Ads aren't risky.
Not knowing your numbers is.
7 years in: there's no winning ad formula. Only testing, learning and a system.
Ads don't fail. People stop too early.
Your thank-you page shouldn't say 'check your email for the Zoom link'.
Put short videos on it: who you help, what you do, why it works.
And personal Loom videos beat automations. People can tell.
MOFU: site visitors, engagers, email list, carts, lead forms. Use different creatives.
BOFU: past buyers, checkouts. We add Advantage+: it hits BOFU first, then new people.
Close in DMs? Run DM ads.
Close on calls? Run call funnel ads.
Webinars convert? Run ads to the webinar.
Paid ads amplify what already works. Don't invent a new funnel.
Click → add to cart → checkout → silence.
That's where Shopify stores lose money.
Retarget by drop-off:
Viewed, no cart: best UGC
Cart, no buy: social proof
Bought: upsell
Good advice: fix your website before running ads.
No USPs, no shipping or return policy, no reviews = clicks, no sales, and false data about your product.
'Run engagement first to warm up the pixel.'
No. You train the pixel on the wrong people.
Want sales? Optimize for sales. Want leads? Optimize for leads. From day one.
Before chasing strangers, start with your warm audience.
Cheaper to reach. 10× easier to convert.
Test messaging, offers and tracking there first. Ads are an amplifier, not a reset.
Running a cold (TOFU) campaign on Meta?
Exclude:
- your email list
- website visitors
- past purchasers
Otherwise Meta's AI can still show it to people who already know you.
'Just make one good ad.'
No. Meta and Google's AI want more creatives.
10 creatives isn't a test. Think 200.
One winner fatigues fast. Several winners scale.