review campaign budgets and identify where to increase spend
  2. Consider expanding targeting, increasing bids, or launching additional campaigns
  3. Track daily spend over next 3 days to ensure acceleration
  4. Recalculate on day 21 to fine-tune remaining days