Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Links: About Ad Strength for responsive search ads - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9921843 About location insertion for responsive search ads - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9773001 Check out Ryan Suchit’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...
Mar 21, 2022•52 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: We're back with another Q&A with some amazing questions from our listeners about targeting a national campaign for good results, software as a service (SaaS) keywords, blocking websites in a dynamic remarketing campaign, SKAGs for e-commerce, and how NFTs might affe...
Mar 14, 2022•45 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: Continuing to delay your start on Google Ads is a huge opportunity cost and you’re also letting your competitors take market share from you by allowing them to get further and further ahead on Google Ads. Don't wait! In this episode, we're explaining how you can ge...
Mar 07, 2022•57 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: We're officially 300 episodes in, so this week we're talking about the state of Google Ads, what’s changed, and where we’re at now six years after launching the podcast. (4:52) Introduction to the topic - how Google Ads has changed since the beginning of PSP (12:52...
Feb 28, 2022•57 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: In the last episode, Jason and Chris discussed how to build a YouTube campaign In Google Ads. This week they're discussing what kind of results you can expect from your YouTube campaign after it's built by running through various campaign metrics and offering some ...
Feb 21, 2022•48 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: YouTube is a powerful tool but is typically underutilized with people focused on search. The good news is that if you have experience with search campaigns and marketing, YouTube is very doable. In this episode, Chris and Jason explain the types of ads you can run on the pla...
Feb 14, 2022•45 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Links: About optimization score - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9061546 Relative CTR - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2454071 Understand your conversion tracking data - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6270625 About view-through conversions - htt...
Feb 07, 2022•49 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Links: About click share - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6299696 About negative keywords - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2453972 Show Notes: We're back with another Q&A with some awesome questions from our listeners about click share, bounce rate v...
Jan 31, 2022•58 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Links: Choose your bid and budget - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375454 About average daily budgets - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6385083 Show Notes: The most common questions from clients center around budget, so in this episode, Chris and Jason are an...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Preview ads on Opteo - https://opteo.com/ad-preview Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Links: About responsive search ads - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7684791 Show Notes: This week we're wrapping up our 3-part deep dive into responsive search ads by reviewing tips for entering headlines, discussing...
Jan 17, 2022•54 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Preview ads on Opteo - https://opteo.com/ad-preview Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Links: About responsive search ads - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7684791 Show Notes: This week we're continuing our deep dive into responsive search ads by breaking down the more technical side RSAs according to t...
Jan 10, 2022•48 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Links: Write compelling, genuine ad copy - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6167101 About cross-campaign asset reporting for responsive search ads - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9781208 Show Notes: As we start off 2022, we both agree responsive search ads are...
Jan 03, 2022•52 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: A lot changed about how we use Google Ads in 2021, so in our final episode of the year, we're reviewing what strategies worked best for us, discussing some details of winning campaigns, and sharing our biggest concern for 2022. (7:21) Being fluent in “funnel” language (...
Dec 27, 2021•57 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: As 2021 comes to an end, we're discussing the biggest focuses for each of us over the past year with the changes to match type, conversion tracking, and expanded text ads. We also share our thoughts on the current state of Google and what we expect in 2022. (4:44) Match...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: Even if you're not a Google Ads expert, your insight is valuable to running a successful campaign. The industry pushes ways of doing things, but you as the business owner/employee know your business. In this episode, we're talking about how to trust your instincts ...
Dec 13, 2021•35 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: We've been getting a lot of questions from clients about phrase match search terms, so we thought it was a good time to recap the changes to phrase match and broad match modified incorporated earlier this year as mentioned in this Google Ads Help article . If you embra...
Dec 06, 2021•45 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: Frustrated about attracting so many consumer leads when you're targeting business clients? In this episode, Jason and Chris are discussing how to get relevant B2B leads for a service that is searched in the same way by the B2C segment. There is no one solution, the sea...
Nov 29, 2021•44 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: This week it's another Q&A episode with some great questions from our listeners about the correlation between maximizing conversions and high CPC, the value of long-tail keywords, how the presence of different match types of the same keywords may affect the ad grou...
Nov 22, 2021•50 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: Leaky campaigns waste money and can be difficult to identify. In this episode, Chris and Jason are giving you 8 ways to check for leaks in your PPC campaign. (6:59) What is a "leaky" campaign vs. a bad campaign? (9:50) #1. Broad keywords (15:11) #2. Search partner...
Nov 15, 2021•49 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: In our last episode, we talked about how the loosening of match types has changed our approach to the way we select keywords and concluded that longtail keywords are on the way out. This week we’re defining longtail keywords, why we used them, why they’re “dead,” and why we...
Nov 08, 2021•52 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: Running a successful Google Ads campaign continues to become more and more complex. In this episode, the guys are answering some simple and essential questions to help you slow down, simplify your thinking, and achieve your goal. (9:08) What do you want - leads or sales? Wh...
Nov 01, 2021•52 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Show Notes: This week the guys are tackling more of your Google Ads questions regarding the staffing and recruiting industry, finding value in a campaign that doesn't track conversions, the usefulness of the ad preview tool, the impact of pausing a campaign, and what to do if your conversion rate is showing over 100%. (3:47) Q: Could you talk about the staffing and rec...
Oct 25, 2021•39 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Show Notes: Two things happen when you launch a Google Ads campaign – either you get too much traffic or not enough traffic. In this episode, we're giving actionable steps that you can take whether you’re getting too much or too little that will help you tease out what’s causing the issue and fix your campaign. We also discuss search news about new site link design tes...
Oct 18, 2021•42 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: “Limited by budget” is a bid strategy status that's used when your average daily budget is lower than the recommended amount. But what if you’ve already maxed out your budget? In this episode, we’re discussing different strategies to make your traffic better by being m...
Oct 11, 2021•43 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: This week we're doing a deep dive to help simplify a topic that affects everything you do inside Google Ads - conversions and conversion tracking. We discuss what generated the idea to do the episode, why conversion tracking is so important, what we’re seeing with our ...
Oct 04, 2021•41 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: Change is coming. Expanded Text Ads are phasing out next year and being replaced with responsive search ads. In this episode, we’re getting you up to date on the latest news and explaining what responsive search ads are and the performance we’ve seen from them. We’ll also d...
Sep 27, 2021•41 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Show Notes: In this episode, the guys are answering some questions from listeners about close variants, geo keywords, seeing your clients' ads in the search engine, optimizing for first-page bids, and audience campaigns. (2:57) Q: If Google is already showing my ads for close vari...
Sep 20, 2021•44 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: In this episode, the guys are addressing the polarizing topic of running brand campaigns in Google Ads covering both how to do it right as well as common problems that can fuel false success metrics. Defining a brand campaign (3:07) When you have someone searching for your ...
Sep 13, 2021•33 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Show Notes: In this episode the guys are tackling the 5 most common questions they get from existing clients like why they aren’t seeing their ad, increasing spend, and ways to improve. They also discuss the new Google Ads three strike policy that goes in effect September 2021. News - Google Ads three strike policy (3:58) Should I spend more? (8:32) “Are you happy with the ...
Aug 23, 2021•40 min
Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2 Show Notes: This week the guys are discussing how they respond to the top 5 most common questions they get from new clients pre and post launch including how to determine cost per click, setting budget guidelines, making changes to the website, adding landing pages, how to track success, and bidding on competitor names. What should my cost per click be? (10:57) “I’m CPC agn...
Aug 16, 2021•46 min
