Behind three behemoth brands stand three juggernauts of the marketing world. Finally, they’re giving you a never-before-seen look at what drives growth.

Joined February 2024
Agentic media buying is here 🤖 We INFILTRATED Meta HQ to get all the answers! What is Ads Creative Studio? When is it getting released? What’s getting automated? Will you still control budgets? Can AI test creative at scale? What’s left for media buyers? How should brands prepare? In-person with Nik Ketkar (PM at Meta), @codyplof, @connorrolain + @couuor. “In the future, media buyers are spending 100% of their time on strategic tasks.”
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To Meta, new vs. repeat buyers is “irrelevant” @codyplof
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How does a rolling tote hit $50M+ with <10 employees? WE HAD TO ASK ↓ Started as a family prototype Customers told their friends Gifted creators to fuel growth Then paid amplified demand Sold one SKU for four years Collabs → 60% new buyers Launched nationwide at Target Just hit Costco w/ 170K units Now closing in on $100 million Hulken’s Co-Founder @aschinasi joins @mbertulli + @mikebeckhamsm to pull back the curtain. “I didn’t look at it as a fashion brand … I looked at it as a machine.”
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Meta’s take on the #1 mistake marketers make @couuor
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In Ads Creative Studio, you can benchmark your ads against performance in your category.
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The future of agentic media buying looks bright @connorrolain
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“Is Meta rigging my CPMs?!” We visited their headquarters in New York to find out. Why do new brands pay more? How does Andromeda pick ads? Why am I reaching the same ppl? Can more creative expand reach? Does organic help paid results? What will bring down my CPMs? Sukhesh Miryala (PM, Meta) shows us under the hood of Meta’s ad delivery system with @couuor @codyplof @connorrolain “The prices are just an outcome of this market mechanism, of how much supply we have and how much demand is in our system at any given time.”
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What the heck is Ads Creative Studio? 🤔
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The 10 Commandments of DTC Offers That PRINT ↓ 1️⃣ Go beyond price + discounts 2️⃣ Match the offer to the usage 3️⃣ One customer. One problem. 4️⃣ Stack gifts, bundles + perks 5️⃣ Address customer objections 6️⃣ Give a reason to buy … now 7️⃣ Justify the buyer’s investment 8️⃣ Attract customers who stay 9️⃣ Reward the next purchase 🔟 Build for profit, not just sales @jordanmenard + @linafahizul join @mbertulli + @codyplof to tear apart Winks’ offer, and put it back together again. “A great offer makes the customer feel stupid for saying no.”
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From ad data to new creative in <1hr @connorrolain
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Winks’ partner ads … drive to partner landers @codyplof
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Two products in the ad creative, one in the upsell, 27% take rate @connorrolain
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“Don’t write it off if you haven’t taken a strong enough creative swing.” @connorrolain
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Winks’ funnel is evolving fast @codyplof
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It’s criminal only 30k will get this. 🎁 Cherene Aubert: Black Friday playbook from Q4 → Q1 2027 📅 MacCoy Merkley: Complete holiday calendar (week by week) 🤑 Derek Lauermann: Where + how to spend your next ad dollar These people work for $100M+ brands. And you get it for free. Please repost and say something nice; it will help more people get this amazing newsletter we work hard on every week. If you do, I will send you a hat. It’s an Operators hat.
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$100 DTC Funnel vs $100M DTC Funnel ↓ Winks; 1mo old, 27 reviews Same creator in ad + lander “Five reasons to buy” listicle Offer + proof go above fold Highlight clinical ingredients Link directly to the research HexClad; $100M+ per year Japanese creators + products 98% are new website visitors Sell two products in the ads 27% of people will buy both $130 products → $217 AOV @codyplof @connorrolain join @couuor to reveal their top funnels.
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