Yes, and yes


Hi {FirstName},

I see the same loop on LinkedIn all the time. One guru yells:

“Run more Reels. Get the younger users. Waittt. Go after feeds. Older users.”

Another whispers:

“Talk to your users. Tap into their psyche. Message is everything.”

They both sound smart.

But here’s what actually happens:

You chase the hot format… and performance tanks.

You do deep research… and your ads still crash like a ton of bricks.

If I had a dollar for every deeply researched ad that completely bombed in an ad account?

I’d never touch a media buyer’s dashboard again.

Most marketers pick one side.

Format or message.

And to be fair, that’s enough to get decent results some of the time.

But you’re not here for ‘decent - some of the time.’

‘cos it aint enough when the algorithm doesnt behave.

…or when you need to unlock scale - and hit a massive wall.

that is when you want to be in the top 1%.

That means doing the hard thing:

→ Nailing format and message

→ Moving fast and thinking sharp

→ Appealing to the algorithm and the human

It’s like that university FAQ:

“Do students take easy classes and get A+s…
or hard classes and get Bs?”

Answer:

“The best students take hard classes—and still get A+s.”

BOOM.

This isn’t about checking boxes.

It’s about building creative that crushes.

That’s why we’ve made over 10,000 performance-driven ads.

Not by brute force.

By building an AI-powered army of agents that handles the hard stuff:

🧠 Brute Force AI – Breaks down videos frame by frame to find what works

🔍 ReviewMiner – Scans reviews and comments to surface messaging gold

💬 Takuan – Talks to your Meta ad data in plain English, like an analyst on demand

🖼 Frida AI – cranks out top-performing visuals so we can make more winners that 'bottle your magic.'

So we don’t overthink.

We don’t waste any time.

We just test fast, learn fast, and win.

This is how we deliver weekly concepts designed to scale.

And the performance elite.

Spending over $50k/month? Hit reply with “YES.” We’ll show you what it takes to unlock scale.

Later,

Shamanth

P.P.S. From the lab:

🦉 𝗗𝘂𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝟱𝟬𝟬𝗠+ 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 for a language and skill-learning app. I ran a semantic analysis of their top ads to deconstruct exactly what makes them tick.

🌿 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝗠+ 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀/𝗺𝗼 for a plant identification app. I ran semantic analysis on 64 of their top-performing ads to unravel the secrets of plant identification (lol, no – of their ads).

Remini generated 𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 last year. I ran semantic analysis of 90 of their top ads – here is what I learned.​

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