The Paid Search Podcast | A Weekly Podcast About Google Ads and Online Marketing

Have you tried and failed at Google Ads? This week Chris Schaeffer discusses a simple way to ensure you are getting the right traffic from your Google Ads campaigns. Using this simple bidding method and traffic management strategy you can be sure you are paying the right price for the right traffic. It's called Pay Per Value bidding. Let's talk about that!

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Chris answers 5 burning questions about Google Ads from listeners this week. We discuss how to deal with a campaign that has crashed and burned, manual bidding, finding traffic when it appears to not exist, and a question about how freelancers can better sell their google ads services.

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This week Chris Schaeffer discusses how to get phone calls from Google Ads search campaigns. There are three methods that are the most direct way to get calls, but each method comes with some major advantages and drawbacks. Learn the truth about how to get phone calls in this focused, dedicated episode.

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This week Chris Schaeffer answers questions about google ads from podcast subscribers. The questions cover important topics like how to improve Google shopping campaigns, how to keep track of your changes in google ads, and why Max AI is not as great as people think it is.

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This week Chris Schaeffer discusses how to improve quality score in Google Ads search campaigns. Plus 9 things that do not improve quality score but many people still think makes a difference. Also Chris answers a question from a listener about display campaigns and demand gen campaigns. Let's talk about that!

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Learn the best advice I can give to someone managing a Google Ads campaign. Management is all about setting a goal based on the Phase that you are in. And then managing for that goal! It is really that simple. Check out this week's episode to learn about some example goals you can set to help you manage your account.

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This week Chris Schaeffer discusses how to avoid those wasteful clicks from job seekers. Also a deeper discussion and warning to accounts that are over 10 years old because there are specific areas that can cause your account to suffer if you don't pay close attention.

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This week Chris answers four questions from listeners about Google certifications, how to see audience data, and a big question that many people are asking... Does Google Ads even work any more? If you are having trouble with your account this might be a critical episode for you to hear!

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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...

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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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.


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