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STONECLADMEDIA
Paid Ads

Pour fuel on a funnel that already converts.

Visually-optimized paid acquisition — creative, targeting, and management — run once your funnel is proven to convert organically. We scale what works; we don't burn spend on what doesn't.

The ad account

Paid Ads

Visually-optimized creative
Targeting, testing, and scaling
Gated behind a live, converting funnel
The Problem

Ads don't fix a funnel. They expose it.

Paid traffic magnifies whatever it hits. Point it at an offer that doesn't convert and you buy expensive proof that it doesn't work. Most agencies will happily take your ad budget on day one anyway.

How It Works

The Proof-First Paid

We earn the right to spend before we spend.

Ads run only after your funnel is proven to convert organically. Then we build visually-optimized creative — using the same productization craft behind our own brand — test into what works, and scale it. Ad spend is yours and always separate from management.

01

Prove

We confirm the funnel converts organically before a dollar is spent.

02

Create

We build visually-optimized creative and targeting.

03

Test

We test structured creative and audience variants to find winners.

04

Scale

We scale what works and report exactly what your spend buys.

What You Get

Everything, built and operated for you.

No à la carte guesswork. One scope, one price revealed on your call, and a team that ships it — so the value lands instead of sitting on a to-do list.

What's Included

Paid Ads Management

  • Creative Development

    Visually-optimized ads built to stop the scroll

    Included
  • Audience + Targeting Strategy

    The right people, on the right platform

    Included
  • Testing Framework

    Structured creative and audience testing to find winners

    Included
  • Scaling + Management

    We scale what converts and cut what doesn't

    Included
  • Reporting + Attribution

    Clear numbers on what your spend is buying

    Included

Recurring management. Ad spend is client-funded and always separate from the management fee. Runs after the funnel converts.

From a Client
Michael and his team have gone above and beyond in our work together, taking my extensive knowledge and codifying it into an online community and digital product stack that was beyond my wildest dreams. Their attention to detail and systems-level thinking has blown me away every step of the way.

David Leifeste

Therapist, Life Coach + Author · 40+ Years

The Guarantee

We spend when it's ready — not before.

Our commitment is discipline: ads run only against a funnel proven to convert, spend stays separate from our fee, and you get clear attribution on every dollar. We scale what works and cut what doesn't — no vanity spend.

Questions
Why won't you run ads immediately?
Because ads amplify whatever they hit. If the offer and funnel don't convert with organic traffic yet, paid traffic just makes losing faster and more expensive. We prove the funnel first, then scale it.
Is ad spend included?
No — ad spend is yours and goes straight to the platforms. Our fee is for building, managing, and scaling the campaigns. Keeping them separate keeps the incentives honest.
What makes your creative different?
The same visual productization we use for our own offers — creative engineered to stop the scroll and communicate value fast, not generic template ads.
Next Step

Scale the funnel that's already working.

Book a call and we'll assess funnel-readiness and the paid plan.

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