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Find practical guidance for Google Ads, Meta Ads, creative, conversion, measurement and growth planning, then keep the working files.

Google Ads

How to Win with Google Ads in 2026

Build a practical Google Ads strategy for 2026 across Search, Shopping, Performance Max and Demand Gen, with measurement, testing and working templates.

22 to 28 min · 3 working files
Meta Ads

How to Win with Meta Ads in 2026

Build a creative-first Meta Ads strategy for 2026 across Facebook and Instagram with simpler campaigns, Advantage+ audiences, tracking and disciplined testing.

22 to 28 min · 3 working files
Conversion

How We Build Custom Landing Pages for Meta and Google Ads

Our practical process for matching paid-ad personas to custom pages, hosting them on Vercel, connecting a safe subdomain and using PostHog data to improve the next build.

18 to 24 min · 4 working files
Creative

The Weekly Paid Creative System

Build a repeatable weekly system for researching, briefing, producing, testing and improving paid ad creative without guessing.

30 to 40 min · 4 working files
Conversion

How to Build Cold-Traffic Landing Pages That Convert

The exact page structure, CTA rules and proof standards we use to turn cold paid traffic into first-time customers and bookings.

12 to 16 min · 4 working files
Measurement

The Paid Media Measurement Stack

Audit tracking, reconcile platforms and measure real new-customer growth across ecommerce, subscription and lead-generation funnels.

35 to 50 min · 5 working files
Planning

Build Your 12-Month Campaign, Offer and Launch Calendar

Reverse-plan launches and promotions across stock, creative, paid media, email, SMS, landing pages and exact start and stop dates.

30 to 40 min · 5 working files
Economics

The Safe Scaling Playbook

Increase paid media without outrunning contribution margin, stock, cash flow, fulfilment or sales-team capacity.

30 to 45 min · 5 working files
Measurement

How to Automate Meta Offline Conversion Tracking for Lead Generation

Follow the exact steps to send qualified leads, booked appointments and won jobs from your CRM back to Meta automatically.

8 to 10 min · 3 working files
Audiences

How to Build Always-Updated Meta Customer Lists for Lead Generation

Follow the exact steps to keep Meta audiences in sync with leads, customers and exclusions in your CRM.

8 to 10 min · 3 working files
Measurement

How to Send Paid Phone Customers Back to Google Ads

Connect ad-driven phone calls to paying customers in your CRM, import real revenue into Google Ads and roll the signal into bidding safely.

12 to 16 min · 4 working files
Meta Ads

Why the Ad Set Is Your Funnel, Not the Ad

Meta builds a purchase journey from whatever you group together. Judge ads one at a time and you pause the one doing the hardest work. Here is the structure we use.

10 to 14 min · 3 working files

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