• Demystifying Performance Max (Episode 501)
    Feb 23 2026

    This week Joey Bidner discusses Performance Max campaigns. Let's try and demystify this often confusing PPC campaign type. Also Chris Schaeffer discusses the often forgotten tool, Google Ads Editor.

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

    Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com

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    29 m
  • 6 REALLY GOOD Questions from Listeners (Episode 500)
    Feb 16 2026

    This week Chris Schaeffer answers 6 questions from listeners. Great questions covering a wide variety of topics like the dying industry of home services on google ads, AI, the future of PPC on Google, how to recover from a crashing campaign, and if sitelinks are good or bad for performance.

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

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    30 m
  • 3 Reasons Your Google Ads is Wasting Money (Episode 499)
    Feb 9 2026

    Let's get to the point, your Google Ads is wasting money! This week Chris Schaeffer talks about the three most common reasons your account is wasting money. Keywords do not represent the real traffic you are getting, some bid strategies do not allow cost per click management, and the goals you set in Google Ads do not reflect the results you are getting! Let's talk about that.

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

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    27 m
  • Big Changes Coming to Shopping Campaigns in February (Episode 498)
    Feb 2 2026

    Have you heard about the new mandatory changes coming to Google Shopping campaigns? This week Joey Bidner joins Chris Schaeffer to talk about the upcoming changes and how you need to respond. Also, Chris discusses three ways you can stand out in a PPC interview when you are trying to get a job with an agency or as an in-house marketing manager.

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

    Joey Bidner - https://joeybidner.com

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    26 m
  • Q&A: Answering Questions from Listeners (Episode 497)
    Jan 26 2026

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

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    30 m
  • PPC for Home Services is Dying (Episode 496)
    Jan 19 2026

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

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    28 m
  • Ranking Bid Strategies From Worst to Best (Episode 495)
    Jan 12 2026

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

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    30 m
  • PPC Basics - Simple Ad Strategy That Works (Episode 494)
    Jan 5 2026

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

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    30 m