A painful mismatch in expectations…I truly wish my experience had matched all the positive reviews
I’ve never written a negative review for a services company in my entire life, and I have a genuinely heavy heart writing this one. I can see that AdOutreach has many positive reviews and many clients who seem to have great experiences. I’m happy that’s true for them. But my own experience turned out very different, and I want to share it honestly, so others go in with clear expectations. I invested roughly $10,000 over about three months because I believed I was buying a done-for-you program with strong strategic guidance — including a promised 1-on-1 strategy call with Aleric as a fast-action bonus. I was launching YouTube ads for the first time, filled with fear and trepidation, and I really trusted that AdOutreach — and Aleric in particular — would guide me through the process. Unfortunately, that 1-on-1 call never happened, despite several attempts to request it. That alone was deeply disappointing, because it was a major reason I enrolled quickly. My biggest challenge was the gap between what I thought I was buying (done-for-you) and what I actually experienced (done-by-me with coaching). Had I known this upfront, I truly believe none of this would have happened. Here’s what I personally experienced: 1. Much of the course content felt outdated. A lot of the “click here / click there” instructions didn’t match today’s Google Ads or Tag Manager interfaces. I often ended up turning to Google’s own support or YouTube videos for more accurate guidance. 2. The support model left me stuck for days at a time. Whenever I needed help, I had to book a coaching call that was usually 3–4 days away. I’d sit stuck, unable to move forward, or spend hours trying to teach myself things I thought the program would handle for me. 3. The “Done For You” components didn’t feel done for me at all. The video editing portion was extremely disappointing. They assigned my project to what appeared to be a junior editor, and later even outsourced another editor through Upwork, who also seemed inexperienced. The B-roll they delivered included irrelevant footage — for example, a clip of someone buying painkillers at a pharmacy to illustrate “business pain”… even though my company does B2B messaging and not consumer health. The edits were so off-base that I eventually went elsewhere and paid out of pocket for replacement video editing. Communication felt layered and fragmented: my notes had to pass through multiple people before reaching the editor. It was slow, messy, and kept producing unusable results. 4. The GoHighLevel platform situation felt misleading. I was led to believe I would be able to use the platform for around $1/month going forward. What I didn’t understand was that the only reason it was $1 was because it was included under their agency umbrella — and only if I continued paying several thousand dollars per month. When I stopped their monthly service, the GoHighLevel fee jumped to ~$297/month. I ended up ripping everything out and rebuilding my funnel under a different agency’s GoHighLevel account at a tiny fraction of that price. That added a huge amount of work and frustration I never expected. 5. The entire experience felt like being put into a large, scaled machine. This is hard to explain, but instead of feeling guided, it felt like I had been dropped into a factory system that was optimized for volume — not for personal support. I don’t doubt that Aleric has genuine expertise, but I never felt that expertise touch my project. And that was heartbreaking, because I truly wanted to learn from him. How it felt overall: I don’t believe anyone at AdOutreach intends harm. Everyone I interacted with was polite and well-meaning. But I walked away feeling let down, confused, and honestly heartbroken. I put so much trust and hope into this experience, and instead I felt left to fend for myself. Maybe I simply bought the wrong program for my needs. But based on how it was presented to me — especially the done-for-you positioning and the promised strategy call — I walked away feeling bruised financially and emotionally. I’m sharing all of this not to attack AdOutreach, but because I wish someone had written a review like this before I signed up. I think this program may be a good fit for people who want a do-it-yourself model with coaching. But if you’re expecting something closer to “we do this for you,” I strongly recommend asking very direct questions upfront. I truly wish my outcome had matched the glowing reviews. I wanted it to. Honestly, I still feel sad about how it all turned out.