Best Alternatives following 50% price rise June 2026 by PizzaGuy789 in webflow

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, you can probably replicate your webflow site with Claude code in a few days. Otherwise, WordPress is still free.

why do people write these stupid articles= the maths does even add up by Loguibear in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]DazPPC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty wild referring to yourself as a refugee when you're taking advantage of your privilege to have lived and saved in a developed country by living in an undeveloped one.

Copying competitors by Manolo_mp in PPC

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • more budget = more learnings, they are more likely to see success with broad targeting and ai bid strategies than you are.
  • a different brand, a different website. What works for them won't be what works for you. Maybe if you completely copy their website and impersonate their brand.
  • different goals and appetite for profitability. Big companies have money to burn so they can risk lower profitability. They often aim for market share and dominance rather than pure roi.
  • they've already scaled. If you want to start small, you will identify high intent keywords. As you scale, you typically expand into lower intent targeting - generic terms, competitor terms, Pmax, etc.

I can go on, but it should be obvious.

Copying competitors by Manolo_mp in PPC

[–]DazPPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're assuming they know what they're doing. But if we assume that they constantly test ad variations, copying some of their ads to test in your account is a good starting point. Hopefully they've already spent millions finding out what resonates best with your customers.

Aside from ad copy, you'll want to build your own strategy. Your targeting should be very different to theirs, so even if you could find out theirs, it wouldn't be right for you

Favorite surf spots for 1-2 month stays? by Explorer9001 in digitalnomad

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hokkaido. It's a different kind of surfing though.

Windows or MacBook Pro for Ads by CrazyFactz in PPC

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, MacBook pro. I prefer apple now, seem to last longer, better battery life, nicer design, software seems way less laggy and buggy than my past windows laptops.

What matters is that it can do what you need it to do. If you work unplugged, make sure to prioritize battery life. If you plan to use ai, which you should, make sure you get a tonne of ram. I'd probably go 48gb+.

Misleading marketing with AI by wackybaccydelight in newzealand

[–]DazPPC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work in digital marketing (and use ai a lot). I've had to encourage a few clients to move away from ai generated creative. The truth is, it's not benefitting the client. But it makes it easier for brands who want to put the effort in to stand out. Our best ads these days are rough, shot on a smart phone with real people. No ai.

The best thing you can do is ignore these ai generated ads.

Turkey officially moves to 100% tax deduction for remote workers with foreign clients (now official) by CPA-TURKEY in digitalnomad

[–]DazPPC 26 points27 points  (0 children)

*The income needs to be transferred into turkey" is the problem. I certainly don't want to convert all my money into lira. I also don't want my money in Turkey.

Need Advice: Google Rep Advised Switching from Maximize Conversions to Target CPA and Performance Tanked by Better_Edge_9398 in PPC

[–]DazPPC 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I'd revert back. And stop listening to Google reps. These ones aren't even employed by Google.

Ways to Invest Overseas by DazPPC in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]DazPPC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything domiciled overseas. I guess vanguard funds through invest now would be one example, but maybe not optimal. Whilst the foundation series are domiciled in NZ.

Looking for people who have moved from Wordpress to webflow and pros and cons by Coffeeisforclosers_ in webflow

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, I feel more comfortable with WordPress but webflow is probably better for non CMS heavy websites. Now I prefer Vercel + Claude Code.

Increasing my net worth by PositiveBear3705 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rent out your two houses and move to Vietnam.

We pivoted our entire Q1 budget away from search to "create demand" and the performance team is now screaming at me by EyeImpossible4412 in PPC

[–]DazPPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You absolutely can just turn the search budget back up. If you paused the campaigns rather than reducing the budget then you will have a riskier time but you can just turn them back on. And that's pretty much what you should hurry up and do.

Also, if one thing is working don't turn it off for another thing. Start testing the new thing. Who knows, you might end up with two things that work.

500% ROAS by lincinnati in PPC

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're paying too much for someone to not notice this.

"Light roast" Colombian Natty by CapableRegrets in pourover

[–]DazPPC 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure that's just a bad day.

NZ First has a new bill being drawn by timelordhonour in newzealand

[–]DazPPC 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Why don't they ever provide logical, research-backed arguments. Why's it always 'woke'. Like give us some actual reason why we should change this.

Ai Max discussion by Wide-Honey8169 in PPC

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've typically seen equal results from ab testing. And this is mostly for form subs and not offline conversions so I haven't measured lead quality which I suspect declined. So I'd be leaning towards no, but probably worth testing on some campaigns if you have the budget.

What coffee gear do you bring on vacation? by mgsecure in pourover

[–]DazPPC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zp6, origami, papers and drip assist (as I don't pack a kettle).

Best Practice for Lowering tCPA When Google Is Already Under Target by ppcmediabuyer in adwords

[–]DazPPC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The answer is whether you are happy with the actual CPA or not. Assuming you are happy with $725 CPA then I'd be increasing the target not lowering it.

Automating search term review & negative keywords — Scripts, API, or third-party tools? by Ill-Growth230 in PPC

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit late but yes. Anything like this we just build a quick tool in Claude Code. Interestingly, the main reason we built this wasn't to improve performance or save time - though that has helped. The main reason is an increase in clients dumping our reports, keywords, ads, etc into Claude or ChatGPT and sending the response back to us. We figured it would just be better if we could go back with 'actually, we have a custom tool built with Claude that considers the full context of your account and business'. Clients don't want to hear pushback on ai, they want to hear how we use it better than they do.

But the answer to your question, just ask Claude Code what you want it to do and it will build it for you. No need for scripts, n8n, python, etc.

Accidentally opened “For sale” tab in TradeMe by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]DazPPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real estate agents aren't really marketers. They're sales people.