In this episode, Ashley shares exactly how her team is using AI to speed up results, why most people are using it wrong, and the framework that turns generic AI answers into strategic ones. In this episode, Ashley breaks down: 🤖 Why open AI tools give general answers, and what changes when AI is trained on your real data 🤖 Inside Rainmaker AI, the custom tool built on real client data, frameworks, and what's actually worked 🤖 The 4-step prompting framework most people skip: problem, solution, context, and clarity 🤖 How to find the blind spots you didn't know you had 🤖 Where AI fits beyond ads: hiring, time audits, and operations You'll walk away from this episode knowing the difference between using AI and using it strategically, because most AI gives you what should work, and the right setup gives you what has worked. Callan's Course: http://myrootabl.com/r/0wwtkC8k?rootabl=adswithashley 🏆 Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge 🎯 Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley 📘 Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley takes you inside a room of eight-figure women founders, businesses worth $184 million combined, and shares the patterns that showed up in every single one of them. She's not giving away what was said. She's giving you what she learned. In this episode, Ashley breaks down: 🔑 Why not one of these founders scaled to eight figures on organic alone 🔑 Why the fastest growth often comes with the loneliest seasons 🔑 The hardest leadership call they all faced, and how to know when good isn't great anymore 🔑 The counterintuitive move they all made to scale: simplifying instead of adding 🔑 How they're building AI into their companies, and the 4 levels of human value that decide where your people should focus, You'll walk away from this episode with a real picture of what it takes to build at the highest level, plus the Amy Porterfield post that changed Ashley's life and the Julie Solomon invitation that proved she belonged at the table. Callan's Course: http://myrootabl.com/r/0wwtkC8k?rootabl=adswithashley 🏆 Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge 🎯 Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley 📘 Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley walks you through what to do when your ads suddenly stop working, why the instinct to panic and start clicking buttons only makes it worse, and the step-by-step diagnostic she uses to find what actually changed instead of guessing. In this episode, Ashley breaks down: 🔍 Why one or two rough days is noise, not a pattern, and the 7 to 14 day trend that actually matters 🔍 How to define what "stopped working" really means before you change a single thing 🔍 The difference between an ad problem, a funnel problem, and a sales problem 🔍 How to use AI to spot the drop you're missing 🔍 The real reason most people fail (hint: they quit in the season that isn't fun) You'll walk away from this episode knowing how to diagnose a drop instead of guessing at it, which metric to look at first, and how to fix the real problem without thrashing every knob in your account. 🏆 Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge 🎯 Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley 📘 Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley is getting honest about the lie she believed for years: that winning meant staying productive every single minute. She breaks down why rest, fun, and a full life are the engine behind success. In this episode, she breaks down: ✨ Why stress triggers your brain and narrows your ability to think creatively ✨ How relaxation activates the part of your brain that generates your best ideas ✨ What "artist dates" are and why every entrepreneur needs to put them on the calendar ✨ How vacations directly improve business outcomes ✨ Why people buy your energy before your offer ✨ What exhaustion and frustration do to your business without you even realizing it ✨ How ads create the margin you need for more time, more memories, and more life You will leave this episode with a completely new way of looking at rest, creativity, and what it actually means to build a business that funds a life worth living. Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley is back from a Costa Rica trip with a group of high-level business owners, and nothing looks the same. She came home with a completely new standard for her business, her team, her communication, and herself. In this episode, she breaks down: 📈 What a trip to Costa Rica with other business owners revealed about her own standards 📈 Why "good" will never scale or stand out in a crowded market 📈 The shift from wanting to be liked to choosing to be direct, clear, and respected 📈 Why Ashley rewrote her entire company's core values to attract A players and repel B players 📈 How Ashley's team is now required to use AI and what that actually looks like day to day 📈 Why the best entrepreneurs hire based on where they are going, not where they are right now You'll leave this episode with a sharper standard for what you allow in your business, your team, and your life. Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley takes you behind the scenes of her More Than Ads event in Palm Springs that got hit by a windstorm, fell apart in real time, and became the most powerful leadership moment of her year. In this episode, she breaks down: ⚡ How a windstorm destroyed the entire event setup hours before go-time ⚡ What a destroyed event taught a room full of 7 and 8-figure entrepreneurs about leading through adversity ⚡ How Ashley used nervous system regulation when everything went wrong ⚡ The leadership shift that changed everything: stepping back so her team could own their roles ⚡ The 3 C's framework (connection, context, and choice) and how to use it when your team hits a wall You'll walk away from this episode with a real look at what it takes to lead a team, hold your standards, and stay grounded when everything around you is falling apart. Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley breaks down how learning to regulate her nervous system completely changed the way she leads, scales, and shows up in her business. This episode dives into the science behind why high-performing entrepreneurs hit invisible ceilings and what it actually takes to break through them. If you've ever felt like you're white-knuckling your way through growth, constantly putting out fires, or emotionally exhausted even when the numbers look good, this one is for you. In this episode, Ashley breaks down: ⚡ The three nervous system states every entrepreneur needs to understand ⚡ Why your brain tracks your worst moments instead of your averages ⚡ How Ashley reframed scaling challenges as growth instead of personal failure ⚡The "open loop" habit that was secretly running her business (and how she broke it) ⚡Why an urge is data, not a command, and what that means for self-control ⚡ How building capacity as a leader matters more than adding more strategy Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley sits down with Brett Nikula, a seven-figure entrepreneur and licensed therapist who built Solace Counseling Associates into a market-leading practice and launched his online therapy coaching business, Marriage Essentials. Brett shares how mastering Google Ads created a snowball effect that let him own his local market, and walks us through the VIP day he did with Paid Ads Academy, where they rebuilt his online funnel from the ground up with simpler messaging and a strategy built on trust. In this episode, they break down: 🎯 How Brett scaled his local counseling practice and dominated his market with Google Ads 🎯 Why his online funnel was not converting and the shifts they made to fix it 🎯 What a VIP day audit looks like and how it changed Brett's entire strategy 🎯 Why business owners who resist paid ads are leaving serious growth on the table 🎯 The Conflict Cycle framework and what it teaches us about business and relationships If you are a service provider, coach, or entrepreneur trying to scale both locally and online while building something that actually lasts, this episode will meet you exactly where you are. Brett's perspective on relationships, conflict, and growth will challenge the way you think about your business and the people in your life. Connect with Brett: @marriage_essentials Join Brett's Win At Home Masterclass: https://www.marriageessentials.com/wahmasterclass Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley sits down with Catherine Licari to talk about what it really takes to build a business you are in control of.  Catherine walks through her journey from working in magazines to starting her first online luxury brand at 25, getting her MBA from Columbia, and creating The Small Business Planner to help entrepreneurs get a clear handle on their finances and operations. In this episode, they break down: 💡 How Catherine used her media background to get press and grow her first brand on a small budget 💡 What she learned in business school about why most retail businesses are not actually making money 💡 Why working with ad agencies made her feel out of touch with her own business, and what she did to fix it 💡 Why learning paid ads is the single best move a business owner can make 💡 Simple tips for product-based businesses on shipping, checkout, and running ads on multiple platforms 💡 How growing a profitable business gave Catherine the freedom to fund her surrogacy journey If you run a product-based business and feel like your ads are not working, this episode will push you to stop handing over control and start owning your results. Catherine's story shows what is possible when you decide to lead your business instead of letting it lead you. Connect with Catherine: @small.business.planner Order Your Own Small Business Planner®: https://smallbusinessplanner.com/  Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads

In this episode, Ashley sits down with Joe Hoye, co-founder of Nutritional Career and Coaching Institute and Impact Health Network. Joe shares how he struggled with ads for years, got burned by agencies, and finally decided to take control of his own results. In this episode, they break down: 📈 How Joe cleaned up his sales pages and got rid of what was stopping people from buying 📈 Why making his ads and landing pages consistent changed how people responded 📈 How his conversion rate went from 5% to 27% after one simple audit 📈 How his order bump went from 20% to 67% and upsells jumped from 20% to 50% 📈 How he went from making $91 for every $1,000 spent on ads to making $997 If your ads are running but the numbers are not making sense, this episode will show you exactly where to look and what to fix. Joe's story is proof that when you stop letting others run your business and start owning it yourself, everything can change fast. Connect with Joe: @joe.bestlife Connect with Ashley: @ads.with.ashley Join the Challenge: Win With Paid Ads Challenge Read the Book: How to Win With Paid Ads