Tim Baltus

There simply isn’t a better offer out there for agency ad accounts right now. Whitelisted Platinum accounts with no DSL, no random bans, and no % fees, just a clean monthly retainer. Every client gets a full FB structure: BM, 3 profiles, and a Page with free replacements. You’re literally guaranteed to never miss a single day of advertising with the infrastructure we’ve built. Want to test it yourself? DM us on Telegram or WhatsApp and we’ll have you live within hours.

Don't build a brand when you're just starting out. The amount of money, time, and experience it actually takes to scale a brand is something people massively underestimate. Everyone thinks slapping a logo on generic products and getting custom packaging makes them a brand. It doesn't. A real brand takes years to build. It requires consistent messaging, customer trust, repeat buyers, organic word of mouth, and a reputation that goes beyond just ads. You can't force that in 6 months. When you're starting out, focus on making money first. Test products, learn how to run ads, figure out fulfillment, understand your market. Build the skills and cashflow you need before you try to build a brand. If you're actually building something that's supposed to last for years, it's not going to be easy or fast. It's going to require massive investment, incredible execution, and patience most people don't have. Most people calling themselves a "brand" are just dropshippers with a fancy name. Nothing wrong with that, but don't confuse it with actual brand building. Make money first, build systems, master the fundamentals. Then when you have the resources and experience, you can think about building something that lasts. But starting with "I'm going to build a brand" when you've never even run a profitable ad is backwards. Learn to make money, then build a brand. Not the other way around.

@smackecom 🤝

@Tim_Baltus Don’t worry I already more than did that haha

OH YEAHHHHHHHHH

If you're building a business and you're not documenting the process publicly, you're missing free marketing. People want to see the behind the scenes. The wins, the losses, the mistakes, the lessons. That's way more valuable than polished content that makes everything look easy. Posting your journey builds trust, attracts the right people, and creates a library of content that proves you actually know what you're doing. But most people are too scared to post until everything's perfect. So they stay quiet for months or years and then wonder why nobody knows who they are when they finally launch something. Document everything. The failures teach people more than the wins anyway. And by the time you're successful, you'll already have an audience that's been following along. Start now, not when you "make it". We have been doing the same lately on instagram.com/adguardians/

@kaym0ee As it should 🔥

Ts mean sum to me man

@harryecommerce @Jameseeeey Fire

Quick Milan break 🇮🇹

Peak life

If you're not seeding your winning ads with comments from real-looking profiles, you're missing easy conversions. People trust ads way more when they see other people engaging positively in the comments. But you can't just use any profiles. Farmed accounts with no activity make it obvious you're faking engagement, and that kills trust instantly. Use profiles that actually look human: 1. Profile pictures of real people (your team, friends, whoever) 2. Active accounts with posts and history 3. Normal names and bios 4. Friends and engagement on their own profiles Then drop comments that sound like real customers. Don't overdo it, don't make it obvious, and space them out naturally. 3-5 genuine looking comments can push someone from "maybe" to "fuck it I'll try it". Social proof is one of the easiest conversion hacks if you do it right. Just don't use fake-looking profiles or it backfires hard.

@rvltnq Ayy letsgo good luck bro, not many of you out there 🤣

Starting a fully whitehat supplement brand from scratch. No fake reviews, No lies, A real brand this time. Would appreciate any advice.

@ecomqn Use pre-landers so it doesn't feel like a sales pitch but it gets them nodding along before you even ask for the sale.

what are some ways to make customers want to buy right now without coming across as pushy or cheap

We just spent the past couple of days in Miami at Affiliate Takeover and other side events meeting clients, partners, and onboarding new people face to face. This space is full of sketchy operators who never show their face. Our clients know exactly who they're working with because we're out here in person, on social media, at events, completely transparent about everything we do. You can literally meet us, shake hands, see the operation. That's how it should be. If your agency refuses to meet you in person or won't put their face on anything, that should tell you something. We're building relationships, not running a scam. Face to face > hiding behind a screen. If you know, you know.

@kubaecom No brainer

Finding myself (figuring out if I should commit tax fraud)

@lukasenECOM 🤣

Road to 1M with ecom - Day 29 Revenue: $205 (312 AUD) Ad Spend: $315 ROAS: 0.65 Absolutely cooked day. Meta decided to overspend and burn the entire budget in a few hours, so the ads didn’t even have time to stabilize. Clearly something is off right now. Could be the price change, could be the scaling, or just Meta doing Meta things. No panic. Time to regroup, check the data, and make smarter moves. Part of the game. Fuck you Mark, build a better platform Cya tomorrow. 🫠

Who would've thought Miami is actually as fun as everything says it is

@PatchWC @Shopify Fire

Another one to add to the collection #shopify100k @shopify

@mr_alexlogan 🥀

Why go to Bali when you literally have this in Europe?

Most of you guys are running ads with farmed profiles that have no profile picture, zero friends, no posts, and you're shocked when META bans them. Bro what did you think was going to happen? You're trying to run $10k/day through a profile that looks like it was created 3 hours ago by a bot. META isn't stupid. If your profile looks fake, they're going to treat it like it's fake. You need to make it look like an actual human uses it. Post some random shit, like some posts, add a few friends, put up a profile picture that isn't a stock photo. It's not that complicated. But everyone wants to skip that part and then complains about getting banned. "Why did my profile get restricted for no reason?" Because your profile screams bot account and you're running ads from it. Make it look real or stop crying when it gets shut down.

@nnaoddd crazy

@TheEcomDaddy Morals have left the chat

who TF is even behind these?😭

Most people think scaling is just spending more money on what's working. It's not. Scaling is about systems that can handle growth without breaking. You can throw $50k/month at ads, but if your backend can't handle it, you're fucked. Payment processors freeze your funds, suppliers can't keep up, customer service drowns, chargebacks pile up, ad accounts get banned from the volume. I've seen people hit $100k/month and crash back to zero within weeks because nothing was built to sustain that level. Scaling once or twice isn't the hard part. Staying scaled is. You need infrastructure that supports growth before you pour gas on the fire. Otherwise you're just building a bigger problem. Fix your backend, then scale. Not the other way around.