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What I look for in the first 10 minutes of a Meta ads audit:
Pixel health is it firing correctly on all key events? Purchase, AddToCart, ViewContent. Most brands are missing at least one.
Event prioritization post iOS 14, you need your 8 events ranked correctly. Wrong order = wrong optimization signal.
Campaign structure are they running 10 campaigns with $5/day each? That's budget fragmentation. One strong campaign beats five weak ones.
Creative fatigue frequency above 3.5 on a cold audience means people are tired of seeing the ad. Time to refresh.
Audience overlap ad sets competing against each other in the same auction. You're bidding against yourself and raising your own CPM.
Attribution window re they reading 7-day click or 1-day click? Changes the entire story the data is telling you.
Fix these 6 things before touching the budget and you'll see results improve without spending more.
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Meta Ads Strategist for a Sober-Curious Coaching Business
About:
We run a coaching business and private community for high-functioning women rethinking their relationship with alcohol. Our brand is voice-first, depth-first, and explicitly anti-influencer / anti-protocol. We have a free 5-part private podcast as our lead magnet and a 7-day free trial as our paid conversion event.
We're hiring a freelance Meta ads strategist to build and run a small, disciplined ad program over the next 90 days, with Dry July (July 1) as the conversion peak.
Scope of work:
Verify and configure Meta Pixel + Conversions API on our existing Kajabi-hosted landing page
Set up 5 custom conversion events (we have the names and trigger URLs documented)
Build 4 ad campaigns to existing specs (we have a complete playbook — campaigns, audiences, ad copy, creative direction)
Create or adapt creative for 8–10 ads (static + short vertical video). We provide voice direction; we have brand photography and can shoot phone-video selves
Launch May 20. Manage daily through July 31
Weekly reporting: CPL, CTR, frequency, conversion rate, spend pacing
Optimization rules already defined (kill/scale thresholds documented) — execute them
Budget:
Ad spend: $300 May / $1,250 June / $1,400 July ($2,950 total)
Your management fee: open. Proposals welcome.
One-time setup fee: open
Required experience:
3+ years running Meta ads, specifically for lead-magnet / membership / online course / coaching businesses
Demonstrated experience with the Leads campaign objective + custom pixel events (not just Boost Post)
Comfortable with funnel-based optimization (CPL, not ROAS)
Has worked with brands selling to women 35–55 in wellness, mental health, or coaching categories
Brand fit signals (read the brand before applying):
Calm voice, not bro-marketing voice. We do not say "scale," "crush," "10x," "automate," or "funnel hacks" in our brand
We can spot performative-empathy voice and we'll know if you're using it
No promises of specific results (no "I'll get you 500 leads at $4"). Strategists who promise outcomes don't understand the work.
To apply:
Send: (1) 2–3 case studies with comparable budget ranges; (2) your monthly fee structure; (3) a one-paragraph response to: "What would you change about our funnel before we spend a dollar on ads?" That last one tells me more than your case studies.
MOBILE APP REDESIGN IS NOT ALWAYS THE FIRST FIX.
A founder may think:
“We need a better interface.”
But the real problem may be deeper.
Users do not activate.
Users do not understand the value.
Users do not trust the paywall.
Users do not return after day 1.
Trial users do not become paid users.
That is not always a visual design problem.
Sometimes it is a product system problem.
Because in mobile apps, the app is often the business.
Product.
Sales flow.
Subscription engine.
Retention loop.
Customer experience.
All in one place.
This is why I do not treat Mobile App Redesign as “make the app look more modern.”
A beautiful app can still fail.
If the first session does not communicate value, a prettier home screen will not fix it.
If onboarding does not lead to the first meaningful action, a shorter onboarding will not fix it.
If the paywall appears before trust is created, a better-looking paywall will not fix it.
If trial users do not convert, a longer trial will not automatically fix it.
If users leave after day 1, another feature will not save it.
Real Mobile App UX/UI Design connects:
UX/UI design
product strategy
onboarding UX
activation
paywall UX
retention logic
monetization
behavioral psychology
unit economics
Before spending more on redesign, development, marketing, onboarding changes, paywall experiments, trial extensions, or gamification - diagnose the product system first.
A redesign can make the app look better.
A diagnosis shows what actually needs to change.
If your mobile app looks good but users still do not activate, convert, or return - the next step may not be another redesign.
It may be a product diagnosis.
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good static ads don’t just look clean
they control the order people understand things.
in this one:
brand first for trust
headline second for the pain point
CTA placed early so the action is obvious
benefit line under it for context
website visible for the next step
nothing is there just to fill space.
that’s the difference between making a nice graphic and designing an ad that actually guides attention.
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