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Case study · Online learning

Play Like A Pro Guitar

Ads, emails and a practice plan that sends itself.

Online guitar school · UK and worldwide · 2026 – present

Play Like A Pro course page for Guitar Soloing Made Simple, with Jamie Ellis and his guitar
Customer answers read
4,000+
Practice plans
Automated
Scope
Ads to automation
Relationship
Since 2026
Online learningOnline guitar school · UK and worldwide2026 – presentCase studyThe Social Target

The work

Jamie Ellis has played in pub bands, studied music at university and worked as a session guitarist around the world and in the West End. Play Like A Pro is where he teaches what he learned on the job, to adults who want to play properly.

He came to us to scale his Meta ads. We started with what his customers had already told him: more than 4,000 answers about where they get stuck. Those answers shaped every campaign since, from the Guitar Soloing Made Simple launch to an always-on soloing campaign and The Guitar Breakthrough Bundle for Black Friday.

Then we went through his emails one by one, fixed what was broken and rebuilt the soloing flow so the free plan leads on to the course. And we built the practice plan system: a new lead fills in a short form, and a personalised plan arrives by email as a branded PDF, with nobody touching it.

The approach

How the growth actually happened.

  1. 01

    His customers’ words

    Ad angles built from more than 4,000 answers about where players get stuck.

  2. 02

    Ads that keep running

    A launch campaign, an always-on soloing campaign and a Black Friday bundle on Meta.

  3. 03

    Emails that lead somewhere

    A soloing email flow rebuilt so the free plan leads on to the course.

  4. 04

    A plan for every lead

    An automated system that sends each new lead a personalised practice plan.

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In their words

“They quickly understood my customer language and what I provided and helped me develop a whole campaign that worked really, really well to bring in new leads and customers. They helped me optimise landing pages, my email marketing and just generally refine everything within my business so it just works better.”
Jamie Ellis · Founder, Play Like A Pro

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The Social Target · Limited · Est. 2017 · London