PPC Town Hall

Great ads get clicks. Great landing pages get conversions. Successful campaigns have both.  This episode of PPC Town Hall goes on a slight tangent featuring two brilliant CRO experts who share their tips and insights to help take your PPC campaigns to the next level.  This panel covers: • When to use a dedicated landing page for your PPC campaigns • The most common mistakes that kill con...

Keywords have been a cornerstone of PPC ever since they were the whole point of AdWords.  Their role and the way they work may have changed drastically over the years, but it's not quite time to ignore them completely. We spoke to three experts about how they've managed the evolution of keywords throughout their careers. And why your loyalty should be to people, not terms.  This panel co...

The bird puns from Google are getting to be a bit flighty.  The now-retired Federated Learning of Cohorts left advertisers with concerns about how audience targeting will be done in a world without third-party cookies. We asked for some help to understand how advertisers can keep getting the most out of their ad spend while respecting audience privacy.  This panel covers: • What exactly...

Succeeding in an increasingly automated world is no cakewalk.  To get full value from your budget, your bid strategies should be aligned with campaign and business goals. On the eve of PPC Town Hall's first birthday, we spoke to Google and other industry experts to get their insights on nailing bids.  This panel covers: • How to optimize automated bidding • How to keep doing bid adj...

With all those numbers, PPC reporting can often be tiresome and complicated.  Making vast amounts of data easy for clients to understand is no piece of cake. You need time and focus to generate a good report that conveys what you want it to. Here's reporting advice straight from industry specialists, featuring actionable tips and hacks to build a meaningful reporting process.  This panel...

With so many interactions behind a purchase, attribution almost feels necessary.  Who'd say no to a bird's eye view of how different channels are performing and what leads to the final conversion? But there are pitfalls, including with Google's preferred Last Click model. Learn how you can use attribution models more wisely with the help of Google Analytics.  This panel covers: • Differe...

As the shift towards automation accelerates, agencies must constantly evolve.  Are your strategies useful to their clients? What tactics will you deploy to remain competitive? What can you realistically expect from today's automation tools? This video answers these questions and offers a roadmap to possible solutions.  This panel covers: • What agency work to automate and what to do manu...

If 2020 was the year #eCommerce became a necessity, 2021 could be when it becomes the norm.  What PPC strategies should you use for retail and eCommerce accounts? Which shopping trends are going to continue from last year? These questions are answered in our chat with Google and our friend Andrew, who comes armed with plenty of lessons from his agency.  This panel covers: • Which 2020 on...

No one has a crystal ball that tells the future, but we've got the next best thing: geniuses.  Hear what some of the brightest minds in PPC have to say about what PPC will look like in 2021, including where Google will go and how quickly they'll move.  This panel covers: • What will Google automate next • How our experts use automation and what they still do manually • Launches from 2020...

Losing control over your ad campaigns sucks. But don't just sit there... go around it.  The last episode of PPC Town Hall in 2020 covers one of the hottest topics in search marketing, with an expert panel with plenty of experience getting around data restrictions and control issues.  This panel covers: • Discussing omnichannel strategies • Targeting in a post-cookie world • Automation fo...

One of the most exciting things about PPC is also highly frustrating: change is constant.  Taking our guests from among PPC Hero's list of the most influential experts of 2020, we're talking about ways to update or work around outdated search marketing strategies.  This panel covers: • Optimizing with data restrictions from Google • How PPC pros automate and what they still do manually •...

There's nothing quite like learning about something from the people who created it.  We're excited to have Google join us on PPC Town Hall for a discussion on how to optimize Smart Bidding campaigns and other automations they've developed. This is a direct, closer look at Smart Bidding, use cases, and actionable tips to carry back to your accounts.  This panel covers: • The difference be...

Today's world is more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous than ever.  Search marketing is not immune to this VUCA syndrome, so Anders and Lukas dissect some of the findings from their latest research report. With interviews from experts and a survey of award-winning digital marketers, it features actionable tips to find a way forward.  This panel covers: • How to market in a vola...

Every day, Google puts more roadblocks in front of PPC marketers.  You need to be ready to jump these hurdles from the most influential entity in search advertising. We speak to two clever and shrewd PPC experts on what the next phase of  search marketing and automation could look like.  This panel covers: • Managing accounts with less access to search terms data • Finding the geo d...

Everyone loves a list, especially when it shows you a concrete path to victory.  Every year, people start shopping earlier and earlier. And every year, the most lucrative sales period shows up sooner than we expect it to. We talked to the guys from OMG Commerce, who shared a five-step plan to conquering any holiday season.  This panel covers: • Changes in 2020 that affect prep for Q4 e-c...

There's a good chance you're wasting some money via PPC even as you're reading this.  From campaigns that yield little or no return to expensive keywords, our guests have great ideas on how to cut out wasted spend — including a few exclusive to Microsoft Ads. Also included are upcoming initiatives from the Paid Search Association and how to join.  This panel covers: • Things PPC pro...

It's one thing managing PPC where conversions are immediate and clear. What about #leadgen ?  Your choice of bid strategy can make or break your lead generation PPC game. That's why we got on the mic with Navah Hopkins to talk about the nuances of lead gen (and some #eCommerce too). Plus, our co-founder Geetanjali Tyagi drops in for a discussion on contending with Google's new limits on data...

PPC and data go together like wine and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, and Laurel and Hardy.  This episode features some of the most experienced names in search analytics and PPC data. Dive into what the numbers and information actually have to say, and get ideas for your next campaign.  This panel covers: • Managing search terms now that Google has reduced how much data they share • Se...

Google might be the biggest search engine by volume, but Bing still registers billions of searches.  Microsoft Ads is one of the more underrated ad platforms. With more control for advertisers and a healthy user base to advertise to, it can be a powerful tool in the right advertiser's hands. With the holiday shopping season around the bend, find out more about how to use Microsoft Ads in Q4 2...

Back by popular demand, it's the Super Video Brothers!  Returning to PPC Town Hall after just 8 episodes, Joe and Cory dive deeper into the magic and nuance of video advertising. Looking for a masterclass on creation, planning, and YouTube and other video platforms? This is your ticket.  This panel covers: • Which bid strategies work best (target CPA, maximize conversions, and more) • In...

Our panelists this week are on the cutting edge of e-commerce and shopping ads: 1. Katie Wilson, Google 2. Elizabeth Marsten, Tinuiti 3. Duane Brown, Take Some Risk  Topics we will discuss: • Google's expectations for e-commerce in Q4 • Best practices and tips to win big this holiday season • How leading agencies in North America are preparing ► Read more about Optmyzr and our Town Hall serie...

Our panelists this week are some of the best known speakers about ad scripts: - Nils Rooijmans - Steve Hammer  Topics we will discuss: - How to benefit from ad scripts if you don't know how to code - The best way to learn scripting for non-coders - How scripts fit into a PPC automation strategy - Some of the coolest scripts our panelists have written   ► Get emails about future Town...

Our panelists this week are obsessed with driving better results in retailers' PPC campaigns: Andreas Reiffen , Founder and CEO at Crealytics Frederik Boysen , Founder and CEO at Profitmetrics.io Topics we discussed: Why ROAS may be the wrong metric to optimize for How Customer Lifetime Value can be used to optimize PPC How to optimize an ecommerce account for maximum profits How to activate first...

Our panelists this week are the top 2 most influential PPC experts in the world according to the annual PPC Hero survey: Michelle Morgan , Director of Client Services at Clix Marketing Purna Virji , Sr. Manager, Global Engagement at Microsoft Topics we discussed: How to build a winning personal brand The best PPC tips of 2020 that vaulted Michelle and Purna to the top of the list How Purna and Mic...

Our panelists this week are: Brittni Swenson , CMO at Tandem Interactive Matt Umbro , Director of Key Accounts at Brainlabs Digital and Founder of PPCChat Topics we discussed: How digital agencies can help clients hurt by COVID-19 How to quickly adapt services to a changed landscape When to test a new Google feature and when to go all in How agency pricing has evolved and what works today What mat...