This document provides a summary of a webinar on tips for PPC professionals in an AI world. The webinar featured presentations by Jeffrey Baum and Frederick Vallaeys on how AI and automation are changing the role of PPC experts. They discussed how PPC professionals can use automation and AI as tools while still playing important roles as "PPC doctors," "PPC pilots," and "PPC teachers" to guide machine learning systems. The webinar provided examples of how PPC professionals can create their own automation using tools like Google Ads scripts to monitor and improve automated processes.
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Include the hashtag #thinkppc in
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questions.
6. How much are you
currently using
automation/AI?
A. I use most available automation
features.
B. I use a balanced mix of
automation and manual
features.
C. I rarely use automation
7. AI is 50+ years old. Why is it a big deal today?
2019
20031950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Moore’s Law:
Performance doubles roughly every 2 years
8. Machines don’t need us anymore
Machine learning can now learn without the input of human experts
AlphaGo
Year 2016
Technique Studied 100,000 human
games
Time Months
Cost ~$250 million
Outcome Beat the world champion 4-1
AlphaGo Zero
2017
Played against itself 30
million times
Days
~$25 million
Beat AlphaGo 100-0
9. But we’ve seen this before...
In 1997, world chess
champion Garry Kasparov is
defeated by Deep Blue,
IBM’s supercomputer...
10. -Garry Kasparov
AI Alone Is Not the Answer
“A supercomputer like Deep
Blue was no match for a
strong human player using a
relatively weak laptop.”
16. Each platform has its own tools to
automate account management
Level 1: Automate the PPC Engines
● Smart bidding
● Smart campaigns
● RSAs
● Close variants
● Similar audiences
● Bumper ads
21. Your Automation Controls Google’s ML
Your automation could be as simple as an automated rule that
sends an email if some condition goes out of bounds
22. Tools to Create Your Own Automation
Solution Cost Benefits
Ad Scripts Low start-up cost
Ongoing maintenance cost
Great for prototyping
Quick to build something new
Can be used by tech-savvy marketers
API Higher start-up cost
Ongoing maintenance cost
Requires engineers
Scalable
Reliable
Full-featured
3rd Party Tool Ongoing license cost
No maintenance fees
Plug-and-play
Newest best practice are automatically
added
24. 2018
Close Variants:
Same meaning
for exact match
2017
Close Variants:
Word order and
function words
2010
Modified Broad
Match
2014
Close Variants:
Typos, Plurals,
Stemmings
Google Ads Match Types Timeline
2019
Same-meaning
close variants for
PM, BMM
25. Get the code: http://bit.ly/CloseVariants
Use Ads Scripts to Automate Close Variant Monitoring
26. Automatically Remove Bad Close Variants
Could we enhance this reporting script so it automatically adds negative
keywords for bad close variants?
● When the query underperforms the keyword
● When the query is too different from the keyword
27. Google Ads Scripts to the Rescue
1. Copy the code that someone else already shared
2. Make your own customizations
3. Put your new custom automation on auto pilot
Here’s the code to add a negative KW to an ad group:
>> adGroup.createNegativeKeyword(“a new broad negative
keyword”);
28. Levenshtein Distance
A numerical score of how close the query
is to the keyword.
Add one point for every:
● letter that is changed
● letter that is deleted
● letter that is added
A bigger score means a bigger difference
PAJAMAS 0
PJAMAS +1
PJMAS +1
PJAS +1
PJS +1
=
4
Example: What’s the score to
go from pajamas to pjs
How to Determine How Different a Close Variant is?
29. Fix Close Variants With ‘Automation Layering’
Exact Match Close Variants
Rules Based Negatives
The Problem:
Eliminate undesirable Close Variants
The Solution:
Add an automated rule that adds
negative kws
30. The PPC Manager Role is Evolving
Transition to a role that complements, rather than competes with automation
Pre 2019
● Crunching numbers
in spreadsheets
● Making manual
changes in slow
tools
2019 and beyond
● Setting Goals
● Picking automations
● Teaching the machines
● Monitoring automations
● Leveraging insights across
platforms
● Troubleshooting
31. Learn more in my recent book, available
on Amazon for Kindle and in print
38. Creating Your Own Customer Journey Map
Your Ideal
Customer
Customer’s
Goals Conversion Path
Your Marketing
Channels
Your Data
Conversion
Obstacles
39. Tips for How to Act Strategically in your Day to Day
● Figure out what’s working & double down.
● Figure out what’s not & fix or eliminate.
● Determine your gaps & fill.
● Figure out what’s next.
46. Tips for Being a Great Business Storyteller
● Use results to communicate learnings. Be
visual!
● 80% focus on the future (What could it
look like? What’s the opportunity? What’s
needed to get there)
● Make emotional connections.
47. For our webinar
attendees today:
A. I’d like to be entered to win a
Kindle code for Fred’s book.
B. I’d like information on Hero
Conf.
C. I’d like an early release of the
State of PPC report.
D. All of the above.
E. No, thanks.
Freds Book: Digital Marketing in an AI World: Futureproofing your PPC Agency
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Teams of human plus machine dominated even the strongest computers... a chess-specific supercomputer like Deep Blue was no match for a strong human player using a relatively weak laptop.
Teams of human plus machine dominated even the strongest computers... a chess-specific supercomputer like Deep Blue was no match for a strong human player using a relatively weak laptop.
The real value PPC professionals bring is their ability to be strategic. Only a human can take the vast amount of data available and turn it into a money making plan of action.
A plan of action to achieve an overall aim
An overall approach.
Strategy determines the types of tactics to be employed and in which manner to utilize those tactics
Low hanging fruit is gone. There’s no more ‘easy wins’.
Complexity of marketplaces, businesses, & ppc
Stakeholders want learning’s they can apply across all their digital marketing channels.
Gather the facts. What’s happening both internally & externally that’s affecting performance
How do you want to approach your ppc?
Are your goals and objectives clear and easy to understand?
Create your plan accordingly
What is your organization/client strong at? What can be leveraged?
Where are their weaknesses? Product? Skill gaps? Market positioning?
Where are the opportunities for growth and improvement?
What’s in the way? What are the showstoppers?
One of the biggest hurdles to being strategic is not having a full understanding the customer journey. Do you fully understand both your customers internal journey from consideration to conversion and how they’re interacting with the experience your creating for them? Creating a customer journey map allows you to see your business from your customer’s point of view and how they’re behaving at various points throughout the conversion process. By creating a picture of what your customer’s journey looks like and how they’re interacting within each stage of it, you can prioritize and optimize your marketing channels and the relationship between them accordingly.
Here’s a diagram of of the key elements of a customer journey map and how you go about putting one together.
•Create your ideal customer based on key facts and research available to you. For instance, based on research and data is your ideal customer females 35-44 who are moms that work full time, love to cook, and workout?
•Your customers goals. Understanding what their goals are. What do they want out of their customer journey? Is it just to buy something or create a relationship with a brand? Are they counting for your brand or service to be there for them?
•What’s their conversion path? How do they get from point A-B. What marketing channels are they using and how are they’re expectations when interacting with these channels? Your analytics should be able to tell you this.
•What’s the roadblocks to conversion?
Tips for conducting yourself and communicating strategically.
A plan without execution is just empty words.
The RTLS approach: We use this approach at Hanapin but you can adapt to your specific needs. https://www.hanapinmarketing.com/what-we-do/our-approach/
The RTLS approach: We use this approach at Hanapin but you can adapt to your specific needs. https://www.hanapinmarketing.com/what-we-do/our-approach/
The RTLS approach: We use this approach at Hanapin but you can adapt to your specific needs. https://www.hanapinmarketing.com/what-we-do/our-approach/
The RTLS approach: We use this approach at Hanapin but you can adapt to your specific needs. https://www.hanapinmarketing.com/what-we-do/our-approach/
Simply, stories are very engaging. Whether you are using a story in a pitch, an advert etc, you are less likely to lose your audience's attention. This is why public speakers frequently begin presentations with stories.
Stories are also highly structured forms of communication so they help with the audience's understanding.
A key part of your role is to communicate what the ppc program is all about. The better you can tell the story of ppc, more influence you’ll garner. The more influential you are, the more budget your liable to win. This puts you in a position to be more innovative and to be more equipped to push the boundaries of success. The more you can successfully push the boundaries of success, the better positioned you are to accelerate your career.
High level stakeholders are future focused and want to learn. You can communicate results in written form. However, to tell a more powerful story, use results to explain what’s been learned, what the future could look like, and connect to your stakeholders emotionally. By finding the triggers that make that make your stakeholders react positively towards you, the more you’ll be able to accomplish.
Jeff
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