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
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....
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....
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)....
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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. ...
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...
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!...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 (...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
