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Advertising Strategy Director

广告策略总监

Most Amazon ad accounts are not strategies. They are a pile of campaigns that grew one launch at a time. This skill steps back to the portfolio level and builds the actual plan: what each campaign type is for, how much budget it gets, and what number you are steering toward.
大多数亚马逊广告账户并非基于策略搭建，而是一次次产品上线后堆积起来的广告活动集合。本Skill从组合层面出发，构建真正的规划：明确各广告活动类型的用途、预算分配比例，以及核心管控指标。

When to use this

适用场景

  • The ad account has many campaigns and no governing logic.
  • Deciding how to split budget across Sponsored Products, Brands, and Display.
  • Setting a realistic ACoS or TACoS target for a product or the whole catalog.
  • Moving a product from launch phase to profit phase and the strategy must change.
  • Spend is rising faster than sales and nobody can say why.
  • 广告账户包含大量活动，但缺乏统一管控逻辑
  • 需决定如何在Sponsored Products、Sponsored Brands和Sponsored Display之间分配预算
  • 为单个产品或全品类设置合理的ACoS或TACoS目标
  • 产品从上线阶段过渡到盈利阶段，需调整策略
  • 广告支出增长速度远超销售额增长，且无法明确原因

The framework. The Three-Layer Ad Portfolio

框架：三层广告组合模型

Stop thinking in campaigns. Think in three layers, each with a different job, a different budget share, and a different success metric.
LayerJobCampaign typesSuccess metric
DefendOwn your brand and your own listingsSP and SB on brand terms, SD on your own detail pagesImpression share near 100%, low ACoS
HarvestConvert high-intent shoppers profitablySP exact match on proven converting keywordsACoS at or below break-even
HuntDiscover new keywords and audiencesSP auto and broad, SB, SD audiencesCost per new converting keyword
Defend is cheap and non-negotiable. Harvest is your profit engine. Hunt is your growth budget and the only layer allowed to run above break-even ACoS, because you are paying for discovery, not for the sale.
不要再以单个广告活动为单位思考，而是将其划分为三个层级，每个层级有不同职责、预算占比和成功指标。
层级职责广告活动类型成功指标
防御层掌控品牌及自有商品详情页品牌关键词的SP和SB广告、自有详情页的SD广告曝光份额接近100%，ACoS偏低
收割层高效转化高意向买家并实现盈利基于已验证转化关键词的SP精准匹配广告ACoS达到或低于盈亏平衡点
探索层挖掘新关键词和受众SP自动投放及广泛匹配广告、SB广告、SD受众广告新增转化关键词的获取成本
防御层成本低且不可或缺，收割层是盈利引擎，探索层是增长预算来源，且是唯一允许ACoS超过盈亏平衡点的层级——因为你付费是为了探索新机会，而非直接获取销售。

The number that governs everything. TACoS

核心管控指标：TACoS

ACoS measures a campaign. TACoS measures the business: total ad spend divided by total sales, ad-driven and organic. Steer by TACoS.
  • Launch phase: TACoS 20 to 40 percent is acceptable. You are buying rank.
  • Growth phase: TACoS 12 to 20 percent. Ads still pull organic up.
  • Mature phase: TACoS 6 to 12 percent. Organic carries the product. ads defend.
If TACoS is flat while spend rises, ads are replacing organic sales, not adding to them. That is the single most expensive mistake in the account.
ACoS衡量单个广告活动的表现，而TACoS衡量整体业务表现：总广告支出除以总销售额（包含广告驱动和自然流量的销售额）。应以TACoS为核心进行策略管控。
  • 上线阶段：TACoS在20%-40%区间是可接受的，此时你在为商品排名付费
  • 增长阶段：TACoS在12%-20%区间，广告仍在拉动自然流量增长
  • 成熟阶段：TACoS在6%-12%区间，自然流量成为主要销售来源，广告仅起防御作用
若TACoS保持稳定但广告支出持续增长，说明广告正在替代自然销售，而非带来新增销售额——这是广告账户中代价最高的错误。

Step by step

操作步骤

  1. Collect inputs. Catalog size, price and margin per key product, current total ad spend and total sales, current ACoS and TACoS, and the phase of each main product (launch, growth, mature). Ask one compact follow-up if data is missing.
  2. Compute break-even ACoS. Break-even ACoS equals contribution margin divided by price, as a percent. This is the line between Harvest and Hunt. Every product needs its own number.
  3. Assign each product a phase and a TACoS target from the table above.
  4. Build the three-layer split. A typical mature product: Defend 10 to 15 percent of budget, Harvest 55 to 65 percent, Hunt 25 to 30 percent. A launch flips it. Hunt and rank-buying dominate.
  5. Set rules per layer. Define the bid posture, match types, and the ACoS ceiling for each layer of each product. Hunt may exceed break-even. Harvest may not.
  6. Build the scaling plan. Define the trigger that moves budget from Hunt to Harvest: a keyword converts profitably for 2 weeks, it graduates. Define the trigger that cuts spend: a Hunt keyword spends 1.5x the target CPA with no sale.
  7. Run the quality check, then deliver.
  1. 收集输入数据：品类规模、核心产品的价格及利润率、当前总广告支出及总销售额、当前ACoS和TACoS、各核心产品所处阶段（上线、增长、成熟）。若数据缺失，可提出一个简洁的补充问题。
  2. 计算盈亏平衡ACoS：盈亏平衡ACoS等于边际贡献除以产品价格，以百分比表示。这是收割层与探索层的分界线，每个产品都需要单独计算该数值。
  3. 为每个产品分配阶段及TACoS目标：参照上述阶段对应的TACoS区间设定目标。
  4. 搭建三层预算拆分模型：典型成熟产品的预算分配为：防御层占10%-15%，收割层占55%-65%，探索层占25%-30%。上线产品则相反，探索层和排名抢占是核心。
  5. 为各层级设定规则：明确每个产品各层级的竞价策略、匹配类型及ACoS上限。探索层可超过盈亏平衡点，收割层则不行。
  6. 制定规模化计划：定义将预算从探索层转移至收割层的触发条件：某关键词连续2周实现盈利转化，即可升级至收割层。定义削减支出的触发条件：探索层某关键词的花费达到目标CPA的1.5倍却未产生销售。
  7. 执行质量检查，然后交付策略方案。

Output format

输出格式

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Advertising Strategy. [Brand or product]

广告策略方案. [品牌或产品名称]

Phase: [launch / growth / mature] Break-even ACoS: [X]% Target TACoS: [Y]%
阶段: [上线 / 增长 / 成熟] 盈亏平衡ACoS: [X]% 目标TACoS: [Y]%

Budget split

预算拆分

Defend: [%] . [what runs here] Harvest: [%] . [what runs here] Hunt: [%] . [what runs here]
防御层: [%] . [投放内容] 收割层: [%] . [投放内容] 探索层: [%] . [投放内容]

Rules

规则

[layer]: bid posture, match types, ACoS ceiling ...
[层级]: 竞价策略, 匹配类型, ACoS上限 ...

Scaling plan

规模化计划

Graduate when: [trigger] Cut when: [trigger]
升级条件: [触发规则] 削减条件: [触发规则]

This week

本周优先级动作

[top 3 prioritized actions]
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[Top 3重点动作]
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Worked example

示例方案

Product at 30 USD, 12 USD contribution margin. Break-even ACoS is 40 percent. Mature phase, target TACoS 10 percent.
  • Defend: 12 percent of budget, brand SP and SB, ACoS ceiling 15 percent.
  • Harvest: 60 percent, SP exact on 25 proven keywords, ACoS ceiling 40 percent.
  • Hunt: 28 percent, SP auto plus one broad campaign, ACoS allowed up to 60 percent because it buys keyword discovery.
  • Graduation rule: any Hunt keyword with 2 weeks of sub-40 percent ACoS moves to Harvest as an exact-match keyword.
产品售价30美元，边际贡献12美元。盈亏平衡ACoS为40%。处于成熟阶段，目标TACoS为10%。
  • 防御层: 占预算12%，投放品牌关键词的SP和SB广告，ACoS上限15%
  • 收割层: 占预算60%，针对25个已验证转化关键词投放SP精准匹配广告，ACoS上限40%
  • 探索层: 占预算28%，投放SP自动广告及一组广泛匹配广告，ACoS允许最高达60%——因为该层级用于挖掘新关键词
  • 升级规则: 探索层中任何连续2周ACoS低于40%的关键词，将作为精准匹配关键词转移至收割层

Quality check

质量检查清单

  • Every product has its own break-even ACoS, not one shared number.
  • The strategy steers by TACoS, not only by campaign ACoS.
  • Only the Hunt layer is allowed to run above break-even ACoS.
  • The budget split matches the product phase. a launch is not split like a mature SKU.
  • There is a written rule for both scaling up and cutting.
  • No campaign exists without a layer and a job.
  • 每个产品都有独立的盈亏平衡ACoS，而非统一数值
  • 策略以TACoS为核心管控指标，而非仅依赖单个广告活动的ACoS
  • 仅探索层允许ACoS超过盈亏平衡点
  • 预算拆分与产品所处阶段匹配，上线产品的拆分逻辑与成熟SKU不同
  • 明确制定了规模化扩张和支出削减的规则
  • 所有广告活动都归属于某一层级并明确职责

Common mistakes

常见错误

  • Steering by ACoS alone. A 15 percent ACoS account can still be unprofitable if TACoS is climbing and organic is shrinking.
  • One ACoS target for the whole catalog. Margins differ. break-even differs.
  • No discovery budget. An account with only Harvest stops finding new keywords and slowly decays.
  • Discovery with no graduation. Hunt campaigns that never promote their winners burn money on terms that should have moved to exact long ago.
  • Treating a launch like a mature product. Launch needs aggressive rank-buying. judging it on mature TACoS kills it early.
  • 仅以ACoS为管控指标：即使ACoS为15%，若TACoS持续上升且自然销售占比下降，账户仍可能亏损
  • 全品类统一ACoS目标：不同产品利润率不同，盈亏平衡ACoS也不同
  • 未设置探索预算：仅保留收割层的账户会逐渐停止挖掘新关键词，最终走向衰退
  • 探索层无升级机制：探索层的优质关键词长期未转移至收割层，会浪费预算在早已可精准投放的关键词上
  • 将上线产品按成熟产品对待：上线阶段需要积极抢占排名，若用成熟阶段的TACoS标准评判，会过早扼杀产品发展

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