Spend without a signal
Budget leaves the account every day, but you still cannot name what creative, audience, or offer angle is actually working.
Advertising playbook · operators in your corner
Every Winning Ad Campaign Starts With a Game Plan.
Stop wasting money on guesswork. Build, test, and scale with experienced advertising experts in your corner.
Problems we solve
Ads fail for predictable reasons.
Most founders are not short on effort — they are short on a clear system. We help when:
Offers that are not traffic-ready
Landing pages, tracking, or positioning break before the ad ever gets a fair test — so “Meta is broken” becomes the story.
Agencies that vanish into dashboards
You want operators who still buy ads, explain the why, and protect the budget — not a black-box media seat.
DIY without a method
You would rather learn a lean testing system than outsource everything — if someone will show you how to extract signal on a micro-budget.
How we help
Practical support matched to where you are.
Your Ad Coach sits inside Black Box Social Media, LLC. Curt Maly and Nick Bridges still run campaigns — and they build playbooks founders can follow.
- Diagnose first. Readiness scorecards and audits surface what is broken before you scale spend.
- Build → Test → Scale. A clear sequence for offers that need a game plan, not a guess.
- Operator-led agency. For proven offers ready for serious daily ad spend.
- Lean DIY training. Micro-budget methods and the Meta secrets ebook when you want to run it yourself.
- Growth with the exit in view. Systems that make the company more transferable — without valuation promises.
Who we are
Operators, not theorists.
Curt Maly
Advertising strategist and operator. Builds offer, funnel, and creative systems that hold up under real spend — then teaches the method behind the work.
Nick Bridges
Operator and systems lead at Black Box Social Media. Focused on tracking, process, and making campaigns measurable so decisions stay honest.
Experience claims on this draft stay qualitative on purpose. Public spend totals and award lists from older pages are not repeated here until Nick confirms which figures stay on the new site.
Proof
What clients say
Quotes below are taken from the live Your Ad Coach homepage. Individual results vary. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
“I want to tell you to run, don't walk, to work with Curt. I've made over $40,000 Return On Investment by working with Curt already. If you are on the fence, take the leap with Curt — it will be the best decisions you ever make in your business.”
“If you are looking to change the course of your business, if you are looking for somebody to keep you on track, hold you accountable, and keep you motivated – I can't recommend them highly enough. They've been really great to me!”
Source: yourad.coach homepage testimonials (captured locally under assets/evidence/). More ShareOne-verified interviews live on the testimonials page.
Find your next play
Where are you right now?
Pick the path that matches your situation. No prices on this page — talk with us when you are ready.
Offer still unproven or “sort of working”
You need Build → Test → Scale with operators beside you — the Sprint.
Explore the Sprint →
Offer already wins; ready to push spend
Full Agency for proven campaigns that need disciplined scale.
Explore Full Agency →
Want to learn lean testing yourself
Micro-Budget Mastery training and the Micro-Budget Meta Secrets ebook.
DIY training & ebook →
Not sure if the offer is traffic-ready
Start with the readiness scorecard — then decide whether Sprint, Agency, or Audit is next.
Check readiness →
Need a deep diagnosis
Ad Audit with a 60-day plan scope from Curt’s current one-pager.
Request an Ad Audit →
Growing with an exit in mind
Systems and advertising that make the company more transferable — no valuation guarantees.
Growth-to-Exit →Optional first step
Is your offer ready for traffic?
A short readiness scorecard before you commit budget — preserved live funnel, unchanged.
Ready to talk through the next play?
Book a discovery call, text the team, or start with readiness.
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