Ep 3: The Art of Creative Strategy in Performance Marketing, with Brett Friedman
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Key Takeaways
- The Creative Strategy Agency specializes in modular creative strategy for e-commerce performance marketing.
- Services include everything from customer interviews to competitive analysis, idea generation, briefing, and ad production—each offered a la carte.
- Brett’s agency evolved from his background in both agencies and tech, bringing a systems-first approach to creative strategy.
- Building repeatable, systematized processes is key to scaling creative output and maintaining quality.
- Brett follows a "10-80-10" workflow: human starts, tech/AI does the heavy lifting, human finishes—amplifying efficiency.
- Pricing strategy was a hard-learned lesson; moving from performance-only to a blended pricing model increased sustainability and quality.
- Agencies should understand the three types of work: procedural, gray hair, and brain work—then price and staff accordingly.
- Brett’s ideal clients are e-commerce startups with 20K+/mo ad spend, especially those with innovative or newly possible products.
- Happiness and burnout prevention are crucial for agency owners—Brett recommends The Oxford Handbook of Happiness as a starting point.
Tools Mentioned
- Dax – AI-powered creative strategist tool, handling everything from analytics to briefing.
- BestEver.ai – AI tool focused on high-quality static ad production.
Guest Links Mentioned
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