Notes from live accounts.

What's actually working in Meta Ads and SEO right now, written from campaigns I ran myself: with the real numbers, including the parts that didn't work. Looking for the results rather than the method? Those are in the case studies.

Meta Ads

Facebook Ads vs Google Ads: Which One Do You Need?

Google harvests demand that already exists; Meta creates it. The test I use to decide, cost per lead from six accounts I ran, and the cases where I send people to Google instead.

Hiring

Freelancer, Agency or In-House: How to Choose

A freelancer's comparison of the three, including when an agency or an employee is genuinely the better call, and the account ownership setup that protects you either way.

Meta Ads

Facebook Ads Audit: The 12 Checks I Run First

The sequence I work through on every new account: signal before structure, structure before creative. What each check looks like when it fails, and what I do not touch in week one.

Social

Organic vs Paid Social: What Each One Is For

One brand, both channels: $712 of paid spend against a single organic Reel at 333,110 views. What that proves, what it does not, and why organic is not free.

For Agencies

White Label Facebook Ads: A Guide for Agencies

Written from the delivery side: how referral, white label and reseller arrangements really differ, who has to own the ad account, and when an agency should not outsource paid social.

SEO

From Zero Organic Traffic to Page 1 in Three Months

What it actually took to rank a Singapore medical clinic. The order the work happened in, why healthcare SEO has a higher bar, and realistic timelines for everyone else.

Messenger Ads

Why Click-to-Messenger Still Beats Conversion Ads in Bangladesh

12,813 conversations on $576.51 of spend. Why conversational objectives outperform website conversion campaigns in F-commerce markets, and the four cases where they don't.

Meta Ads

How I Cut a Cost Per Lead From $86 to $3.91

A US hair clinic on a $50/day budget, 35 campaigns, and a 95% reduction. The actual order I changed things in, including the two rounds that made performance worse.

More often, and shorter, on LinkedIn.

I post what I'm seeing in live accounts between longer pieces here: campaign screenshots, things that broke, and what I'd do differently.

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