AMA creative testing ·56 min ·Recorded Jul 2026

The BEST Ad Creative Testing Methods for Performance Marketers

This video is a live AMA session hosted by Motion, featuring marketing leaders Connor MacDonald (CMO, Ridge), Cody Plofker (CMO, Jones Road Beauty), and Connor Rolain (Head of Growth, HexClad). The panelists discuss their approaches to creative testing, including how they structure tests, analyze performance, and balance creative diversity with brand consistency. They share specific examples from their brands, review ad performance using Motion reports, and answer audience questions on topics like turnaround times, key metrics, and adapting strategy when performance is down.

Outline

What's discussed, in order

Speaker Introductions

High-Level Creative Strategy Overview (Jones Road Beauty)

High-Level Creative Strategy Overview (HexClad & Ridge)

The Importance of Creative Strategy & Analytics

HexClad Ad Teardown: "Ian Ad" (Father's Day POV)

Jones Road Beauty Ad Teardown: Influencer vs. Control

Ridge Ad Teardown: "Last Chance" Father's Day Ad

Q&A Start & General Discussion

Q&A: How does creative testing evolve when performance is down?

Q&A: Turnaround time for the Father's Day ad

Q&A: Creative diversity vs. brand consistency

Q&A: Most valuable metrics for campaign effectiveness

Outro & Motion product pitch

Frameworks presented

2 named frameworks

01 Creative Exploration vs. Exploitation

A model for balancing the testing of net-new creative concepts (exploration) against iterating on proven winners (exploitation), with the mix shifting based on account performance.

presenter's own (Connor MacDonald) · ~40:56Play

02 Stoplight System (Red/Yellow/Green)

A simple categorization system for quickly evaluating ad test performance.

presenter's own (Cody Plofker) · ~13:11Play

Claims & hot takes

What's actually believed — in their own words

The creative production flywheel is probably the hardest thing to always keep running in a DTC brand.

Connor Rolain · 2026 · opinion 06:56 #

The value that a media buyer exclusively can create has been squeezed, and really all of that value creation has come from creative strategy.

Connor MacDonald · 2026 · observation 05:26 #

The biggest missing piece in a lot of people's creative strategy is actually the being creative part.

Cody Plofker · 2026 · opinion 06:54 #

You have to contextualize [performance] by having control metrics that you're comparing to.

Connor Rolain · 2026 · observation 33:30 #

The goal of this stuff we're talking about is direct response.

Cody Plofker · 2026 · observation 49:23 #

We're in this period of exponential complexity.

Connor MacDonald · 2026 · observation 06:26 #

Clear over cute.

Connor MacDonald · 2026 · opinion 37:57 #

The heart and soul of any direct-to-consumer brand is naming conventions.

Cody Plofker · 2026 · opinion 32:33 #

The goal is not to have one winner. The goal is to have a lot of things that are working.

Cody Plofker · 2026 · opinion 09:24 #

The goal is to have a portfolio of winners.

Cody Plofker · 2026 · opinion 09:33 #

You need to be acquiring more customers, you need to be doing more revenue... the way you do that is by creating ads that speak to different people.

Connor Rolain · 2026 · observation 03:50 #

Being socially native is not off-brand unless you are Chanel or Louis Vuitton.

Cody Plofker · 2026 · opinion 49:12 #

When performance is down, you need to be taking larger swings.

Connor MacDonald · 2026 · opinion 40:30 #

Tactics & anti-patterns

The do's and don'ts pulled from the session

Do this

Cody Plofker: Launch new creative twice a week to maintain testing volume. 02:45 #
Cody Plofker: Use a stoplight system (red/yellow/green) to quickly categorize ad performance. 13:11 #
When performance is down, increase testing budget and take bigger exploratory swings. — Connor Rolain / Connor MacDonald, 40:30–41:37 #
Connor Rolain: Use control metrics to contextualize new creative test performance. 33:30 #
Connor Rolain: Structure ad account so the platform decides which creative to spend on (organize by ad set). 45:49 #
Cody Plofker: When an ad has strong engagement but poor conversion, iterate by adding product shots or value props earlier. 27:57 #
Connor Rolain / Cody Plofker: Use consistent, detailed ad-level naming conventions to enable creative analysis. 32:33 #
Cody Plofker: Test different funnel types for different content types (e.g., socially native content → video landing page). 30:00 #
Cody Plofker: Aim for a portfolio of winners, not a single winning ad. 09:33 #
Cody Plofker: Prioritize creative diversity over hyper-optimization of one format. 03:08 #

Don't do this

Cody Plofker: Don't get overly attached to brand guidelines (like specific fonts) when testing socially native creative. 49:47 #
Cody Plofker: Don't just look for one "winner" ad; aim to build a portfolio. 09:24 #
Connor Rolain: Don't throw away an ad that underperforms on conversion metrics if its soft metrics (Thumbstop, hold rate) are strong — iterate instead. 15:50 #
Connor Rolain: Don't just "check the box" of creative diversity without a strategic purpose. 10:04 #
Cody Plofker: Don't fixate on beating a single winner as your only creative goal. 24:39 #

Data & stats cited

Numbers quoted in this talk

Ian Ad: 42.3% Thumbstop, 6.39% hold rate (7s), 0.84% CTR (outbound), 0.32 ROAS, 8 ads.

Motion report · 2026 · 15:03 #

Father's Day Total: 33.85% Thumbstop, 5.35% hold rate (7s), 1% CTR (outbound), 0.68 ROAS, 19 ads.

Motion report · 2026 · 15:03 #

Control (Jones Road): 119 ads, $902,801 spend, 0.72 ROAS, 25.75% Thumbstop, 5.83% hold rate.

Motion report · 2026 · 23:54 #

Influencer (Jones Road): 20 ads, $80,561 spend, 0.72 ROAS, 39.88% Thumbstop, 17.03% hold rate.

Motion report · 2026 · 23:54 #

"We have had like 60% thumbstop, great watch time, just no conversion intent there."

Cody Plofker · 2026 · 21:16 #

"This ad... ended up spending about $8,500 on it."

Connor Rolain · 2026 · 45:41 #

Motion Sprints UI shown: 791 launched creatives, 83 winning creatives, 7 unicorns.

Slide · 2026 · 55:21 #

"Join 2,100+ teams shipping winning ads with Motion."

Slide · 2026 · 55:30 #

Named entities

Everything referenced on-screen and by name

People mentioned (excluding speakers)

Gordon Ramsay — Celebrity Chef — endorsed — Partner of HexClad, featured in their marketing.
Bobbi Brown — Founder, Jones Road Beauty — cited.
Ian — Creator — neutral — Creator of the "Ian Ad" for HexClad.
Joanna Wallace — Director of Paid Media Creative, HexClad — cited.
Cam Bush — Head of Advertising, HexClad — cited.
Reza — Founder, Motion — cited.

Brands / companies referenced

Jones Road Beauty, HexClad, Ridge, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Vuori, True Classic, MUD\WTR, MuteSix, Wpromote, Power

Tools / products referenced (excluding Motion)

Facebook, YouTube, Shopify, Northbeam, Fermàt, Photoshop, Premiere, Data Studio

External frameworks / concepts cited

iOS 14 privacy update (catalyst for shift to creative-driven performance)
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) analogy — Cody Plofker

Ad examples shown

2 ads referenced

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Ad #1 — HexClad Father's Day POV

HexClad ·video, UGC, POV, TikTok ·09:25

Duration shown in this video: 60 seconds
Hook (first 3 sec): A man picks up his wife's unattended phone and begins whispering into it, with the on-screen text "POV: Training my wife's unattended phone for targeted ads".
Product / pitch: HexClad hybrid cookware, positioned as a desirable Father's Day gift for a dad who is tired of receiving macaroni art.
Key on-screen text: POV: Training my wife's unattended phone for targeted ads, Why HexClad is the best cookware on the fudging planet, HexClad Father's Day Sale, Save up to 35%, Best pans for searing steak, Scratch-resistant cookware, Do you see this pan?, I AM BETTER THAN THIS, Best nonstick pan for eggs, NO MORE MACARONI ART, What the fudge am I supposed to do with this??, How long do I have to hold on to this for?, Father's Day gifts that EVERYONE benefits from, How to stay married, Show me ads for HexClad H E X C L A D, Dishwasher-safe pots and pans, LIFETIME warranty None of this ONE YEAR shit, Family heirloom, PLEASE. No. More. Macaroni., Monty wants you to get Dad HexClad, 12 piece set Not just one pan, Best pans for induction stove Also get me an induction stove, HexClad HexClad HexClad HexClad HexClad HexClad, Cookware the kids can't ruin, GORDON RAMSEY, How to make your sister jealous of your kitchen..., HexClad coupon, Babe have you seen my phone?
Key spoken lines: [Man whispering] "Why HexClad is the best cookware on the fudging planet... HexClad Father's Day Sale... Save up to 35%... Best pans for searing steak... Scratch-resistant cookware... Do you see this pan? I am better than this... Best nonstick pan for eggs... No more macaroni art... What the fudge am I supposed to do with this? How long do I have to hold on to this for?... Father's Day gifts that everyone benefits from... How to stay married... Show me ads for HexClad, H-E-X-C-L-A-D... Dishwasher-safe pots and pans... Lifetime warranty, none of this one-year shit... Family heirloom... Please, no more macaroni... Monty wants you to get Dad HexClad... 12-piece set, not just one pan... Best pans for induction stove, also get me an induction stove... HexClad, HexClad, HexClad, HexClad, HexClad, HexClad... Cookware the kids can't ruin... Gordon Ramsey... How to make your sister jealous of your kitchen... HexClad coupon..." [Woman's voice] "Babe, have you seen my phone?"
Visual style: lo-fi, UGC, shot on an iPhone
CTA / offer (if shown): Father's Day Sale! SAVE UP TO 35%!, GET UP TO 35% OFF! Shop Father's Day Deals
Narrative arc: A man "trains" his wife's phone algorithm by whispering keywords and benefits of HexClad cookware, hoping she'll see targeted ads and buy it for him for Father's Day. The ad ends with her asking where her phone is.
Why shown in this video: To demonstrate a new, "meta" creative concept that plays on the conspiracy theory that phones are always listening for ad targeting.
Speaker's take: "This is a very new concept we've never done before. It's very like meta... It's hitting on the whole... conspiracy that like Facebook and all these ad platforms are listening to your phone and then serving you targeted ads. So this is for a Father's Day sale..."

Ad #2 — The Ridge Wallet UGC Mashup

The Ridge ·video, UGC, compilation/mashup ·35:28

Duration shown in this video: 28 seconds
Hook (first 3 sec): A woman unboxes a Ridge wallet, looking surprised and excited. On-screen text reads: "Why men are obsessed with these wallets".
Product / pitch: The Ridge wallet, a slim, durable, and feature-rich wallet for men.
Key on-screen text: Why men are obsessed with these wallets, 1. Last Chance Father's Day sale up to 40% OFF, AIRTAG TRACKING, DECLUTTER, MINIMALIST, RFID PROTECTED, LIFETIME UPGRADE, they'll never lose their wallet again, 2. 30+ colors to match any style, 3. 99 day risk-free trial, If they don't love it, send it back for a full refund., + lifetime warranty, GUARANTEED FOR LIFE, THERE ARE OVER 80,000 5-STAR REVIEWS, 4. It will last FOREVER, free shipping and returns.
Key spoken lines: [Upbeat instrumental music]
Visual style: UGC, compilation of various short clips
CTA / offer (if shown): Last Chance Father's Day sale up to 40% OFF
Narrative arc: A hook question followed by a rapid-fire montage of user-generated clips showcasing the product's features, benefits, and social proof, ending with guarantees.
Why shown in this video: To show an example of a consistently high-performing ad, especially during gifting seasons, that is very direct and feature-focused.
Speaker's take: "I'd describe this one as frustratingly green. This is our best performer from Father's Day '23 and '24... It is the most on-the-nose format. It's got a strong thumbstop rate. This is a gifting period, it's largely targeting women. We have the four points, it's super clear, concise, and just performs really well."

Slides & visual artifacts

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Slide #1 — Marketing Operators LIVE: Creative Testing AMA

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Speaker's framing: "Today we got the marketing operators crew who's going to be talking about creative testing..."

Slide #2 — Speaker Grid (4-way)

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Body content: - Top-left: Evan Lee, Head of Partnerships & Business Development, Motion - Top-right: Connor MacDonald, CMO, Ridge - Bottom-left: Cody Plofker, CMO, Jones Road Beauty - Bottom-right: Connor Rolain, Head of Growth, HexClad
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Speaker's framing: "Guys, what's happening?"

Slide #3 — Speaker Grid (3-way)

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Body content: - Top: Connor MacDonald, CMO, Ridge - Bottom-left: Cody Plofker, CMO, Jones Road Beauty - Bottom-right: Connor Rolain, Head of Growth, HexClad
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Speaker's framing: "Alright, thank you, Evan. Uh, I'll I'll kick us off here quickly, guys."

Slide #4 — HexClad Father's Day Ad Example

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Facebook Ad Preview: • Brand: HexClad • Headline: 🔥Father's Day Sale! SAVE UP TO 35%!🔥 This year, get Dad what he REALLY wants - HexClad hybrid cookware. It's... • Video thumbnail with text overlay: "POV: Training my wife's unattended phone for targeted ads" • Website: hexclad.com • CTA: Shop now
Ad Preview Pane: • HexClad wants to share an ad with you. • See How People Will Experience Your Ad • Selected Ad Placements • Once you confirm that you want to see the ad, it will show up in all selected placements for 24 hours. • Buttons: Decline, Show Ad
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Speaker's framing: "So, this is a Father's Day ad... This is a very new concept, we've never done this before."

Slide #5 — Motion Report - Ian Ad vs Father's Day Total

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Title / header text: HexClad (HC-BM) > MO FD
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Table: • **Ian Ad** (8 ads): Spend [value], Thumbstop 42.3%, Hold rate 7s 6.39%, CTR (outbound) 0.84%, ROAS 0.32 • **Father's Day Total** (19 ads): Spend [value], Thumbstop 33.85%, Hold rate 7s 5.35%, CTR (outbound) 1%, ROAS 0.68
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Father's Day Total: Chart showing relative values for Spend, Thumbstop, CTR (outbound), ROAS.
Ian Ad: Chart showing relative values for Spend, Thumbstop, CTR (outbound), ROAS.
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Annotations / visual emphasis: The row for "Father's Day Total" is highlighted in green.
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Speaker's framing: "So, here's here's what I mean though when I'm saying... like when I was talking about those aggregate control metrics, this is what I'm saying."

Slide #6 — Motion Report - Influencer vs Control

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Title / header text: Influencer vs Control
Body content: - Snapshot created by Cody Plofker - Date range: Jun 08 - Jul 07 2024 - Color formatting based on 2 groups that spent - Created with Motion
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Table: • **Control** (119 ads): Spend $902,801, ROAS 0.72, CPA $97.42, CPM $67.74, % new visits 67.74%, CTR (outbound) 3.05%, Thumbstop 25.75%, Hold rate 5.83%, CPC (outbound link click) $2.09 • **Influencer** (20 ads): Spend $80,561, ROAS 0.72, CPA $109.42, CPM $70.71%, % new visits 76.71%, CTR (outbound) 2.41%, Thumbstop 39.88%, Hold rate 17.03%, CPC (outbound link click) $1.88
Bar Chart: • Chart showing Spend for "Control" (approx. $900k) and "Influencer" (approx. $80k).
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Speaker's framing: "So I've got two. I've got a top ads and a comparative analysis."

Slide #7 — Motion Report - Top Influencer Ads

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Title / header text: Jones Road Beauty > Influencer
Body content: - Snapshot created by Cody Plofker
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Table (partial): • Ad 1 (Video(MiracleBalm)...): Spend $72,896.31, ROAS $101,329.78, Purchases 2.0k, CTR (outbound) 41.13%, Thumbstop 28.83%, CPC (outbound link click) $1.57 • Ad 2 (Video(MiracleBalm)...): Spend $59,518.36, ROAS $191,064.24, Purchases 2.7k, CTR (outbound) 41.39%, Thumbstop 10.69%, CPC (outbound link click) $2.65 • Ad 3 (Video(MiracleBalm)...): Spend $44,454.7, ROAS $138,208.59, Purchases 1.9k, CTR (outbound) 56.54%, Thumbstop 12.66%, CPC (outbound link click) $1.60
Bar Chart: • Chart showing Spend (blue) and ROAS (pink) for multiple influencer ads.
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Speaker's framing: "So as I said, our big focus and name of the game is creative diversity..."

Slide #8 — Q&A Overlay - Kristin Gritt

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Body content: - How does your approach to creative testing change or evolve when performance is down? If at all?
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Speaker's framing: "So one of the first questions that I see coming in is from Kristin..."

Slide #9 — Q&A Overlay - Gaige Marshall

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Speaker's framing: "Next question I'm going to pull up from here is from Gaige..."

Slide #10 — Q&A Overlay - George Hlongwane

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Speaker's framing: "So George, so George asks the questions..."

Slide #11 — Q&A Overlay - Alfredo Meneses Rojas

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Body content: - Cody, what's your rule for creative diversity vs brand consistency?
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Speaker's framing: "Cody, there's a question that was directed to you, but again, I want everyone's thoughts here."

Slide #12 — Ship more winning creative

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Speaker's framing: "It's time to ship more winning creative..."

Slide #13 — Motion Sprints UI

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Title / header text: Sprints
Body content: A screenshot of the Motion app "Sprints" page. It shows metrics like "Launched creatives" (791), "Winning creatives" (83), and "Unicorns" (7). Below is a table of "All creatives" with columns for Creative, Badges, Opportunities, and Spend.
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Speaker's framing: "...with Motion's creative analytics platform..."

Slide #14 — Motion Badges

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Speaker's framing: "...that helps you scale winners into unicorns..."

Slide #15 — Motion Opportunities

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Speaker's framing: "...and helps you figure out where your ads might need just a little more help."

Slide #16 — Join 2,100+ teams

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Slide #17 — Motion Scores

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Slide #18 — Book a demo

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Speaker's framing: "...and you can see how Motion can help your creative strategists and your media buyers speak the same language."

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"I feel we didn't do this well until probably 2021. It was right around the iOS 14 shift where targeting got significantly worse." — Connor MacDonald, 05:38 — post-iOS 14 era.
"This was back 6, 7, 8 years ago... advertising was easy, or it was much easier." — Connor MacDonald, 05:01 — pre-2017 era.
Jones Road influencer report date range: Jun 08 – Jul 07 2024. 23:54

Full transcript

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Motion logo on a black background.

Evan Lee: Today we got the Marketing Operators crew who's going to be talking about creative testing.

Title card for the event. Text reads: "Motion | M Marketing Operators", "Marketing Operators LIVE: Creative Testing AMA". Below are headshots of three men, labeled "Connor MacDonald", "Cody Plofker", and "Connor Rolain". The host, Evan Lee, is visible in a video feed on the left.

Evan Lee: And guess what? You all get to ask every question that's been burning in your desires to be able to ask.

The screen changes to a four-quadrant video call. Top left: Evan Lee, labeled "Evan Lee, Head of Partnerships & Business Development, Motion". Top right: Connor MacDonald, labeled "Connor MacDonald, CMO, Ridge". Bottom left: Cody Plofker, labeled "Cody Plofker, CMO, Jones Road Beauty". Bottom right: Connor Rolain, labeled "Connor Rolain, Head of Growth, HexClad".

Evan Lee: Guys, what's happening?

Connor MacDonald: What's up, Evan?

Evan Lee: This is an exciting one. I'm excited to see how this goes down. I'm excited to see how this is going to come up.

Connor Rolain: Excited to chat creative today.

Evan Lee: Everybody, we have these three amazing dudes with us. Like, this is absolutely incredible and I want to be able to do them justice here. So like the first person that you can see is Cody. Cody's absolutely incredible. The chief marketing and revenue officer at Jones Road Beauty. I I call him the man, the myth, the legend. He's uh, he's he's uh at Jones Road, one of the fastest growing D2C brands and a leader in a highly competitive D2C beauty space. Uh, in addition, he's worked as a marketer, operator, advisor, investor, and consultant to some of the fastest growing D2C brands. Plus, he's just a great guy who we've known for a really long time. So, let's welcome Cody to the stage.

Cody Plofker: Thank you, Evan. Appreciate that, man.

Evan Lee: Cool, man. Cool. And then we got a couple Connors with us here today. And of course, we got to do Connor Connor Mac, right? So Connor is the CMO at Ridge and he's someone I've deeply respected from afar for a long time. Uh, Ridge is one of the heavy hitters in the D2C space, especially in men's accessories, and he runs all of their performance marketing stack, covering paid media, email marketing, CRO. Uh, and not to mention, he's a long-time friend of the Motion team here. So, welcome to the stage.

Connor MacDonald: Thank you. Thank you.

Evan Lee: I got you. I got you. And then finally, we have Connor Rolain. So Connor, my guy, we've known each other for two and a half, three years now, something like that. And he's somebody who I learn a ton from personally. He's the creative strategist behind HexClad's widely successful partnership with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, and he oversees a diverse team responsible for performance marketing and online distribution channels. So all three of these guys are the ones you need to know and who you're going to learn from. So essentially, this is where I where I pop out, they pop in and absolutely crush it, y'all. So I'll see you during the Q&A, okay? All right.