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Daniel Sendecki, VP of Brand + Performance at Pilothouse, joins us to explain why the old model of “persuasive creative” is dead—and what’s replacing it. In a post-Andromeda Meta world, the brands winning on paid social aren’t out-designing or out-targeting anyone. They’re out-resolving.

Role-Based Hook:

For DTC teams building creative that compounds—across Meta, search, and the full funnel.

Inside the episode:

• Why creative isn’t about persuasion anymore—it’s about resolution
• How Pilothouse mines Google queries to map real customer friction
• What Meta’s Andromeda update means for targeting and creative structure
• Why intent clusters matter more than personas
• How to build a living creative library that scales

Who this is for:

DTC founders, brand leads, creative strategists, and media buyers navigating post-iOS Meta

What to steal:

• Group customer questions into “psychological intent clusters”
• Use creative to answer, not pitch
• Build ad libraries like a searchable index of problems solved

Timestamps:

00:00 Creative is shifting from persuasion to resolution

02:05 Why interest-based targeting no longer works

04:55 Creative as answers to customer questions

07:05 Meta evolving into an intent-driven platform

09:15 Psychological intent clusters explained

12:10 Why idea variation matters more than asset tweaks

14:10 Funnel congruency in the Andromeda era

17:05 Creative as an operating system, not an output

19:40 Brand storytelling inside modern performance systems

21:10 Recognition hooks vs interruptive hooks

24:10 Blending brand and performance through intent

26:15 Avoiding AI-sounding creative outputs

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#DTCMarketing #CreativeStrategy #MetaAds #PerformanceCreative #BrandStrategy #MarketingPodcast #PaidSocial #CreativeTesting #Andromeda #IntentMarketing #DigitalAdvertising #EcommerceMarketing #Pilothouse

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