Lower acquisition costs
Cleaner account structure, better creative and honest tracking typically reduce wasted spend and bring cost per lead or customer down toward target.
Results
Results you can measure — not just feel good about.
We judge the program by what happens in our students’ ad accounts and bank accounts: lower cost per lead, better return on ad spend, more winning creative and a system they can run without us. Here’s what that looks like — and how we measure it.
What students achieve
The outcomes we coach toward
Every student’s 90-day roadmap sets specific targets. These are the outcomes we focus on most.
Profitable ROAS and MER
Ecommerce students coach to contribution margin, not just platform ROAS, so growth shows up in profit — not only in dashboards.
More creative, faster
With the AI creative engine, students go from a handful of ads a month to a steady weekly pipeline of new hooks, images and videos.
A second (and third) channel
Most students master one platform first, then expand to Google, YouTube, TikTok or AI search with a proven playbook.
Hours back every week
AI research, copy and analysis workflows cut the time it takes to plan, build and report on campaigns.
New services and clients
Agency and freelance students package AI-powered paid media as a service and deliver it with confidence.
Our metrics framework
How we measure progress
Results are tracked on a one-page weekly scorecard set up in Week 2. It moves from early signals to business outcomes, so you know what’s working long before the month ends.
| Layer | Key metrics | What it tells you | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Creative signals | Hook rate, hold rate, CTR, CPM | Whether your ads stop the scroll and earn attention cheaply | Every few days |
| 2. Traffic quality | CPC, landing page conversion rate, bounce rate | Whether the right people are clicking and the page converts them | Weekly |
| 3. Acquisition cost | Cost per lead, cost per booked call, CPA | What you pay for each lead, appointment or sale | Weekly |
| 4. Revenue efficiency | ROAS, MER (blended), close rate | How much revenue each ad dollar generates across all channels | Weekly |
| 5. Business outcomes | Contribution margin, LTV:CAC, payback period | Whether ads are actually growing profit — the number that matters most | Monthly |
Sample case studies
What a 12-week turnaround can look like
These sample stories illustrate the kinds of changes students make in the program. They are composite examples for illustration and will be replaced with verified client results.
Sample case study · Local services
From boosted posts to a predictable flow of booked estimates.
Sarah K., home services company — was boosting Facebook posts and running a Google campaign set up years earlier. Leads were inconsistent, many were outside the service area and nobody could say which channel was working.
What changed:
- Rebuilt tracking with call tracking and offline conversion uploads (Week 2)
- Restructured Meta into a single Advantage+ leads campaign with qualifying instant forms (Week 4)
- Rebuilt Google Search around high-intent service keywords and negatives (Week 7)
- Used the AI creative engine to produce before-and-after and testimonial-style ads weekly
Outcome: By the end of the cohort, Sarah had a clear weekly scorecard, lower cost per booked estimate and a steady stream of qualified leads she could forecast against.
- Cost per booked estimate
- -48%
- Qualified leads per month
- 2.1x
- Channels running profitably
- 2
Sample case study · Ecommerce
Creative volume unlocked profitable scale.
James L., DTC apparel brand — had a few long-running winning ads that were fatiguing. Launching new creative took weeks, ROAS was sliding and every attempt to increase budget made performance worse.
What changed:
- Calculated break-even ROAS and switched to a contribution-margin scorecard (Weeks 1–2)
- Built an AI creative pipeline using the Hook Matrix and AI UGC workflows (Week 3)
- Ran structured creative tests to find new winning concepts (Week 6)
- Added TikTok Spark Ads and applied budget scaling rules (Weeks 9 and 11)
Outcome: James moved from one or two new ads a month to a weekly testing cadence, found several new winning concepts and scaled spend with clear rules instead of guesswork.
- New ads tested per month
- 10x
- Blended MER
- +35%
- Monthly ad spend at target
- +60%
Sample case study · Marketing agency
Adding paid media as a profitable, repeatable service.
Alicia M., boutique marketing agency — ran a social media and content agency. Clients kept asking for paid ads, but the team lacked a delivery process and didn’t want to hire an expensive senior media buyer.
What changed:
- Adopted the program’s SOPs and build sheets as the agency’s delivery process
- Used the Agency Delivery Kit for onboarding, reporting and proposals
- Automated weekly client reports with AI analysis summaries (Weeks 11–12)
- Brought client accounts to live Ad Review Labs for coach feedback
Outcome: Alicia launched a paid media retainer, onboarded her first clients onto it during the cohort and documented a process her team now runs without her in every account.
- Clients added to paid media retainers
- 4
- Saved per week on reporting
- ~6 hrs
- New documented service line
- 1
Member stories
What students say about the program
“I’d spent two years “testing” Facebook ads with nothing to show for it. Six weeks in, our cost per booked consult dropped by more than half and I finally understand why.”
Med spa owner
“The AI creative workflow alone was worth it. We went from 4 new ads a month to 40, and our best-performing ad of the year came from a prompt in the library.”
DTC skincare founder
“We added paid ads as a service for our agency clients after the program. The SOPs and coaching calls made it feel like we had a senior media buyer on staff.”
Agency owner
“The weekly scorecard changed how I run my business. I look at one page on Monday morning and know exactly what to do with the budget.”
Roofing company owner
“Hot-seat reviews were brutal in the best way. A coach spotted a tracking issue in five minutes that had been inflating our numbers for months.”
In-house marketer, B2B software
“I was skeptical about AI ads looking fake. The workflows taught me how to make them feel like us. Our webinar registrations have never been more consistent.”
Business coach
Why students get results
The ingredients behind every success story
There’s no magic button. The students who see the strongest results tend to share a few habits — and the program is built to make those habits easy.
- They fix the foundation first: a strong offer and trustworthy tracking before more budget.
- They ship creative every week: the AI creative engine makes volume possible.
- They bring their work to coaching: hot seats and async reviews catch costly mistakes early.
- They follow the scorecard: decisions based on numbers, not mood.
- They stay connected: accountability pods keep momentum through the hard weeks.
Results by business type
See what results look like for businesses like yours
Agencies
Deliver AI-powered paid media, retain clients longer and report results clients understand.
Learn moreEcommerce
Lower acquisition costs and scale profitably with constant creative testing.
Learn moreLocal businesses
Turn ads into booked appointments, estimates and calls in your service area.
Learn moreCoaches & consultants
Fill webinars and discovery calls with predictable, profitable funnels.
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Next cohort starts January 12, 2027
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