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If you’re getting sick of the Google Performance Max discussion, get over it. Performance Max is the future of all things traffic. On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam walk us through the three big things they’ve learned from Google Performance Max in the past few months. At this early point in history, most people are not yet running PM. If you are, you’re in a great spot as a pioneer and influencer. It’s tempting to hold all this knowledge close to the vest, the guys say, so they can enjoy the fruits of their labor before the whole world catches on, but they can’t help but share. They (and their clients) are already spending thousands (even millions) of dollars on this platform. It truly changes everything we’ve ever known about traffic. The Golden Rule of Performance Max, Kasim says, is that there are no Golden Rules. Every client, every implementation is so different—and so customizable in the ways that matter. They’re literally learning something new every day.Listen in to find o

When it comes to using bid cap and cost cap in your ad campaigns, how do you balance getting the right customers but also increasing your volume and scaling? On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down with Kobi Topaz of Tier 11 for a quick look at What’s Working Now: Big Cap/Cost Cap Edition. When do you use bid cap and cost cap strategies in your campaigns? Kobi says they really help with minimizing costs and saving the accounts on horrible days. Their main purpose is to balance things out. He walks us through structuring a campaign and when/how to use cost cap and bid cap to meet your goals. The important thing to remember, he says, is that the algorithm changes every day, so you’ve got to test. “Don’t fall back on what worked millions of years ago in Facebook time.”Listen in for some helpful tips for optimizing your campaigns while minimizing your costs.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:The key differences between cost cap and bid capTwo important things you have to have in place bef

Are you getting similar results with every ad campaign even when you try to switch things up? On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down with Kobi Topaz of Tier 11 to pick his wicked-ninja brain about ad campaign optimization. The guys don’t go easy on him. They demand that he share knowledge bombs—at least one hack/tip/trick in particular that he really doesn’t want to give away—to earn listeners’ trust. They also ask him very easy questions like: Where is the real source of truth? Apparently, he really is a ninja because he gives some great answers. He also shares his insight and expertise on story-based ads, deep dive avatar research, optimization schedules, and how to get good leads for cheap.Listen in for some knowledge bombs you can apply to your ad campaigns today.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:Why transformational story video ads work better than anything else on Facebook Where the most helpful avatar data comes from (and how to get it) What you should know about ch

This hack won a “Wicked Smart” award at a recent War Room Mastermind, so you know it’s got to be good. On today’s “What’s Working Now” episode, host Kasim Aslam shares a brilliant tip for free that a bunch of other entrepreneurs had to pay $35k to hear. Well, that’s a little bit of an exaggeration. Thirty-five grand is the annual fee for a War Room Mastermind membership (and totally worth the investment, Kasim says). He shared his totally legal hack in a five-minute powerpoint presentation at a recent meeting, and his fellow members were duly impressed. It all started in November 2020 when Youtube came out and said they were going to show ads on all videos. In January 2022, Kasim came up with a wicked smart idea to use that to his decisive advantage.Listen in to hear how you too can pull off an ethical heist of your competitors’ most valuable organic traffic.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:The biggest thing Kasim has gotten from War Room this year How Kasim’s ad got a 31% view rate and a massive 8-minu

What are the biggest challenges facing marketers today, and how can you navigate through/innovate around those challenges? Today’s episode is a replay of Ralph Burns’s guest appearance on the Meta Business, Innovation, and Technology podcast with host Jordan Rogers-Smith. Being on the show was definitely a big honor for Ralph, but—let’s be honest—Meta was lucky to have him. Jordan asked a lot of insightful questions, and Ralph’s answers were brilliant. They talked about everything from attribution and iOS updates to humans vs. technology to the biggest fundamental changes in the Meta platform over the years. Ralph explained why he wouldn’t start a marketing agency in 2022, and reminisced about his first-ever Facebook ad that cost $3000 and got him zero leads or sales.Listen in for an insightful conversation between two really smart guys about the past, present, and future of marketing. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:Why IG ads didn’t work for Ralph’s agency at first (and why they do now) How tech

Historically, Google advertisers haven’t liked funnels—for a lot of reasons. But is that about to drastically change? On today’s bite-sized episode, host Kasim Aslam is talking about his favorite topic (cue the sarcasm): funnels. Funnels haven’t functioned well traditionally in the Google ecosystem, so he hasn’t had much use for them. Until Google Performance Max. Now, not only is Kasim rethinking his opinion of funnels, he’s re-evaluating the very definition. “Marketers didn’t invent the funnel,” he says. “A funnel is a natural sequence through which a purchasing decision is made. It exists for your product or service in your industry completely independent of you.” The funnel is with your customer. The more you work to understand your customer, your avatar, the more you understand the funnel. Funnels aren’t dead, he says. They’re more important than ever.Listen in to find out more.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:How the full funnel marketing approach is built into the fabric of Google’s advertising W

Finding the right people to work for you and with you is one of the most important—and intimidating—parts of running a business. On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down with Shaina Weisinger, CEO and founder of Repurpose House, to talk about how to hire the right people to grow and scale your business. Shaina started her company because there was a huge market for repurposed content and no one was doing it. But she had been a bottleneck in the past and knew she couldn’t be the one doing all the work this time around. She’d create the processes, the SOPs, make them efficient, document them, and pass the baton. She designed a recurring, replicable model and built her business up from the ground like that. Not only does she have incredible processes for the work her company does, she has well-oiled processes for hiring people to do that work—both domestic and overseas.Listen in for some practical advice on building systems that work and hiring the right people for each and every jo

Imagine if someone just handed you a list of every single tool you need to effectively measure the performance of your marketing. On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down once again with Chris Mercer, founder of MeasurementMarketing.io. This time he’s got a whole tech stack he’s going to share with us from start to finish, the whole kit and caboodle. Seriously, he’s giving away the farm here. It’s easy to over-complicate things, Mercer says. The skill is to make things simple. How do we keep it simple? Every measurement system has to do 3 things: 1.) Collect information to get answers to questions. 2.) Store that information to access later. And 3.) Build reports on that data. If you don’t know how to measure, all the tools in the world won’t help you. “Measurement is how we listen,” he says. “Marketing is how we respond.”Listen in as he walks us through the powerful skill of measurement—simple step by simple step.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:How to figure out the true traffic so

The only thing worse than not knowing how you failed is not knowing how you succeeded. On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down with Chris Mercer, founder of MeasurementMarketing.io, to talk about getting leads and sales for your business through measurement. Kasim calls Mercer “one of the only non-posers in the attribution/measurement game online, the most important voice in digital marketing right now, and the smartest guy in the space.” The scary thing for marketers, Mercer says, is that every day it’s getting harder to measure. Tech is changing, laws are making it harder, and users don’t want to be measured. But there are still plenty of ways to get around all of that, and MeasurementMarketing.io can help you do it.Listen in for some helpful tips on figuring out how you got your results, so you know what action to take next.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:What you need to know about modeling attribution on Facebook and GoogleHow to work with measurement in a company culture 

Are you ready to shoot to the top of everybody’s awareness by leveraging someone else’s authority?On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down again with the ingenious Dennis Yu, and he literally creates a mind-blowing ad from start to finish on the show. You can do it too—in just FIVE minutes for just ONE dollar a day with tools that are affordable and easy to use. If you’re trying to drive sales or leads and have no authority, you no longer have any excuse. In Kasim’s words, “Every high end salesperson just got a triple PhD in getting in front of the exact right decision maker.” Dennis’s strategy is a simple, but brilliant, way to build a relationship with integrity—and leverage it to get leads and sales.Listen in for step-by-step instructions on creating a cross-platform ad with unbelievable reach—in no time.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:How to create implied endorsement from respected names in your industryWhich platforms Dennis posts his video on (and where it does best)How social sig

This prolific content creator has been coming up with evergreen marketing strategies for 25 years. And he literally gives them away for free.On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down to chat with Dennis Yu, founder of Blitz Metrics and the most generous marketer in the world (according to Kasim). Dennis gives away content like “grannies handing out Costco samples.” When Kasim was an infant in the digital marketing world, Dennis spent an hour on the phone with him and showered him with free, life-changing advice. And he shares something with PT listeners that he’s never shared before—his secret to creating high-authority, meaningful, well-produced, prolific content with important people, without taking up a ton of time.Listen in for some powerful strategies that could literally change the way you do marketing. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:Tips for creating 15-second and 1-minute video clips you can use forever Cheap/free tools that make content creation/editing a piece of cake

What if you could combine great messaging with great audiences in a virtual nirvana of social ads with stunning results? On today’s episode, Ralph Burns walks co-host Kasim Aslam through the Creative Lab deep dive research the Tier 11 team uses to acquire ideal customers at top of funnel. This deep dive includes looking at 16 sources of data to create messaging and avatars, which becomes the foundation for how they create ad copy, images, videos, and scripts. They’re not just on a quest to uncover an avatar’s demographics and interests. They want to know them intimately. What are they thinking? What are their deepest fears? Their greatest desires? What transformation do they crave? “I don’t think you deserve to market to anybody if you don’t truly love them,” Kasim says. “And the way to fall in love with somebody is to get to know them.”Listen in for a masterclass on knowing your ideal customer on a deep level—and convincing them that the transformation they want is attainable.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEAR

This Facebook Ad agency just crushed the iOS update like it didn’t even happen and got amazing results for a customer. How in the heck did they do it?On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down to talk about Facebook advertising as part of a much larger ecosystem. Just when people were afraid Facebook ads might be dead, NOPE. (If you’re new here, Kasim owns a Google Ads agency, and Ralph owns a Facebook Ad agency.) Both co-hosts are speaking at AdWorld next month, and Ralph will be sharing three recent case studies where companies have gotten huge numbers with Facebook ads. Now they’re folding in more channels and continuing to scale. We get a sneak peek at one of the case studies in this episode. These are exciting times in the ad space.Listen in as Ralph shares some valuable insights from a successful campaign that you can apply to your own.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:How (and why) you should be using Wicked Reports in your ad agencyWhy Ralph, the Facebook guy, is excited about Google

On today’s episode, Ralph gets interviewed by Jeff Mask about Ralph's new book, Virtual Boss. The guys geek out over human psychology together, talk about building trust and getting the most out of your team, and dig deep into what truly makes a leader great.Listen to the Ready to Lead PodcastListen in for some encouragement and advice from a long-time (and well-respected) virtual leader. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:What leaders need to know about human psychologyTips for transitioning from in-person to virtual leadershipHow constructive reprimands can actually build trustWhy emojis are key to Ralph’s company being a virtual organization LINKS AND RESOURCES:Virtual Boss (Ralph’s new book)Perpetual Traffic podcastTier 11 The 4-Hour WorkweekThe MotiveOTHER SHOWS YOU MIGHT ENJOY:Business Lunch with Roland Frasier and Ryan DeissPerpetual Traffic with Ralph Burns and Kasim AslamDigitalMarketer Podcast with Mark de Grasse and Mandy McEwenMentioned in this episode:Try CallRail Free for 2 Weeks!Find o

As advertisers, iOS updates rocked our world this past year, and while Facebook took the fall, it was Google after all.On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down to chat about the one thing that’s going to change everything: Google Performance Max. Kasim, who is very careful with words after being accused of hyperbole, says, “This is a gift from the gods we’ve been given here.” He says that, in order to use Performance Max to its full capacity, you have to understand what Google really is. It’s not just a search engine. Google knows it all. What questions you have, what your knowledge gaps are, what you do on every website you visit, what you write in your emails. ALL OF IT. And, for the first time ever, they’re letting us use what they know to run our ad campaigns. It’s a complete and total paradigm shift.Listen in for some knowledge bombs that are going to blow your mind. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:What goes in the very specific “bucket”

What in the heck is the metaverse really, and why, how, and when will it matter to advertisers?  On today’s episode, host Kasim Aslam sits down again with Meta Solutions Architect, Owen Felsinger to talk about the metaverse. There’s a lot of chatter out there about what the metaverse actually is, and the concept and definition will continue to evolve. As Owen describes it, the metaverse is an open world where you can build whatever you want and communicate with people everywhere. And it will grow to incorporate input from companies around the globe who are all going to build separate, competing parts of the infrastructure. What excites Kasim is that, from an advertiser’s perspective, it’s going to be a complete change of context. And the little guy—the smaller businesses—will have a world of new opportunities open up for them. Listen in to hear what some of those opportunities might be—and when we can expect them to materialize. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:The pros and cons

It’s not every day you get to hear ad campaign advice straight from the guy who makes all the magic happen at Meta. On today’s episode, co-hosts Ralph Burns and Kasim Aslam sit down with Owen Felsinger, Solutions Architect at Meta, to talk about Conversions API and CAPI Gateway. What are the pros and cons of each? Which one is right for your business? What bugs are still getting worked out? And what knowledge do you need in order to utilize these tools in the most optimal way possible?  In other fun news, Ralph and Kasim are both speaking at AdWorld in May! Get your tickets TODAY! Listen in for some valuable insight and helpful tips from a real-life Metamate (yes, this is what the company is officially calling its employees now). IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:How long it will take your business to get CAPI Gateway up and running smoothly What this next round of privacy changes could mean for your business What you need to know about event match quality and first par

If you’re running Google ads, you need to get on board with Performance Max immediately.  On today’s episode, host Kasim Aslam sits down again with John Moran, Chief Strategist at Solutions 8, to dive even deeper into the goodness of Google Performance Max. These agency guys shoot straight—you don’t need an agency to deploy and manage this new tool, they say. But you do have to monitor it and stay on top of it. You can’t set it and forget it. John walks us through some sample campaigns, and the duo discusses everything from audience sculpting to customer matching to a hidden gem that’s just been made public. Google Performance Max is the future. The time to get started is now. Listen in to get a jump start on this “beast” that’s already taking names and is going to “evolve into so much more.” IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:What experience/know-how you need to run Performance Max without an agencyWhat the New Customer Acquisition feature means (and how to us

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Google Smart Shopping was revolutionary, but this new change Google just made? It’s everything Smart Shopping should have been and more.  In today’s episode, host Kasim Aslam sits down with his business partner, John Moran, Chief Strategist at Solutions 8 and the smartest Google Ads guy on the planet. They’re talking about the biggest change to the Google Ads dashboard/ecosystem/mechanism in the history of ever—Google Performance Max. “Usually, when Google makes a change,” Kasim admits, “we whine and moan. This is different. Google has actually given us the most powerful marketing tool we’ve ever seen.” It’s evergreen. It’s omnichannel. It gives advertisers analytical details on an unprecedented level. It’s a roadmap to success. “It’s all the things.” Listen in as Kasim and John (mostly John) break down how the rollout of Google Performance Max has severely changed the game—in all the very best ways. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:What it means for your campaign to h