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152. Outsourcing your Meta ads too soon might be costing you more than you think

Season #4

Handing your Meta Ads over to an agency, freelancer or VA can sound like the dream.

Someone else takes care of the strategy, writes the copy, builds the campaigns, manages the spend and magically sends you sales.

Except, for many e-commerce founders, that’s not how it plays out.

In this episode, I’m unpacking why outsourcing your ads too early can cost you far more than the monthly management fee, especially if you don’t yet understand your own ad strategy, numbers or customer messaging.

This isn’t about saying you should never outsource. It’s about knowing when outsourcing makes sense, and why learning to manage or at least understand your ads first can put you in a much stronger position as the CEO of your brand.

What we cover in this episode:

  • Why outsourcing ads too early can create a false sense of security

  • What often happens when your account is handed to a junior agency team member

  • Why paying agency fees can leave you with less budget to actually spend on ads

  • The risks of handing Meta Ads to a VA or team member before you understand them yourself

  • How outsourcing can slow down campaign launches, testing and decision-making

  • Why delays in turning poor-performing ads off can quietly waste your budget

  • Why Meta Ads are too important to completely hand over without understanding the strategy

  • How learning your numbers helps you make better decisions, even if you outsource later

The biggest shift?

You don’t need to become a full-time ads manager.

But if Meta Ads are driving a large percentage of your monthly sales, you do need to understand how they work, how to read the numbers, and how to make confident decisions about what to test, scale, pause or change.

If you’re ready to take back control of your ads and stop relying on someone else to tell you what’s working, eComm Ads Academy is now open for early enrolment.

When you enrol early, you’ll get instant access to the curriculum, plus the live coaching round begins on 27 July. Inside, you’ll learn how to build, manage, read and improve your own Meta Ads with expert support, weekly coaching calls, live ad account reviews and a small-group community.

Learn more and enrol here: https://www.jodieminto.com/eaa