I'm happy to announce that I'll be judging the Friends of Search Awards this year and will then travel to Brussels and Amsterdam to present a session on PPC. If you want the chance to enter this contest, grab it quick because today is the last day they are accepting entries!
Hope to see you there, give it your best shot and you just might be surprised at winning ;)
Kirk is the owner of ZATO, his Paid Search PPC micro-agency of experts, and has been working in Digital Marketing since 2009. His personal motto (perhaps unhealthily so), is "let's overthink this some more." He even wrote a book recently on philosophical PPC musings that you can check out here: Ponderings of a PPC Professional.
He has been named one of the Top 25 Most Influential PPCers in the world by PPC Hero (now PPCSurvey) 10 years in a row (2016-2026), has written articles for many industry publications (including Shopify, Moz, PPC Hero, Search Engine Land, and Microsoft), and is a frequent guest on digital marketing podcasts and webinars.
Kirk currently resides in Billings, MT with his wife, six children, books, Trek Bikes, Taylor guitar, and little sleep.
Kirk is an avid "discusser of marketing things" on Twitter, as well as an avid conference speaker, having traveled around the world to talk about Paid Search (especially Shopping Ads). Kirk has booked speaking engagements in London, Dublin, Sydney, Milan, NYC, Dallas, OKC, Milwaukee, and more and has been recognized through reviews as one of the Top 10 conference presentations on more than one occasion.
In 2023, Kirk had the privilege of speaking at the TEDx Billings on one of his many passions, Stop the Scale: Redefining Business Success... which is also the title of his latest book, Stop the Scale, available now on Amazon!