r/marketing

So I have this client I'm currently managing their

- Google Ads $100/day

- Meta Ads $20/day

- Tik Tok Ads $20/day

- Snapchat Ads $20/day

All 4 platforms are

- Tracked

- have audiences

I'm mainly using social media for remarketing because of the tiny ad spend

Now this is a business that has a revenue of about $200k just last month,, and they insist on this low ad spend

Client is also spending $250 USD on X Ads without tracking nor audience not even UTM

I told her X is a bad platform and the ad is random so it's fruitless.

She took offence to what I said and is now pushing it in my face everyday that she's spending so much money on X.

I simply sent a 👍🏻 and didn't reply.

CEO is also down my throat expecting double leads weight their puny ad budget, and he wants me to jump from one campaign to another without letting the campaign learn.

I started a Google campaign just 2 days ago, not many leads and he wants to pause it and try some other platform.

Should I call it quits with this client?

How do you navigate people who have no clue about marketing?

Hi fellow marketers

Has anyone got any resources/advice for those out of work looking to keep up professional development. Just finished the miniMBA.

Got made redundant March 2026 after year out on mat leave in 2025. Led a team of 6 for a legal tech company for consumers and sme (not b2b). Have 13 years experience mostly in PPC and content/seo. Not strong in meta/social, no experience with creator/influencers.

Would love to get more experience in social, and product marketing.

thanks in advance

hello! question for this subreddit - In terms of usefulness and career advancement, what is the best masters degree to get if your career is in marketing, DISREGARDING cost?

Basically, what masters degree would you get if you could get it for free. My first thought is an MBA

EDIT: Assuming I would be doing this part time, as I currently already have a job in marketing

EDIT 2: I already have 2+ years of experience at decently well known company and don’t plan on leaving!

Hey y’all, what comes to mind for forward-thinking places to visit in NYC for someone interested in the intersection between branding and experience design? Could be amazing retail spaces, or popups or brand exhibitions.

I would like some advice on google ads to know what I can improve in my campaign and attract more customers and see where I am loosing money.

So how do I find someone just for one consultation only I am currently not looking to be a client so would that make it difficult to find someone?

Hi All,

I'm looking for advice from AEC Marketers on how you strengthened your skills for RFP/Q responses.

I have a proposal specialist that is STRUGGLING and I'd like to work with her to see where we can strengthen her understanding and writing skills. She claims she has 8 years of experience but it doesn't show in her work. She doesn't know where she's getting stuck, other than everywhere.

Hello marketing gurus!

I was recently laid off from a job that I loved in Digital Strategy in a mid-size company. I’m energized by the idea of leaving Big Corporate and dabbling in entrepreneurship.

I’m looking to freelance as a part-time marketing leader for multiple start ups in the U.S. and U.K.

This idea came about after an interesting conversation I had with a start up founder who was seeking marketing advice which turned into me sending him a proposal with services that I could offer to his company. Unfortunately nothing came out of it but now I at least have a template for future proposals.

I don’t personally know any marketers who switched from corporate to freelancing but hoping to find at least one here!

If you’ve successfully pivoted to freelancing, please share your story and maybe we can chat on the side 😁

Cautious not to break any guidelines. Therefore, I will not promote, drop links or anything of the sort.

I recently started a double sided market place essentially airbnb for storage, garages, basements, barns, parking long term (rv, boat, truck) etc.

I have had 25 hosts sign up in 5 days.

However, I wondered what is the best marketing strategy? It seems almost too boring for consistent social media content that would be meaningful.

So far I am pretty reliant on manual outreach.

Any thoughts welcome.

Marketing Supremos!

What do we think is the leading marketing format in 2026 by revenue generation?

What trends are we seeing in the industry? Are typical paid ads moving away to a commission structure and more personal brand identity?

Looking to discuss 2026 with you all and your experiences!

The event is tomorrow. I let this one slip. First mistake in almost a year The sales guy wanted it for the event tomorrow but it’s not a make or break thing for the event. I called every print shop in town and no one can turnaround anything by tomorrow morning. Only option is a nice mounted poster that would sit on an easel but definitely not the same. Do I just call the owner and let them know sorry I missed this? I designed it for it approved and just forgot out of all the chaos of planning and chasing the client for information I need for multiple campaigns.

Update: I just called the GM. He was nice about it. Thanks for the moral support

Hey there,

I was recently contacted by a PR firm (Pathos) that only invoices if you get published and naturally the sound of that didn't sound bad at all. I got on a call with them, and they showed magazines like Forbes, USA Today, Business Insider, Bloomberg, TIME magazine, etc. and asked for 5k USD to try to get my business published in all of them, payment due when one publishes me. I didn't have the budget for that, and they followed up with 1k USD for a business insider article. Is this normal procedure? It's our first time getting involved with PR firms seriously. For a broader picture, I run an education startup with 2000 users, 1 year old, solo founder, looking to 5x by EOY.

How hard is it to get published there? Is this something I could just do myself? Is the price outrageous? I'm new to this stuff, hoping to get some advice.

Thank you.

I need ideas but I'm so burnt out and bored I can't see the wood from the trees.

In summary, my 100+ employee marketing agency just let go of several leaders on our creative team — our creative director, two design directors, and brand manager. But they kept the "Performance Creative" team — separate from ours, who are 99% production design for performance marketing who use AI to do quick, average-quality work.

So our main creative team who used to deliver quality, award-winning work to show off and flex and win more clients has been hit HARD, and most of us don't feel valued anymore. But I'm optimistic.

Leadership (CEO, EVPs) is going with the market, so I get it. I disagree, but I get it. They don't think we're a huge selling point because they see market data, and they don't know how to measure quality. They also don't seem to know how to sell creative because it's risky or whatever.

So my question is this: Once another manager takes over for the creative team soon, how might we give ourselves a voice in the company that our quality is going downhill? How can we convince them that creative is MORE than just production, but that quality, concepting, differentiating, etc. are so important?

I just feel discouraged right now. Thanks for any advice!

So, at my job, I'm in charge of our marketing efforts on two distinct channels. Twitter and LinkedIn. Now, content-wise, we have a bunch of stuff. At my job, we're a small company that assembles custom PC's for use in any field needed; this ranges from personal gaming PC's, large-scale laptop orders for schools, or powerful servers for government and corporate agencies.

Now for LinkedIn, I focus on a direct business-to-business model, making posts that brag about the complex systems we do, the services we provide with our warranties, etc. etc. But our CEO has been hesitant to use paid Ads. Mostly because the last marketing person just used the budget to boost posts instead of running paid ads.

And given what we do, the reasonable assumption is that we should use video- or image-based ads to promote ourselves. Now I'm pretty sure I can talk my boss into doing a trial run of paid ads and seeing if we get more business through them. However, I've never run paid advertisements before; heck, this is my first marketing job period, but I seem to be doing a good job so far.

What are some things to keep in mind for marketing on LinkedIn through Ads?