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Connect with Leo:
- X: Leo Sadeq
- LinkedIn: Leo Sadeq
- Want to 2X-5X your ROI in 90 days? Let us help you >>> Ascend AI
- DM me for any resources or checklists mentioned in the episode and Ill forward them your way.
Target Audience: Small–mid D2C founders & operators.
Episode Description:
When your CAC is climbing and your ROAS is stalling, the answer usually isn’t “better targeting”, it’s better creative.
In this episode of The No-Code Founder Podcast, you’ll learn how to build a simple Creative Operating System for your D2C brand so you can produce profitable ads on repeat without burning out your audience or your team.
What to Expect:
- We’ll unpack a practical, ROI‑first framework made for non‑techie founders and operators.
- You’ll see how to turn customer language into concepts, concepts into briefs, and briefs into modular UGC and founder‑led ads that keep thumb‑stop rates and CTR healthy while holding CPA in check. Instead of chasing “magic ads,”
- you’ll install a weekly rhythm for testing hooks, reading fatigue, and refreshing winners before performance falls off a cliff.
- We’ll cover the key roles (even if they’re all you), the minimum tool stack, and a research engine that mines reviews, comments, and surveys for real objections and benefits you can build creative around.
- You’ll learn a simple taxonomy of proven concepts, problem/solution, demos, testimonials, founder POV, comparisons, challenges, and offer‑led creatives, and how to brief creators so they deliver usable footage the first time. There’s clear guidance on sourcing micro‑creators, structuring contracts and usage rights, staying brand‑safe on Meta, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts, and using AI for the grunt work without letting it invent claims.
Then we get into the money mechanics: how to name ads and set UTMs so every hook and creator is traceable, how to structure clean A/B tests that prove true lift, and which metrics actually matter—thumb‑stop, CTR, CVR, CPA, CAC payback, MER, and profit ROAS. You’ll learn to spot real creative fatigue (rising frequency, falling CTR, stable or rising CPM) and what to do next: reskin winners, rotate hooks, and adapt formats per platform instead of starting from scratch.
Finally, you’ll walk through a 30/60/90‑day rollout plan to stand up your Creative OS, scale what works, and avoid common traps like clickbait hooks, copy‑paste competitor claims, and overreacting to day‑one data.
By the end, you’ll have a concrete playbook to turn creative from a random win into a reliable profit lever so you can scale content without torching your margins.
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By Leo SadeqConnect with Leo:
- X: Leo Sadeq
- LinkedIn: Leo Sadeq
- Want to 2X-5X your ROI in 90 days? Let us help you >>> Ascend AI
- DM me for any resources or checklists mentioned in the episode and Ill forward them your way.
Target Audience: Small–mid D2C founders & operators.
Episode Description:
When your CAC is climbing and your ROAS is stalling, the answer usually isn’t “better targeting”, it’s better creative.
In this episode of The No-Code Founder Podcast, you’ll learn how to build a simple Creative Operating System for your D2C brand so you can produce profitable ads on repeat without burning out your audience or your team.
What to Expect:
- We’ll unpack a practical, ROI‑first framework made for non‑techie founders and operators.
- You’ll see how to turn customer language into concepts, concepts into briefs, and briefs into modular UGC and founder‑led ads that keep thumb‑stop rates and CTR healthy while holding CPA in check. Instead of chasing “magic ads,”
- you’ll install a weekly rhythm for testing hooks, reading fatigue, and refreshing winners before performance falls off a cliff.
- We’ll cover the key roles (even if they’re all you), the minimum tool stack, and a research engine that mines reviews, comments, and surveys for real objections and benefits you can build creative around.
- You’ll learn a simple taxonomy of proven concepts, problem/solution, demos, testimonials, founder POV, comparisons, challenges, and offer‑led creatives, and how to brief creators so they deliver usable footage the first time. There’s clear guidance on sourcing micro‑creators, structuring contracts and usage rights, staying brand‑safe on Meta, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts, and using AI for the grunt work without letting it invent claims.
Then we get into the money mechanics: how to name ads and set UTMs so every hook and creator is traceable, how to structure clean A/B tests that prove true lift, and which metrics actually matter—thumb‑stop, CTR, CVR, CPA, CAC payback, MER, and profit ROAS. You’ll learn to spot real creative fatigue (rising frequency, falling CTR, stable or rising CPM) and what to do next: reskin winners, rotate hooks, and adapt formats per platform instead of starting from scratch.
Finally, you’ll walk through a 30/60/90‑day rollout plan to stand up your Creative OS, scale what works, and avoid common traps like clickbait hooks, copy‑paste competitor claims, and overreacting to day‑one data.
By the end, you’ll have a concrete playbook to turn creative from a random win into a reliable profit lever so you can scale content without torching your margins.