Meta ad creatives convert when they pair a scroll-stopping hook with a clear demonstration of the product solving a specific problem, credible proof, and an unambiguous offer. For DTC brands in 2026, conversion is driven far more by how many genuinely different...
Harry Sekhon
Landing Page for Ads: What It Needs and Why Your Homepage Fails
Send ad clicks to a dedicated landing page, not your homepage. Here is what the page needs, how fast it must load, and how to test it.
Revenue Marketing: What It Is and How to Run It in Australia
Revenue marketing ties every dollar of spend to money in the bank. Here is how Australian e-commerce and B2B teams define it, measure it and run it.
Meta is removing placement controls – how it will likely affect your media buying
Meta placement controls are being removed. The off switch is now a dimmer. For ten years, the first thing a competent media buyer did with Meta placement controls in a new ad set was uncheck Audience Network. That reflex is about to be useless. On 20 August 2026, Jon...
Media Mix Modelling: When It Pays Off and When It Doesn’t
Media mix modelling explained for Australian brands: what it measures, data you need, how it differs from attribution, and when incrementality tests come first.
Server-Side Tracking: What It Fixes and What It Breaks
Server-side tracking sends conversion data from your server, not the browser. See how it works, what it costs, how to avoid CAPI double-counting and the AU privacy rules.
Rise of the creative strategist role; Because the creative is the targeting now
The creative strategist is the most important hire in DTC advertising right now For about ten years, winning at paid ads meant out-fiddling everyone else. You stacked audiences. You split tested bids. You built account structures with more layers than a wedding cake...
PMax vs Search: How to Split Your Google Ads Budget
PMax vs Search for Australian ecommerce: what each campaign type does, where PMax cannibalises Search, and how to set the boundary so you stop paying twice.
Google AI Max Upgrade: What Changed in September 2026
In September, Google started flipping switches in your ad account with Google AI Max, whether you touch them or not. The Google AI Max upgrade goes compulsory in September 2026. Campaigns still running automatically created assets or campaign-level broad match get...
Cookieless Retargeting for Marketers: Map Consent Before Reach Falls
Map consent and server side tagging, then test creative and incrementality to protect performance in cookieless retargeting while respecting privacy.
Increase Average Order Value: 6 Levers to Test, Not Guess
Learn how to increase average order value with six testable levers, from bundles and cart recommendations to spend thresholds, measured by customer segment.
Your AI marketing workflow shouldn’t be a pilot
95% of corporate AI pilots deliver nothing. Not "underperform." Nothing. No measurable effect on profit and loss. That's the finding from MIT's Project NANDA report, The GenAI Divide (2025) — a review of 300+ AI initiatives, interviews across 52 organisations and...












