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Performance & Metrics

The economics of creative volume: testing, CAC, and margin

Producing more creative sounds expensive. Done right, it is one of the highest-ROI investments a performance brand can make. Here is the math behind why.

Gary Hui· Apr 18, 2026 · 2 min read

AI & Creative Ops

AI Creative Ops: Automating the Review Cycle for Image Ads at Scale

Stop letting review bottlenecks throttle your ad output. Here's how AI-powered creative ops can automate approval flows for high-volume image ads without sacrificing quality.

Gary Hui· Apr 16, 2026 · 5 min read

Creative Strategy

Creative fatigue: how to spot it before it costs you

Every winning ad has a half-life. The brands that scale are the ones that see fatigue coming and have the next winner already in market.

Gary Hui· Apr 14, 2026 · 2 min read

Creative Strategy

Viral Template Derivatives: Can Extracting the Structure of Trending TikTok Edits Outperform Custom Static Production?

Top-performing TikTok edits hide structural patterns. This article tests whether extracting those templates for static ads beats custom production costs and conversion rates.

Gary Hui· Apr 12, 2026 · 12 min read

Performance & Metrics

Reserve Fund for Black Swans: Keeping Budget Powder for Unexpected High-Performing Creative Leaps

When a surprise creative outperforms by 10x, will you have budget to scale it? Learn how a reserve fund lets D2C brands capitalize on black swan moments.

Gary Hui· Apr 12, 2026 · 13 min read

Creative Testing

Benchmark Burst: Using Cloned Assets + Controlled Sigmas to Measure Your GenAI Pipeline’s Mini-Lift Ceiling

Learn how to measure your GenAI creative pipeline's true performance ceiling by cloning assets and controlling statistical variance with sigma thresholds.

Gary Hui· Apr 12, 2026 · 7 min read

AI & Creative Ops

Writing prompts that produce winning ads

Generation is only as good as the intent behind it. A sharp prompt is really a sharp brief — here is how to write one that yields ads worth testing.

Gary Hui· Apr 10, 2026 · 2 min read

Performance & Metrics

Contract Clause Archipocalyptic Wars: Will Payments Adjust to Creative Through Refresh Budget After Strategic Underperformance Delay

As creative refresh cycles clash with payment terms, brands face a new battlefield: renegotiating budgets when ad performance dips. This article explores the legal and strategic implications of 'archipocalyptic' contract clauses.

Gary Hui· Apr 9, 2026 · 12 min read

Creative Strategy

The angle library: your most underrated growth asset

Winning angles are hard-won and easily forgotten. The brands that compound are the ones that capture them in a living library and reuse them forever.

Gary Hui· Apr 6, 2026 · 2 min read

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