Let's talk about your biggest questions in Google Ads. These questions come directly from listeners and Chris Schaeffer provides answers to the big issues that haunt PPC managers today. This week we are talking about how to deal with a sudden drop in performance, the recommendation system, the many different campaign types, and the "bid for new customers" option in search campaigns.

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This week Chris Schaeffer discusses issues around the home service industry in Google Ads. The market has changed and many businesses are lowering their budgets and changing their strategies for ppc in the home services industry. Let's talk about why the ppc home service industry is dying.

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This week Chris Schaeffer ranking the best and worst Google Ads bid strategies. There are a lot of options on Google for search campaigns and there is only 1 bidding strategy that is considered the BEST one. And that means there are a lot of others that are basically trash.

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This week Chris Schaeffer and Joey Bidner discuss ad copy strategy in Google Ads. These methods are new because we have new data points in Google Ads for headline CTR and we can use this data to make critical decisions about the best headlines to use in campaigns.

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Want to get things done faster in Google Ads? Check out these three power tools that can help you become more effective in Google Ads. Also, MERRY CHRISTMAS! I'll be back in 2026 with more Google Ads podcasts.

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What is a click in Google Ads? Today we talk about what you need to know about how Google defines a click in paid search. Five important facts you need to know about a click on google ads search campaigns!

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This week we audit an account with a 29% optimization score in Google Ads. Does a low optimization score mean the account is failing? What do all of these recommendations in Google Ads really mean? Let's talk about the reality of the optimization score system and how it affects the performance of your search campaigns on Google.

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Have you tried and failed at Google Ads? This week Chris Schaeffer discusses a simple way to ensure you are getting the right traffic from your Google Ads campaigns. Using this simple bidding method and traffic management strategy you can be sure you are paying the right price for the right traffic. It's called Pay Per Value bidding. Let's talk about that!

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