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THE COLLECTIVE SCREENING ROOM · 12 SEPTEMBER 2026

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Practical learning for the people running paid media teams. Find a useful lesson on agency operations, creative, campaign strategy or measurement, then learn directly from the people who made it.

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THREE PLACES TO START

One video. One useful decision.

Start with the question your team needs to answer. These selections draw on original descriptions and chapters; the Seth Gorton interview also includes sampled transcript review.

01 / AGENCY OPERATIONS

How he grew his Google Ads agency with CRO and AI w/ Seth Gorton

Video and thumbnail: PPC Mastery, with Seth Gorton (Searchly)

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Seth Gorton discusses extending an agency's responsibility from ad clicks into landing pages, conversion-rate optimisation and CRM workflows, alongside how AI changes delivery and staffing.

Bring this question: Which problem after the click should our agency take responsibility for?

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02 / CREATIVE STRATEGY

How I Build an Elite Creative Strategy for a Brand in One Sitting

Video and thumbnail: Dara Denney

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A research-led creative-planning process covering reputation analysis, customer objections, review mining, personas and gaps in a brand's ads, followed by a monthly or quarterly roadmap.

Bring this question: Which customer objection deserves the next creative test?

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03 / PERFORMANCE MAX

Performance Max Optimization: Structure, Signals & Intent Done Right | PPC TH 123

Video and thumbnail: Optmyzr / PPC Town Hall, with Bia Camargo

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Bia Camargo presents a framework for reviewing conversion actions, intent signals, campaign structure and Merchant Center feed health before relying on automation.

Bring this question: What evidence should we check before changing the account structure?

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Players connect to YouTube when you press play. About video privacy. PPC Mastery promotes its community; Dara Denney discloses Storyblocks sponsorship; Optmyzr publishes the Performance Max interview and promotes its software.

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Source credit: Ad Badger
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How to Build an AI "Second Brain" for Your Amazon Business [The PPC Den Podcast]

By Ad Badger / The PPC Den: Michael Erickson Facchin and Dan Head. Production: Nancy Lili Gonzalez, Sofiia Podash and Pedro Moreno.

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Michael Erickson Facchin and Dan Head discuss giving AI access to company SOPs and account data, including a daily Amazon account triage report, team adoption and keeping internal knowledge current.

Amazon AdsAgency OperationsAutomation and AI

Commercial context: The publisher promotes Ad Badger software, its newsletter and Amazon resources; the guest represents AMZ Elite.

Review limits: View counts are dated observations and do not establish accuracy or business results. No full video viewing in this refresh. Operational examples and productivity claims are described by the participants, not independently tested. This was uploaded before the prior catalogue date and is a new discovery, not a new upload.

Research notes and useful timestamps

Why explore it: Connects documented procedures, account data and team adoption for Amazon advertising operations.

04:21 Company-specific AI knowledge11:32 SOPs in a remote team13:03 Daily account triage19:32 Team adoption

CREDIT WHERE IT BELONGS

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Thank you to these educators, publishers and their guests for sharing their work. Every listing links to its original video. Their inclusion recognises their work and does not imply a partnership, endorsement or Paid Media Collective membership.

COMMUNITY CONTEXT

The questions behind the search.

Contributors in r/PPC, r/FacebookAds, r/googleads and r/Google_Ads helped surface learning needs and creator recommendations. Their discussions informed discovery; they are anecdotal opinions rather than proof of a video's quality or results. Follow the original threads to read the contributions in context.

Creative strategy

Members ask for current, affordable creative education; replies recommend Dara Denney and Barry Hott.

2026-03-29

Who's reputable to learn from?

The original poster seeks fundamentals, metric interpretation and testing rather than isolated hacks; replies name Dara Denney and other educators.

2024-10-23

best advanced gogle ads courses for 2024?

An agency owner asks for deeper skills. Replies recommend PPC Mastery, Optmyzr Town Hall and Ed Leake, while disagreeing about how current course material is.

2024-07-08

Best YouTuber about gAds

Replies suggest Solutions 8, Surfside PPC, Aaron Young and Ed Leake; one explains the appeal of connecting account work to business goals.

2024-06-12