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Google Ads expert and Premier Google Partner Chris Schaeffer talk pay per click, Google Ads, online marketing, and how to advertise your business effectively. This podcast helps business owners, digital marketing agency employees, and pay per click freelancers make the most of their Google AdWords budgets. New episodes come out every Monday, and ask your Google Ads questions at www.paidsearchpodcast.com
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This week Chris Schaeffer discusses 5 specific tips to take a campaign from stale to stellar! Learn how most campaigns stay in "phase 2" and never make it to "phase 3". Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com
In this episode, we break down how to spot and stop spam traffic and leads before they drain your budget. We cover the risks of leaving Search Partners and Display Network wide open, including mobile apps, ad farm sites, and suspiciously high CTRs. You’ll learn why location targeting should be set to “people in or regularly in your targeted area” and why “interested in” leads to bad traffic, especially with Search Partners. We also dive into shady search terms like competitor names, phone num...
Let's talk about brand keywords and why they are the most dangerous and most abused traffic in Google Ads. We're answering emails from listeners today and we've got some good ones! From bid strategies to search campaigns to performance max we cover it all in this week's episode about Google Ads. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PkihXZ5FulY Submit a Question - https://www.pa...
What will Google look like 5 years from now? This week Chris Schaeffer discusses how AI will change the way people search and gather information and what that means for PPC managers. Also Chris discusses the right way to use audiences in Google Ads. If you aren't using audiences in your search campaigns this episode is critically important for you to hear! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: ht...
There is a scam going around to Google Ads managers that could cause some major destruction for anyone that is caught by the scammers. In this episode of the Paid Search Podcast Chris Schaeffer talks about how to avoid scammers and a very important issue around Google Ads automation and how to build a successful campaign when that automation fails. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://yo...
Let's talk about quality score, bidding, and competitor campaigns! This week we dive into a discussion on some of the more complicated factors in Google Ads that throw many advertisers for a loop. And especially the always complex decision of whether or not to target your competitors in PPC. Let's talk about that! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com/ Watch this episode on YouTube: ht...
If you are having issues with a campaign on Google Ads that continues to offer no results, no conversions, and no sales today's episode can help solve that problem. Chris Schaeffer discusses the 4 levels of failure in Google Ads that most advertisers experience at some point. Learn how to audit your own campaign and find the solution to your broken campaigns! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube...
This week Chris Schaeffer answers questions about Google Ads from listeners. He discusses how to manage accounts that use automated bidding, a question about the Display network, and how to properly structure your Google Ads account for success. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iout4Jkq670 Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com
This week Joey Bidner does a deep dive into a Google Ads account that focuses on e-commerce and local "foot traffic" searches to drive sales. Learn all about strategies to manage different types of searches to drive a wide variety of traffic for a winning set of campaigns! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com/ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Hfqpnksrp9o Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com
Joey Bidner discusses what Google Ads advertisers need to know about consent mode. You’ll learn why it is important for any website utilizing paid ads on Google! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Concent Mode Partner Support: https://cmppartnerprogram.withgoogle.com/ Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com/ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C1_3tOwwHTQ Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com
Do you know the right time to increase your budget? Is your budget causing your campaign to fail? In this week's episode Chris Schaeffer discusses a new principle that new Google Ads advertisers must understand about choosing the right budget in Google Ads. If you budget is too small it can actually keep you from getting conversions! Let's talk about it! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: http...
This week Chris Schaeffer & Joey Bidner discuss some important factors to consider when using audiences in Google Ads. Also answers questions from listeners and this week it is about how to create a successful B2B search campaign when you can't find the right traffic. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - http://www.chrisschaeffer.com Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com/ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yj0we6WrfRQ Submit a Ques...
This week Artur MacLellan shares his Google Ads script that can help advertisers manage their search terms. If you are having a lot of problems blocking unwanted searches coming from your keywords this is a great tool to manage your negative keywords. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Step-by-Step Google Ads Script Installation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM3YOZDrjt0 Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Gdm...
Don't click on these 9 buttons in Google Ads. Search partners, fake conversions, TCPA bidding, competitor keywords, search not shopping, TROAS, exact match keywords, performance max, and broad match keywords. They are all off limits for some advertisers at there. Find out more in this week's episode! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lmkGyfbzZ_M Submit a Question - https://w...
1New updates from Google happening now. Learn what is new from campaign types and advertising changes happening in Google Ads this year. Also Chris Schaeffer discusses using "friction" the right way in your Google Ads campaigns to drive the best traffic for your business. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Joey Bidner: https://joeybidner.com/ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BcXaBsX3-gM Submit a Questio...
What is OPTIMIZATION SCORE and what does it mean for the success of your account? Well, very little actually. In fact, in this episode Chris Schaeffer discusses why he believes 100% optimization score is actually a bad thing for the success of your Google Ads account. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pVJPb9_fX_U Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com Twitt...
Is "smart bidding" really that smart? This week Chris discusses the results from an experiment where the smart bidding strategy failed in comparison to the manual bidding campaign. Let's talk about why this happened and why it is important to understand that smart bidding is not always the smartest choice. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://yout...
This week Chris Schaeffer dives deeper into the metrics of a successful account and answers questions about the reasons behind structural decisions in the campaigns. Also Joey Bidner joins in to answer a question about Google Ads and Amazon that is very important for all managers in the eComm space to hear. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://yout...
Learn what to do when your Google Ads search campaign is getting a lot of unqualified, unwanted search terms. These 4 tips will help you wrangle your search terms into traffic that is actually qualified and useful for your business. Also, Chris Schaeffer answers a question from a listener about using value based bidding in their search campaigns. Is that a good idea? Maybe not! Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch thi...
An amazing show discussing some very common questions about how to structure and Google Ads search campaign. This week Chris Schaeffer does a deep dive into an account discussing how the account is built out and some of the specific settings that have provided great success to the account over the years it has been running. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2hHxA9hzI2U Sub...
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Thank you very much. How do you think about keyword overlaps in phrase match type at step 6?
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wish there were show notes ... too much to digest when you're on the run and you don't have a pen and paper.
thanks so much for this episode learnt a lot would really love more episodes on google shopping ads
I tried listening to this episode and I'm 5 minutes in and they haven't started talking about the topic. please get to the point and then plug a product. and you can crack your jokes in between but please, get to the point a little sooner
love these guys
Great podcast - especially detail on b2b campaigns. Thanks guys!
It's like a free education. These guys have the heart of a teacher. Listen long enough and you'll come away fully prepared to manage your own campaigns toward success.
Excellent series of Podcasts. These 2 are great Craic. Reciently I'm in the process of listening back from the start. Thr first episode is a little bit monotone, but after that it gets fairly lively. There are times that I'm almost wetting myself with laughter like the start of episode 11. The audio quality on the podcasts are top notch too. I usually finish any review on negative but this time I can't find a fault.