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Success stories

Real problems. Fresh ads.

The problem each brand had, the ads that fix it, and what changes when a fresh drop lands every week.

Example stories: the brands and figures are illustrative, not real clients.

Northfield Coffee · Online store

Cost per purchase down 31% in six weeks

Northfield's best ads had been running for months and were wearing out. Weekly drops of fresh, creator-led ads brought their cost per purchase back down.

Ads delivered
48
Cost per purchase
−31%
Period
6 weeks
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Brightpath Budget · App / SaaS

2.4x more trial sign-ups from demo-first ads

Brightpath's ads explained features. We switched to showing the first result in three seconds, and trial sign-ups more than doubled.

Ads delivered
60
Trial sign-ups
2.4x
Period
8 weeks
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Harbour Physio · Local business

Booked appointments doubled in a month

A local clinic swapped polished stock ads for real faces and a clear offer, and bookings from Meta doubled within four weeks.

Ads delivered
24
Bookings
+104%
Period
4 weeks
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Studio North Academy · Course / digital product

Enrolments up 58% by showing the finished work

Their ads listed modules. Switching to student portfolio pieces as the hook lifted enrolments within a single intake.

Ads delivered
30
Enrolments
+58%
Period
5 weeks
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Ledgerline Bookkeeping · Service

Cost per lead down 42% with one sharp problem

Generic 'save time' ads became one specific, painful moment: the Sunday-night spreadsheet. Qualified leads got cheaper fast.

Ads delivered
36
Cost per lead
−42%
Period
6 weeks
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Planwell Templates · Digital product

Return on ad spend up 1.9x in a month

Fast visual reveals of templates filling themselves in turned slow, explanatory ads into impulse purchases.

Ads delivered
40
Return on ad spend
1.9x
Period
4 weeks
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Concept work

How we think.

Spec ads we made to show how we think. Each is labelled as concept work and carries the hypothesis it tests.

Vertical
Format
UGC-style

Price objection hook

Hypothesis

Naming the price objection first lifts hook rate.

Online stores · Concept work, not a client ad

Motion

Speed-to-value demo

Hypothesis

Showing the first result in 3 seconds beats explaining features.

Apps and SaaS · Concept work, not a client ad

Static

Outcome-first course ad

Hypothesis

A specific skill outcome outperforms a curriculum list.

Courses · Concept work, not a client ad

UGC-style

Local trust stack

Hypothesis

Showing the real team and street beats polished stock.

Local businesses · Concept work, not a client ad

Static

Problem-agitate static

Hypothesis

A sharper statement of the problem earns more qualified clicks.

Services · Concept work, not a client ad

Motion

Template reveal

Hypothesis

Revealing the finished template quickly drives impulse purchases.

Digital products · Concept work, not a client ad

UGC-style

Unboxing in five beats

Hypothesis

A tight five-beat unboxing holds attention to the offer.

Online stores · Concept work, not a client ad

Static

Objection carousel

Hypothesis

Answering the top three objections in sequence lifts sign-ups.

Apps and SaaS · Concept work, not a client ad

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