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The paid media lab

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Google Ads
Paid Media
PPC
Performance Marketing
Chatgpt
Return On Ad Spend
PPC Landing Pages
Performance Max
PMAX Campaigns
PPC Strategies
Negative Keywords
Responsive Search Ads
Lunio
E-Commerce
Demand-Led Bidding
Search Engine Marketing
Lead Generation
Lookalike Audiences
Google Demand Gen Campaigns
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The paid media lab is a podcast for performance marketers who want fresh, innovative, and actionable strategies to maximize return on ad spend. In each episode, we speak to a leading paid media expert about the one strategy, approach, or tactic that has consistently delivered impressive performance improvements across their campaigns in recent months. Presented by James Deeney and brought to you b... more

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Latest Episodes

"AI will take our marketing jobs". How many times have you heard that in recent years?

Miles McNair (Founder of The PPC Hub & Co-Founder of PPC Mastery) joined us for the finale of Season 3 to explain why the future of marketing doesn't belong to AI... more

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Google has dominated the digital advertising landscape for a long time now, and despite increasing legal scrutiny, it remains the ad platform of choice amongst marketers, with studies showing that advertisers spend more on Google Ads than both Meta a... more

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Sales and marketing alignment is essential for slick lead generation at B2B and SaaS businesses. According to Hubspot’s 2025 State of Sales report, 41% of salespeople say sales and marketing alignment improves lead quality, while 29% say it can incre... more

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TikTok is currently the fifth largest social platform in the world, and certainly one of the fastest growing - especially amongst younger audiences.

With TikTok’s exponential growth comes massive advertising opportunities. Statistics show that TikT... more

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AI hype is everywhere. But what does an AI future look like for marketers? Is AI genuinely the future, or just an over-hyped bubble that'll eventually burst, causing chaos in the process?In this episode of The Paid Media Lab, Rand Fishkin (Co-Founder... more

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Most marketers worship their brand guidelines. Lewis Kemp thinks you should burn them.

In the first episode of Season 3 of the Paid Media Lab, Lewis Kemp (founder of Lightbulb Media and The University of Creative Idiots) joins us to explain why stri... more

Get Ed's forecasting spreadsheet here: edleake.com/google-ads-forecasting-tool/And watch his video going into the spreadsheet in more detail: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta5fIi0qbHw

In the final episode of Season 2 of the Paid Media Lab ... more

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In this episode of the Paid Media Lab podcast, we speak to Sofia Akritidou - founder of ThinkWise Digital and seasoned B2B PPC strategist - to explore what’s really broken in B2B lead generation and how to fix it using smarter paid media strategies. more

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Recent Guests

Miles McNair
Co-founder of PPC Mastery
PPC Mastery
Episode: Why T-Shaped marketers will win the future of Google Ads (w/ Miles McNair) | S3 EP6
Pam Didner
Author, speaker, and B2B consultant focusing on aligning marketing and sales.
Episode: What elite B2B Marketers do differently to support Sales teams (w/ Pam Didner) | S3 EP4
Fiona Bradley
Founder of FB Comms and expert in social ad campaigns
FB Comms
Episode: Master TikTok Ads: UCG, Search Ads & 2026 Strategy (w/ Fiona Bradley) | S3 EP3
Rand Fishkin
Founder and former CEO of Moz, co-founder and CEO of SparkToro
SparkToro
Episode: AI Hype vs Reality: What actually works in marketing (w/ Rand Fishkin) | S3 EP2
Ed Leake
Founder and creator of God Tier Ads, seasoned agency owner and PPC expert with extensive experience in managing ad spend.
God Tier Ads
Episode: How to predict Google Ads Results in 2025 with $0 ad spend (w/ Ed Leake) | S2 EP10
Sofia Akritidou
Founder of ThinkWise Digital and a PPC expert with over seven years of experience.
ThinkWise Digital
Episode: B2B PPC Strategy: Avoid these common mistakes (w/ Sofia Akritidou) | S2 EP9
Jyll Saskin Gales
Author, speaker, podcaster, and founder of Inside Google Ads. Provides coaching and consultancy services for better ROI on ad campaigns.
Inside Google Ads
Episode: AI Max in Google Ads: Key things you need to know (w/ Jyll Saskin Gales) | S2 EP7
Inny Vaiciute
Senior PPC Manager at Circus PPC
Circus PPC
Episode: How to lower Google Ads CPCs with better account structure (w/ Inny Vaiciute) | S2 EP5
Teodor Yordanov
Senior Paid Media Director at Booked Up Media and Marketize Me
Booked Up Media and Marketize Me
Episode: Local Campaigns in Google Ads: How to Boost Offline Sales (w/ Teodor Yordanov) | S2 EP4

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James Deeney
Content lead at Lunio and knowledgeable host specializing in performance marketing.

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How to optimize value-based bidding for lead gen in 2025 (w/ Scott Carruthers) | S1, EP6
Q: Could you walk us through your process of shifting focus from maximizing lead volume to a value-based bidding approach?
To shift, ensure proper reporting and tracking is in place, switch to focus on qualified leads, and adjust bidding strategies accordingly.
How to optimize value-based bidding for lead gen in 2025 (w/ Scott Carruthers) | S1, EP6
Q: What common mistakes do businesses make when selecting an optimization point?
Common mistakes include lack of alignment with business goals and focusing too much on vanity metrics or going too far down the funnel without sufficient data.
How to optimize value-based bidding for lead gen in 2025 (w/ Scott Carruthers) | S1, EP6
Q: Can you explain what optimization points in PPC are and why they're important?
Optimization points are what you're optimizing towards or what you're asking the platform to achieve; it's essential for aligning machine learning with business goals.
Demand-led bidding: Optimizing tROAS or tCPA for better results (w/ Lucy Smith) | S1 EP9
Q: What types of data and market conditions would you consider when approaching this demand-led strategy?
Your bidding will consider seasonality, market events, and competitor actions while allowing for adjustments based on external signals.
Demand-led bidding: Optimizing tROAS or tCPA for better results (w/ Lucy Smith) | S1 EP9
Q: Are there any other types of businesses that you think can benefit the most from this kind of approach to bidding?
Businesses with shorter sales cycles and a decent number of conversions, such as e-commerce or lead-gen clients with lead scoring, tend to benefit most from demand-led bidding.

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Focused on performance marketing, this podcast presents insights and strategies from leading experts in the field, aiming to enhance return on ad spend for marketers. Each episode features discussions that highlight specific tactics, innovative approaches, and emerging trends, tailored for professionals seeking actionable information to improve their digital campaigns. Topics frequently explored include Google Ads, PPC strategies, AI in marketing, and effective advertising across various platforms, offering value to both B2B and B2C marketers. Noteworthy is the consistent emphasis on practical, real-world applications, making it particularly appealing for listeners invested in optimizing their marketing efforts and achieving measurable resu... more

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2. Pam Didner
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4. Rand Fishkin
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