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8 ways video ads
usually fail CFL service businesses.

And what actually works instead. Every claim cited. No sales pitch in the PDF — we'll save that for the optional follow-up call.

Preview: 2 of the 8 pitfalls.

Here's the first two. The remaining 6are in the PDF — name, email, industry, and we'll send it.

1. Instant Meta Lead Form 'cheap leads'

Cheap CPL looks great in dashboards but show rates run 30-50%. Meta tags submitters as active shoppers and retargets them with every competitor.

What we do instead: Landing-page forms with light qualification, plus deposit-gated intent capture for high-ticket verticals.

2. Bought aggregator leads (resold 4-5 times)

Modernize, HomeAdvisor, Angi resell each lead to multiple businesses. FTC fined HomeAdvisor $7.2M in 2023 for deceptive lead marketing.

What we do instead: Owned Meta ads = exclusive leads. Higher per-lead cost, but 3-4x close rate vs shared.

FTC v HomeAdvisor

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