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Issue 082: Meta Ads Creative šŖ Hack: Ugly Ads w/ Barry Hott
PLUS: Add $1M to your Bottom Line in 5 Mins š®
Awwwww yeahhhhhh! Can someone say, āFinal Issue of the Yearā?
We can and weāre dropping itā¦

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LETāS GOOOOO!!
| TWEET OF THE WEEK
This spreadsheet can add $1M to your bottom line in 5 minutes.
Thatās the kind of impact we are seeing this model produce.
Ask yourself a questionā¦
How do you decide how much money youāre going to spend next month?
Trend?
YOY comp?
As much as you can?
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ā Taylor Holiday (@TaylorHoliday)
3:13 PM ā¢ Nov 4, 2023
If youāre reading this, there is a good chance you have a lot of jobs.
You might only have one title, but I promise you have more than one job to be done.
I call this the āMany Hats Problemā.
Iām going to use myself as the example to get the point across. This isnāt theoretical, this is what I struggle with every day.
If I zoom out, I have two major roles (hats) that I must satisfy.
Iām one of the founders of this company and itās largest individual shareholder.
Iām the CEO. This is my day job and I have a duty to the shareholders (including myself) to do it well.
But beyond the titles, Iām also always changing smaller hats throughout any given day.
I structure my schedule around the three main hats I have no choice but to wear.
If you donāt manage this well, you burn out. Either from trying to do it all, or simply not understanding which hat you need to put on for the task at hand.
Read the rest. šļø
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day!| QUICK SHOTS
@andreilunev: I've been testing a lot of account setups recently, including Bid Caps, ASC+ with and without caps, Cost Caps and ROAS-optimized ones. Here's the full guide on how to set up your account for scaling with Bid Caps while maintaining profitability (bookmark this) š§µš
Norman Farrar: The Best Ways to Manage Cashflow For eCommerce Businesses
Aaron Orendorff: Our AI SMS campaigns are now driving +1.5xā2x revenue vs traditional texts. Today, we unlocked the full tool ā for free.
Jeremy Horowitz: Every year, Post-BFCM I read through Bessemerās 10 Laws of Ecommerce. And remind myself of how this game is actually played. Violate them at your own peril.
@heyitsalexP: Most marketing orgs suck at annual planning. Why? Because the objective is not defined well enough to serve as a foundation for a real strategy.
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| THE OUTRO
Folks! Itās been an absolute pleasure being welcomed into your respective inboxes this year. We kicked off in late 2022 and the first year of our operations has officially flown right by.
But, can we be the first to say how bullish we are on the future?
Doom-and-gloomers, begone! Weāre here for 2024. šŖ
YEE-YEE! š¤
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