Tired of wasting your hard-earned cash into marketing strategies that just don't deliver? 

Frustrated with lacklustre leads that lead to dead ends? 

I get it. I’ve been there.

At SocialTap, we’ve generated over £200M in tracked revenue and 500k leads, we hold the key to digital marketing success.

We've spent the last six years perfecting the art of turning digital chaos into cold, hard cash.

We can help. 

Drop me a message and let's chat strategy.

Jon Wilson

In July 2024, a guy called Guy pitched me an idea.

A community for founders, business owners and exited entrepreneurs — with wellbeing at its core.

At the time, it landed perfectly.

I’d already started making some positive lifestyle changes personally. Training more. Looking after my head. Saying no to things that no longer served me.

At the same time, I was going through a big professional shift.
I’d started SocialTap with the support of three experienced entrepreneurs, but I’d decided it was time to buy them out and go it alone.

Both of those decisions created gaps.

My lifestyle changes created a void in my social circle.
The buyout created a gap in terms of professional support.

I’d been to plenty of “traditional” networking events before.
If I’m honest, I hated them. They always felt like something I should do as a business owner, not something I wanted to do.

Function turned out to be exactly what I needed — at exactly the right time.

A carefully curated group of like-minded people.
All founders, business owners or exited founders.
People who care about fitness, wellbeing, personal progression and building meaningful businesses.

Since joining, it’s led me to:
– Wellness sessions at The Farm Club
– Retreat in Andalucía
– HIIT sessions with other business owners
– A bit of Padel
– And some very honest conversations as part of the peer groups

I regularly feel like the least smart person in the room — which tells me I’m in the right room.

What I value most is that I genuinely look forward to each event.
It’s time away from the business, time for myself, and time spent with people doing inspiring things.

And just as importantly, I know I can pick up the phone to any of them for advice — and they can do the same with me.

They say your network is your net worth.

For that reason alone, Function has delivered an infinite return on investment — both professionally and personally.

Building a business can be lonely.
Building one alongside people who genuinely want to see you win changes everything.

Founder @ SocialTap | £200m Sales Generated for Clients | Get quality leads, drive more sales, make more profit

If you’re currently exploring Meta as a new marketing channel, one of the first questions you’ll be asking is:

“How much budget do I actually need to start?”

The honest answer?
It’s less about daily spend and more about how quickly you can get through the learning phase.

Meta needs data.
You need data.
And that only really starts to become meaningful once you’re hitting ~50 conversions in a short period of time. 

That volume gives:

You enough performance signal to judge what’s working
Meta enough signal to optimise delivery properly

Where it gets tricky is high-ticket businesses. It may be easy to get 50 leads in a week, but what about 50 converted sales?

If a sale costs £500 to acquire, you’re looking at £25,000 just to reach 50 sales.
That’s not always realistic early on.

So the smarter move is often to optimise earlier in the journey, whilst not compromising on lead quality:

Lender approvals in finance
Booked appointments
Qualified leads with a strong likelihood of converting

You’re still feeding Meta high-quality signals, but at a much lower cost, allowing you to reach that 50+ event threshold faster.

Once the data’s there?
You can then progressively move optimisation closer to the sale.

The final (and most important) piece of the puzzle 👇
You must understand what you can afford to pay per converted client — and how that looks at volume, not just one-off wins.

Meta doesn’t reward impatience.
It rewards clear economics, good signals, and enough data to learn.

If you get those right, the budgets start to make a lot more sense. 💡

When Meta ads get expensive, most people fix the wrong thing.

Rising costs aren’t random — they’re a signal that something in the system has changed.

But instead of diagnosing that change, most advertisers panic and start “doing stuff”:
👉 swapping creatives
👉 broadening audiences
👉 resetting campaigns
👉 blaming the algorithm

The reality? There are only a handful of things that usually drive cost inflation:
• Seasonality
• Ad fatigue
• Slower landing pages
• Shifts in user intent
• Broken follow-up

The mistake is treating all of these the same.

Performance issues need a process, not a knee-jerk reaction.

If you don’t know why costs have gone up, any “fix” is basically guesswork.

Top eCommerce Email Marketer | Agency Founder | Over $100M Driven Through Our Emails | Some Clients: Fighthaus, Audry Rose, Collars & Co.

Building Kensington Media House: a leading Email & SMS Marketing Agency for DTC brands.

→ Top Klaviyo & Sendlane partner
→ Over $100 million generated for clients
→ Worked with over 70 brands since we launched

If you want to learn more about how we can do this for your DTC store, book an introductory meeting with myself below where I'll share exactly how we produce the results that we do whilst building out a roadmap custom to your business on how you can do exactly the same:

https://calendly.com/d/yxt-prp-tgw

Or, connect with us on YouTube!
https://youtube.com/@kensingtonmediahouse

Conor Gallagher

The stupidest trick that skyrockets email open rates

(I can't believe this still works)

We added a sender name to one of our client's emails.

That's it.

Instead of sending from "Brand Name" we sent from "Laurence from Brand Name"

Typical open rates: 60%

This email: 73.57%

It's embarrassingly simple but it works because people connect with people, not logos.

Your subscribers are getting 100+ emails per day from brands.

But they're not getting many from actual humans.

So when they see a name in their inbox, it stands out.

The psychology is simple: we trust people more than we trust companies.

Try it on your next campaign and watch what happens.

#DTC #emailmarketing #ecommerce

ALWAYS HIRING: Check My About Section | Helping DTC Brands Drive Predictable, Profitable Growth 📧 | Over $300M in Email Revenue For Clients | DM me ‘EMAIL’ to chat

O'Neills needs a new email marketing team…

Here’s why:

Here's what we fixed:

Their original email buried the CTA, had a tiny headline, and the product section looked cluttered.

Zero social proof. Nothing that screamed "we're a major brand."

Our redesign:

↳ CTA above the fold where people can actually see it

↳ Headline 3x bigger and impossible to miss

↳ Clean, minimal product section

↳ Trustpilot reviews prominently displayed

↳ Final CTA at the bottom to catch scrollers

Now it looks like the high-status brand they actually are.

Your email design is your silent salesperson.

If it looks amateur, people assume your brand is amateur.

Even if you're doing millions in revenue.

Make sure your emails match the quality of your product.

#DTC #emailmarketing #ecommerce

This one word crushes it in our emails every single time

(It's a psychological trick for social proof)

The word: **Approved**

Instead of "What Our Customers Are Saying" (boring, overused, nobody cares)

We use:

→ Customer Approved

→ Community Approved

→ Airport Approved (for travel/lifestyle products)

Why does this work?

1. It's quick and punchy
2. It signals bestseller status (mimetic desire kicks in)
3. It implies social proof without being preachy
4. People think "if others approved it, I probably will too"

We've tested this across dozens of campaigns and it consistently outperforms traditional social proof headers.

The best part? It feels natural, not salesy.

Try swapping your next "customer testimonial" section with "[Situation] Approved" and watch your click rates jump.

What's your go-to social proof tactic?

#DTC #emailmarketing #ecommerce

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