Stop posting and hoping.

Hi, I'm Abbey, The Sweatpants CEO. I teach digital product sellers and Skool community owners how to make sales with simple Meta ads and paid communities. Even on days you never pick up your phone. Sweatpants encouraged.

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266

paying members in my community's first six weeks

$20/day

where most of my students start their ad budget

0

trending audios I've had to learn 😉

266 paying members in six weeks. No free group. No viral moment.

That came from three things: a good offer, simple ads, and charging from day one. I didn't post my way there. And I definitely didn't dance my way there (although I did learn The Carlton once. Long story).

You're not bad at business.

Your product is good. The right people just aren't seeing it. That's a distribution problem, and it's fixable.

You're not behind.

Forget the massive following and the years of audience building. A simple system can put your offer in front of actual buyers this week, even if your account is tiny.

You're done dancing for the algorithm.

Same. I spent months posting (and yes, sometimes dancing 😂) while my dashboard stayed at zero. There's a calmer way to get seen, and it doesn't involve trending audio.

The Sweatpants Method

The model behind everything I build

Every community, tool, and offer I make runs on the same three beliefs:

Reach

Simple Meta ads put your offer in front of the right people every single day, whether you posted or not. Small budgets welcome. Three to five creatives, one clean system, clear decision rules.

Recurring

A paid community turns one-time buyers into monthly revenue you can count on. Charge from day one. Free groups attract browsers; paid rooms attract people who show up.

Rest

Systems with clear rules mean you check in, make a call, and close the laptop. Your business should run on days you don't pick up your phone. That's the whole point.

Two communities. One philosophy.

I built one for each side of the method. Both run on plain language, real budgets, and me showing up every single day.

For ads beginners

The Ads Corner

Where digital product sellers and community owners learn simple Meta ads from scratch. The 5-Day First Ad Challenge gets your first ad live, the daily check-ins keep you from guessing, and membership includes the Smart Ads Bots. From $9/month.

Join The Ads Corner
For community builders

The Skool Scaling Squad

Where experts build paid Skool communities the way I built mine: charge from day one, skip the free group, and grow something people happily pay for monthly. From $9/month.

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Free Tools

I build nerdy little tools for fun. You get to keep them.

AI-powered checkers, quizzes, and scorecards that tell you something true about your business in about two minutes. No opt-ins, no 47-page PDFs.

Free or Paid? Gut Check

A 2-minute gut check on whether your Skool community should be free or paid, with your exact next step.

Cold-Traffic Ready Check

Scores your Skool About page against 7 criteria with paste-ready rewrites.

Coming soon

Meta Ads Readiness Quiz

Find out if you're ready for ads or about to light money on fire.

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About Page Clarity Check

Does your About page actually say what people are joining?

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Abbey Strodtbeck laughing at her laptop while running Meta ads in sweatpants
Hi, I'm Abbey

Teacher. Twin mom. Accidental ads nerd.

I was a full-time teacher posting every day with nothing to show for it. Then I figured out Meta ads (the small-budget version nobody was teaching) and built two paid communities on the back of it. Now I teach the whole thing in plain language so you can skip my expensive mistakes.

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FAQ

The quick answers

Do I need a big budget to run Meta ads?

Nope. Most of my students start at around $20 a day and learn on that. Small budgets actually force you to learn what matters — offer, message, targeting — instead of drowning results in spend. You can absolutely run a working Meta ads system for the cost of a couple coffees.

What is The Ads Corner?

The Ads Corner is my $9/month paid Skool community for total ads beginners. It takes you from zero to your first Meta ad campaign live, with a 5-Day First Ad Challenge, daily check-ins, and the Smart Ads Bots included. No prior ads experience needed.

What's the difference between The Ads Corner and The Skool Scaling Squad?

The Ads Corner teaches you Meta ads from scratch — the ads themselves. The Skool Scaling Squad is for experts building and scaling a paid Skool community, using the exact playbook I used to hit 266 paying members in six weeks. Ads Corner = learn to run ads. Squad = build a community people pay for monthly.

Who is this for?

Digital product sellers, course creators, and Skool community owners who are tired of posting every day with nothing to show for it. If you have a good offer and just need more of the right people to see it, you're in the right place.

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Real talk about ads and community building, what's working right now, behind-the-scenes of running this business with twin toddlers underfoot, and first dibs on every new tool I make. No junk, ever.

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