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Creative Strategy

Platform-Specific Creative Derivatives: Why Instagram Needs 7:8 Crop While Facebook Prefers 4:5 for Maximum Hit Rate

Discover why Instagram delivers 80% of impressions with a 7:8 crop, while Facebook prefers 4:5—and how aligning with each platform's ratio can boost hit rate by 40%.

Gary Hui· May 16, 2026 · 11 min read

Creative Volume

Index-Generator Matching: Pairing LDA Topic Scores to Session Vectors for Block Tail Query Automation

Discover how matching LDA topic distributions from static ads to user session vectors automates block tail queries in high-volume D2C campaigns, reducing manual work.

Gary Hui· May 16, 2026 · 11 min read

AI & Creative Ops

From brief to feed in an afternoon: the CO8 workflow

A practical, repeatable workflow for going from a rough idea to a batch of on-brand, test-ready static ads — in hours, not weeks.

Gary Hui· May 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Brand & Consistency

Brand consistency at scale without a brand-police team

Volume usually threatens consistency. With the right system, you can have both — without a person manually approving every asset.

Gary Hui· May 8, 2026 · 2 min read

Brand & Consistency

Morph Batch Boundary: Defining Upper Limit Displacement in Latent Space Derived from a Perceptual Tolerance Vector

When does a brand's visual variant cross from fresh iteration to broken identity? We introduce the perceptual tolerance vector—a metric to define the upper limit of latent space displacement in morph batch boundaries.

Gary Hui· May 7, 2026 · 12 min read

Case Studies

Case Study: A Month of 50-30-20 Rule (Hero-Benefit-UGC) in Static Feeds Generated 40% More Add-to-Carts

How mixing hero, benefit, and UGC ads in a 50-30-20 split boosted add-to-carts by 40% in just one month.

Gary Hui· May 5, 2026 · 12 min read

Creative Strategy

Static ads are not dead — they are your most scalable creative

Everyone chases video. Meanwhile, disciplined static ads remain the most testable, scalable, and cost-effective creative you can run.

Gary Hui· May 4, 2026 · 2 min read

Creative Strategy

Creative Dimensionality Mapping: How Many Visual Styles You Need to Cover All Funnel Stages Efficiently

Discover how many visual styles your DTC brand needs to cover every funnel stage without ad fatigue or creative waste.

Gary Hui· May 2, 2026 · 13 min read

Creative Testing

The creative-testing framework: hooks, angles, and iteration

A structured framework for what to test first, how to iterate winners, and how to avoid drowning in inconclusive data.

Gary Hui· Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read

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