Creative became the new targeting. Now, creative velocity is becoming the performance bottleneck.

It started with TikTok, where it was said creative had a 72 hour lifespan. Now Meta wants more, more, more

According to Foxwell Digital, best practice is now:

Every five to seven days, refresh your ad set with 5–10 new creatives that look and feel different.

The other implication of that post is partner or die. If you’re not running partnership ads, what’s even the point? (is inferred)

I say: follow your metrics (outside of Meta). Make your ads work for you, don’t work for your ads.


Don’t sell the product first, sell the reason someone should care.

When people are scrolling, they want to be informed or entertained. Not sold to.

The “sponsored content” tag doesn’t exempt you from this fact. It means you have to work even harder to make people care.

via DTC Daily


What people think and feel is more important than what is “true.”

Shoppers don’t care what the indicators say about the strength of the economy or buying power. They care about how it feels to watch the numbers tally up at checkout.

Vibecessions feel worse than recessions.

via EMARKETER

A survey shows various ways tariffs or shipping/import changes are influencing US adults' holiday shopping plans in July 2025, with 33% noting higher prices on certain products.


Replace “music” with “marketing,” the idea’s still sound.

And this nugget is perfect for thinking about your messaging:

every part has to be really, not necessarily catchy, but something about it that draws you in, and they all work against each other rhythmically.

You build a song with your touchpoints. Each moment and message doesn’t need to be the hook, the sing-along, the hit. But they need to work together to create a cohesive whole. They support and enhance each other. The collective causes movement.

via Song Exploder

a stylized picture of Tears for Fears with the quote Music should be fun. When it is fun, it's a lot easier.