How to Cover Your Ad Spend Before Your Next Launch

About this episode

Amy Porterfield discusses how to effectively cover ad spend before launching by using low-priced offers.

Running ads shouldn’t feel like a money pit. I hear this all the time from six-figure founders. You know you need to run ads. You know that's how you're going to reach more people, grow faster, and stop relying on the algorithm to get in front of the right audience. But every time you think about actually doing it, you just don’t. Maybe you've lost money on ads before. Maybe you've heard horror stories. "Just test it and see what happens" feels reckless. So you put it off. I get it. And while I'm not here to tell you to ignore that instinct, I am here to show you a smarter way. In this episode, I'm walking you through a concept called self-funding your growth. The idea is simple: you use a low-priced offer to offset the cost of your ads so that by the time someone buys your bigger offer, you've already covered most or all of your ad spend. You're not spending money now and hoping it pays off later. You're building a list of buyers from day one, and the math works from the beginning. I’ll break down the difference between tripwires and small offers, give you real examples of what to sell, and walk you through the three checks you need to make before you try this strategy. If…

People in this episode

Host: Amy Porterfield

Topics covered

• ad spend
• self-funding growth
• low-priced offers
• tripwires
• small offers

Keywords

• ad spend
• self-funding
• growth strategy
• tripwires
• small offers
• advertising
• business growth

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