• New Changes Coming to Google This Year (Episode 465)
    Jun 2 2025

    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.


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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Joey Bidner: https://joeybidner.com/

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BcXaBsX3-gM

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    37 min
  • Optimization Score: 100% Compliant, 0% Profitable (Episode 464)
    May 26 2025

    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.

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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pVJPb9_fX_U

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    34 min
  • Smart Bidding Fails Against Manual Bidding (Episode 463)
    May 19 2025

    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.


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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jUP6KeOOmWc

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    38 min
  • Deep Dive: Looking at Metrics of a Successful Account (Episode 462)
    May 12 2025

    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.

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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9sn_mx-jkTY

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    32 min
  • 4 Ways To Manage Bad Traffic (Episode 461)
    May 5 2025

    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!

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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8sYlGJ8WUUE

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    36 min
  • Deep Dive: Looking At One of My Own Successful Campaigns (Episode 460)
    Apr 28 2025

    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.

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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2hHxA9hzI2U

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    36 min
  • Answering Questions about Google Ads (Episode 459)
    Apr 21 2025

    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.

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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Joey Bidner - https://www.joeybidner.com

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lb4tdrdc_Dk

    Submit a Question - https://www.paidsearchpodcast.com

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/PaidSearchPod

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    39 min
  • I’m Sick of Scammers in Google Ads (Episode 458)
    Apr 14 2025

    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.

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    Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U9Bp3jMmvnc

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    30 min