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Ponderings of a PPC Professional

- by Kirk Williams

@PPCKirk
Kirk takes his years of experience managing PPC accounts and navigating the complexities of building his agency to share insights on everything from attribution and cows to PPC Pricing Models. Whether the reader is just beginning in the world of PPC, or is a tried and true expert hoping to find new insights into common problems, Ponderings of a PPC Professional is worth the read.
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"Reality is nuanced. And that’s why I’m excited for you to read this book and discover some of the same nuances that will help you run your campaigns in the most effective manner possible."
- Gil Gildner
Author, Becoming a Digital Marketer

Table of Contents

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Chapter 1 - The Keyword: Personal, Timely, Intent
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Chapter 2 - Keywords Aren’t Just Topics
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Chapter 3 - The Concerning Future of the Resilient Keyword
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Chapter 4 - Controlling the Keyword for Small Budgets Is Crucial
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Chapter 5 - To Bid or Not to Bid on Brand
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Chapter 6 - Invest in More Channels Than PPC or Die
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Chapter 7 - When to Blame Poor Positioning, not PPC
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Chapter 8 - The Marketing Funnel Is Not Dead
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Chapter 9 - When Optimizing Ads Strangles the Funnel
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Chapter 10 - PPC Isn’t Primarily for Scaling
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Chapter 11 - Balancing Growth with Profit Over Time: The Ascending Seesaw of Scaling
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Chapter 12 - Eleven Reasons Your Google Ads CVR May Have Dropped
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Chapter 13 - A Tale of Attribution Woe and Cow Crap
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Chapter 14 - Avoid These Two Ditches of Digital Attribution
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Chapter 15 - The Digital Attribution Bubble
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Chapter 16 - When Data & Automation Disagree
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Chapter 17 - Testing PPC With Low Budgets
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Chapter 18 - Let’s De-Frenzy PPC
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Chapter 19 - The Remarkable and Alarming Power of the Google Ads Platform
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Appendix A - An Open Letter to Google
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Appendix B - Pros & Cons of PPC Agency Pricing Models
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Not a PPCer? 🤖

Kirk's book delves into the thinking behind key digital components, anywhere from attribution to agency pricing models and you are sure to find some hidden, golden nuggets to apply to your own area of focus.

Student or Professor?  

Ponderings of a PPC Professional is an excellent option for a classroom setting. It teaches someone how to think about key aspects of digital marketing, not simply walk them through a tactical framework that may be out-dated in a year.
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