Episodes

I've had a YouTube channel since 2012, but I've been very inconsistent with it. While I recently surpassed 15,00 subscribers, much of that came during the first few years. Very little happened on my channel up until November. And then I started publishing my short-form videos there, too.

For the longest time, I would have agreed that it's a bad idea to try to be everywhere, and that you should focus on one or two platforms. That feeling changed with short-form video. Here's why...

You're bound to find yourself in a situation where you want to increase your budget. Unfortunately, it's entirely unclear how much you can increase it without ruining your results -- and Facebook's guidance on this is awful. Here's how you can approach it...

You start testing at a low budget. You get great results. Then you want to increase your budget, but you're afraid to make any changes that would restart the learning phase and impact those results. Maybe we're looking at this backward...

A really interesting thing happened recently. Someone who had never heard of me before, typed in a prompt to get a recommendation from ChatGPT for courses and resources to learn more about Facebook ads. The result was that it referred business to me. This marks a shift in how marketers look at ChatGPT and other answer engines powered by AI.

Jon just hit 100 days in a row publishing a video to start 2023, and he can feel this in his bones. This is the best way to make progress -- even if it isn't blatantly obvious from day-to-day or week-to-week.

If you struggle to maintain a productive daily routine, this is for you. I've struggled with this myself, but I've found a solution: Streaks.

If you're having issues with Meta spending your ads budget, it's often due to a restriction of the algorithm related to one of four things.

It doesn't matter what type of content creator you are, this is the key to success.

These are the things that I did to grow to 10,000 followers on TikTok in under six months. The number isn't everything, but it does matter.

What's the ideal length of a short-form video? Jon talks about what he does and why.

In the latest Pubcast, Luke and I recapped the latest in AI... 1:40 OpenAI, Google, and Bing AI Announcements 3:30 GPT4 Demo 8:31 Website Prototyping, Apps integrating with GPT (example: Be My Eyes) 15:54 OpenAI going closed source, visual element of GPT 22:20 Competition to be first, how everything is moving so fast 25:27 Hands-on with AI Search 37:56 Wrapping up, what should you do to keep up? Enjoy!

Is there an ideal frequency for publishing short-form videos? Some have said 3-5 times. What does Jon do?

One of the biggest mistakes Facebook advertisers make is related to conversion rate. Here's an example of how not all clicks are created equal and how your overall conversion rate can make you do crazy things.

While the Audience Network placement has earned its bad reputation among Meta advertisers, there may be times when you should keep it on...

Jon used Resemble.ai to clone his voice for this episode. What do you think?

It's been popular lately to claim that Facebook remarketing is now dead. While certain types of remarketing (particularly general remarketing of all of your website visitors) may not be as effective or necessary as it once was, there are certain types of remarketing that are absolutely still useful. And if you aren't using them, you're missing an important opportunity.

You may have heard creators recommend reposting the same video multiple times on TikTok. I decided to try this out, and here's what happened...

Jon put off this episode for as long as he could. He discusses the three phases of procrastination that he has dealt with, and maybe it can help you. 1. Shame 2. Acceptance 3. Dealing with It Productively

I have the goal of publishing at least one video per day in 2023, and it has very little to do with strategy.

What is the best, easiest, and cheapest way to set up the Conversions API? The answer isn't that simple. How are you managing the pixel right now? Does that tool have a built-in solution? Do you want to continue using that tool?

Jon invites Joel Hughes to the Pub to discuss WordPress, GA4, and AI. Joel is the founder of Glass Mountains, which is a web support agency with clients in the UK and US (including Jon). Topics covered... 0:23 Music, CDs, minidisc players, and what they're drinking (Corona and Manic Confidence Hazy Enough IPA). 5:00 The work Joel's team does for Jon as well as feelings on Cloudflare, Zaraz/GTM for pixel and API management, and the biggest mistakes people make with their websites. 19:15 Other...

There is a huge potential problem with Meta Verified that no one is talking about, and it's about what happens when a previously verified person cancels their subscription.

Now that the Meta Verified subscription package test is rolling out, what do I think about it? Yeah, I have some thoughts...