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Most ad managers are using AI for the basic stuff and completely missing the real opportunities. In this episode, I'm sharing 5 ways I'm actually using AI in my ads business (plus what my Strategist Society members are doing) that save serious time and make you more money.

These aren't your typical "AI tips for marketers." These are practical strategies you can implement this week without being tech-savvy or...

Y'all, this episode is proof that you can be a present mom AND have a thriving business. It's not either/or. It's AND.

Laura found me in the most random way possible (let's just say it involved a Facebook mom group and me getting into it with a troll). When we first met, she was a social media manager running content for five businesses but only getting paid for two clients. She was maxed out at $2,400 a month wi...

How many discovery calls have you had in the last 90 days? If that number is low, your problem isn't your sales call. It's your leads.

In this episode, Brandi shares the exact diagnostic framework she uses with her consulting clients (from $3K months to $40K months) to pinpoint where their pipeline is broken. You'll learn about the three problems every service provider has (leads, conversion, retention), plus the 4C C...

What happens when a 14-year teacher gets fired and decides to bet on herself instead of going back to the classroom? She builds a $7K/month freelance ad management business in under a year while homeschooling her kids and working 25 hours a week. That's exactly what today's guest, Kendra, did.

In this student spotlight, Kendra shares how she went from zero marketing experience to five clients, all in the educator niche, us...

The highest-converting leads you'll ever get aren't coming from Instagram or cold pitching. They're coming from someone your dream client already trusts. And y'all, most service providers are leaving that money on the table every single month.

In this episode, I'm breaking down why referrals are one of the most powerful tools in your client acquisition strategy AND why they cannot be your only strategy. Beca...

What does it look like to go from working "the night shift," barely sleeping, charging $350 retainers, and pulling in $3K months to hitting nearly $15K in a single month while actually working LESS?

That's exactly what happened for Emily, one of our Strategist Society members and a meta ads manager and mom of four in Texas. In this student spotlight episode, Emily shares her entire journey, from taking any client she ...

What if the reason you're exhausted, underpaid, and starting to resent your business has nothing to do with your services or your strategy and everything to do with who you're working with?

Y'all, today we're diving into the Champagne Client Matrix, one of the most eye-opening frameworks I teach inside my workshops and Strategist Society. After working with over 3,000 service providers, I've noticed that mos...

I've told people for years to stay off Upwork. I've literally never even logged into the platform. But today's guest, Strategist Society member Ashley Cruz, made me eat my words.

Ashley signed her first high-ticket client on Upwork in just 15 days, and seven months later, she was completely waitlisted. Her cost per client? $45. In this episode, she's breaking down exactly how she finds premium, retainer-based cli...

What if the thing standing between you and your best business year has nothing to do with your strategy, your niche, or your packages?

What if it's five simple daily habits that take less than an hour total, and most service providers are skipping them completely?

I ran a 30-day Standards of Excellence Challenge inside Strategist Society at the start of 2026, and y'all, the results completely blew my mind. Students went fro...

What happens when you lose your six-figure corporate job at 50 and decide to build a business from scratch instead of updating your resume?

In this student spotlight, I'm sitting down with LaShall Dodson, who launched Dedicated Virtual Professional Services in March 2024 after a merger acquisition eliminated her Fortune 500 position. In her first year, she made $34,000. By the end of year two? $226,000.

LaShall breaks a LOT of t...

You know what no one tells you about scaling to multiple six figures? I did it with 400 Instagram followers and a hundred people on my email list. When I hit $1.2 million in one year, I had 4,000 followers on Instagram. Not 40,000. Not 400,000. Just 4,000. My email list was about 8,000 at the time, and we didn't even have a website.

If you've been spinning your wheels trying to grow your Instagram following because you thi...

Here's something no one tells you about scaling a service-based business: imposter syndrome doesn't go away when you get better clients. It actually gets worse.

When you're just starting out, you're wondering if you're good enough at your skill. But when you start going after premium clients? Now you're wondering who the heck you are to work with someone more successful than you.

That little mean girl vo...

You know what's so stinking wild? You're out here with experience, client results, and case studies that would make other people jealous, and you're still attracting clients who need handholding, who question your price, and who ghost you after discovery calls.

I hate to break it to you, but it's not them. It's your messaging.

You're speaking to beginner-level problems when there's a whole world of ...

Stop. Stop trying to learn everything. Stop collecting certifications. Stop feeling like you're not ready because you don't know enough.

Because I'm about to tell you the only four skills that actually matter when it comes to building wealth as a service provider. And if you master these four things, you will never be broke again - no matter if you're a nine-to-fiver, a freelancer, or you want to create your own ...

Look, I'm not here to sugarcoat this for you.

AI is replacing service providers left and right in 2026, and if you're offering one of these five services, you could be next.

But before you panic and think this is some doom-and-gloom situation, let me be clear: I'm not here to fear-monger. I'm here to give you a wake-up call so you can pivot NOW instead of getting to the end of 2026 frustrated with your lack of cli...

Here's what's about to happen in 2026: While you're over here listing out deliverables and making yourself sound like a Jill of all trades, your competitor just positioned herself as a growth partner and landed a $10K retainer client.

Or they niched down so specifically on the one service they're incredible at that they're charging $4,000-$5,000 per client.

The words "service provider," "virtua...

If you can be replaced with a prompt, your pricing power in 2026 is racing to zero. And here's what no one's really talking about or telling you: it's not that you need to learn more about AI. Yes, that will help you, but it's about becoming the kind of service provider that AI can't replace.

At the end of the day, that's what we need to focus on in 2026, becoming irreplaceable instead of replaceable wi...

You’re not competing with AI. You’re competing with how people use AI, and more importantly, how they position themselves. In this final episode of The Strategic Ad Manager’s Guide to AI and Staying in Demand, Brandi lays out exactly how to become the strategic partner your clients never want to lose.

This isn’t just about prompts and productivity hacks. This is about owning your expertise, leveraging AI to enhance your value, not r...

You’re not getting replaced by AI. But you could get replaced by a strategist who knows how to use it.

In this episode of The Strategic Ad Manager’s Guide to AI and Staying in Demand (Part 3 of 4), Brandi lays out what’s actually changing in ad management and what’s not, plus how to evolve from button pusher to strategic partner, even in an AI-powered world.

Topics Covered In This Episode:

1. AI is evolving, but so is your oppor...