EPISODE · Oct 24, 2019 · 53 MIN
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
from The Career Author Podcast · host J. Thorn
Pay-Per-Click advertising can bring in a great return on investment or it can be a bottomless pit of frustration. It’s difficult to know if you should be running paid ads, how much you should be spending, and what kind of results to expect.There’s a ton of information online about paid ads. And that too, is a problem. Who do you listen to? Zach and J. don’t have all the answers because they’re struggling with some of the same questions, but listen in as they share their insights on pay-per-click advertising and what might be next.The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author.In this episode, you’ll discover:What pay-per-click advertising isHow PPC advertising worksWhy you should (or should not) be doing itWhat platforms are available to authorsWho is having success with itWhat might be next when the paid ads bubble burstsWhose opinion we trust on pay-per-click advertising (for authors)Also, discover why J. is now unofficially part of the FI movement.Send us your ways and hacks - https://thecareerauthor.com/waysandhacks/ Leave us a comment: Do you use pay-per-click ads? If so, how?Thanks to all our Patrons.Podcast sponsored by Kobo Writing Life - https://writinglife.kobobooks.com Get exclusive bonus content by supporting The Career Author Podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thecareerauthorWant to work with us? Get the details at https://thecareerauthor.com/services/Links:Vote on our 2021 world-building event destinations - https://forms.gle/Jz5rHNiiJyLda9Ez5 “Lilias’s Bones” - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breenaelysekerr/liliass-bones-a-witch-podcast Choose FI (podcast) - https://www.choosefi.com/ Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early): How Far Would You Go for Financial Freedom? - https://amzn.to/35L6slo David Gaughran - BookBub Ads Expert: A Marketing Guide to Author Discovery - https://amzn.to/32HOKh7Brian Meeks - Mastering Amazon Ads - https://amzn.to/2VZWuICChris Fox - Ads for Authors Who Hate Math - https://amzn.to/33QMT9RMark Dawson - https://selfpublishingformula.com/courses/The October Giveaway is up now! - http://www.thecareerauthor.comThe Career Author YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/thecareerauthorThree Story Method - http://threestorymethod.comMolten Universe Media - http://www.moltenuniversemedia.comEvents - <a href="https://thecareerauthor.com/eve
What this episode covers
Pay-Per-Click advertising can bring in a great return on investment or it can be a bottomless pit of frustration. It’s difficult to know if you should be running paid ads, how much you should be spending, and what kind of results to expect.There’s a ton of information online about paid ads. And that too, is a problem. Who do you listen to? Zach and J. don’t have all the answers because they’re struggling with some of the same questions, but listen in as they share their insights on pay-per-click advertising and what might be next.The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author.In this episode, you’ll discover:What pay-per-click advertising isHow PPC advertising worksWhy you should (or should not) be doing itWhat platforms are available to authorsWho is having success with itWhat might be next when the paid ads bubble burstsWhose opinion we trust on pay-per-click advertising (for authors)Also, discover why J. is now unofficially part of the FI movement.Send us your ways and hacks - https://thecareerauthor.com/waysandhacks/ Leave us a comment: Do you use pay-per-click ads? If so, how?Thanks to all our Patrons.Podcast sponsored by Kobo Writing Life - https://writinglife.kobobooks.com Get exclusive bonus content by supporting The Career Author Podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thecareerauthorWant to work with us? Get the details at https://thecareerauthor.com/services/Links:Vote on our 2021 world-building event destinations - https://forms.gle/Jz5rHNiiJyLda9Ez5 “Lilias’s Bones” - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breenaelysekerr/liliass-bones-a-witch-podcast Choose FI (podcast) - https://www.choosefi.com/ Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early): How Far Would You Go for Financial Freedom? - https://amzn.to/35L6slo David Gaughran - BookBub Ads Expert: A Marketing Guide to Author Discovery - https://amzn.to/32HOKh7Brian Meeks - Mastering Amazon Ads - https://amzn.to/2VZWuICChris Fox - Ads for Authors Who Hate Math - https://amzn.to/33QMT9RMark Dawson - https://selfpublishingformula.com/courses/The October Giveaway is up now! - http://www.thecareerauthor.comThe Career Author YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/thecareerauthorThree Story Method - http://threestorymethod.comMolten Universe Media - http://www.moltenuniversemedia.comEvents - <a href="https://thecareerauthor.com/eve
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