#397: The $500 Ad Budget Challenge Every Freelancer Needs to Take

About this episode

Brian Hood challenges freelancers to take the $500 ad budget challenge to prove the effectiveness of paid ads.

The #1 fear that freelancers have with paid ads? They’re terrified of lighting money on fire and never getting it back. I get it. It feels like a gamble that may not actually get you clients. And if this is you, I’ve got a challenge for you that I hope will change your mind. It’s called the $500 ad budget challenge. I want to prove to you that it’s possible to turn $500 into $5k or more with paid ads, if you do it the right way. If you’re ready to keep an open mind, listen to this week’s podcast episode where I’ll cover: The 3 prerequisites to running paid ads (if you have all 3 of these, you’re in a good position) Our “smart testing process” to squeeze all the juice out of a $500 budget Real stories of clients who have gotten $5k, $15k, $25k clients from less than $500 in ad spend How to get us to pay for your first $500 in ads For full show notes, visit https://6figurecreative.com/397

Topics covered

• freelancing
• paid ads
• advertising
• marketing
• business growth

Keywords

• ad budget
• challenge
• clients
• smart testing process
• success stories

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