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Marketing advice with the numbers still attached.
Most of what gets written about ads and funnels is someone describing a result they never produced. This is the other thing. Frameworks that came out of real accounts, real spend, and a decent number of expensive mistakes.
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Why increasing budget by 20 percent is not safer than doubling it
Short answerBecause the 20 percent budget rule and doubling are both scaling up. A 20 percent bump may disturb delivery…
Oct 24, 2026 · 6 min
Why bonuses make a weak offer weaker
Short answerWhen the core offer doesn't land, bonuses give the buyer more things to evaluate, blur the one idea that…
Oct 23, 2026 · 5 min
Why most P.S. lines get wasted, and what yours should do instead
Short answerAn email postscript (the P.S.) earns its place when it does a job the rest of the email can't.…
Oct 22, 2026 · 5 min
Why your video ad is losing to a plain block of text
Short answerUsually because the text ad carries one clear idea and the video doesn't. On Meta the concept does the…
Oct 21, 2026 · 6 min
What a healthy cost per result actually looks like for a low ticket offer
Short answerThere's no universal number for a good CPA on Facebook ads. A healthy cost per result for a low-ticket…
Oct 20, 2026 · 6 min
How to run a webinar that sells without a fake countdown timer
Short answerTo keep selling on a webinar without the fake clock, swap it for things that are true. Give people…
Oct 19, 2026 · 6 minBrowse by topic
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