3 Nov2026
WorkshopThe Performance Academy
Free AI workshop. Chris and Nick Handley run the advanced “Building with it” table.
Department, ManchesterTalks · Panels · Podcasts · Webinars
Straight-talking paid media. On stage and on mic.
Chris Nightingale runs Can-Do Digital, a flat-fee PPC and paid social agency. He opened the main stage at Performance MCR, spoke at Hero Conf UK and co-hosts the Prompted podcast. Every talk is built on real accounts and real numbers, not theory.
24 talks, panels and podcastsTop 50 PPC expert3× UK Agency Awards finalist
Live · Hero Conf UK, Brighton
Next on stage
- 12 NovPanelPerformance Pulse, Manchester
- 11 MarTalkFriends of Search, Amsterdam
Spoken at
Hero Conf UKPerformance MCRADworld ExperienceFriends of SearchManchester DigitalProlific North LiveSEM StoriesLunioDigital BitesMount DigitalClickTech x MicrosoftPPC LiveHero Conf UKPerformance MCRADworld ExperienceFriends of SearchManchester DigitalProlific North LiveSEM StoriesLunioDigital BitesMount DigitalClickTech x MicrosoftPPC Live
What Chris talks about
Real accounts. Real numbers.
From 10,000 SKU Shopping feeds to what breaks when spend scales, Chris shares what’s working in live accounts this month. Honest, practical and occasionally about the things that went wrong.
Feeds and ShoppingScaling paid mediaAI for performance marketersAgentic commerceBrand and performanceBudgets and biddingMicrosoft AdsAO.com to founder
8Conference talks
5Panels, on them and hosting
7Podcast appearances
4Webinars and lectures
Coming up
Where to catch Chris next.
Talk · 11 Mar 2027Agentic commerce is a feed problem.Friends of Search, Amsterdam
11 Nov2026
PodcastSEARCH BEEF, Episode 3
Chris and Matt Beswick on the state of search.
Online12 Nov2026
PanelPerformance Pulse
AI panel with Amanda Walls and Sarah Jones, hosted by Mount Digital.
Manchester18 Nov2026
PanelProlific North Live 2026
Fractured discovery: the new e-commerce journey.
SISTER, ManchesterEvent pageWatch and listen
Press play. Then steal the ideas.
YouTube · Prompted Ep 13
How to use AI in performance marketingPrompted, with Guillaume Deviant of Opteo
YouTube
Make Your Statement, episode 13FASTSIGNS Manchester podcast
Webinar replay
Performance MCR 2026 debriefClickTech, with Charley Brennand
Podcast · PPC LiveEP318: The £50 bid disasterListen
Podcast · Marketing DribbleEpisode 86: JourneysListen
Webinar · LunioThe AI survival guide for performance marketersWatch on demand
Every appearance
The full back catalogue.
20266 appearances
- Jul 2026
Performance MCR 2026 debrief and the PPC Confessions Wall
ClickTech fringe webinar, with Charley Brennand and Niki Grant
- 24 Jun 2026
What breaks first when paid media scales, and how to spot it early
Performance MCR 2026, main stage opener
- 24 Jun 2026
Your product image is search data now
Performance MCR 2026, Channable panel with Mark Grasmayer, Callum Devine and Natalia Chronowiat
- 30 Apr 2026
Feeding the Beast: how we turned a 10,000 SKU construction store into a profitable Shopping and lead machine
Hero Conf UK, alongside brightonSEO
- 26 Mar 2026
Prompted, recorded live with Mark Leach of Centre Channel
MD Ecom 26, Manchester Digital
- Jan 2026
Episode 86: Journeys, with Chris Nightingale
Marketing Dribble, with Rob Boyle and Jonny Kenyon
202515 appearances
- 27 Nov 2025
Why strong brand foundations matter in paid media
Back to Brand: The Foundation of Performance, Mount Digital
- 25 Nov 2025
How to unlock the power of AI Max in Google Ads
Guest article for Adzooma
- 20 Nov 2025
The AI survival guide for performance marketers
Lunio webinar, with Nick Handley
- 12 Nov 2025
AI in agencies
First Rate Freelancers, with Kate Ross and Craig Stockwell
No public link - 6 Nov 2025
Leaving a billion-pound company to start my own, and how I use AI
Guest lecture, School of Business, University of Lancashire
No public link - 4 Nov 2025
Winning with Microsoft Ads: real results from real campaigns
ClickTech x Microsoft Insight Morning, with Gareth Westhead and Matt Beswick
No public link - 29 Oct 2025
Search engines are changing. Is your strategy? Plus the panel “AI: the friend or the foe?”
SEM Stories & More
- 2–3 Oct 2025
Google Ads Live Clinic and the Final Round Table
ADworld Experience 2025, Europe’s biggest all-PPC event
- Sep 2025
Prompted launches: AI for agencies, with Stephen Kenwright
Prompted, the AI and marketing podcast, co-hosted with Nick Handley
- Sep 2025
Guest episode with Aaron Woodward
Make Your Statement podcast, FASTSIGNS Manchester
- Aug 2025
Why marketing isn’t linear
forank podcast
No public link - 25 Jun 2025
Show me the money: where to put it, how to keep it and how to ask for more (as host)
Performance MCR 2025, budget management panel
- 19 Jun 2025
A personal failure story, told honestly
F*Up Nights Manchester, Episode 2: Failure Strikes Back
No public link - May 2025
EP318: The £50 bid disaster
PPC Live The Podcast
- Apr 2025
From billions to zero
marketingSHOWCASE podcast, recorded at the Liverpool show
20244 appearances
- 7 Nov 2024
From standout to startup: lessons from leaving a giant retailer to start my own marketing company
Digital Bites, Connective3
- 15 Oct 2024
Agency operations panel
eCom Collab Club Manchester, Rainy City Agency
- 27 Jun 2024
From standout to startup: lessons learnt from leaving a giant retailer
Manchester DM #1, Evoluted
- 18 Apr 2024
Fireside chat with Chris Nightingale, plus the speaker Q&A
Performance North, SocialNorth
No public link
The Prompted podcast
Performance marketing meets AI. What’s real, what’s hype and what to do on Monday morning.
Chris Nightingale and Nick HandleyCo-hosts, with guests from Opteo, Centre Channel and across the industry
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