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John McElborough

Meta Ads Expert With 15+ Years Experience

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Enterprise Meta Ads Consultancy for High Growth Businesses & Start-Ups

Senior-level Meta expertise to help you scale faster, sharpen your strategy, and build winning creative systems in-house.

Advertising on Meta since 2009 — one of the most experienced Meta specialists in the UK.

Your Meta ads should be scaling. If they’re not, there’s a reason.

Most high-growth brands that struggle with Meta ads assume the issue is the algorithm, attribution, or lack of creative volume.

In reality, the real problems are usually:

  • No clear creative strategy
  • Poor testing frameworks
  • Weak campaign structure
  • Disconnected team workflows
  • Hiring the wrong agency
  • Lack of senior-level decision making

I fix all of these without overcomplicating your account.

15+ Years of Meta Ads Experience

I’ve been running Meta ads since 2009. Most people claiming to be “experts” weren’t even using Facebook at that time.

I’ve spent over a decade building, scaling, and optimising Meta ad systems for venture-backed startups, fast-growing DTC brands, subscription companies, and enterprise teams.

I bring experience across performance strategy, creative development, team leadership, agency oversight, and executive-level growth consulting.

What I Do

1. Meta Ads Strategy & Deep-Dive Audits

A complete analysis of your creative, messaging, ad concepts, campaign structure, testing framework, conversion path, and tracking setup. You get a clear, actionable roadmap — not generic advice.

2. Creative Strategy & Concept Development

Most brands don’t need more ads — they need better thinking. I help you develop insight-driven concepts, identify new angles, and build a predictable creative testing pipeline that consistently produces winning ads.

3. In-House Coaching & Team Training

I coach in-house teams, founders, and performance marketers on creative strategy, message development, advanced campaign structuring, scaling methodologies, iteration, and data interpretation.

4. Agency Selection & Oversight

If you’re hiring or replacing an agency, I help you choose the right partner, set expectations, define KPIs, and ensure they deliver high-quality work that aligns with your growth goals.

5. Fractional Performance Leadership

If you need a senior Head of Performance without the full-time salary, I step in as your fractional strategic partner — guiding your team while helping you scale predictably.

Who This Is For

You’ll get the most value if you’re:

  • A high-growth startup or scale-up
  • Spending £100k+/month on Meta ads
  • Building an in-house performance capability
  • Serious about creative strategy and testing
  • Frustrated with inconsistent results or weak creative output
  • Ready to scale but lacking senior Meta expertise

This consultancy is not for brands looking for low-cost media buying or templated UGC output.

Ways to Work With Me

Strategy + Full Audit

A deep-dive analysis and complete roadmap to improve your Meta ads, creative, structure and scaling systems.

Ongoing Coaching

Weekly or monthly strategic support, team coaching, and hands-on guidance to help you scale consistently.

Training Workshops

Custom sessions for founders, marketing teams, or performance specialists to level up Meta capability in-house.

Ready to Transform Your Meta Ads Performance?

If you want senior-level Meta expertise without hiring full-time, let’s talk.

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I help businesses achieve rapid growth using creative Meta ads campaigns that customers love & marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing.

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