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LinkedIn Ads budget tracking and pacing dashboard template for Google Sheets

Compare your LinkedIn Ads spend vs. budget across daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly views.

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By Porter

This template is built by the same marketers behind all our tutorials, support, and our template gallery.

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Questions you can answer using this LinkedIn Ads dashboard template

  • How is the current ad spend tracking against the budget across different time periods (day, week, month, quarter, year)?
  • What is the current pacing of ad spend in both dollar amounts and percentages?
  • Is the campaign currently underspending or overspending?
  • What is the suggested daily spend to stay on track with the budget?
  • How much of the total budget has been spent so far, and how much remains?
  • How does the daily ad spend compare to the daily budget over time?
  • How does the cumulative ad spend compare to the cumulative budget over the campaign period?
  • What are the start and end dates of the current campaign?
  • What is the current time progress of the campaign (e.g., how far are we into the day, week, month, quarter, and year)?

How to set up this Google Sheets template?

Copy the LinkedIn Ads budget tracking and pacing dashboard template for Google Sheets in one click and automate your reporting

Follow these steps:


  • Step 1: Make a copy of the template.

  • Step 2: Download the extension and authorize your profile.

  • Step 3: Choose the accounts you want to pull data from.

  • Step 4: Use our prebuilt queries or build one from scratch to automate your data collection. Alternatively, you can input data manually.

  • Step 5: Set up automatic refresh to keep your dashboard updated.


Metrics and dimensions included

Customize the template’s metrics and dimensions as you like. See all available Facebook Ads fields.

Metrics

  • Ad spend

    • Daily spend
    • Cumulative amount spend
    • Pacing ($) / Pacing %

  • Customizable charts

    • Predicted spend
    • Campaign budget
    • Budget remaining

  • Visibility metrics

    • Reach (optional)
    • Impressions (optional)
    • Click-through rate (optional)

Dimensions

  • Date

    • Time progress: hours, days, weeks, month, quarter, and year.
    • Status: overspending or underspending
    • By day, week, month, quarter, or year.

  • Audience

    • Age groups (optional)
    • Interests (optional)
    • Geographical location (optional)

  • Campaign

    • Target audience (optional)
    • Ad placement (optional)
    • Ad format (optional)

Features

You can customize your marketing reports directly in Google Sheets with your logo, colors, and branding.
Set up email alerts using conditional notifications when a cell value changes.
Edit all charts and change style values, and then paste them on your Google Slides so they can auto sync.

Utilize functions like SUMIF, VLOOKUP, IF, and ARRAYFORMULA to calculate key metrics like CPA, ROAS, and CTR, automating calculations and combining data fields.

Pull your historical marketing data automatically using our Google Sheets marketing extension.

Filter by date, campaign, channel, and more to get the insights you need.
Set, track, and achieve marketing goals with real-time updates.
Set sync intervals to match your reporting needs, whether daily, weekly, or monthly.
Connect Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more to create a unified view of your marketing performance.

FAQs

A comprehensive LinkedIn Ads tracking and pacing dashboard should provide real-time insights into your advertising performance. Your template should include:

  • Budget Overview:
    • Total allocated budget
    • Current spend to date
    • Remaining budget
  • Pacing Metrics:
    • Spend pacing in both dollars and percentages
    • Breakdowns by day, week, month, quarter, and year
    • Visual indicators for over/underspending

Also, you can include visualizations, such as daily spend vs. budget graph and cumulative ad spend vs. budget over time.

To automate this report, you should include a Google Sheets extension like Porter to allow autosync you Facebook Ads data for real-time data updates.

While this template is designed specifically for LinkedIn Ads, you can use Google Sheets’ multichannel connectors such as LinkedIn Ads, GA4, Shopify to integrate data from other marketing platforms. By combining insights from different sources, you can create a unified view of your overall marketing performance.

To set up email alerts, use the built-in notifications feature in Google Sheets. You can create custom rules to trigger email alerts based on specific conditions, such as when your actual spend exceeds the budget or when pacing percentages hit certain thresholds.

Yes, you can fully customize the charts in the dashboard. You can choose different chart types, adjust colors, fonts, and styles, add data labels, legends, and trendlines, and customize axes and gridlines to match your reporting needs.

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