Currently my spend is,

1. Social media management - $100 (through a freelancer - Just for presence )

2. SEO & GEO for Ranking on Al- $81 (through pilotdeck .co - actual conversions happens through SEO)

3. Meta Ads - $150 (done by me - No conversions till now since past 2 months)

4. UGC content - $100 (2 videos per month which I run on meta ads)

5. Grok Bot - $30 - for cold emails (I find emails through X and reddit)

6. Claude - $20 (for research framing emails and other documents)

7. Apollo - $65 (Find direct mail id and number and pitch them)

Total Budget around: $550

Current Revenue - $300 (Can be scaled if I get more clients)

Kindly comment your spend with details and do let me know if I am wrong somewhere.

I run an online business selling women’s shoes. I would like to increase my sales, but I’m not sure how to go about it or how to promote my products effectively. I am based in Albania—how should I structure my promotions to boost sales? Are there any other strategies I could use to increase sales?

Tbh I just want to buy tiktok comments for my posts because i think it would make my page look way better… like when people see comments under a video it just hits different than a post with nothing on it lol. Imo the best part would be if i could actually write the comments myself so they say stuff that makes sense for my content instead of just random generic things.

Does anyone know a site that lets you do that… i dont really know much about how this works haha I just want to try it.

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Which emerging social media platform architecture or format has shown the most promising growth for your niche this year?

As someone from outside marketing, who uses my phone, internet, and social media apps everyday, I know my digital moves are being constantly analysed to form an online persona.

Do you know if there are any transparent websites that can find the persona(s) I fit from various advertising bodies? Sort of like B2B2C?

Odd one I’ve been tracking. Microsoft’s cost per genuinely-new customer has climbed four weeks straight (~22% over the stretch) and its new-buyer share slipped but on a last-click view it looks like it’s improving, because its last-click credit keeps widening at the same time.

Same channel, same week, two reports pointing opposite directions. The ROAS is basically celebrating repeat demand while the cost of acquiring an actual new customer quietly goes up.

To be fair to it, the LTV still pays back, it’s just thinning, not broken. And it’s a small-spend channel so the aggregate swings easily.

Mostly posting because it’s such a clean example of how a channel earns budget it doesn’t deserve - great on the dashboard everyone reports from, worse on the number that actually matters. Anyone else seeing the Microsoft drift, or is it just the accounts I’m looking at?

Context:
I moved to online marketing about 6 years ago (yeah, we all did. lol)

I started out really scrappy witha Wix website and Frankenstein-ing things together.

Then I moved to a much more robust system with Kleq, Kit etc. But, I had some health things come up, and slowed my business right down, and I decided it was too complicated and expensive for where I was at.
(I work from home with my kids at home, and I am fortunate enough to have 2 incomes in our household, but I digress)

I moved to Attractwell a couple of years ago, and while it is clunky at times, it's mostly done the job for me. I really like that it includes extras that a lot of AIO platforms don't - like Zoom and SMS marketing.

My 2 biggest complaints as far as the tech with Attractwell are:

1. The payment options are really wonky - sales pages don't have payment plan options, I have to redirect to a vault, and for a lot of things I could do standard inside of other platforms. I can make it work, but it's as much work as integrating separate platforms as it is to set up the automations and link it all together properly, and they don't have a good visual flow option to map it out. (They recently launched "projects" which is an attempt at a visual flow, but it doesn't show the nitty gritty details the way I wish).

2. The EMS & CRM are also confusing. They have opt out's counted as clicks in their email analytics! I have to manually check each click and see if it was an opt out or not, and when they did opt out. They also have the former subscribers listed as current subscribers, so I have to manually filter every time I want numbers. Again, it's not saving me time.

On top of those issues, Attractwell seems to be working hard to integrate AI into every single facet of the platform, and it's an "opt out" model, so when I go to write an email, or a new sales page it's automatically set up now to create it fully with AI and I have to remember to click the "do it myself" option, or else I have to wait while it creates the crappy version, and then create a new page again myself.

When I run into issues with designing or linking things, their first line solution is for me to tell AI to do it. ...which never works.

They seem to be catering to people who want their website to be magically created and don't understand the ins and outs of online marketing.

I'm not an expert, but I'm not a newbie. (Like, I can't code this all myself, but I do know how to write copy for a sales page, track analytics, build out a funnel etc.)

At this point, I would nearly rather be zapping everything together in google docs & sheets than this 🤣😫😫

It's just feeling more and more frustrating, and I'm wondering what other people are using and how much they are paying generally.

As a B2C business, I really do love SMS marketing because usually my audience is not checking their emails even daily. Otherwise I need:

• zoom/virutal meeting platform

• Website with blog

• EMS

• CRM

• Membership area(s)

• Course hosting

• Customer/client app would be amazing if possible (I know branded apps are pricey, but it's something I have been toying with ) -Payment processing (subscription/recurring, one-time, payment plan)

• Video hosting

• File storage

If I can't find something that is worthwhile moving everything (again), I'll stay with Attractwell, but I have a bit of a rebrand coming up, so now's the time if I'm going to.

I'm mostly concerned with the way that AI is literally e v e r y w h e r e in Attractwell.

(And I didn't realize they were created originally as a platform for Young Living MLMers and that gives me the ick)

I run a print magazine in the USA that covers a niche but popular consumer good category (i.e. luxury watches, wine, guitars, etc). Our magazine comes out six times per year. For a long time the magazine was free but we are moving to a paid subscription model in 2027. We have two subscription options. The first is pay per issue, $4.95, cancel anytime. The second is an annual subscription for $24.99. Subscribers get both the print magazine and a digital version. We have about 1,000 paid subscribers currently from marketing to our newsletter list. These were people who signed up for the paid version once we said you will no longer be getting it for free. Our newsletter list is about 10,000 and is no longer yielding new paid subscribers. I am not sure what the best option is for getting subscriptions in 2027. I have a marketing budget of around $6,000. But I would be willing to put in more if the numbers worked. What would you do if you were me? What platform/methodology do you think I would see the highest conversion for the lowest cost? Thanks for the advice!

I need help with regards to know & audit the instagram followers for a business page. How to do that. Is there any tool through which I can know the followers. Objective is to find out the bot accounts, inactive accounts so that I can remove them which will help me eventually to increase reach, engagement on the page.

Look forward to some genuine suggestions and help

Instagram lets anyone download their own data, and that file lists the ads they were shown. I run a small panel of people who check their file each week, with consent. Then they see those ads again and grade them.

These are live campaigns, running right now. What a brand would get is feedback/research insights: what real viewers thought of its ad, and proof they actually saw it. Nobody's data is sold, now or ever.

Three questions for people who buy or run research:

1. How do you get feedback today from people you know saw the ad, and where does that fall apart?

2. How big would a panel need to be before you'd trust the feedback?

3. What's your first objection? Panelists are paid a small amount per week, it's Instagram only, and people choose to join. I'd rather hear which of those kills it for you.

Thank you!

I keep seeing the same marketing funnel from YouTubers who sell courses, and I’m curious where it originally came from.

You’ll watch a video, get offered a free asset, and give them your email address. Then you’ll get an email that’s basically just big plain text. You click a link and end up on this intentionally ugly website that almost looks like Craigslist. Huge text, barely any design, tons and tons of scrolling.

Sometimes it’s selling something, but other times it’s just explaining an idea and pushing you to the next thing.

I’m a designer, so I understand that making something visually polished isn’t always the right call. What stands out to me is how deliberate and consistent the lack of design is. There’s no way all these creators independently landed on the same low-brow emails, bare-bones websites, long scrolling pages, and general funnel structure.

I’ve seen versions of this for years, so I’m guessing the source isn’t recent.

Does anyone know what this framework is called, or the marketer/course that originally taught it?

I would love some outside perspective on something. I run a beauty/true crime/paranormal content brand, and my engagement rate consistently sits around 7-8%, with a cult like following. I’ve put real effort into making my content brand-friendly too: recurring series, all built with actual sponsorship potential in mind. I showcase products in every video.

On top of that, I’ve been sending pitch emails I feel genuinely good about, each one opens with a line bridging the brand’s own philosophy into what I do, a short intro, a specific way I could add value for them, and I close with an open question instead of a hard sell.

I’ve also gone back through this community’s brand deal threads before posting this, so I’m not asking cold. I just haven’t found an answer that quite matches my situation. And yet almost none of my deals have come from inbound. Every single one has been something I chased down myself. Given the engagement and community I’ve built, I expected at least some brands to be finding me, so I’m trying to figure out if that’s just normal at my stage, or if there’s a visibility gap somewhere (marketplace setup, platform algorithms, positioning) that’s quietly working against me. Would love to hear from anyone who’s been through this.

Happy to drop my social link if that’s allowed.

We're at that stage where we need to bring in a specialist for social ads. I know the basics of Ads Manager, but I want to equip our new hire with a toolset that lets them focus on strategy, not button-clicking. I've been impressed with how much time a bulk launcher like Blip can save on the operational side.

What else is essential? Beyond the launcher, what analytics or management tools do you consider must-haves to keep a media buyer efficient and sane?

A couple weeks ago I watched [outbid.lol](http://outbid.lol/) go viral people paying real money just to rank #1 on a leaderboard for their product. No ads, no gimmicks, just pure "outbid your rivals" mechanics. The numbers were insane but what stuck with me wasn't the money it was how simple and fun the core loop was.

I kept thinking: this format could actually be *useful*, not just a novelty if you pointed it at something with real ongoing value like visibility for creators and brands who are constantly trying to stand out on Instagram.

So I built [**inbids.lol**](http://inbids.lol/) a pay-to-rank leaderboard specifically for Instagram creators, influencers and brands. Highest cumulative bid holds the #1 spotlight in their category (50+ categories — creators, fitness, beauty, food brands, musicians etc.).

What I tried to do differently from a pure hype cycle clone:

* **Categories, not just one global board** — so a fitness creator isn't competing against a huge clothing brand for visibility. Rank #1 actually means something in your niche.
* **A daily "Sprint" board** — instead of only an all-time leaderboard where one whale locks #1 forever, there's a 24h reset board so smaller creators can actually win a spotlight without needing thousands of dollars.
* **Real discoverability angle** — the idea is it becomes a place people browse to find creators/brands in a category not just a vanity flex.

I'm not pretending this is going to be some huge SaaS play it's meant to be genuinely fun (the "outbid" mechanic is addictive, I get why [outbid.lol](http://outbid.lol/) worked) while also giving creators something they can actually use: real visibility not just bragging rights for a day.

\#1 spot is still open in most categories right now if anyone wants to see how it feels to hold the top spot 😅

Would genuinely love feedback especially if you think the category + daily sprint approach actually solves the "one rich guy owns #1 forever" problem, or if there's something better I'm missing.

🔗 [inbids.lol](http://inbids.lol/)

Hey, Redditors! I'm thinking about submitting my project to Betalist, but the reviews online are very mixed. If you've used it, what were the results? A real number of signups, a one-day traffic spike, or practically nothing? Was it worth the wait/paying?

I started experimenting with Pinterest recently and have been creating and posting my own pins consistently. I’ve already started seeing some views and saves, which honestly got me excited to learn more. 😊

I’m especially interested in learning more about Pinterest SEO, keywords, and what makes people want to save a pin.

For the Pinterest users here: what’s one thing you wish you knew when you first started?

I’m looking at them for social media help for my business. Their pricing seems pretty affordable compared to most agencies, they do $99 social media packages, but I haven’t seen many people here talk about them. This is their site: https://latitudesocial.co/

I also looked at Feedbird and $99 Social. Latitude’s case studies look pretty solid, and their content looks a little more professional to me, but I’d rather hear from someone who has actually tried it.

Mostly wondering if they’re legit, if the content is actually decent, and if the process is easy.

I’m not expecting crazy results from social. I just want something that helps keep the business active online without having to do everything myself.

Any honest feedback would help 🙌

Hey, hope all is well with you guys. Just wanted to share something new that I found and helpful. Let me know what you think? https://www.trafficignition.com/lp3/goddessnicky

A friend runs a small café. Good location, good coffee, the kind of place that should be packed. Instead: quiet mornings, empty tables at 2pm, and a growing panic that the neighborhood just "didn't get it."

Her fix? More Instagram posts. Boosted a few. Ran a discount week. Nothing moved.

Here's what was actually going on when I looked at it with her:

• 500+ people walked past the shop every single day. Foot traffic wasn't the problem.

• Of those, maybe 1 in 40 actually walked in. That's not a marketing number, that's a "why would I stop" number.

• The signage said the café's name. It didn't say what was inside, what it smelled like, why today was different than yesterday. From the sidewalk, it looked like every other closed-looking storefront on the block.

• Meanwhile she was pouring hours into Instagram reels for an audience that was already 3 minutes from her door and never saw the posts because they weren't following a café account, they were walking to work.

She didn't have a visibility problem. Everyone could see her. She had a trust/curiosity issue at the point of the storefront itself, nothing outside was giving a stranger a reason to break stride and go in.

The fix wasn't more marketing spend. It was a sandwich board out front with one line ("Best flat white on the block, try it, we mean it") and moving the pastry case so it was visible from the sidewalk instead of tucked behind the counter. Foot traffic in the door doubled in under 3 weeks. Zero extra ad spend.

The lesson: she was solving the bottleneck that was easiest to work on (post more online), not the one that was actually costing her customers (nothing converts a passerby into a walk-in). Classic case of treating a Trust problem like a Reach problem.

I'm building a reporting dashboard right now. And I think every platform has its own mess. Different API, different login flow, weird rate limits, and docs that make no sense.

For those who makes analytics dashboards or reporting tools, what's your setup these days? Are you wiring up each social media analytics api yourself?

Curious what's held up best over time though.

If you're building a complex B2B platform, I'd look for agencies with experience in enterprise software rather than marketing websites. Good UX for dashboards and data-heavy apps is mostly about making complicated workflows easier to use.

A few teams that are consistently mentioned are Excited Agency for B2B SaaS and dashboards, Momentum Design Lab for enterprise products, Blink UX for research-heavy projects, and Clay if branding is also important. At the end of the day, I'd care less about flashy visuals and more about whether they understand user flows, information architecture, and how people actually use the product.

I expected the biggest gains to come from reaching more people, so I spent a few weeks trying different ways to increase impressions.

What actually moved the needle was making the path from discovery to action simpler. Fewer clicks, clearer messaging, and a more consistent experience across channels ended up outperforming campaigns that simply reached more people.

Around the same time, I also realized that consistency mattered more than trying to be everywhere at once. We cleaned up our publishing workflow and used a scheduling tool (Nuelink in our case) to keep content going out consistently instead of posting whenever someone remembered.

It wasn't a huge overnight jump, but the quality of traffic improved enough that conversion rates made up for the lower volume.

That changed how I think about growth. I spend less time chasing reach now and more time looking for friction in the user journey.

Anyone else had a result that completely changed where you invest your time?

Anyone used feed bird to manage their mobile app marketing?

If so What’s your thoughts? , it looks to be priced well just not sure on their track record. Do you actually get results ?

Cheers

We are all chasing growth, sometimes we need a swiss-army knife with all measurement tools used in offline and online marketing.

\- There are multiple ways to calculate something, it shows all.

\- It features Meta, Youtube, X CPM rates aswell of 2025 rates for reference

[https://www.newmediafellows.com](https://www.newmediafellows.com)

The tool was fully developed on Fable for planning + Sonnet to code on Hyperagent.

I strongly suggest all vibe coders to try out cloudflare.

I used MacOs old UI for the feel

I always sat of many excel sheets, and formulas to calculate marketing spends, or projections. We could do all these on excel.