Advertising SOP: Bulk Negation Tool

Bulk Negation Tool 


Who is this for? Individuals who want to save time and increase efficiency by doing bulk negations.

Objective: This SOP aims to provide a step-by-step guide on how to generate a Bulk File ready for upload for Customer Search Terms to be negated based on the parameters that you can set (Clicks, Spending, and Orders)


Bulk Negation Tool: File 

  • Download:

    • Generate a Sponsored Products Search Term Report (Chosen date range)

    • Bulk File (Any date range)

  • Activate Bulk Negation Tool.xlsm Macro

    • For Windows: Right click > Properties > Check "Unblock" > Click OK

  • For Mac: Open the file > Enable Macros

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  • Open the files:

    • The Bulk Negation Tool.xlsm

    • The Search term report.xlsx

    • The Bulk File.xlsx

  • Paste the files

    • The SP Search term report to STR-Dump sheet

    • The SB Search term report to STR-Dump-SB sheet

    • The Bulk File to Bulk-Dump sheet

  • On Negation sheet, set:

    • Orders

    • Spend

    • Clicks

    • ACOS

      • Sample settings:

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      • Note: Make sure we consider the product price relation to the ad spend when setting this up

        • Ex: if product price is $50 and ACOS goal 40%, the approx. input should be $25 and more

  • Click the Run button

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For SP

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For SB

  • Validate the Results, next is Copy then Paste to Negation sheet:

    • Campaign Name

    • Adgroup Name

    • Customer Search Term

  • Choose between Exact or PhraseNegative match types

    • Filter Negative type column to KW to easily fill out Negative match type column

    • PT must be blank on Negative match type column

  • Copy the Data from SP sheet then paste on a different excel as values

    • SP - Column A to AH

    • SB - Column A to Y

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  • Save the new Excel and upload it to Bulk operations

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  • Others

  • Clear ALL

    • This will clear these sheets:

    • STR-Dump

    • STR-Dump-SB

    • Bulk-Dump

    • Results

    • Negation

  • Optional Clear

    • This will clear the same sheets but there will be a pop-up asking to clear each sheet or not