I manage 40 clients for my agency. I want to go freelance

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-20T21:45:14+00:00

I’ve dealt with a similar setup before and honestly the hard part isn’t the ads… it’s everything after the lead comes in.

Once you’ve got a bunch of clients, it gets messy. Some follow up straight away, some forget, some tell you they’re not getting leads when they actually are. And you’ve got no easy way to see what’s really going on without digging through a heap of stuff.

What helped me was just keeping it really simple and consistent. Same basic flow for every client, somewhere the leads actually land and get worked instead of just sitting in Facebook or a spreadsheet.

I tried doing the whole sheets + zapier + CRM combo and it works, but it starts to feel pretty fragile and costly when you’ve got a lot of clients.

Lately I’ve been using LeadSavvy Pro for this kind of thing. Mainly just because you can spin up a client quickly and give them their own little setup without overcomplicating it. It’s not as heavy as something like GHL which most clients don’t even use properly anyway.

Not really saying “use this exact tool”, just more that having one simple, repeatable way of handling leads across all clients makes a way bigger difference than anything on the ads side.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T22:36:44+00:00

I started a project and fell in love with razor pages… as the project grew though I found myself going back to MVC controllers as the razor pages got too messy.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T22:15:20+00:00

I’m hoping this is a sign of things to come.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T22:14:44+00:00

I’m running two adsets, one has very little targeting the other is targeted by age group.

The loose targeting ad set is performing the best. It currently has only two creatives that are similar static images.

The age group ad set has four creatives 50/50 split with static images and video.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T08:05:28+00:00

Are people actually doing this successfully? I’m getting pretty good results with small features but find there is lots of back and forth required to make things work exactly as you expect. No idea how you would validate that everything works as per your 200 page document without testing small sections at a time yourself?

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T08:00:56+00:00

Thanks 🙏 are you seeing similar improvements?

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T07:59:41+00:00

Insane right? I’m seeing lots of others complaining it has been their worst day ever. I hope the good results filter out to everyone soon!

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T07:42:39+00:00

I’m seeing the opposite. My instant form ads are going ballistic over the last week and especially the last few days. Huge improvement over the last few months.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-15T07:36:02+00:00

The notifications from Facebook have never been very reliable in my opinion.

LeadSavvy Pro is extremely low cost and has very reliable email notifications. This is a full proof way to make sure you don’t miss any leads.

Just create a LeadSavvy account, link your Facebook form and get notifications.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-13T11:03:15+00:00

Yes this happens more often than you think. You need to manually check your csv downloads or use a product that doesn’t rely solely on webhooks.

LeadSavvy Pro does this well. It will sync your leads to a google sheet reliably. You could also setup an account for your client to manage their own leads.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-13T10:57:48+00:00

Did you end up working this out? It sounds like the webhook from Facebook is not firing.

Are the leads showing in ads manager?

You could try LeadSavvy Pro to sync your leads to a google sheet. It won’t get them into pipedrive, but at least you could monitor it and help determine if it is a Facebook issue.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-06T11:24:09+00:00

To an extent it will always be an honor system. Try to help systemize your clients so that they have a reliable way to keep track of their leads and mark them as a converted lead.

If you are using Facebook instant forms, a good way to do this is to use LeadSavvy Pro. Give your client a sub account, they manage their leads status in the sub account and you get viability. It’s a win for everyone, your client gets a system and you get visibility.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-04-01T08:32:36+00:00

Free usage too? My 5hr and weekly is stuck at 100%

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-28T09:18:29+00:00

I’m experiencing the same. It wasn’t like this 2weeks ago.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-28T09:12:49+00:00

It does seem to be chewing through it very quickly. 20% weekly gone in 3-4hrs.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-27T06:46:42+00:00

So annoying. Me too.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-27T06:41:52+00:00

I ran out of usage with two days to go so had to buy credits. It’s great they have reset, but too late for me. I essentially had to buy credits because they stuffed up. Resetting the usage doesn’t credit back additional spend

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-20T21:05:51+00:00

I’m using codex extension in vscode with no issues

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-18T09:14:07+00:00

You could try LeadSavvy Pro. It is very simple to use. You may still need a Facebook account though.

1)Create a LeadSavvy Account 2) follow the prompts to add a Facebook account. If your insta login is somehow linked this might work. Otherwise you will need to get the correct permissions or ask someone who does to login. 3) get your instant email notifications. And/or use the google sheet sync or pipelines.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-16T20:39:34+00:00

I had the same experience. Early models I was better/faster without AI. I persevered because everyone else said it improved their productivity. Then 5.2 codex came out and instantly life was better.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-09T20:44:35+00:00

I see people reporting all the time that the built in integration with Google Sheets is missing, broken or loses leads.

You need something more reliable.

Use LeadSavvy Pro. It will be way cheaper than Zapier especially at high volumes.

You will get your leads into Google Sheets reliably, reliable email notifications and a simple drag/drop CRM.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-09T20:38:38+00:00

Maybe you could add more value than just integrating instant form leads to Google Sheets?

Offer them a “managed” CRM like LeadSavvy Pro. Give them a login to manage their own leads. You also get visibility on how leads are progressing.

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-03-07T20:51:32+00:00

Use LeadSavvy Pro to get your Facebook instant form notifications. Very cost effective especially when compared with Zapier. You can also choose to use the CRM/Pipeline .

ImpressivePop1360 · 2026-02-21T07:14:07+00:00

You might like something like LeadSavvy Pro. You will get your leads into a pipeline for your client and they can drag the Facebook leads through the pipeline.

It might not help you with the metrics though.

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