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

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 Que...

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 -...

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...

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 Chri...

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.chr...

New 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: ...

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 YouTu...

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 - http...

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.chriss...

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...

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 - h...

This week Chris Schaeffer answers questions from listeners about issues on concerning campaigns that mysteriously stop running, brand campaigns, and the on going debate about landing pages. Plus Joey discusses some huge advantages to using Amazon with your Google Ads search campaigns. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Joey Bidne...

Someone has to talk about the amount of dishonesty in the PPC world today. This week Chris Schaeffer discusses 4 ways scammers hook you and get you to spend money on worthless traffic. Don't be a victim! Learn how these scams typically go and how to spot it before it happens to you. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch t...

Changes coming to YouTube video campaigns, let's talk about that! Also a discussion about how to compete with big budgets. Is it even possible for a small budget to succeed in Google Ads? All that and more in this week's Paid Search Podcast episode with Chris Schaeffer. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Joey Bidner - h...

How do you do your keyword research? Let's talk about that! This week Chris Schaeffer discusses his method to keyword research using a 7 step process. And also later in the show Chris discusses the detrimental effect that imposter syndrome has on Google Ads account management. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Watch this ep...

This week Chris Schaeffer discusses how to build out a basic Google Ads strategy for vacation rentals. Using this strategy you can control your risk of unqualified traffic and paying for searches that are unlikely to book. Also Joey Bidner discusses ways to use custom labels in your Google Ads shopping campaigns. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www....

Let's talk about Google Ads! This week Chris Schaeffer discusses how your goals differ from Google's goals and why that is very important to understand. Also a guest appearance from Joey Bidner who talks about engaged view conversions. And a few PPC questions answered from listeners. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com ...

In a crazy new report we find that very few accounts use negative keywords in Performance Max campaigns. Even more shocking is that we learn those that do use negative keywords only use less than 8 total. Learn more about this shocking new report 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...

What did you do last week? More about that and how to use scripts in this week's podcast episode! Joey Bidner joins Chris Schaeffer for a discussion about the best scripts to use for Google Ads. 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/uDUqSQ_L...

Let's talk about enhanced conversions, performance, micromanagement, and conversion tracking! This week on the Paid Search Podcast we discuss questions from listeners and Joey Bidner joins in for a discussion about the relationship between Search and Performance Max. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com   Joey Bidner -  https:...

Do you really understand how Google Ads works? This week Chris Schaeffer discusses the basics behind the very complex and changing system of how Google Ads keyword matching works. You can read the official Google documentation at the link below. Google Document: https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/unlock_the_power_of_search_2022.pdf Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chri...

This week we hear from Joey Bidner discussing NCAC, which is the measurement of new customer sales in your business. A very important metric that you need to understand to learn why your business is not growing from its Google Ads campaigns.  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/H1jbb...

Three questions from listeners are the topic of this week's show. The first question from Aaron is about an issue with bid adjustments causing problems with the CPC. Next we discuss a question from Roman about AI and its affect on pay per click. And last a question from Eric about graduating from TCPA to TROAS. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://w...

This week Chris Schaeffer discusses the best way to approach a new account with a large amount of spend. Then we discuss the issue of the "other" search terms and how to deal with the issue of not knowing your own search terms. And finally the topic of the week is a discussion about how successful Google Ads is from the best to the worst. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.co...

This week we open with a question from a listener who is dealing with a crashing account. Chris discusses how to fix a Google Ads search campaign that is failing. Then another email from a listener who reminds us why it is important to focus on the core basics of Google Ads management. And last an update about Performance Max. Try Opteo for free for 28 days - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer...