PPC Live The Podcast - The F*ck ups that led to Triumphs

In this episode of PPC Live: The Podcast, host Anu chats with Greg Finn, co-founder of Cypress North, about the biggest mistakes he's witnessed in PPC and how they became learning opportunities. Greg shares two major f-ups: a Halloween costume company that accidentally set their monthly budget as a daily budget (spending $300K instead of $30K), and his own team's Microsoft Ads import error...

In this episode of PPC Live The Podcast, host Anu interviews Kat Sale, co-founder of House of Performance, about a catastrophic client experience that serves as a cautionary tale for agency professionals. Kat shares how a gifting company client spent £40,000 in just three days with zero sales, despite her team's explicit warnings against their aggressive launch strategy. The situation escalated wh...

In this episode of PPC Live, host Anu interviews Chris Nightingale, founder of Can-Do Digital Marketing, about a significant mistake early in his PPC career and how he turned it around. Chris shares the story of accidentally increasing bids by £50 instead of 50p, causing massive overspending for a client. He discusses his immediate panic response, how he addressed the situation professionally, and...

In this insightful PPC Live The Podcast episode, host Anu Adegbola welcomes industry powerhouse Navah Hopkins, Evangelist at Optmyzr and respected digital marketing strategist. Navah courageously shares her experience of accidentally spending $50,000 in just three days (a client's entire monthly budget) due to an ill-timed switch to max conversions bidding strategy combined with a significant budg...

In this episode of PPC Live The Podcast, host Anu welcomes Google Ads coach and ex-Googler Jyll Saskin Gales to discuss a pivotal moment in her career – taking on a client she shouldn't have. Jyll shares how ignoring red flags led to a situation that forced her to fire a difficult client and refund their retainer, but ultimately pushed her to transform her business model from Google Ads management...

Q1 How has your journey in the industry been? Q2 What are your biggest frustrations with the industry right now? Q3 You only do smart bidding - why? what is your position on which strategy to use and under what circumstances? Q4 What are your thoughts on PMax? Exit velocity: What’s one thing you want to leave people with Best advice have you've been given Imposter Syndrome moment

#ppcchat Anu Adegbola chats with Paid Search expert Boris Beceric about account structure and AI Q1 What is it like being a LinkedIn influencer Q2 What are your biggest frustrations with the industry right now? Q3 Smart versus manual bidding, what is your position on which strategy to use and under what circumstances? Q4 What is your position on using PMAX and under what circumstances? Q5 SKAG or...

#ppcchat Anu Adegbola chats with in-house Paid Search expert, Helen Dooner , about how her in-house team uses AI and giving PPC-ers advice on how to approach PPC in 2025" Q1 What was the biggest shift for you in how you run PPC campaign when you moved in-house Q2 What are your general feelings towards AI Q3 What wouldn’t you allow AI to touch Q4 What has AI changed the most for you Q5 Does your Le...

#ppcchat Anu Adegbola chats with Paid Search expert Chris Ridley , about account structure and AI Q1. Does Account Structure Even Matter Anymore? Q2. Do you think account structure matters anymore? If so, does it vary by platform? And if not, why not? Q3. Have you changed the way you structure accounts and/or campaigns? If so, does it vary by platform? And if not, why not? Q4. What are your bigges...

#ppcchat Anu Adegbola chats with in-house Paid Search expert Matt Beswick ⁠ , about the latest updates in Search Marketing, giving PPC-ers advice on how to approach PPC in 2025" Q1 How did you get into client-side  Q2 What frustrates you most about all the new updates Q3 How is your PPC workload as a client-side professional Q4 What’s one thing you want to leave people with Q5 Advice to freelancer...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Do you use social media to either build your brand and/or find business or leads? If so, which platform(s) do you use? Q2 Do you use social media to either build your brand and/or find business or leads? If so, which platform(s) do you use? Q3 Have any of the recent changes on social platforms (Met...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Much like Twitter before this, after their change in ownership and subsequent policy changes, do these changes on Meta cause you to feel any differently about the platform, either personally or professionally? Q2  Has any of last week’s happenings with Meta given you pause over continuing to recomm...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Sarah Stemen ( @runnerkik ) Q1 Do you do research as part of your PPC strategy and management? If so, what types? Q2  Is research something you do once or is it ongoing? If it is ongoing, at what frequency are you doing it and what types are you doing? Q3 Do you have any tools you use for PPC research? Q4 What is your biggest stru...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What are your predictions for paid search advertising (Google and Microsoft Ads)? Q2 What are your predictions for paid social advertising (Meta, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, etc.)? Q3 Are there any platforms that you think will gain ground in PPC in 2025 that we are not really...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What was your overall impression of the BFCM period this year? Q2 What is your strategy for the rest of the holiday shopping season 2024? Q3 Have you seen any trends in advertising or sales this year that have you excited or worried? If so, what and why? Q4 What is on your holiday wish list for Goo...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What do you consider to be “wasted spend” and does it vary by platform? Q2 How do you detect wasted spend in your accounts (if you look for it)? Where do you find it most often? Does it vary by platform? Q3  Are you seeing an uptick in wasted spend in your accounts? If so, does it differ by platfor...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What does “ethical marketing” mean to you? Q2 Q2: Are there tactics you’ve seen that you consider unethical and if so, why? How much do the ad platforms influence ethical vs unethical behavior? And do you find ad platforms themselves to be ethical or unethical or a bit of both? Q4  Have you ever be...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What is a horror story regarding a platform (performance, support, etc.) that you have experienced? Q2 What is a horror story regarding a client that you have experienced? You can fuzzy up details to protect the “innocent” if need be! Q3 What is a horror story regarding a mistake you made in PPC? Q...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Is the Q4 season a big deal for the accounts you manage? If so, why and if not why not? Q2 Do you have anything new that you are trying for this year’s Q4 season? Q3 How are clients and stakeholders as we head into Q4 this year - are they excited, nervous, etc.? Q4 What is your gut feeling on how Q...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Are you currently using any AI-generated content in your PPC (ads, assets, videos, images, landing page content, etc.)? If so, what are you using and how is it going? If not, why not? Q2 Do you think you can discern AI-generated content, images or video in ads or landing pages? What, if anything, m...

#ppcchat Anu Adegbola chats with in-house Paid Search expert Brooke Osmundson , about the latest updates in Search Marketing, giving PPC-ers advice on how to approach PPC in 2024" Q1 How much would you say you’re keeping up with all the updates from Google, Microsoft and the world of Ai Q2 With all the people worrying about enhanced CPC’s, how have you felt about it and how should people appr...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What do you think the ideal workload is for a PPC professional - how many accounts can one person reasonably be responsible for and on how many platforms? Do you have a hard limit on how many accounts you will manage at once? Q2 What have you done if you find yourself with an unreasonable workload?...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Are you taking into consideration political advertising in the U.S over the next six weeks and how it might impact your PPC campaigns? Q2 Have you noticed that holiday seasons are being started earlier this year and is this impacting your PPC strategy in any way? Q3 With economic conditions being t...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What is your most controversial or unpopular opinion? Q2 What is a controversial or unpopular opinion that you vehemently disagree with that you see out there being touted? Q3 What popular PPC opinion do you really disagree with? Q4 Is there any PPC take you’ve seen recently that really got you thi...

#ppcchat Slack discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Do you think the PPC industry as we know it is dying - yes, no or not sure? Do you think the current PPC skillset is dying - yes, no or not sure? Q2 Why do you think the PPC industry as we know it is dying or not dying? Q3 What do you think our jobs will look like in 5 years? Q4 What are the PPC sk...