If you're swapping hooks and calling it a test, you're not testing. You're hoping. Here's the structure we use to actually learn something every week.
Start with a concept matrix
Every quarter we map angles against formats. Each cell is a hypothesis with a clear pass or fail criterion. We don't ship a single ad without a sentence explaining what we're trying to learn.
Budget discipline beats budget size
We run new concepts in dedicated test campaigns at a budget that gives statistical signal in 72 hours. Winners get promoted into scale campaigns with a clean creative history.
Kill fast, scale faster
A test ad that hasn't beaten control by day 3 doesn't deserve more budget. A winner gets iterated on aggressively. Most brands do the opposite.
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Rhys
Founder of The Social Outline. 8 years running performance creative for mobile apps.
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