Advertising is Hard

Advertising is Hard is a free hub for founders who run their own marketing.

📚 Skills library: 20 deep guides on Facebook ads, Google Ads, SEO, cold email limits, TikTok budgets and honest A/B testing math, each answering the real question in the first hundred words.

🤖 AI skills: 12 downloadable skill files (open Agent Skills standard) that teach Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor what the ad platforms changed in 2026.

🎬 Ad review library: the best campaigns ever run, broken down: the hook, why it worked, what to steal.

🧾 Strategies with receipts: real tactics from Reddit and X, verified and credited.

💰 Funded by one honest mechanic instead of sponsors: a public leaderboard where brands bid for rank. Top five ride on every page. The board resets every 90 days so newcomers always get a shot at #1. Bids start at $2.