The ad is the last thing I write.
Before it comes a week in the reviews, the comment sections and the subreddits, because that is where people describe the problem when nobody is selling to them. The angle comes out of that reading. Then the script, then the brief, beat by beat with timecodes, so an editor can build it without coming back to ask me anything.
A $149 resistance band system, off r/homegym and the one-star Amazon reviews: 890,000 views and 6,200 units. A $68 retinol serum, out of a survey of a hundred of the brand's own customers asking what went wrong with the retinol they tried before: 4.8x ROAS, $42 CPA, 2,800 orders in sixty days. A $35 pet subscription box: 620,000 views and 4,800 subscribers.
After the click I work the same way. A product page at 8.7% add to cart, and a three-email cart sequence that recovered $127,000 in thirty days.
Five years, DTC only. Skincare is the deepest category, then supplements, fitness, pet and beverage.