The Paid Search Podcast | A Weekly Podcast About Google Adwords And Digital Marketing

Please support our sponsors because they make the show possible!Get Opteo for free for two months - https://opteo.com/psp2Jason Rothman - https://rothmanppc.com/Chris Schaeffer - https://www.chrisschaeffer.com/Show Notes:This week it's another Q&A episode with some great questions from our listeners about the correlation between maximizing conversions and high CPC, the value of long-tail keywords, how the presence of different match types of the same keywords may affect the ad group, reducing the damage of "other search terms," and tips for breaking into an industry with an extremely high average CPC. (3:44) Q: I’ve got a small lead gen campaign running on manual CPC using ad group bid levels that has been running well for 45 days. I made the move to maximize conversions without setting a target CPA. Only 2 days in and conversions are going well, but the CPC has gone crazy high. Is this to be expected?A: Yes, it is to be expected. You need to have a solid number of conversions. Try experime