{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63ba05595c7f640011fdcaed/69f96be2d9139f13fbd18bce?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why You Can't Run Ads Without This: The Marketing Foundation That Built My 7-Figure Business","description":"<p><strong><em>In honor of Mother's Day, get $200 off a new Dear FoundHer... Forum membership through the month of May.  Join the community built for women business owners over 40 who are building real businesses on their own terms. </em></strong><a href=\"https://dear-foundher-forum.circle.so/checkout/2026-dear-foundher-forum?coupon_code=MOTHER\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>JOIN US INSIDE HERE</em></strong></a><strong><em>, no code necessary to save. </em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>If you're a small business owner who's been told to run ads to grow your business, and you're spending money on Meta or Google ads that aren't working, this episode is for you.</p><p><br></p><p>In this solo episode of Dear FoundHer…, host Lindsay Pinchuk breaks down why ads alone won't grow a small business, and the marketing foundation almost nobody is teaching women entrepreneurs to build first. Drawing on the same playbook that took Bump Club and Beyond from $500 of startup capital to a seven-figure exit, Lindsay walks through the three types of partnerships every small business owner should be running, the exact moment she finally turned on paid ads at Bump Club (year 7-8, not year 1), and how she's running the same playbook right now to grow Dear FoundHer.</p><p><br></p><p>This is the foundational episode for May 2026 on Dear FoundHer…, kicking off a full month focused on partnerships as the most underrated growth strategy for women business owners over 40.</p><p><br></p><h3>WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE</h3><ul><li>Why \"ads are an amplifier, not a foundation\" and what that actually means for your marketing budget</li><li>The three types of partnerships every small business should be running (most founders are running zero)</li><li>How Lindsay used audience swaps, expert co-created content, and brand partnerships to grow Bump Club and Beyond to seven figures <em>without paid ads</em> for 7-8 years</li><li>The smarter way to run paid ads when you're finally ready (hint: not to your homepage)</li><li>How a paid Huggies campaign funded Bump Club's email list growth, and how you can structure similar deals</li><li>The exact 5-step plan to start running partnerships in your business this week</li><li>Why Lindsay is running the same playbook right now at Dear FoundHer, and what year five looks like when the foundation is built</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"foundherfiles.substack.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subscribe</strong></a><strong> to The FoundHer Files Substack. </strong></p><p><strong>Made to Sell: Creating Websites That Convert: </strong> <a href=\"https://lindsaypinchuk.myflodesk.com/mayforumworkshop\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Save your seat</a> (free for Forum members, $29 for non-members)</p><p><strong>Free Forum Open House</strong> Come see what's inside the Dear FoundHer Forum <a href=\"https://lindsaypinchuk.myflodesk.com/q2forumopenhouse\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SAVE YOUR SEAT</a></p><p><a href=\"https://dear-foundher-forum.circle.so/checkout/2026-dear-foundher-forum?coupon_code=MOTHER\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Join</a> THE networking community for women business owners over forty, The Dear FoundHer... Forum</p><p><br></p><p>Follow <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/dearfoundher\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dear FoundHer</a> and <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/lindsaypinchuk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsay Pinchuk</a> on Instagram. </p>","author_name":"Lindsay Pinchuk | Female Founder & Small Business Marketing Expert"}