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Case fact-checkA Media Buying Team Lost $29K on TikTok in 2 Months: The Owner's Post-Mortem, Fact-Checked
A gambling media buying company's owner took in a TikTok team that lost $13K in May and $16K in June, -33% ROI, across 7+ GEOs without campaign tables or creative tags. The process lessons are sound. The post has no proof, no cost breakdown and nothing on TikTok itself.
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“The post does the hardest part, admitting a $29K loss in public, and its process diagnosis is right. But it's a single text post: no proof, no breakdown of the money, no vertical, no offers, no…”Read the fact-check
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- Case fact-checkWhy a Media Buying Team Closed Its Nutra Department After 21 Months: The Write-Up, Fact-Checked
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