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Ad Creative

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
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Meta Ads

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
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Funnels

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 min
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Offers

How to map the five constraints stopping someone from buying

Short answerThe five constraints are values, beliefs, experiences, identity and resources. To map them, collect your buyers' own words from…

Oct 18, 2026 · 7 min
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Copywriting

How to open an email when nothing interesting happened this week

Short answerYou don't need something interesting to happen. Open with the plain, true thing from your week, even if it's…

Oct 17, 2026 · 6 min
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Meta Ads

Why your best performing ad died the week you turned off the losers

Short answerBecause the "losers" were probably helping it. In my experience Meta shows people several of your ads before they…

Oct 16, 2026 · 6 min
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Ad Creative

How to test creative without burning your whole budget on losers

Short answerMost budget wasted when people test Facebook ad creative doesn't go to losers. It goes to testing twenty versions…

Oct 15, 2026 · 6 min
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Meta Ads

How to read a Facebook ads report when every metric contradicts the others

Short answerStop reading the columns as equals. Pick one scoreboard first, blended cost per acquisition across the account compared with…

Oct 14, 2026 · 6 min
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Offers

Why your offer is not confusing, it is just aimed at the wrong moment

Short answerWhen people say your offer is confusing, the explanation is often fine. It's just speaking to a different point…

Oct 13, 2026 · 6 min
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Copywriting

Why short copy is not the opposite of long copy

Short answerShort copy and long copy do the same job: move one reader through one argument to a click. Long…

Oct 12, 2026 · 6 min

Work with Andrew

Most accounts don't need more traffic. They need someone to find the leak.

If you're spending real money on ads and can't tell which part is failing — the creative, the offer, or the page — that's a diagnosable problem, and it's the one I'm best at.