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Notes on paid social creative strategy for DTC brands in wellness, beauty and lifestyle. What we see in the ad libraries, what we test, and what the data says.
AG1's paid social, reverse-engineered: four ads and why they win
A teardown of four live AG1 (Athletic Greens) Meta ads, the angle, hook, awareness level, and compliance behind each, and what wellness brands can steal.
Creative testing for DTC brands: why you're testing fonts, not ideas
Most "creative testing" teaches you nothing. Here's how to test angles instead of variations, and build a system that finds winners in 2026.
What organic taught me about paid creative (that most strategists miss)
After almost a decade in organic social, here's what crossing into paid creative strategy taught me, and the edge an organic background brings.
Creative strategy for wellness brands: why your ads aren't converting (and it's not your budget)
Your wellness brand's ads aren't underperforming because of budget. They're missing creative strategy. Here's what actually moves the metrics in 2026.
How to advertise supplements on Meta in 2026 without getting disapproved
Supplement and wellness ads face Meta's strictest rules in 2026. Here's how to write compliant creative that converts and survives review.
The creative brief that actually produces winning ads
Most ads fail at the brief, not the edit. Here's the creative brief framework that turns strategy into ads that convert.
UGC isn't enough anymore: the 2026 creative mix for wellness brands
UGC still works, but it's no longer the whole playbook. Here's the 2026 creative format mix that keeps wellness brands scaling.
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