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Meta/Facebook Ads MasteryThe 50-Conversions-a-Week Rule: How Meta's Learning Phase Really Works in 2026

What the 50-conversions-a-week rule really means in 2026, why spending your way out of learning limited is usually wrong, and when the label doesn't matter.

April 1, 2026
Scaling, Budgets & BiddingThe 10% Rule: How We Decide Which Ads Earn a Scale Budget

Your highest-ROAS ad is usually the wrong one to scale. Here's the 10% rule we use to decide which Facebook ads earn a scale budget, and the common trap.

March 21, 2026
CRO, Landing Pages & RetentionYour Email Isn't Returning 35x: How to Holdout-Test Retention Like Paid Media

That 35x your email dashboard reports is borrowed last-click credit. Here's how to run a user-level holdout, sized to your consideration period, for the real number.

March 10, 2026
Brand, Strategy & DTC TrendsLocalization: The 3-4x Growth Lever Most Shopify Brands Never Pull

Translate apps build a ceiling you blame on the market. The four levers that 3-4x a geo, a staged playbook by revenue band, and how to test a country first.

April 21, 2026
Brand, Strategy & DTC TrendsStop Selling Wants, Add a Need: The In-Market Expansion That Did $1M in Month One

Some buyers don't want your product, they need it, this month, on a deadline. How to find the non-discretionary entry point in your category and own its cheap window.

April 10, 2026
Brand, Strategy & DTC TrendsYour Meta Account Is the R&D Lab for Retail: Measure Thrice, Cut Once

Your DTC store's real value isn't revenue, it's the cheapest A/B testbed you've got. Find the winning message on Meta before you ship to a retail shelf.

March 30, 2026
Creative Strategy, UGC & Ad ProductionBuild a 50-200 Creator Community That Feeds Your Ad Account UGC

Most brands rent UGC one post at a time. Here's how I'd build a 50-200 creator community that feeds your ad account fresh, higher-converting content weekly.

March 19, 2026
Measurement, Attribution & IncrementalityYou Don't Need Triple Whale Yet: The DTC Measurement Ladder for $1M, $10M, and $100M Brands

Most attribution advice describes the nine-figure setup. Here's the measurement ladder by revenue stage, and the cheap proxies to use before the big tools.

March 8, 2026
Profitability, Offers & Unit EconomicsStop Setting 12-Month LTV Goals: The 30/60/90-Day Cohort Target System That Funds Higher CAC

Year-long LTV goals are impossible to act on. Here's the 30/60/90-day cohort target system I use to set actionable growth targets and fund a higher CAC.

February 18, 2026
AI & Automation for EcomWhy Most AI UGC Still Sounds Fake (and the Speech-to-Speech Fix That Makes Avatars Believable)

Believable faces, robotic voices: the tell is the audio. A teardown of why AI UGC sounds fake, the speech-to-speech fix, and the FTC line we hold.

February 7, 2026
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