Insights

Notes from inside the ad accounts.

What actually moves donations for nonprofits — and what only looks like it does. Written from live campaigns, not from theory.

US$25,345 in ads. US$89,943 raised for a free grocery store.

The Store gives groceries away at no cost to families who need them. Twelve months of always-on campaigns returned $3.55 for every dollar spent — and left behind US$13,798 of recurring revenue that arrives again every month.

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The 7 hats your paid media program needs to wear.

You don't necessarily need seven different people. In fact, I've seen that smaller, tighter teams are often better. They are agile. They can respond instantly when things are underperforming, optimize on the…

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Why your nonprofit should never stop running ads.

Most nonprofits run paid media the way they run galas: big push, big spend, fingers crossed, then silence until next year. It feels intuitive. It's also leaving donors — and dollars — on the table every single…

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Fundraising is not normal, and I mean that statistically.

I don't mean that it's strange, or difficult, or unique — though it is all of those things. I mean that statistically, fundraising growth does not follow a Normal Distribution. And this changes everything.

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What makes a good social media ad?

Most charity ads I see look exactly like this: "$25 helps someone like John" — followed immediately by a big "Donate Now" button. Is this a bad ad? No. It can actually work well... but only for a very small…

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COVID proved what attention can do for charities.

New donors surged. Revenue spiked. Nothing about generosity changed — people just finally saw the work.

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A year of always-on ads for a small e-commerce brand.

Papelmania is a Peruvian stationery brand. Over 12 months, I managed their entire paid media program — strategy, creative, landing pages, analytics — proving that the always-on approach works at any scale.

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