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Giancarlo Di Nardo

I’ve spent the last 10+ years inside Meta accounts running paid social across lead gen and eCommerce, figuring out why some accounts keep working and others slowly stop.

Background

I’ve spent the last 10+ years inside Meta accounts running paid social across lead gen and eCommerce — home services lead gen, large-scale DTC, and everything in between.

Early on, I thought most performance problems were structural: budgets, targeting, campaign architecture. Over time it became clear that the real leverage sits in how creative is tested, scaled, and replaced — and that most accounts hit their ceiling there, not in the media buying.

This site is where I’ve tried to make that thinking visible. The case studies come from real account situations. The playbooks are the patterns that kept showing up across verticals.

What I actually do

Most of my work starts with a diagnosis: is this a creative problem, a structure problem, or an offer problem? Those drive the same output metrics and are easy to confuse. Getting that wrong means fixing the wrong thing for months.

I focus on three things: what parts of the market we’re actually reaching, who each ad is speaking to, and what happens once something starts to work.

What to read first

If you want to understand how I think beyond campaign management, these are the best entry points.

Experience
2024–2025
Senior Performance Marketing Specialist
Clever Digital Marketing · Remote
Ran lead generation campaigns for high-ticket home improvement clients across North America, focusing on performance, creative testing, and scaling.
2022–2024
Senior Performance Marketer
Lavin Media · Remote
Managed paid social for large-scale home improvement companies across the US and Canada with a direct response focus.
2018–2021
Senior Media Buyer
Browze · Hybrid
Managed $700K+ monthly spend across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, generating $16M+ in revenue (2019–2021).
2017–2018
Growth Hacker
RISE Gear · Remote
Built paid social strategies focused on ROI, cost efficiency, and understanding buyer behavior.
2015–2017
Junior Media Buyer (Facebook Ads)
AN & Associates · On-site
Managed campaigns across 60+ brands, building foundational Facebook advertising and performance marketing skills.
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