Episodes

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What does “cross platform/channel strategy” mean to you? And/or do you have another term you use for strategy across different platforms/channels? Q2 How do you go about developing cross platform/channel strategy? Do you have a particular starting point or process you use when clients want advertising on more than one platform/channel? Q3 On average, on how many platforms/channels are your...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 We are going to cover wishes by specific platforms, but if you had one overall wish for PPC in 2020, what would it be? Q2 What is your biggest wish (or wishes) for Google Ads in 2020? Q3 What is your biggest wish (or wishes) for Facebook Advertising in 2020? Q4 What is your biggest wish (or wishes) for Microsoft Advertising in 2020? Q5 What is your biggest wish (or wishes) for LinkedIn Advert...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Akvile (ahk-vee-lah)(@akvertise) Q1 Are you actively testing Instagram specific ads campaigns? If so, what results have you seen? If not, do you plan to test them soon? Q2 Do Instagram Ads work for any niche or are there some types of businesses where it wouldn’t make sense? Q3 What challenges do you or your clients face when it comes to creating content for IG ads? How are you addressing them? Q4 Native and Expandable Stories...

Q1 What was the biggest change in paid search for you this year? Q2 What is something that was really positive that changed in PPC in 2019 in your opinion? Q3 What is something that was negative that changed in PPC in 2019 in your opinion? Q4 What is something that you were looking forward to happening that did not happen in PPC in 2019? Q5 What PPC trend or topic do you NOT want to hear about again in 2020? Q6 What was your biggest takeaway for PPC in 2019 (lesson learned, success story, thing ...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Courtney Cox Wakefield (@CourtEWakefield) Q1 What inclusivity challenges have you encountered with your campaigns? Q2 How do you communicate inclusivity in your PPC campaigns? Q3 How can you integrate inclusive signals into your ads without obscuring your mainstream message? Q4 What can you do when a user's marginalized identity isn't revealed in their query? Q5 How do you integrate targeting into your PPC campaigns to pr...

Q1 Do you have regular testing/experiments built in to your account processes currently? If so, what does it look like? Q2 Do you find testing/experiments easier or harder to execute on different platforms? If so, in what ways? Q3 How do you position testing/experiments with clients to get them to say yes? Q4 How do you determine what budget to request for a particular test/experiment (if you're doing something that will require designated budget)? Q5 Do you have any hard and fast rules for your...

Ad Hoc #DigiClanChat Twitter discussion moderated by Bukayo Ewuoso @Bukayor_BK and @DigiClanAfrica Q1 Could you give us a background about your journey to PPC? Q2 Bidding strategy: The introduction of enhanced bidding based on the Machine Learning (ML) intelligence to increase and reduce your bid to optimize for conversion. We can site enhanced CPC to maximze clicks. What’s your position on this? Q3 Talking about testing, we’ve seen people make a retargeting mistake in PPC by directing people to...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 How many of you were managing e-commerce accounts over the Black Friday – Cyber Monday (BF/CM) period this year? What categories are your accounts in (i.e. apparel, toys, etc.)? Q2 Overall, how did this year’s BF/CM go, generally for your accounts? Q3 Did you notice anything different happening during BF/CM this year? How did it impact what you did (or did not do)? Q4 What offers performe...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What are some assumptions you make regularly when it comes to client accounts? Do they differ by platform, industry, etc.? Q2 Have you had experiences where you learned that your assumptions were incorrect? How did that happen? What did you do? Q3 Is there a particular area(s) where you think assumptions are most dangerous for accounts? Q4 What causes you to reevaluate assumptions you or ...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon)and Purna Virji (@purnavirji) Q1 Are you currently using the Microsoft Advertising platform for your clients? If yes, roughly what percentage of clients? And if no, why not? Q2 What are some ways you’ve found that Microsoft Advertising performs really well for your clients? What industries are the clients in? Q3 What are some ways you’ve found that Microsoft Advertising does not perform well for ...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Mark Gustafson (@markpgus) Q1 What new Facebook features/trends/suggestions are you embracing? Q2 What steps are you taking to get to 50 Conv/Ad Set/Week? How is it going? Q3 Are you trying new objectives because of the focus on 50 optimization events? What are your favorites? When do you use them? Q4 Have you been doing anything new with creative? What are your best performers right now? Q5 Have you been using Dynamic Creativ...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 eems like a no brainer, but do most of all of your clients track conversions? Q2 hat are the most common conversion actions in accounts and campaigns you’re currently managing? Q3 Do you have a preferred method for setting up conversion tracking? Particular tool? Q4 What is the biggest road block to effective conversion tracking for you? Q5 When a client wants to improve their conversion rate...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Are you currently doing remarketing for some or all of your clients/accounts? If so, on which platforms? Q2 What do you generally find are client’s expectations for remarketing campaigns? Does it differ at all by platform? Q3 What is a remarketing campaign that you thought was awesome (one of yours or one you were on the receiving end of)? What made it great? Q4 What is a remarketing campaign...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Kirk Williams (@PPCKirk) Q1 What are things in your Shopping campaigns you can (should) be doing right now to prepare for the upcoming holidays? Q2 Are there any ways your Shopping campaigns will be different this holiday season than in previous holiday seasons? What? Why? Q3 How do you determine additional budget for the holiday season for planning purposes (specific number examples encouraged!)? No wrong answers here, we alw...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by AJ Wilcox (@wilcoxaj) Q1 When do you use #LinkedInAds and why? Q2 @LinkedInMktg is going on a tear with product releases. What's your favorite new #LinkedInAds feature? Q3 Of the 23 ways to target on #LinkedInAds, what's the one targeting facet you couldn't live without? Q4 If you could wave a magic wand and #LinkedInAds could do anything, what would it be? And why? Q5 What have you noticed changing in your #LinkedInAds perfor...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Nils Rooijmans (@ThatSearchGuyNL) Q1 Are you using Google Ads/Bing scripts in your accounts? Why or why not? Q2 What is your favourite script and why do you like it? Or, if you don't have any running yet: what would you loooove to have a script do for you? Q3 When thinking about scripts, what benefits are most important to you (please rank with percentages, try to get to 100%) A> reduce manual labour B> increase account perfor...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 What is a PPC success story that you’re really proud of? Q2 Did you do anything that might be considered unusual or against “best practices” in the process of achieving that success? Q3 Did you face any pushback during the process of getting to the successful point on that account? If so, how did you handle it? Q4 What was the biggest lesson you took away from this successful initiative? Q5 W...

Q1 Do you work on accounts that have some type of limiting factor (limited budget, tight geo targets, low search volume, etc.) regularly? Which factors are you dealing with (please add any others I overlooked!). Q2 Do you do anything, in particular, to manage client expectations when their accounts have limiting aspects to them? Q3 Let’s start with the dreaded limited budget as our first factor. If you don’t really have the dollars you need to not have to have budget be a limiting factor, how do...

#ppcchat Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Do you bid on your brand terms? Q2 What is the biggest reason you have for bidding on brand terms? Q3 What is the biggest reason you have for NOT bidding on brand terms? Q4 What is your best success or worst failure experience with bidding on brand terms? Q5 Do you bid on competitor terms? Q6 What is the biggest reason(s) you have FOR bidding on competitor terms? Q7 What is the biggest...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Amalia Fowler (@amaliaefowler) Q1 What is your favourite thing about fall/what are you most looking forward to this season? Q2 Let's start by discussing some positives. What works for you with regards to ad platform support (Google & Facebook mainly) Q3 What frustrates you the most about @GoogleAds support? Q4 Given the frustrations we as experts experience with Google Ads, what advice would you give to small businesses wh...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Duane Brown (@duanebrown) Q1 What did you all get up to this long weekend? Q2 How do you pick the bidding strategy for your Facebook campaigns? Do you have a process or a phone tree path you use. Q3 How is audience bidding different than keyword bidding? The power of 5 campaigns is real. Q4 What are some best practices those new to FB family of apps should know? Or even those looking to sharpen their skills in the coming month...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Google Ads has announced a few changes over the past few months, let’s talk about the end of accelerated ad delivery – do you care? Does it change anything for you? Q2 Google Ads is also sunsetting (don’t you love that term?) showing ads average position – do you care? Does it change anything for you? Q3 Facebook Ads will start having Campaign Budget Optimization only next month – do you c...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) Q1 Do you utilize one type of Facebook ad creative more than others? If so, why? Q2 Do you have a process or specific requirements you share with clients when they want to start running Facebook advertising re: ad creative? Q3 Have you found a specific cadence that generally works for Facebook ad creative in your accounts? What is the sample size of impressions you consider before deciding on th...

#PPCCHAT Twitter discussion that runs on Tuesdays at 5pm GMT - Led by Amy Bishop (@Hoffman8) Q1 Do you have a favourite or go-to FB objective? Part. 1: If yes, which one and why? (Part 2 is coming for anyone who’s answer is no ) Q2 No surprise, it seems like conversion is the most frequently used but for those that don’t have a favourite or go-go FB objective, how do you decide which to use and when? Q3 When you set up accounts, do you have a particular account structure that you typically fol...