For Calgary business owners
1 Calgary business gets 3 months of done-for-you ads free.
4 more get $2,400 off.
I'm Reece, a marketing student at MRU and the founder of The Agera Agency. I'm giving away 3 months of done-for-you marketing & management to build my portfolio. The best application wins.
Applications close October 16, 2026. No purchase necessary. Takes 30 seconds.
The prize
Grand prize, 1 business
3 months free
Done-for-you marketing & management, a $6,000 value at the regular $2,000 a month.
Not a draw. I read every application and pick the business I can do the most for.
You keep everything. Every video, every ad and your landing page are yours, even if you walk away after 3 months.
4 more
get the same package at $2,400 off
Promotional winners, 4 businesses
$1,200 a month
instead of $2,000, for 3 months. Everything the winner gets, same shoots, same ads, same landing page.
Offered to every qualified applicant who does not win. Anyone after the first 4 goes on a waitlist.
Why I'm doing this
I'm Reece Beddome. I run The Agera Agency in Calgary and I'm finishing my marketing degree at Mount Royal University. Done-for-you marketing & management is what I do for paying clients: Facebook and Instagram ads, the videos that go in them and the weekly work of keeping new customers coming in.
I started this agency while I was still in school because I did not want to wait for a degree to do real work and delay doing my best and working my hardest toward helping out other people and their businesses. Textbooks and case studies only teach so much. Sitting across from an owner who has put everything into their business, and helping that business grow, teaches the rest.
That is what this is. One Calgary business gets 3 months of my best work, free. I get to do the thing I have been working hard for, with someone who cares about the result as much as I do.
ReeceWhat the winner gets
- 3 months of done-for-you marketing & managementMedia buying and research, then publishing and managing your campaigns on Facebook and Instagram with weekly changes. A $6,000 value at the regular $2,000 a month.
- Scripts written for every video adYou show up on shoot day and read. The planning is done before we arrive.
- 1 shoot day a month at your business3 shoot days in total. We come and record 5 to 8 new video ads in one day, enough to test what works and what does not. You keep every one.
- Image ads and ad copyStatic image ads designed and the words on every ad written for you.
- A custom built landing pageBuilt to qualify leads before they reach your phone, so you spend your time on the right ones.
- Data reporting every two weeks or monthlyPlain numbers on what the ads spent and what they brought in. You pick how often.
- After the 3 monthsYou either sign on for 6 months at $2,000 a month or you walk away with your ads and your landing page. No pressure either way.
The 4 promotional winners
Same package, $2,400 off
$1,200 a month for 3 months instead of $2,000. Everything above: media buying, scripts, shoot days, image ads, ad copy, the landing page and reporting. Same $50 a day minimum ad spend, paid by you to Meta.
Offered to every qualified applicant who does not win. The first 4 to claim within the 7 day claim window get it. Anyone after that goes on a waitlist.
My price is right here on the page: $2,000 a month regular, $1,200 for the giveaway. Most agencies make you book a call to find out.
Why 3 months and not 1
Meta's ad system has to learn who your customers are. When a campaign starts, it shows your ads to a wide mix of people, watches who calls, books or buys, then narrows in on people like them. That takes weeks, not days, and every time we swap in new video it learns a little more.
- Month 1The learning month. Meta tests, we test, and the first customers come in.
- Month 2The ads start finding the right people on their own and the cost per customer settles.
- Month 3We know what a customer costs you and push the ads that work hardest.
Stop after 30 days and you pay for the learning and never see the payoff. That is why the prize is 3 months.
How it works
- The winner is chosen by the best applicationNot a random draw. I read every one and pick the business I can do the most for. The winner is announced October 20, 2026 and has until October 23, 2026 to claim.
- Everyone else who qualifies gets contactedIf you can commit to the ad spend, you are offered the $2,400 off package. The first 4 to claim within 7 days get it.
Helped an automotive brand turn under $1,000 in ads into $45,000 in sales in 2 weeks.
The management, the shoots and the ads are the free part. The money Meta charges to show your ads is yours to pay: a minimum of $50 a day for the 3 months, paid directly to Meta. This applies to the winner and to the 4 promotional winners. If $50 a day is not possible right now, this is not the right time to apply.
Applications close October 16, 2026
Or earlier if I close it. One application per business.
One question to ask any agency
Will your reports show new customers, or just views and likes?
My reports show what the ads spent and what they brought in.
Apply for the free 3 months
One form for the free 3 months and the 4 spots at $2,400 off. Honest answers beat polished ones. Tell me about the business the way you would tell a friend.
Questions owners ask
Maybe you boosted a post and got likes, not customers. Or you paid an agency for months and got a report full of numbers that didn't pay any bills. That's usually not because ads don't work for your business. It's because one ad ran with no fresh video and nobody tested anything. This fixes that: new video ads filmed at your business every month, tested every week.
The winner pays nothing for the management, the shoots, the ads or the landing page. The 4 promotional winners pay $1,200 a month for 3 months. Everyone pays their own ad spend to Meta, a minimum of $50 a day, because that is the money Meta charges to show the ads. It never passes through me.
By reading the applications, not by a draw. I pick the business I can do the most for in 3 months. The winner is announced October 20, 2026 and has until October 23, 2026 to claim. Every applicant also answers a short skill-testing question, which Canadian contest law requires.
If you can commit to the ad spend, you are offered the same package at $1,200 a month instead of $2,000. The first 4 businesses to claim within 7 days of being contacted get it. Anyone after that goes on a waitlist and hears from me if a spot opens.
Meta's ad system needs weeks to learn who your customers are. Month 1 is learning, month 2 is when the ads find the right people on their own and month 3 is when we know what a customer costs and push the winners. One month buys the learning and skips the payoff.
I come to your business for one day a month with the scripts already written. We record 5 to 8 new video ads with you and your team in them. They get edited, run and tested, and you keep every one.
You either sign on for 6 months at $2,000 a month or you walk away. Either way you keep every video, every ad and your landing page.
Businesses in the Calgary area. You need to be 18 or older and the owner or someone who can make the decision. One application per business. Full details are in the official rules.