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Notes for making better product videos

Specific ideas, honest tradeoffs, and creative tests you can actually interpret. Written for ecommerce teams, media buyers, and people doing the work.

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Editorial illustration for Your UGC ad does not lose viewers at the hook. It loses them five seconds later

UGC creative

UGC creative6 min read

Your UGC ad does not lose viewers at the hook. It loses them five seconds later

The camera is rarely the problem. Most awkward UGC videos start selling before they give anyone a reason to listen.

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Creative testing

Creative testing5 min read

Six UGC tests I would build from one product

Six controlled variations can teach you more than thirty clips that change the hook, creator, offer, and edit at once.

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Hooks and scripts

Hooks and scripts7 min read

Seven hooks for a product nobody knows yet

If nobody recognizes the product, saying its name is not a hook. Give it a place in the viewer’s life first.

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Editorial illustration for How to get 12 genuinely different ads from one product page

Ecommerce

Ecommerce8 min read

How to get 12 genuinely different ads from one product page

Twelve ads should not be one script performed by twelve faces. Your product page already contains more routes than it seems.

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Editorial illustration for AI UGC or real creators? Choose based on the job, not the hype

Comparisons

Comparisons7 min read

AI UGC or real creators? Choose based on the job, not the hype

The right choice changes when you are exploring a message, proving an experience, or scaling a campaign.

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Editorial illustration for The 30-second UGC script I would use to launch an unknown product

Hooks and scripts

Hooks and scripts6 min read

The 30-second UGC script I would use to launch an unknown product

Thirty seconds can hold one idea and one believable proof. Trouble starts when it tries to hold the entire product page.

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Editorial illustration for What I would look for in 20 competitor TikTok ads

Creative analysis

Creative analysis7 min read

What I would look for in 20 competitor TikTok ads

Saving ads creates inspiration. Coding their patterns turns a swipe file into a creative brief.

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Editorial illustration for Five product demonstrations that earn belief in under 20 seconds

Product video

Product video6 min read

Five product demonstrations that earn belief in under 20 seconds

A demonstration is the moment copy becomes evidence. Even difficult products can make their mechanism visible.

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AI UGC

AI UGC7 min read

Why your ad looks AI-generated — and the avatar is not the main problem

Viewers notice impossible behavior and polished emptiness before they notice a minor lip-sync flaw.

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Editorial illustration for Your winning ad stopped working. Here is what I would change first

Creative testing

Creative testing6 min read

Your winning ad stopped working. Here is what I would change first

Creative fatigue does not automatically mean the message is dead. Sometimes the audience has simply learned the execution.

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Editorial illustration for Spain to Mexico is not a translation job: localize the buying scene

Localization

Localization7 min read

Spain to Mexico is not a translation job: localize the buying scene

The best localization is quiet. Nothing in the scene makes the viewer stop and reinterpret how the offer works.

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