🎯 Maximize Conversions | Bidding Strategies Guide Part 2

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Sintesi

TLDRThe video explains the maximize conversions strategy in Google Ads, which is an aggressive bidding method used to obtain the most conversions quickly, although it can initially lead to high costs per acquisition. By maximizing conversions without a targeted cost for acquisition (TCPA), advertisers can achieve fast and frequent conversions as Google bids high and spends more aggressively. This strategy is particularly effective for high-volume situations, where numerous conversions allow for better optimization over time. However, it can be inefficient for low-volume campaigns or when precise budget control is needed. This is due to its initial high CPA cost, which only comes down as it collects more conversions data. The speaker also highlights Google's shift from keyword-focused advertising to behavior and intent targeting, emphasizing the significance of understanding the user journey over specific keywords. Automated bidding strategies, like maximize conversions, target audiences based on who they are and their journey stage, rather than just search terms. This understanding is crucial for effective ad campaign management and educating clients on Google Ads dynamics.

Punti di forza

  • 🚀 Maximize conversions strategy spends aggressively for quick results.
  • 💡 CPA starts high but can decrease over time with data optimization.
  • 🔍 Google focuses on user behavior over keywords in ad strategies.
  • ⚠️ Maximize conversions is less efficient for low-volume campaigns.
  • 📉 Campaign decay happens without fresh, high intent traffic.
  • 👥 Automated bidding targets audience behavior, not just keywords.
  • 💸 Adjust daily ad spend to control CPA and conversion volume.
  • 🔄 Broad match keywords allow flexible intent interpretation.
  • 🎯 Focus on who and where users are in their journey for better targeting.
  • 🎓 Educating clients about Google Ads is crucial for strategic alignment.

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    Maximizing conversions without a targeted cost for acquisition (CPA) is a very aggressive bidding strategy in Google Ads, spending fast and bidding high. Performance Max campaigns work well with this strategy, achieving fast conversions and optimizing over time as CPC adjusts based on conversion performance. Initially, the campaign bids high to secure conversions, then gradually optimizes bidding to maintain conversion rates within set daily budgets. This aggressive approach can be inefficient for low-volume campaigns, as effectiveness depends on multiple fast conversions to self-optimize and reduce CPA.

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    Using a Target CPA within a maximize conversions strategy becomes restrictive by focusing only on known converters, ignoring potential new or cold traffic. This approach can reduce spend while maintaining conversions, effectively optimizing for a known audience but potentially leading to a decline in audience size as it reduces outreach to non-converters or new traffic. Over time, Google's automated bidding adapts by prioritizing user intent and journey stage over specific keywords, making them less relevant. The strategy focuses on leveraging Google's understanding of user behavior and engagement across platforms to enhance conversion efficiency.

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Domande frequenti

  • What is maximize conversions strategy in Google Ads?

    Maximize conversions is a bidding strategy in Google Ads that aims to get the maximum number of conversions within the set budget by aggressively spending and adjusting bids based on performance.

  • How does maximize conversions work without a targeted CPA?

    Without a targeted CPA, maximize conversions works aggressively, prioritizing conversions over cost efficiency initially. It spends fast and adjusts bids, optimizing to lower CPA over time as it gathers more data.

  • When is maximize conversions most effective?

    Maximize conversions is most effective when there are multiple conversions happening in a short period of time, allowing the system to optimize effectively based on volume.

  • What impact does maximize conversions have on cost per acquisition (CPA)?

    Initially, CPA might be high when using maximize conversions because of aggressive bidding, but it tends to stabilize and decrease over time as the system optimizes and learns from conversion data.

  • Why might maximize conversions be inefficient for low volume campaigns?

    For low volume campaigns, maximize conversions may be inefficient because the strategy relies on data volume to optimize. Without enough conversions, the costs remain high and the learning process is slower.

  • How does Google's automated bidding strategy affect keyword relevance?

    Automated bidding strategies reduce the importance of keywords, focusing instead on user behavior and intent, thereby optimizing conversions by targeting audiences at different journey stages.

  • What is the relationship between broad match keywords and automated bidding?

    Broad match keywords work well with automated bidding strategies because they allow Google to interpret search intent more flexibly and optimize ads based on user behavior and potential conversion likelihood.

  • How can advertisers manage campaign decay using maximize conversions?

    Advertisers can manage campaign decay by ensuring a constant influx of new, highly intent traffic and adjusting campaigns to target fresh audiences while using maximize conversions without strict CPA targets.

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    but maximize conversions without a
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    targeted cost for acquisition is a very
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    very aggressive bidding strategy it will
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    spend fast it will bid high especially
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    actually performance max specifically
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    performance max does really well with
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    maximized conversions
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    here's the fun part
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    it's not necessarily
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    what they're googling that's not
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    important
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    this is going to give you the most
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    conversions
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    fast
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    if you're trying to identify new targets
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    if you're trying to warm up cold traffic
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    you're trying to go top of the puddle
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    forget it
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    don't go after them
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    so i need everyone to really adopt and
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    really
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    know this deeply because this is the
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    secret to why google works
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    next maximize conversions this is and
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    this is now talking about maximize
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    conversions without
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    a tcpa so we're gonna get to that next
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    but maximize conversions without a
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    targeted cost for acquisition is a very
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    very aggressive bidding strategy it will
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    spend fast it will bid high
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    takes a little time
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    weeks to possibly months before
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    maximized conversions will bring you a
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    good cpa without you forcing it there
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    what i mean is forcing it there by using
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    a tcpa
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    so it's very aggressive which means if
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    you are not worried about the cost per
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    acquisition if you're not worried about
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    the value of that of that sale this is
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    going to give you the most
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    conversions fast
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    the only time that a bidding strategy
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    could could beat maximize conversions in
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    its aggressiveness is setting a very
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    very high bid in manual cpc
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    that's where maximize convergence
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    usually starts
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    but it will come down over time as it
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    sees more convergence now think about
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    the language here what is a maximized
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    conversion there's two other areas that
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    you're not seeing
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    explained here
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    it's maximizing the conversions
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    at any cost
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    but within your daily budget and within
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    your daily budget it's actually a fairly
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    important note because it will reduce
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    the bid
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    if it can get more conversions at the
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    same daily aspect that's what maximize
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    conversions does
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    it shoots up cpc high
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    gets one conversion drops the cpc gets
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    two conversions drops the cpc gets three
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    converges drops the cpc gets two
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    conversions oh now it's going to
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    increase the cpc again to get those
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    three conversions i found i can get
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    three conversions per day if i bid this
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    high but it is aggressive because it's
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    trying to get fast conversions
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    you know quickly and and repeatedly
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    daily
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    this is also
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    really competitive
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    so usually when you're using maximize
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    conversions when we're talking about
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    match types google is going to start to
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    ignore
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    match size more often
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    it's going to give you more what they
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    call exact match close variants
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    because it's finding those conversions
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    even
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    outside of where we want to go
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    if we're looking at for us like best
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    google ads agency it might get the
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    conversions on ppc company and say eh
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    exact match close variant which means
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    close enough we knew what you meant and
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    we found a conversion over there we paid
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    three times as much to get that
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    conversion but ta-da i maximized your
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    conversions at any cost or your daily
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    budget
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    so it's aggressive
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    it works well
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    these do not work too well though with
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    low volume
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    this is inefficient for low volume
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    low volume campaigns
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    take a lot longer
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    when i say efficient meaning hey why is
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    my cpa so high and why is now my
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    conversions are really high but my gosh
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    my cpa is high
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    well this bidding strategy
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    is most effective when there's multiple
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    conversions
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    in a short period of time so the higher
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    amount of conversions you have the
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    better this campaign will be at self
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    optimizing
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    especially actually performance max
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    specifically performance max does really
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    well with maximize conversions
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    it does typically better
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    than maximize conversions with the
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    target cost per acquisition
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    reason being is that a performance max
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    campaign on maximize conversions you can
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    adjust what the cpa is by simply
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    increasing or decreasing your daily ad
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    spend
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    we'll talk about the restrictive part
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    next but
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    that's that's the truth
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    the times where performance max works
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    well with tcpa specifically
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    is when there's when there is a high
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    amount of demand low amount of
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    competition and you get to cherry pick
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    where your cost for conversions come
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    from it's it's not aggressive though
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    so maximize convertings is where you're
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    going to see the most amount of
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    conversions for the most amount of money
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    so your cpa is going to be high and if
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    there is frequent conversions that cpa
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    will start to come down
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    now let's talk about the restrictive
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    part of maximize conversions target cost
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    per acquisition so if you click on
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    maximize conversions and you actually
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    set a target cost per acquisition
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    google typically when there's high
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    amount of conversions will tell you hey
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    we can actually get
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    a good amount of conversions at 88 cost
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    per conversion here's the fun part
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    you're going to get that anyway even if
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    you don't set that that's what we're
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    getting
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    the reason why it's telling you to get
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    that is because you get to lock it into
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    a specific
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    specific type of scenario
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    so when you set a target cost for
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    acquisition what you're telling google
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    is forget everybody that you don't know
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    about
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    if you're trying to identify new targets
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    if you're trying to warm up cold traffic
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    you're trying to go top of the funnel
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    forget it
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    don't go after them
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    only go after the people you know will
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    convert
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    this is not a glitch i'm interrupting
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    that's amazing
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    until it starts to eat in well and eat
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    into it's a horrible way to say this
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    until it starts to
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    decay
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    with the size of the audience when it
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    starts to what they call atrophy which
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    means starts to just decline in volume
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    and performance
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    target cost per acquisition is when you
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    tell google
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    hey google you have 100 people and and
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    you're targeting right now 30 of them
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    may or may not convert you're educating
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    them
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    um maybe with an outbound campaign like
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    you know youtube or even an inbound
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    campaign like like search where you
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    might need multiple visits that they end
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    up coming to the brand name all those
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    people you're not sure about
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    push to the wayside focus on the 70
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    and then it will target those 70 and
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    what usually happens is your daily aspen
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    goes down and your conversions stay the
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    same
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    well what happened there you've taken
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    out the learning audience and you've
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    only focused on people google
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    pretty much knows is going to converge
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    why well you've already are using this
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    bidding strategy because there is high
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    volume and you're already using this
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    being strategy because there's high
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    conversions so when you have high volume
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    high conversions you can lock into an
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    audience
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    here's the caveat though
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    to when it will or will not decay will
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    not atrophy
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    it won't atrophy if there's a continuous
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    amount of bomb of the funnel new traffic
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    so let's talk about inbound search
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    if every day 50 brand new people wake up
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    and they say
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    uh i have this here this is a is a wi-fi
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    usb stick so just just imagine it's the
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    product we're talking about it's a wi-fi
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    stick for a computer
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    every day 50 people wake up and they say
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    buy computer wi-fi usb stick
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    and that will never not happen you can
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    run tcpa forever it will not decay it
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    will not reduce
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    you can actually start to bring down
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    your cpa by just simply reducing your
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    target cpa
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    and you'll get more conversions for your
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    daily ad spend
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    when you pay less per sale you get more
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    sales
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    if your budget doesn't change
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    but if there's not a high amount of
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    bottom of the funnel high intent ready
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    to buy traffic on a quality product that
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    is local competition people just gonna
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    buy from us this wall this will stay
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    this will just continually continually
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    go for it if there's no if there's
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    people that will just continually come
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    in if there's not if there's not a lot
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    of people sorry there's not a lot of
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    people that are continuously just coming
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    in and saying like yep this is what i'm
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    searching for
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    this will start to decay why
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    because you had people you previously
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    warmed up that are now in their buying
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    stage of their journey
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    you've taken a person that said
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    my desktop has slow internet and you've
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    shown them an ad that says hey want a
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    wi-fi stick like oh i didn't even know
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    that was a thing cool i'll take that
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    that takes two weeks potentially when
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    you're talking about a thousand people
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    that are in that scenario and what did
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    we do we stopped going after those
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    people we ignored them why they weren't
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    converting
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    we're spending money and they weren't
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    converting it
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    so you've stopped the pipeline from
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    being filled in the sales process
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    because you're stopped spending money on
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    the people that aren't already already
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    warmed up and when there's no new
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    traffic already being warmed up or when
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    there's no new traffic already coming in
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    they're just warm which means they don't
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    just hop into google when they like buy
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    wi-fi stick
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    then that's where that starts to decay
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    so
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    when you turn off that targeted cost per
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    acquisition you tell google okay google
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    still go after the bottom of the phone
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    track traffic that's still coming in or
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    anybody you still know but then find me
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    new customers
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    what happens
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    cost per acquisition goes up
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    your spend sometimes goes up if it was
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    starting to not hit your daily ad spends
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    but then your sales go up
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    you've restarted the process from day
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    one
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    so that's that's the kind of the the fun
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    thing
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    is what all you're telling google
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    between these two scenarios of maximize
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    conversions without target cost per
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    acquisition at a maximized conversions
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    with the cost per acquisition
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    is
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    who
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    it's going after that's it
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    it's not necessarily
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    what they're googling that's not
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    important
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    it's who they are and where they are in
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    their journey
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    so keywords are irrelevant
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    they really are
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    keywords are not as relevant to google
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    as who they are and what they're doing
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    so i need everyone to really adopt and
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    really
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    know this deeply because this is the
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    secret to why google works and what our
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    clients don't understand
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    so if all of us are speaking the same
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    language it's going to help educate the
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    clients and i know that everyone here
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    has probably been a part of the hey why
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    aren't we going after this keyword
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    well we already actually have a version
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    of that keyword that's working well
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    clients don't understand that it's not a
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    key word of person searching it's what
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    google knows about them and who they're
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    going to show up for
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    so that is what has to be taken into
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    consideration when we're talking about
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    automated bidding strategies for
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    conversions maximize conversions
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    maximize converted value
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    target cpa target robust those are
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    people-based strategies they're not
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    keyword-based strategies not all that's
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    why broad works
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    broad works well with automated bidding
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    strategies because google says
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    i know your your website i know the
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    keywords you're going after google knows
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    english so they can find variations of
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    what words mean like yeah red high heel
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    and red shoe for dresses okay those are
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    the same thing it's an exact match close
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    variant we know what that means
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    so now you removed the keyword strategy
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    element of this and you got after the
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    person
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    and google using automated bidding
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    strategies got to say well did kosum
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    look at that youtube video did they
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    visit that website did they google this
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    keyword did they read this blog has it
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    been seven days yet
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    yes oh
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    well bid high regardless of what cost
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    and searches for as long as it's closely
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    related to the product that you're
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    selling or the service you're offering
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    so that's why target cpa at target uh
  • 00:12:38
    sorry that's what target cpm maximize
  • 00:12:40
    conversions works well for the audience
  • 00:12:42
    and why it decays over time because it's
  • 00:12:45
    not that there's just simply less people
  • 00:12:47
    googling it
  • 00:12:50
    google is going after a finite audience
  • 00:12:52
    that will decay if it's not
  • 00:12:54
    self-fulfilling it means there's not
  • 00:12:55
    that new bottom of the traffic that we
  • 00:12:57
    don't have to educate and it's a
  • 00:12:58
    well-known product a well-known industry
  • 00:13:00
    and well-known service that's been
  • 00:13:01
    around for 20 years they'll never die
  • 00:13:03
    yeah you said target cp all day
  • 00:13:06
    so
  • 00:13:07
    that's maximize conversions with target
  • 00:13:09
    cpa
  • 00:13:15
    hi everyone it's regina from solutions8
  • 00:13:18
    uh you're probably wondering
  • 00:13:20
    if you're a if you're running search
  • 00:13:22
    campaigns
  • 00:13:23
    is it worth it to try to rank at the top
  • 00:13:27
    of the page or even the absolute top of
  • 00:13:29
    the page
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