It all started with my most challenging consulting client–a footwear brand.
They had a thriving eight figure wholesale business, but could not get their eCom sales past $2 million per year.
When I looked into the ad account, the reason was obvious: their media buyer was following an outdated playbook–running dozens of low budget campaigns and testing audiences instead of new ad creative.
I took over, implemented a modern media buying strategy, and quickly scaled spend up to $2k per day. But I knew the brand could do better. If wholesale was thriving, why weren’t we?
Then, it hit me: we weren’t marketing the right products. Our ads focused on wholesale best sellers. Those were driven by regional tastes and trends.
Instead, we needed to think of our ads like social media content: what products were going to stop the scroll?
Within a week, we had a new batch of ad creative live that followed this approach. And within a month, we were profitably spending $7k/day on Meta new customer acquisition at a 2.5x ROAS.
Things only improved from there–the brand did almost $10M in sales in the first 12 months we worked together.
As I scaled this client and consulted with others, I saw the same set of common mistakes holding everyone back. And that’s why I developed…