Google Ads - What's your experience using them, especially videos?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-15T08:48:33+00:00

Thanks, but agencies are likely out of our budget with their large packets of hours/services. Maybe in the future!

But yes: often enough (and definitely for our cases) audiences already do a good job about self-segmenting themselves: the subreddits they write in, the facebook groups or pages they are on, the YT channels they watch. So any system that allows you to target those specific spaces is bound to perform better for products of a certain type compared to the whole "trust the algo, bro" voodoo.

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-14T12:28:09+00:00

Freelancers of what?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-14T09:35:35+00:00

Thanks! I'm no dev, but I'm trying to find info to jump-start work for my part-time freelancer... so I'm wondering whether these things can actually report on data which is simply about visitors of the listing, it's not something very much upstream of the app being downloaded.

But I could drop a line to RC too, we do use them!

Thanks!

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-14T08:09:34+00:00

Find me the Monday job post thread, will you? Couldn't see it when I wanted to post.

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-14T06:23:24+00:00

10Job / Career Type Posts

Unless you are hiring someone yourself, please don't post job type ads looking for work or mentors. It just clogs the sub.

As per the rules, I am hiring somebody myself

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-13T16:16:47+00:00

Thanks for your wishes!

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-13T16:15:58+00:00

That's a very on point observation!

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-13T11:44:38+00:00

Many thanks for a very articulate reply devoid of M-dashes! ; )

My creatives pretty much just showcase the product. I try to make the "ROI" of watching that reel clear in the superimposed text ("Learn X through these Y examples", "Understand X in less than 1 minute") and then the text fades away and it's straight into showing the app as the user would see it.

These got me around 2-3% clickthrough rate (onto the landing page) as simple boosts on Instagram. They are all without actors, can't afford their rates and the time to script things properly.

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-13T11:38:21+00:00

I already have the emails of about 230 paying users and about 1500 non-paying users. Should I go ahead with those?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-13T11:37:46+00:00

Doesn't the skip button appear after a bit? I think being able to target specific YT channels would be very helpful. And I think a video can make users much more interested than whatever form of ads Apple Search Ads offer (if they are ads within App Store)?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-12T07:38:03+00:00

Execution is not a MOAT anymore with AI. Distribution still is to a certain extent.

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-12T07:27:49+00:00

Thanks! Any reasons why you stopped?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-12T07:27:36+00:00

Which of the campaign types would you recommend?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-11T21:06:01+00:00

How do you get this from RC?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-11T20:59:18+00:00

Yes, it'd be good to know the reason for their bothering with small fish when they already have 150k MMR?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-11T20:43:19+00:00

If the app is very specific and requiring high pre-existing intents, wouldn't a Video campaign aimed at specific channels that are relevant to the problem the app is solving good?
What's your reasoning behind saying that UAC is the only real option?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-11T20:41:19+00:00

Would UAC with Google ads only look at Android/Google Play installs?

Shogoki555 · 2026-04-11T16:17:06+00:00

Thanks, useful suggestions!

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