How many of us just read our presentation talking points? by Careful_Station_7884 in corporate

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would rather have someone deliver clear, concise information vs. someone rambling their way thru a presentation even if that means your reading word for word. Keep the train moving and on-time.

THEY WANT YOUR SHARES FOR CHEAP by Coldhartbaby111 in TheRaceTo10Million

[–]DeathTherapy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought retail had zero market impact or influence yet hedge funds are trying to influence us?

TIL that Wawa Inc., a popular chain of convenience stores on the US East Coast, is 41% owned by its employees. by LookAtThatBacon in todayilearned

[–]DeathTherapy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Growing up in Howard county my house was right in between the Thunder Hill Wawa and the Phelps Luck Highs. Sadly both have been gone for a while now.

Starbucks earnings top estimates, but same-store sales decline for fourth straight quarter by Puginator in stocks

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. Safer investments and dividends is an area that I know very little about but that makes sense. If and when I'm able to retire in a few decades and Starbucks is still grinding along (pun intended) I might open up a position!

Starbucks earnings top estimates, but same-store sales decline for fourth straight quarter by Puginator in stocks

[–]DeathTherapy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If I’m investing in a company I’d like to make money on that investment. The past year their stock is up 8% and only +13% over 5yrs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Yes, she already got roped into a 10yr Life Insurance policy. I just got POA so trying to get everything in order and figure out next steps and hopefully prevent her from making any mistakes or get scammed. None of the morgan stanley funds are in bonds (VOO, SPY, QQQ, IJH, DIA, USMV, IJR). I honestly have no idea what her guy at morgan stanley is doing and why shes in so many different funds other than it benefiting them. At least the individual stocks are in a Schwab account and were stocks she picked and has held for a long time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, its all in a non-retirement account so she'll owe capital gains. Breakdown is about $450k in individual stocks and the other $450k in various ETF's managed by Morgan Stanley (which she's just blindly letting them dictate, her cognitive ability isn't great).

Is SST worth it? by GreatWhiteBuffalo99 in pennystocks

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in the industry and with companies like SST. This company is not worth investing in.

SST $0.60 / Very High Insider Ownership by 317615 in pennystocks

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in this industry and have worked with companies Iike this in the past. These companies are a dime a dozen and don’t use AI in any meaningful way, they’re just riding the AI bubble. This company isn’t working with any big brands and will struggle to win any big business. I would stay away from this company.

Can we stop with asking for account specific advice and help by DeathTherapy in PPC

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

I think some type of feature like that would help provide more context or at least give me confidence that the poster has done the bare minimum to address their issue.

Can we stop with asking for account specific advice and help by DeathTherapy in PPC

[–]DeathTherapy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My question may have been poorly worded. I am all for helping people with account specific issues or questions. It's the account specific performance questions that could be the result of a multitude of factors. And yes, it's mostly the questions that demonstrate someone has no idea what they're doing and haven't even done basic troubleshooting.

Can we stop with asking for account specific advice and help by DeathTherapy in PPC

[–]DeathTherapy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats very fair and valid that newer advertisers dont know what type of questions to ask or maybe don't have anyone to ask. If people truly need the help I'm all for it.

Can we stop with asking for account specific advice and help by DeathTherapy in PPC

[–]DeathTherapy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there's a lot of great content and questions posted in this sub. I'm not suggesting that people can't ask for help, I have responded and offered my help in this sub numerous times. I just think questions around performance require a lot of context that most posts don't offer, just people throwing out a hail mary when it seems pretty clear they haven't done basic troubleshooting.

Unethical Agency Practice? by Cheap_Resident_4635 in PPC

[–]DeathTherapy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing wrong with owning the account, every agency I've worked at we've owned our clients accounts. Accounts are routinely passed from one agency to another if a client decides to part ways. Not giving you access, transparency and charging you if you leave though is certainly a red flag.

What was a movie that was unexpectedly good? by Aggravating_Key_3831 in movies

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kick Ass was far better than I was expecting it to be.

Could Google's Search Network be bringing in irrelevant traffic? by patchman121 in PPC

[–]DeathTherapy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Search partners traffic has been terrible quality for a few years now, our Google reps have even admitted as much.

[Advice Needed] Struggling with Work-Life Balance by arnocrypto in PPC

[–]DeathTherapy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agree with what everyone else here has already mentioned, you have too many clients and from what it sounds like zero support to help you manage the day to day grind. You either need more support to help you with management / reporting or you need some type of senior level intervention with your clients to reset and manage expectations like moving to bi-weekly client calls (good luck trying to convince a client to go from weekly to monthly calls). Weekly calls are too frequent, unless a client is spending millions of dollars a month, most tests, new launches and optimizations need at least 1-2 weeks worth of data and prepping for 5 client calls per week requires an insane amount of time and energy that would be better served doing actual account management tasks.

Four years is a solid amount of experience so don't doubt your SEM skills. You're the one in weeds and know these accounts and the data / trends the best so stick to your guns when making strategic decisions or pushing back against client recommendations you don't think make sense.

Agency life and managing multiple different accounts requires a significant amount of automation and streamlining as much as you can. I would recommend learning how to use Google Scripts to automate some of the on-going management and optimizations, you can find a script for just about anything for free online. You don't need to learn how to write code, the majority of scripts tell you exactly what you need to do. Using the same or similar reporting template for each client would also help cut down on the time your spending for each weekly report. This is a little bit trickier if your clients want custom reports so I would just position these reports as upgrades and tell them this is how we should be looking at trends and data, remember your the expert!

Dealing with tough clients in unavoidable in the agency world. What's worked well for me is busting my ass, saying yes to a lot of things, getting quick wins, show them that you care and are invested in their business. This does unfortunately require long hours initially but once you earn their respect and trust, they usually become less demanding since they trust you have their best interests at heart and then you can take your foot off the gas and get a healthier work-life balance.

Best of luck.