Why I told a client to STOP spending money
why scaling your ad spend is a waste of money if your website isn't built to convert, and how fixing the "destination" is the fastest way to see a return
2/12/20262 min read
Hi,
It’s Ishaan.
I got a call last week from a business owner who was ready to fire his entire marketing team.
He was frustrated. Angry, actually. He was spending $5,000 a month on ads and told me, "The ads just don't work. Nobody is buying."
So, I took a look.
I opened his ad dashboard. The numbers were actually beautiful. High click-through rates. Cheap traffic. Thousands of people were interested enough to click.
Then, I did what the customers do. I clicked the link.
The website took 8 seconds to load. When it finally did, it looked like a kaleidoscope of confusing buttons, grainy images, and no clear way to actually book a call.
He didn't have an "ad" problem. He had a "bucket" problem.
The Leaky Bucket
Imagine you’re in a drought and you find a well.
You’re desperate for water, so you grab a bucket and start hauling. But the bucket has ten massive holes in the bottom.
By the time you get back to your house, the bucket is empty.
What’s your first move?
Do you go find a bigger well?
Do you buy a more expensive rope?
Do you hire three more people to haul water faster?
Of course not. You plug the holes in the bucket.
Don't Buy More Water
Most businesses think the answer to "not enough leads" is to just buy more traffic. They want to pour more water into the bucket.
But if your website doesn't convert—if it doesn't make it dead-simple for a customer to say "Yes"—you are just throwing expensive water onto the dirt.
You’re effectively pouring champagne into a cracked glass and wondering why you’re still thirsty.
Before you double your ad spend, you need to fix the destination.
At ITP Results, we don't just send you traffic. We make sure that when someone lands on your page, they actually end up on your calendar. We plug the holes first, then we turn on the faucet.
It’s not as "fancy" as a new creative strategy, but it’s how you actually get a return on your investment.
Talk soon,
Ishaan
P.S. If you’re tired of watching your ad budget leak out of a broken website, let’s fix it. We’ll show you exactly where you're losing money and how to stop it: https://itpresults.com/contact
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