Chris McGonegle from Sporty's breaks down Google Ads, home flight simulators, and Reddit SEO strategies that flight school owners can use right now.

Chris McGonegle is the Director of Search Marketing at Sporty's Pilot Shop, the world's largest pilot retailer. He is also a Commercial pilot, a Sporty's Academy and University of Cincinnati Aviation Technology Program graduate, and Sporty's resident flight simulator expert. In this episode, Chris and Tim cover how Sporty's thinks about paid search and upper-funnel marketing across nearly 5,000 products, why Reddit is becoming one of the most important SEO channels for aviation businesses, why the current generation of home simulators has crossed a threshold that changes how flight schools should think about student prep, and what the children of the magenta line teach us about the future of pilot competency.

Whether you run a flight school or you are working on growing one, this conversation is packed with tactics you can put to work this week.

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