Issue 082: Meta Ads Creative šŸŖ“ Hack: Ugly Ads w/ Barry Hott

PLUS: Add $1M to your Bottom Line in 5 Mins šŸ”®

Awwwww yeahhhhhh! Can someone say, ā€œFinal Issue of the Yearā€?

We can and weā€™re dropping itā€¦

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LETā€™S GOOOOO!!

| TWEET OF THE WEEK

If youā€™re 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 ā€œMany Hats Problemā€.

Iā€™m going to use myself as the example to get the point across. This isnā€™t theoretical, this is what I struggle with every day.

If I zoom out, I have two major roles (hats) that I must satisfy.

  1. Iā€™m one of the founders of this company and itā€™s largest individual shareholder.

  2. Iā€™m 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, Iā€™m 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 donā€™t 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. šŸ‘‰ļø 

| YOUTUBE UNIVERSITY

Meta Ads Creative Hack: Make Ugly Ads With Barry Hott

| TOGETHER WITH EIGHTX

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After a few years of losses and declining sales, we helped the following baby-focused eCom brand turn the ship around for an 8-figure exit. How did we help?

  • Found new and better financing

  • Optimized ad and marketing budgets

  • Helped with supplier negotiations, got better terms

  • Forecasting and scenario planning to make sure we could adapt to changing economy and buyer behavior

  • Cut non-performing SKUs

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Sales growth for this CPG brand was phenomenal but we needed to break even, right away. How did we help?

  • Better reporting for all departments

  • Tight budgets and cost controls

  • Optimized ad and marketing budgets

  • SKU rationalization project

  • Set up subsidiaries in Asia and USA

  • and more šŸ˜Ž 

"Matt is knowledgeable and knows his shit. He also is super connected and we always appreciate his guidance. Having someone to look at the numbers with on a regular basis that knows what they all mean is huge."

Brandi Tindall | Co-Founder, Sunna Inc. | Workspace6 Member

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  • Jeremy Horowitz: Every year, Post-BFCM I read through Bessemerā€™s 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! Itā€™s 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! Weā€™re here for 2024. šŸ’Ŗ 

YEE-YEE! šŸ¤  

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