04 — Creative

Performance creative services

Ad creative built to be tested

A winning ad is only useful if you know why it won. Most creative testing produces a winner nobody can explain, which means it can't be repeated.

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What this actually is

The fix is in how the variants are built. If version A and version B differ in headline, image and call to action, the result tells you nothing transferable. If they differ in exactly one thing, you've learned something you can apply to the next twenty ads.

So we build in sets. One hook tested across several treatments. One visual approach tested against another with everything else held still. It sounds fussy and it's the difference between a creative library that gets smarter and one that just gets bigger.

We make what the platform actually wants, too. Vertical video that works with sound off. Static that survives being seen for half a second. Copy that fits before the "more" link truncates it.

What it covers

Test design

We agree what the set is trying to find out before anything is made. Variants that differ in headline, image and call to action all at once produce a winner nobody can explain, which means it can't be repeated.

Static ads

Built to survive being seen for half a second, at the size it will actually appear, with the message legible before the image registers.

Short-form video

Vertical, hook-first, and built to work with the sound off, because most of it will be watched that way whether or not that's what anyone intended.

Copy variants

Written so each one isolates a single idea. The hook, the offer, the objection handled — tested separately, so the result transfers to the next twenty ads.

Placement sizing

Every asset exported for the placements it will run in. Feed, story, reel and display all crop differently, and an ad that loses its headline to a crop is wasted spend.

A learning record

What was tested, what won, and the reason we think it won. This compounds, and it's the whole argument for running creative as a programme rather than a one-off.

What you get

01Ad concepts built as structured test sets
02Static and short-form video, sized per placement
03Copy variants written to isolate a single variable
04Hook-first video edits built for sound-off viewing
05A running record of what won and what it taught you
06Source files, yours to keep

How it runs

Step 1

Concept

We agree what we're trying to learn, then design the test around it.
Step 2

Produce

Variants built to specification, sized for each placement.
Step 3

Learn

Results read, the winner explained, and the next set built on it.

What it costs

How it's pricedMonthly retainer

Monthly for a rolling programme, which is what testing really needs, or per asset if you want to try a batch first.

We don't publish a number for this one, because an honest one depends on the job. Tell us what you're trying to do and you'll get a real figure, in writing, without a sales call first.

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Is this right for you?

Probably, if

You're running paid social or display already
Your ads worked once and have stopped
You want to know why something worked, not just that it did

Probably not, if

You want one perfect ad. Performance creative is a volume-and-iteration discipline. One ad isn't a test, it's a guess.

Questions we get asked

How many variants do I need?

Enough that each has real budget behind it. Splitting a small budget across a dozen variants gives you twelve results you can't trust. We'd usually start with three or four.

Can you use my existing brand assets?

Yes, and we'd prefer to. Performance creative should still look like you.

Do you run the ads as well?

We can — that's paid social or paid search. Plenty of clients have us make the creative while someone else buys the media, and that's fine too.

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Tell us what you're trying to do

No pitch deck, no discovery call you have to sit through. Describe the problem and we'll tell you whether this is the right service for it — including when it isn't.

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