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Published on:

3rd Jun 2025

Welcome to The Media Buying Podcast

The show for media buyers of any level.

New episodes published weekly on Thursday at 2PM EST.

Tips, tactics and strategies for media buying on Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, Google Ads, Programmatic Display, Native Ads and any other type of media buying you are currently involved in.

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Transcript
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You know that feeling, it's 3:00 AM and you're staring at campaign

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metrics that just don't make any sense.

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Your budget on Facebook is burning faster than you can optimize.

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Attribution models are broken.

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iOS updates have continued to kill your previously successful

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targeting, and your boss wants to know why CPMs have doubled overnight.

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If you're a media buyer, you live this reality every single day.

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I'm Jim Banks and my co-host is Rob Adler, and we've been exactly where you are.

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Between us, we've managed over $400 million in ad spend.

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We've survived every platform update.

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And trust us when we say this, we have made every mistake that you

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can imagine, and that's why we created the media buying podcast.

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Every Tuesday at 2:00 PM Eastern, we are cutting through the noise

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to give you what actually works.

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No fluffy, high level bullshit, no hypothetical or theoretical nonsense,

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just real strategies from the trenches.

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We'll break down the campaigns that are printing money right now.

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We'll decode the latest platform changes before they wreck your

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performance, and we'll share the tactics that agencies don't want you

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to know because in a lot of cases they actually don't know them themselves.

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Whether you're struggling with creative fatigue, fighting for

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budget approvals, or trying to prove ROI to your bosses who think media

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buying and online marketing is magic.

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We've got your back

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because here's the truth.

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Media buying isn't getting any easier.

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Platforms change the rules overnight.

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AI is eating people's jobs for lunch.

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Privacy updates are destroying your data, and the competition gets fiercer

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every single quarter without fail.

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The best media buys aren't just surviving these changes, they're

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using them to dominate their markets.

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So make sure you tune into the media buying podcast.

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Real insights, real results, real conversation.

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Every Tuesday, 2:00 PM Eastern.

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Don't just buy media, master it.

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About the Podcast

The Media Buying Podcast
The Media Buying Podcast discusses the challenges of media buying, the tips, tricks and scaling methods employed by some of the leading media buyers.

We cover advertising on PPC platforms like Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, social media platforms like Meta Ads (formerly Facebook Ads), TikTok Ads, B2B ads on LinkedIn Ads, Programmatic Display, including DOOH and pDOOH (if you don't know, just wow), Native Advertising, Push Advertising.

New episodes posted weekly.

Two incredible hosts.

Rock star guests.

Strap in.

About your host

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Jim Banks

Jim Banks is a digital marketing OG.

His expertise covers all aspects of paid advertising across platforms including Google Ads, Meta Ads, programmatic display and more.

With a wealth of experience working with online eCommerce retailers worldwide, Jim is recognized as a trailblazer in high-volume paid media campaigns and a digital marketing OG.

His journey began in 1999 when he made his first venture into paid traffic acquisition.

In 2000, he established one of the pioneering specialised paid media agencies, which he sold in 2006.

Jim has collaborated with over 1000 businesses of all sizes, contributing to their success in generating in excess of $1.7 billion USD in eCommerce sales.

His expertise was invaluable to Google during the development of Google Ads Editor and My Client Center, where he served as an advisor.

Beyond his accomplishments in the digital marketing realm, Jim is a highly sought after keynote speaker.

With his extensive travel experience and wealth of knowledge, he captivates audiences with his insights, expertise and great humour.

That being said, Jim has made countless bad decisions and this podcast is a combination of Jim's anecdotes as well as those of his guests.

Always a funny story to be told.