Nicole Mears

One of my favorite things is harmonizing with the dudes yelling “oooooo” as loud as they can at duck games and then being louder and lasting longer. #goducks  #scoducks #CFBPlayoff

Oregonians can be notoriously passive drivers. But I swear to god if you mess up your merge, and I graciously let you in at the last moment, and you don't do the little rearview mirror thank you wave, we are now legally sworn enemies until the end of time. #oregon #baddrivers

Oh yay, it’s once again “find golf tees and ball markers in the washing machine” season. 🏌️‍♂️🙃 #golf #golfwidow #golfwife

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Another no-show? That's more than a missed slot; it's lost revenue. So, do you chase them down or let them go? Comment 🤖 for pros/cons on contacting no-shows + directions on how to automate follow-ups! Do you call no-shows or move on?

@thejonanshow Congratulations!!!!

We made a human! Happy Birthday Cenec (sen-ehk) 🥰🎂

@PPCKirk So thankful to hear the surgery went well. Hoping he has the speediest of recoveries!

Thank you all for the support! He’s back in daddy’s arms :) surgery went well and he’ll be eating again soon.

Nothing like watching your infant get wheeled into unplanned surgery (for pyloric stenosis). Thoughts/prayers/GIFs appreciated.

No one, and I mean no one, is more motivated to learn numbers than a toddler trying to break into a locked iPad to watch @Octonauts

PPC Budget Management might not be the sexiest topic, but it’s crazy important to your account’s success. Check out today’s @PaidMediaPros video for our tips on better budget management. Thanks to our friends @Shape for sponsoring! #ppc #paidsearch >> youtube.com/watch?v=iOQaet…

I decided to let my toddler rename our kitchen as a restaurant. He decided on “Mooooo.” I feel personally attacked.

@PPCKirk We just received it and I have to say I'm blown away by the fact that the account optimization score will now be factored in and I quote, "Dismissing recommendations will not count toward the account optimization requirement." This change seems likely to anger many, many people.

the big question is whether it is an actual core change in the program, or just a UX overhaul on top of the same overall structure. #ppcchat We shall see.

Anyone else get an announcement of the new #GooglePartners program coming? I’m very interested to see what happens with this. #ppcchat Details screenshot from email:

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@Nicole_Mintiens I imagine this as a mix of long awkward silences punctuated by everyone talking at the same time. Was it at least a video call so you could tell when someone was winding up to talk?

"It’s okay that a magical best-in-class PPC software provider that solves every single digital advertiser's problems doesn’t exist." - @StormyMears 9 major purchase considerations to evaluate, along with 100+ questions to ask PPC software vendors: shape.io/best-ppc-manag…

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@jdprater Great strategy on the AM. Will schedule it in after parsing through PPC/marketing/product blogs. My woefully under-optimized profile is: quora.com/profile/Nicole…. Thank you 😀 Each month only gets better (and more challenging but in the best ways) with little ones.

@StormyMears I try to take 5-10 mins in the morning to answer questions before everything gets crazy. And thank you! He's been a good kid in his first 2 months. ps - send me your Quora profile and I'll tag you on questions that might be relevant. :)

A6: Reddit. It's a tough crowd b/s self-promotion is so frowned upon, but engagement in target communities and the preciseness of subreddit targeting is impressive. #ppcchat

@jdprater Step one for me is finding time to answer questions, so we have something to promote. Balancing workload and the world's busiest toddler has made it tough, but I'm working to carve out time for devoting more to Quora and others. Congrats on your new little one btw.

@StormyMears Plus, you should try to Promoted Answers. It's like a boost button, which is great for branding and thought leadership on platform. Building up your credibility is good way to maximize results.

@jdprater We did @jdprater! We used question & topic targeting with our 2018 test. The volume of traffic on what we targeted was too limited for us to see the results we were hoping for on this test. We used Quora advertising in early 2017 with better results, so we learn, adjust & retest!

@StormyMears If you like targeting communities and precise targeting then you'll definitely want to check out #QuoraAds as you can go down to a specific question. #ppcchat

@JoshKelson We did some video and text ads in a few subreddits in 2018. It was fairly top-of-funnel for a new product announcement though. I'd love to see if we can implement ad sequencing to better move prospective customers down the funnel there though.

@StormyMears How will you be engaging with Reddit?

A5 Absolutely dependent on the client. Early adopter clients are much more likely to approve a bigger upfront testing budget if we can provide sound strategy behind $ we're requesting. Other clients want years of proof that something we're want to test works for others #ppcchat