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

Chris Schaeffer, Certified Google Ads Specialistpaidsearchpodcast.com

Google Ads expert and Premier Google Partner Chris Schaeffer talk pay per click, Google Ads, online marketing, and how to advertise your business effectively. This podcast helps business owners, digital marketing agency employees, and pay per click freelancers make the most of their Google AdWords budgets. New episodes come out every Monday, and ask  your Google Ads questions at www.paidsearchpodcast.com

Episodes

Ranked #1 Position on Google. Good Idea or Bad Idea? (Episode #363)

Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com Show Notes: When is it a good idea to hit first position on Google? In this episode Chris Schaeffer talks about the metrics behind position metrics in Google Ads and asks a critical question about when is the right time to achieve top ranking in your paid ads....

Jun 12, 202351 minEp. 363

The 4 Phases of Google Ads Success (Episode #362)

Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com Show Notes: Learn about the 4 phases of a Google Ads campaign. Each phase is distinct and provides clear direction on how to move your campaign forward and get more value for the money you on spending on PPC. Also in this episode Chris Schaeffer discusses the definition of a conversion and answers a question from a listener....

Jun 05, 202348 minEp. 362

How to Manage Risk in Google Ads (Episode #361)

Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com Submit a Question - http://www.paidsearchpodcast.com Show Notes: Do you know how to manage the risk in your Google Ads search campaigns? If you don't know the risk factors that are in every account then you might be wasting a lot of money in Google Ads. Also in the episode Chris answers a question from a podcast listener and discusses clickthrough rate (CTR)....

May 29, 202344 minEp. 361

*Huge* Announcement + Google Ads Bidding Strategies (Episode #360)

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 Show Notes: Exciting new format announcement for the podcast! Let's talk about average cost per click, answer a question about audiences, and discuss a unique bidding strategy you may have never tried. We need your help! Please help us grow the show: If you don't mind, please leave us a rating and review where you li...

May 22, 202336 minEp. 360

359: How To Measure Click Types in Google Ads

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: Have you ever wondered where your money goes in Google Ads? When you see your budget being spent, how are people interacting with your ads? In this episode, Chris clears up a common misunderstanding about where your money goes in Google Ads and explains how to measure click ...

May 08, 202343 min

358: Answers to Your Google Ads Questions

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: In this episode, Chris is tackling all your Google Ads questions with topics concerning service-to-keyword ad groups, adding logos as an asset, SKAGs, max conversions, and more! (3:36) When deploying a service-to-keyword ad group strategy, what should be done with Google-rec...

Apr 24, 202345 min

357: Let’s Talk Max Conversion Bidding in Google Ads

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 this episode, Jason and Chris talk about all things max conversion bidding in Google Ads including when to use it, some of the drawbacks of max conversions, the importance of defining your conversions, what you can do to optimize bidding, and more. We need your help! Plea...

Apr 17, 202350 min

356: Unbelievably Good Google Ads Q&A About Locations, Match Types, Impressions & More!

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 episode packed with questions from our listeners about locations, match types, impressions, headlines, keywords, and more! (3:38) Can you have too few keywords in Google Ads? (9:18) Dealing with different time zones (16:26) What to do whe...

Apr 10, 202353 min

355: There’s Always a Solution with Google Ads

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 this episode, we're talking through four different scenarios we run into with advertisers that aren't getting the results they want in Google Ads and offering solutions for those common problems. (7:47) How to test different landing pages with Google Ads (14:43)...

Apr 03, 202339 min

354: What Are Close Variant Keywords?

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/ Link: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9342105 Show Notes: You've probably noticed close variant keywords in your search terms reports, but what exactly are they? In this episode, we're digging into the six rules that allow a keyword to qualify as a close variant. ...

Mar 27, 202337 min

353: Bidding Strategies in 2023

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: Bidding strategies are not one size fits all. In this episode, we're discussing the difference in bidding strategies and evaluating which will be most effective depending on the time the campaign has been running, its goals, and the business type. We need your help! Ple...

Mar 13, 202342 min

352: Interesting New Features in Google Ads

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: This week we're digging into some interesting new features we've discovered in Google ads including changes to your business name and logo in the assets, the new ad strength details column, and how to add negative keywords from the account level. We need your help!...

Mar 06, 202330 min

351: Awesome Google Ads Q&A About Match Types, Negatives, SKAGS, Ecommerce, and More!

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: We're back with another awesome Q&A episode! This time we're tackling questions about match types, negative keywords, SKAGS, E-commerce, responsive search ad headlines, and where to start if you're new to Google Ads. (2:51) How to transition from single ke...

Feb 27, 202349 min

350: The Right Way to Think About Responsive Search Ads

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 responsive search ads - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7684791 About Ad Strength for responsive search ads - https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9921843 Show Notes: Our sponsor Opteo has just released a new tool that helps create responsive search ads...

Feb 20, 202344 min

349: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself After Launching a Brand-New Google Ads Campaign

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 can go right and wrong in the first month of a brand-new Google ads campaign. In this episode, Jason and Chris share five questions that will help you know what to look for after your initial "test drive," how to interpret the data, and how to respond to it i...

Feb 13, 202352 min

348: How to Launch a Brand-New Google Ads Account for Long-Term Success

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: In this episode, we're talking about how to launch brand-new Google Ads accounts with long-term success in mind by explaining what can go wrong, why it went wrong, and the negative results that can occur. (5:25) Our mindset for new account builds in Google Ads (9:07) Us...

Feb 06, 202349 min

347: Amazing Google Ads Q&A About Performance Max for B2B, Chat Bots, Manual Bids on High Spend Accounts and More!

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: We're jumping back into our inbox for another amazing Google Ads Q&A episode! This week we're answering questions about the form asset in Google Ads, location settings, Performance Max for B2B, chatbots, manual bidding on large accounts, and more. (4:04) Do you...

Jan 30, 202340 min

346: Outstanding Google Ads Q&A about Optimization, Ad Group Negatives, Huge Account Management, and More

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 our best Q&A episode yet answering questions from listeners about Google Ads optimization, ad group negatives, match types, managing huge accounts, and the "limited by budget" status. (2:57) Do you follow a Google Ads management optimizatio...

Jan 23, 202338 min

345: Image Asset Deep Dive

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/ Link: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9566341 Show Notes: In this episode, we're doing a deep dive into image assets (formerly called image extensions) from basic requirements to technical aspects to what we've learned about optimizing image assets based on metric...

Jan 16, 202351 min

344: What's Going On?

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: 2022 was a big year for Google Ads. In this episode, we discuss some things that have had a high level of impact on our campaigns and what we've changed to get the best results from Google Ads. (4:03) Google Ads in 2022 (8:16) Don’t fight the system (23:20) Keep things ...

Jan 09, 202349 min

343: How to Lower Your Cost per Conversion - Part 2: Conversions

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 our last episode, we talked about how to lower your cost per click to lower your cost per conversion. This week we're discussing different methods to increase your conversion rate to lower your cost per conversion. (6:05) Intro to topic (9:49) Add negative keywords (...

Dec 26, 202249 min

342: How to Lower Your Cost per Conversion - Part 1: Cost per Click

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: If you're already experiencing success in Google Ads, you may be wondering how you can now lower your cost per conversion. There are only two ways to do that - pay less per click and/or improve your conversion rate. In this episode, we are talking about one of those met...

Dec 19, 202245 min

341: Fundamental Truths About Google Ads That Will Never Change

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: Google Ads is constantly changing, but there are certain aspects of it that you have to accept, or you’ll never be able to reach your full potential and the success you achieve will always be at risk. In this episode, we talk through 9 different fundamental truths about Goog...

Dec 12, 202248 min

340: How to Create a Professional Google Ads Report

Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible! Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/features/reports/psp Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/ Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/ Show Notes: For Google Ads managers and agencies, monthly reporting can be incredibly time-consuming and frustrating, yet vital to keep the client informed about the status of their campaigns. In this bonus episode, we discuss the importance of creating a professional r...

Dec 08, 202239 min

339: The Best Google Ads Strategies for Small Business Owners Trying to Generate Leads

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: There are so many small businesses that could be benefitting from Google Ads, but they don't know the best strategies to maximize their lead generation. In this episode, we'll be discussing the best of the best campaign type, bidding strategy, keywords, and convers...

Dec 05, 202238 min

338: Decisions You Have to Make in Google Ads Part 2

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: In our last episode, we discussed the choices you have to make with each campaign regarding brand keywords, Performance Max, and exact match keywords. In this episode, we're continuing with the discussion by addressing what we consider the best bidding strategies in Goo...

Nov 28, 202240 min

337: Decisions You Have to Make in Google Ads Part 1

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: Because every Google Ads campaign is unique, there's not one specific formula to running a perfect campaign. There are, however, choices you have to make concerning each campaign regarding brand keywords, Performance Max, and exact match keywords that don't necessa...

Nov 21, 202240 min

336: 5 Step Google Ads Checklist for Small Business Owners to Figure Out How Good They’re Doing

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 are often contacted by small business owners who have been running their Google Ads campaigns with a moderate level of success but feel like they're still missing out on potential customers. In this episode, we're talking about 5 different settings small busines...

Nov 14, 202241 min

335: Advanced Discussion on Dynamic Search Ads

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 episode 333 we had an introductory conversation about Dynamic Search Ads covering what they are, how they work, and the benefits of using them. In this episode, we're doing a deeper dive into Dynamic Search Ads looking at the three different targeting options, how to...

Nov 07, 202234 min

334: The Best Google Ads Q&A Episode We’ve Ever Done

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: In this episode, we're once again opening the proverbial mailbag once again and answering listener questions about the "golden triangle", competitor searches, first bids for manual bidding, Performance Max, and more. (5:10) Is smart bidding + RSA + broad match...

Oct 31, 202250 min