Growing Ecommerce – The Retail Growth Podcast
Feed your growth mindset. Ecommerce is growing, and so are the challenges and opportunities for online retailers. In the Growing Ecommerce podcast, Mike Ryan and other smec experts are joined by industry leaders in ecommerce, digital marketing, and data science. By sharing business trends, practical solutions, and best practices, this podcast helps online retailers solve the challenges of tomorrow.
Podcasting since 2021 • 91 episodes
Growing Ecommerce – The Retail Growth Podcast
Latest Episodes
Sam Altman SCREWS UP ChatGPT Shopping | Plus: Google Product Feed Deep Dive
Why did OpenAI quietly kill its shopping feature, and what does it mean for the future of Google Ads? 🚨In this episode of Growing E-commerce, Mike Ryan and Chris Sharma tackle the reality of the "AI takeover" in paid search. Fol...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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32:39
The State of PPC 2026: Live from SMX Munich w/ Wijnard Meijer (TrueClicks) and Frederick Vallaeys (Optmyzr)
If you want to know how your peers are actually handling the grind, the Google Ads updates, and the "AI takeover," this episode is a must-watch. We recorded a special edition of Growing Ecommerce live from SMX Munich! Host Mike...
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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54:29
The end of Dynamic Search Ads is here! Insights from 200+ AI Max campaigns
In this episode of Growing E-commerce, Mike Ryan and Chris from Smarter Ecommerce (smec) tackle the massive news that DSA's time on Earth is limited. With DSA going the way of the dinosaurs, Google is pushing advertisers toward AI Max ...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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32:43
The Expensive Problem with Google’s Search Partner Network (SPN): Insights from 1,500+ Campaigns
🚨 Breaking Google Ads News: Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) will be going "the way of the dinosaurs." As confirmed by Google's Ginny Marvin, DSA's time is limited, paving the way for AI Max as the future-proof campaign standard.Is the Google Ad...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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22:22
Is ROAS Overrated? – Why the “Revenue Trap” Might Kill Your Google Ads Profit
Is ROAS a flawed metric for Google Ads? According to acclaimed ecommerce experts Mike Ryan and Christian Scharmüller, using Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) as your primary "North Star" metric creates a dangerous "Revenue Trap." Because ROAS measures ...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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28:59
