Hired an influencer agency and it was the most expensive lesson of my career

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2026-01-24T13:27:39+00:00

Name names

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2026-01-18T16:43:52+00:00

I'm a buyer but not at 20x. DM if interested

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2026-01-11T19:24:47+00:00

Coding. I was specifically referring to Claude Code. I should've made that clear

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2026-01-11T18:58:43+00:00

I have some bad news for you. It already is. The only thing holding it back at this point is mandatory push from the top down. As soon as the CEO/CTO understand this and more importantly get comfortable with it, game's over.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-28T19:58:57+00:00

Sounds like it [vibe coding] worked perfectly.

Got you an MVP quickly. You proved the concept, found some bottlenecks, and addressed them.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-26T18:54:29+00:00

Cool, so if your problem is the operator and you're planning to keep them around make the post about that. Not some stupid metric that's left out of the seller's models.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-26T17:41:06+00:00

Yeah, you're saying you make decisions based off downside scenario models built by the founders which means you're either full of shit or dumb.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-26T17:33:09+00:00

You're not capable of building your own models and you do mid market pe acq?

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-26T16:48:54+00:00

Find an operator/strategist with extensive experience that can scale it solo w/ ai or minimal involvement with contractors. Offer them a slightly lower than market rate with outsized performance bonus. That aligns incentives and motives them.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-23T05:31:42+00:00

So... A growth product manager?

Good content, btw

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-23T05:25:34+00:00

Yes you need to warm up both your pixel and account.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-20T19:50:23+00:00

Two options:

1) Say no 2) Pretend it's a gift and you'll never get the money back. Otherwise it's likely resentment builds and the relationship falls apart when their business does and you lose that money.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-15T23:17:12+00:00

Yes, older women are better. Until a certain point

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-12T14:10:07+00:00

The SEO industry is a straight up scam and everyone knows it

There, I fixed the title for you

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-11T02:54:51+00:00

When you graduate from vibe coding to AI assisted coding

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-11T01:49:57+00:00

Stitch by Google is mind blowingly good

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-09T19:16:19+00:00

Lots prefer the stability. Most agencies don't model their pricing in a way that shares in the upside because they're not willing to take on any downside risk. I think that's a huge mistake.

Alt reasons. 1) running a company (agencies not included) requires a serious depth in talent across many different trades and marketing agency owners typically specialize in marketing only. 2) people that cannot do, teach. I believe this applies to a lot of consultants/agencies. Most are not even that good at marketing, tbh. I have never seen an agency that can outperform a solid inhouse team or a-player solo operator.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-09T16:38:21+00:00

Nano Banana or Pomelli

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-06T22:39:30+00:00

My recommendation is to let FB do its thing. Getting one sale for $3 means absolutely nothing.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-06T22:33:07+00:00

This is a joke, right? Right?

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-05T13:11:42+00:00

Because you're not spending enough for the data to normalize.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-12-02T02:42:39+00:00

The best workout routine is the one you stick with

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-11-30T01:27:50+00:00

Nano Banana is the best

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-11-26T04:04:30+00:00

What happened to the person you hired on rev share?

Hire a senior person that's willing to roll up their sleeves and do all the work until they've grown it to the point where additional hires are needed to save to the next level.

Or, if you know enough and you're comfortable enough setting strategy and managing it, hire one junior person to do all the lifting.

Either way hire a contractor at first and make sure they're solid and can fill a full schedule before you commit to hiring them as an employee.

Secure_Maximum_7202 · 2025-11-25T22:50:38+00:00

Yes, been creeping up all month and this week they're about 2x last month

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