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In this episode of Facebook Ads Quick Tips, host Stacy Covitz interviews AI consultant Suze Lake about practical, human-first ways business owners can use AI to save time and make more money without letting it replace their expertise. Suzy shares her background as an early tech adopter, her shift from a product-based business to marketing assistance after COVID, and how she now helps proven experts integrate AI into their systems and workflows. 

• She emphasizes that AI doesn’t know your customer’s nuances, so you must stay in the driver’s seat, use good judgment, and avoid sharing sensitive information. 
• Suzy highlights tools like her “3:00 AM Offload” for brain-dumping tasks to prioritize what matters most, and discusses creating a “digital brain” to capture your frameworks, proof, and client wins. 
• She also encourages women to build community and business friendships intentionally.

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
02:10 Suzy’s Story and AI Journey
04:08 Human First AI Mindset
06:19 Training Tools and Prompting
08:16 Ethics and the Wild West
11:04 3AM Offload AI Example
13:49 Digital Brain and Proof Stack
15:45 Who Suzy Helps Most
17:57 Advice and Closing
19:48 Host Wrap Up and Subscribe

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The Ad You Quit On Might have been working

You put a small budget behind an ad, gave it a few days, saw clicks but no sales, and shut it off. Then you decided ads don't work for you.

Here's the thing: your ad probably didn't fail. Two other things went wonky.

 You expected it to do a job it was never going to do at that budget, and turned it off without getting the right information.

In this episode I break down what a small first ad is actually buying you, and I walk you through the three questions that tell you exactly which part of your setup is weak.

In this episode:

• Why a small first ad isn't there to make you money
• Did enough people see it? Why most people quit before there's anything to judge
• Did they click and vanish? When the ad worked and the page didn't

Your one thing this week: Pull up the ad you gave up on. Don't relaunch it. Just run those three questions and find out which one it actually was.

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Take the Ad Ready Quiz  

 https://stacycovitz.com/ad-ready-quiz

I tell you about my first client was a a big lesson 

• Why campaigns usually underperform because of what's underneath them, not the ad itself
• The three things that were missing 
• The difference between good reasons to hire an ads manager and reasons that are a hard "no" from me
• What "ready" actually means: 
• No need to be perfect- nobody is. Just make sure you've got the basic foundation working

Want to see where you stand?:

I have a few audit spots open for September if you want a second set of eyes on your account before fall.

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00:00 Welcome Back Part Two
00:27 Why Target Audience Matters
01:21 Meta Ads Need Direction
02:07 Strategy Versus Execution
03:37 Marketing Soup Problem
04:24 Cold Audience Reality
05:40 Awareness Before Selling
06:48 MLM Selling Hangover
08:01 Giving Back Origins
11:35 Women Money Impact
12:15 Where To Find Janice
13:30 Final Thanks And Wrap- 

Janice and I talked about why getting clear on your target audience matters, because marketing to “everyone” wastes money and even Meta’s targeting still needs you to communicate who you're trying to reach through messaging and creative.
- We talked about why so many people struggle with marketing: they throw everything into one bucket and create “marketing soup,” which leads to the wrong message at the wrong time, like trying to sell a $900 offer to a cold audience that doesn’t know, like, or trust you yet.
- We wrapped up with Janice sharing the heart behind giving a percentage of every sale to organizations serving people in third-world countries, inspired by her experiences in Haiti after the earthquake and in Kenya, and her desire to do what she can through her business.

To learn more about Janice Hostager: Website 

Grab the TRAIL TO THE SALE™ QUICKSTART MAP mentioned in the show

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I'm trying something new on the podcast. I love introducing  other amazing women doing incredible things in business, so I brought on my first guest ever: Janice Hostager, a fractional CMO and marketing strategist.

In this episode, we get into:

• Why the traditional marketing funnel doesn't actually work anymore
• Janice's "trail to the sale" framework: awareness, consideration, compare, trial, sale, and referral
• Why even marketing pros are terrible at marketing themselves 
• The questions you need to answer about your ideal customer before you touch strategy

This is part one of our conversation. Part two drops next week, where we get into , the first thing she fixes with a new client, and why so many businesses are wasting money on Meta ads without realizing it.

To learn more about Janice Hostager: Website 

Grab the TRAIL TO THE SALE™ QUICKSTART MAP mentioned in the show

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This week's episode is another FAQ round, because you all keep asking good questions and I keep collecting them.

First up: do you need a Meta Verified account to run ads? Nope. 

That's a paid badge subscription, totally separate from actually being able to advertise. What can get required is business verification, which is a different thing Meta triggers on its own, no monthly fee attached. 

Second: how many creatives do you actually need? 

Forget the old "3 to 5 and you're done" rule, that's not really how it works anymore. For most of us running smaller budgets, 3 to 6 creatives is still the sweet spot. It's not about hitting a magic number, it's about making sure every ad has enough spend behind it to actually get out of the learning phase.

 What's new right now. 

There's a new manual override called Push Delivery to This Ad, so if you've ever added a fresh creative and it just sat there never spending, that's fixed. 

 Meta has a track record of rolling something out and pulling it a week later, or rolling it out clunky and fixing it down the line. 

Keep an eye on these instead of treating them as set in stone. 

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Why Summer Is the Best Time to Set Up Your Meta Ads Account

Everyone thinks summer is the wrong time to touch your ads. I'm telling you it's backwards, especially if you're a first-timer. Here's what I cover in this episode:

• Why waiting until September to set up your ad account puts you in the busiest, most expensive season as a total beginner
• What "warmed up" actually means for an ad account, and why one built in July has an edge over one started in the fall
• The two things you need to handle now: getting your pixel installed and firing, and starting to learn who your audience actually is
• Why fifteen dollars a day in July beats fifty dollars a day in October when you're still figuring things out
• How your competitors sitting out the summer works in your favor right now
• What I'm offering this month if you want help getting your account fall-ready (no sales call, just a plan)

If you've been putting off ads because it "wasn't the right time," this is your sign. Link to grab a spot for my Fall-Ready Ads Audit is below.

Fall-Ready Ads Audit

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So this morning I had zero plans to record this episode. I was in a full slump after running a brutally honest audit of my own business, the same kind of look-at-the-data audit I'm always telling you to do. 

Turns out that advice is a lot easier to give than to take. In this episode I'm sharing what got called out, what I almost blew off, and the 10-minute rule that turned my whole day around. If you've ever avoided opening Ads Manager because you're afraid of what you'll find, this one is for you.

In this episode:

• The audit that called me out and why the data stung even though none of it was wrong
• What I found when I finally looked
• Why avoiding your metrics feels good today and costs you money tomorrow
• The 10-minute version of any scary task and why it almost always works
• How my Ad Readiness Review lets me look at the scary stuff so you don't have to

Ready to know what's working and what to fix without ever getting on a call? Grab your Ad Readiness Review at stacycovitz.com.

Connect with me on Instagram @stacyacovitz and come hang out in my free Skool community!

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Have you heard summer is when businesses are slow and therefore, no reason to do work or promote?

This episode goes into the pros and cons of this idea and how it is a myth. 

If you're ready to get some hands on support with your ads, you can contact me via email [email protected]

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Time Sensitive

Today is the last day to get access to the Free AI-Driven Business Summit- loads of brilliant women sharing AI resources and expert knowledge to actually become more efficient in your business. 

Episode Summary

• I share more about who I am and how I became a Meta ads strategist after spending 21 years as a stay-at-home mom to four daughters and then needing to earn income when my husband suddenly lost his job; 
•  I also ramble about watching Love Island for the first time and why it’s entertaining
• I recommend Jay Schwedelson’s new book, *"Stupider People Have Done It," especially the idea of doing one accountable thing every week like my weekly podcast. 
• I end by discussing a conversation with Liz Lemarchand about why women hesitate to invest in their businesses, and encourage anyone overthinking ads to start, noting I have one July client spot open.

*affliliate link- this means if you purchase I may make a few cents, but the price of your book won't change.

 
00:00 Welcome and Setup
00:47 From Mom to Online Work
03:11 Finding Meta Ads
04:02 Mission and Approach
04:35 Love Island Thoughts
06:26 Jay Book Takeaways
08:26 Podcast Consistency
09:38 Money Mindset and Investing
11:23 Wrap Up and Invite

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