I recently participated in a round table discussion about Smart Bidding and the upcoming changes with FB and Apple's iOS14 privacy policies. The podcast was hosted by Dean Hua of Sachi Studio. Other guests included Tom Beckerle of jWeb Media and Amy Hebdon of Paid Search Magic. Below you'll find Part I of the session where we discussed Google Ads Smart Bidding. Here's a direct link to watch Part II, on Apple's upcoming privacy changes.  Full Transcript Dean Hua: [...]

There is mounting evidence that Google will be sunsetting keyword targeting in the foreseeable future. Do I think that'll happen within the next year, certainly not. Do I think in 3-years from now we won't be targeting keywords at all, you betcha. In this article, I'll explore the motivations for this fundamental change and the evidence that this is going to happen. Note: This article was updated on April 12th, 2022 Why Does Google Want To Get Rid of Keywords? [...]

Automated bidding continues to improve at breakneck speed. If you haven't already implemented it you had better do so sooner rather than later. Once you do, you're going to eliminate all that work to manage individual keyword bids and bid adjustments for devices, locations, ad schedules, audiences, demographics, and more. Besides watching Seinfeld's 'The Opposite' episode for the 72nd time, you should spend some of that free time on creative strategy and ad optimization. Okay, let's get real, you should [...]

If you're running Google Ads for your SaaS and want to grow, this is the article for you. It doesn't matter whether you're offering demos, free trials, or freemium subscriptions, you need more conversions, period! We've helped dozens of SaaS clients scale their campaigns over the years. In this post, I'm going to pass along our top 5 tactics for driving more Google Ads conversions and growing the channel exponentially. DISCLOSURE: Some of the products mentioned in this post may [...]

It's no secret that Responsive Search Ads have improved over time as Google has added numerous features and upgrades. That said, we still speak with many advertisers that complain about low conversion rates and RSAs stealing impressions from their "better performing" Expanded Text Ads (ETAs). So what's going on exactly? There's still a misunderstanding of the purpose of RSAs. RSAs are intended to capture more ad impressions and improve the relevance between fringe search queries and creative copy. To put [...]