Panel creative strategy ·1 min ·Recorded May 2024

2024 Ad Strategy for Pros – Make Ads That Convert

The moderator (Evan Lee) asks the panel what they've adopted in 2024 that has been most effective for making ads that convert. Mirella Crespi responds first, highlighting three top strategies: a "sound-first" approach to creatives, the expanding ecosystem of AI tools used across every stage of the creative process, and new Motion features that make optimization easier. She offers to elaborate on the sound-first approach later in the conversation.

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A sound-first approach to creatives has been both fun and effective in 2024.

Mirella Crespi · 2024 · observation 00:25 #

AI tools have significantly improved and are now being used at every stage of the creative process.

Mirella Crespi · 2024 · observation 00:36 #

New Motion features make optimization easier.

Mirella Crespi · 2024 · observation 00:46 #

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  • Mirella Crespi: Take a "sound-first" approach to creative. 00:25 #
  • Mirella Crespi: Incorporate AI tools across every stage of the creative production process. 00:36 #
  • Mirella Crespi: Leverage new Motion features to simplify ad optimization. 00:46 #
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    • Sound-first creative approach — referenced by Mirella Crespi as a methodology for ad production.

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    Slide #1 — Creative Strategist Flowchart
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    A flowchart is displayed with two distinct process flows. **Flow 1 (top):** A six-step process with a feedback loop from the last step to the first. 1. **Research** • Growth/Creative Teams • Research performance, competitors, platforms • Brainstorm, logging ideas • Iterations from past performance • Skills match 2. **Roadmap** • Growth Team бактерия Create creative roadmap based on performance and calendar • Skills match 3. **Post-Production** • Creative Team • Designers and editors execute the notes 4. **QA** • Creative/Growth Team • Quality check on creative for brand, messaging, DR tactics 5. **Launch Content** • Growth Team • Content to be monitored by both teams, ideally 6. **Analyze Performance** • Growth/Creative Teams • Analyze performance and track learnings **Flow 2 (bottom):** A six-step linear process. 1. Research 2. Develop UGC Brief 3. Source Creators 4. Creator Selects 5. Coordinate with Creators 6. Post Production
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    "So, this is like at a high level, the type of process that I like to take my teams through. And you can see here, it's really a six-part process of first the research. I was ecstatic to hear Savannah say that, like, honestly, the research was the biggest part. It's also the biggest part for the teams that I'm looking at. And this really is a collaboration between growth and creative teams."

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    • The entire discussion is framed around effective ad-making tactics adopted in 2024, referencing being "halfway through 2024." 00:18

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    Motion logo animates on a black background.
    A 5-panel video call screen. Top row, left to right: Evan Lee, Head of Partnerships & Business Development, Motion; Mirella Crespi, Founder, Creative Milkshake; Dara Denney, Performance Creative Consultant. Bottom row, left to right: Jess Bachman, Creative Strategy Director, Fireteam; Savannah Sanchez, Founder, The Social Savannah. The Motion logo is in the bottom right corner.

    Evan Lee: So we've come to 2024 and something that I I'm curious about is we're halfway through is what's something you've adopted in 2024 that's been most effective for making ads that ultimately convert?

    Mirella Crespi: Ooh. Lots of things to be honest. We're only halfway through 2024 and so much has changed in our process.

    Um, taking a sound first approach to creatives has been not only so fun but so effective and I'm happy to like dive into that a bit later if if the time comes. Um,

    the incredible amount of AI tools that have been like improving and developing and we have been using them in every stage of the process. Um,

    and Motion launching all these new features that makes optimization even easier. I'd say these would be my top three.