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Creative fatigue is a forecasting problem

Creative fatigue is a forecasting problem

Creative fatigue is a forecasting problem

In short

In short

Ads don't stop working overnight. Attention fades on a curve, and once you can see the curve you can brief the next hook before the drop.

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· live data

TikTok · Instagram

Attention ↗ day 1–14

Field note

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· live data

TikTok · Instagram

Attention ↗ day 1–14

Field note

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· live data

TikTok · Instagram

Attention ↗ day 1–14

Field note

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What we tested

What we tested

Attention ↗ day 1–14

Attention ↗ day 1–14

Attention ↗ day 1–14

TikTok · Instagram

Category

Category

Creative

Read

Read

5 min

Published

Published

Author

Author

Ines Duarte · Creative Director

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Read the note ↓

Attention ↗ day 1–14

Attention ↗ day 1–14

Field note ·

Field note ·

5 min

5 min

Written by

Ines Duarte · Creative Director

Channels

TikTok · Instagram

In this note

01 The problem

02 What we changed

03 What it did

Adsdon'tstopworkingovernight.Attentionfadesonacurve,andonceyoucanseethecurveyoucanbriefthenexthookbeforethedrop.
Adsdon'tstopworkingovernight.Attentionfadesonacurve,andonceyoucanseethecurveyoucanbriefthenexthookbeforethedrop.
Adsdon'tstopworkingovernight.Attentionfadesonacurve,andonceyoucanseethecurveyoucanbriefthenexthookbeforethedrop.

Every hook has a half-life. We track attention per creative day by day, and the curve looks almost the same across accounts: a strong first week, then a slow slide.

Brief before the drop

Once you can forecast the slide, the next round of hooks is briefed while the current one is still winning. Nothing goes stale in the account, and the edit team works ahead instead of in a panic.

The result is steadier CPA, and fewer weeks where the whole account seems to give up at once.

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