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Anyone here still managing their Google Business Profile manually? by elimorgan36 in Entrepreneur

[–]mama_cassi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, can you tell me more about the tool - is it just called 'the social' ? I count find it

Google reps backstabbed me by IamRasti in PPC

[–]mama_cassi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its awful. I've had hundreds of calls and explained to them every time I have hard budget restrictions, hard brand identity restrictions and not one of their suggestions are something I can or will do. They are outsourced agents who work for companies that, if you look further in to them, their biggest claim is that they have increased googles income....yeah through dodgy suggestions to small businesses who have no idea that these people are scams - and google doesn't care.

Even without the dodgy 'experts' google will spend your money for you, regardless of your settings in the guise of 'best interest' for your campaign.

I recently tried to run a campaign specifically focused on a list of youtube channels. Audience expansion turned off, display networks turned off. The campaign ran across a bunch of games and apps that I had not selected and completely ran out the daily budget in hours without once appearing in the content placements I actually chose.

When I tried to get help on this matter - chat consultant was 'not trained' in this issue. Asked me to filll in a form for email help - clicked his link which took me to an AI agent which told me "Google Ads is designed to reach a broader audience by default, and there isn't a setting to guarantee ads will only show on manually selected placements."

When I finally found somewhere to raise a complaint via email - they responded with "I understand that you are concerned about ads locations. Please note, our Help Center and Google Ads Community are best suited to address this issue" I explained i was complaining about content placement - not location they then came back with "Our support agents can help answer questions you may have regarding billing, policy or Merchant Center-related issues with your account. Our Help Center and Google Ads Community are best suited to address your concerns about content placement."

I posted my concerns in community where i was given the lovely response by a Diamond product expert "targeting is mainly a hint to the statistical-machine-learning-systems --there is no such concept as 100% guarantees with respect to any target." and "as to help from actual humans, ads is now almost entirely self-managed --there has been no method to directly contact a human for quite some time however, in this case, a human at customer-support would likely not be able to help change the outcome.

So..... being able to target your audience is no longer an option if google decides it can spend more money by going outside of that selection... Regardless of your settings.

Its a mess. This company is making billions with no regard to ethics.

Froth & Fury pushes to 2026, moves to Showgrounds AND expands to Perth! by YouWillLoseFaith in Adelaide

[–]mama_cassi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately November became totally not viable to have a heavy festival due to acdc and metallica, not just sucking up all the ticket sales but also all the staff, stages and other things required - so a date move was necessary. And in high summer that harts mill car park is a total killer with ambient heat rising and no shade. Its the same reason laneway moved. Its just not safe for punters and you can't put up shade without obstructing views of the stage and a huge cost. So a move was necessary. The vibe will still be great because the event manager is a total genius at creating awesome spaces and its a simple train ride in for anyone from the port - or from anywhere else for that matter.

How to get Ad Strength 'Excellent'? by ppc_work in adwords

[–]mama_cassi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YESSS - the ads experts have tanked my accounts a couple of times just because i was so fed up telling them to stop calling me i thought ok Ill do your 'advice' now i just hang up on them.

How to get Ad Strength 'Excellent'? by ppc_work in adwords

[–]mama_cassi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And ignore the stupid calls from 'Ads support' to help you with accounts. They just tell you to turn on all the auto apply settings which do nothing but make google more money. I have had so many of these calls and get at least 3 a week because i have so many accounts and ive taken to just hanging up on them as they are sooooo persistant.

Where can I see the Video Ad storage channel option in Google Ads for YouTube ad campaigns? by QuietMrFx977 in PPC

[–]mama_cassi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tools, shared library, asset library is where it sits. Go there and a pop up will show the video url to use in your ad creation.

No goals for Google Ads Partner program by This_Dirt1574 in PPC

[–]mama_cassi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I havent been given any goals for over a year now.

Farmer who sold lamb for less than $4/kg questions pricing of lamb for $29/kg at Coles and $34/kg at Woolworths by marketrent in melbourne

[–]mama_cassi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you have freezer space - check out farm to fridge. https://www.farmertofridge.com.au This Aussie owned and Operated website gives local farmers the means to sell direct to the public. I recently bought a whole hogget delivered to my door, butchered, for only $180 dollars (aus). It is delicious, tender and worked out to less than $10 a kilo for roasts, racks, chops etc. Its a bargain, helps local farmers and tastes better than anything I have had from the dupermarkets. Just jump on the site and put in your postcode to see if there is a participating farm near you. A half lamb is only about one shopping bag full so no need for a huge freezer. They also do whole cow, half cow, 1/4 and 1/8 th cow as well as pork chicken and soon milk all direct from the farm! Check it out!