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Ad Creative Design: Video, Static and Carousel

Ad creative design gives you video, static and carousel options built to test instead of relying on one design.

Receive the video, image or carousel ads needed to communicate the offer and test different creative approaches. A post is made for people who already follow you. An ad interrupts a stranger, so it has to carry an offer, a reason to care, and something to do next, in the first second or two.

And you do not run one ad, you run three. Nobody can tell by looking which picture or which opening line will work. The platform spends more on whichever one gets the cheaper result, so making one is a guess and making three is finding out.

Static ads, carousel ads and video ads all get made here, each one in three versions. Filming can be included where there is no footage worth using.

Running the ads, setting the budget and watching what happens is ad management, which is its own service.

What a version is, and why there are three

A version is the same ad with one thing changed. A different image, a different headline, a different way of wording the offer. On a video it is a different opening, because the first seconds are what decide whether anybody watches at all.

  • Three versions come with every adNot three different ads. The same ad, three ways, so they can be compared
  • The platform picks the winner, not meIt spends more on whichever version gets the cheaper result, which is a decision made on your money rather than on an opinion
  • More versions can be addedEach extra version of a static or carousel ad, and each extra opening for a video ad, is priced on its own

Why an ad costs more than a post

A designed post is one graphic. An ad is three, each one carrying an offer and a hook, built to be judged against each other on cost rather than on how it looks. That is three pieces of work and a decision, not one piece of work.

What gets made

Static adsOne image carrying the offer. The simplest thing to test and usually the first thing to run.
Carousel adsSeveral slides somebody swipes, for an offer that needs more than one picture to explain.
Video adsCut from your footage, with captions and the offer on screen. Three different openings, because the first seconds decide the rest.
Filming, where there is nothing to useA half day on site, and the ad built from what comes out of it.
How this gets fixed

The service is making the ads, in versions, ready to run

The offer and the angle get decided first, then the ad gets made three ways. What it is asking somebody to do, what would stop them, and what makes them act now.

You end up holding the finished files, sized for the platform they run on, ready to be loaded into an account. Nothing here loads them.

Scope

What this service includes

Included in your service
  • Static ads, carousel ads and video ads
  • Three versions of each, so they can be tested
  • The offer and the hook decided before anything is made
  • Filming can be included
  • Making the ads, not running them
Related work quoted separately
  • Running the ads. Loading them, setting budgets and adjusting them is ad management
  • The ad spend itself, which is yours and goes to the platform directly
  • Deciding your offer, your audience or your positioning. Messaging settles that first
  • A landing page for the ad to send people to, which is its own service
  • Tracking on that page, which is its own service
  • Writing a full script beyond the ad itself
  • Music licensing, stock footage, actors or voiceover talent
  • Any promise about clicks, leads, sales or what an ad costs to run

What it covers

  • Static ad, three versions
    • The offer and the angle decided first What the ad is asking somebody to do, before anything is designed
    • The ad designed Built for the platform it runs on, at the size that platform takes
    • Three versions The same ad with one thing changed, so the cheaper one can be found
  • Carousel ad, up to three slides
  • Each carousel slide after the third
  • Video ad, three hook versions
    • From footage you already have The offer and hook decided, the script, the edit, captions and overlays, and three different openings
  • Video ad including a filming half day
    • Everything in the video ad, plus up to two hours filming on site For a business with no footage worth using
  • Each extra version of a static or carousel ad, after the three
    • The same ad with one thing changed A different image, a different headline, or a different way of wording the offer
  • Each extra hook version of a video ad, after the three
    • A new opening written and cut The first seconds are what decides whether anybody watches, so a video version is a different opening rather than a different image
Your quote

What shapes your quote

Start with the standard service. Add only the work your business needs.

Standard starting point
  • The offer and the angle decided firstWhat the ad is asking somebody to do, before anything is designed
  • The ad designedBuilt for the platform it runs on, at the size that platform takes
  • Three versionsThe same ad with one thing changed, so the cheaper one can be found
Add only what you need
  • A carousel ad instead, and each slide after the third
  • A video ad instead
  • A filming half day, where there is no footage to use
  • Each extra version after the three
  • A landing page for the ad to go to
  • Tracking on that page, so you can tell whether it worked
The process

How it runs, step by step

  • Tell me what is going on The form below. What you have now, and what you want instead.
  • A short call, if it needs one Only where the scope cannot be settled in writing.
  • You get the scope and the price In writing, with what is included and what is not.
  • You approve it Nothing starts before you have agreed the scope and the price.
  • The work happens You are told when something needs a decision from you, and nothing else.
  • Handover What was done, where it lives, and what to do next, written down.

More on how working together works.

What has to be settled before an ad can be built

An ad is a short argument, and it cannot be written before the argument is settled. Three things get checked first, and each one is its own service if it is missing.

Settle this firstMessaging, offer and positioning

What you sell, who it is for, and why somebody picks you over the business down the road. An ad built before this is expensive guessing, and the guessing is paid for in ad spend rather than in design time.

Where the ad sends peopleA landing page built for the ad

Sending paid traffic to a homepage is the most common way a budget disappears. A page that answers the ad and asks one thing converts better than a page that does everything.

So you can tell whether it workedTracking on the page the ad sends to

Without it, nobody can answer whether the ads produced anything, and the argument about whether to keep spending has no facts in it.

Already have the page and the tracking? Then this starts straight away. Connecting an ad to a page you already have is part of ad setup.

Running the ads, and finding out what they did

Making the ads and running them are different jobs, and they are priced separately so you can buy one without the other.

Next stepGoogle Ads setup and management

The account, the campaign, the budget, and somebody reading the search terms every week so the money stops going to the wrong searches.

Next stepPaid social media ads management

The audience, the campaign and the weekly adjustments on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and the rest.

Next stepA report on what the ads produced

How many people the ads sent, what they did on the page, and what that cost. Monthly, or weekly where the spend justifies it.

FAQ

Questions about this service

Why three versions instead of one?

Because nobody can tell which one will work by looking at it, including me. The platform spends more on whichever version gets the cheaper result. One ad is an opinion. Three is a test, and the test is paid for in design time rather than in wasted ad spend.

What is a version, exactly?

The same ad with one thing changed. A different image, a different headline, or a different way of wording the offer. On a video it is a different opening, because the first seconds decide whether the rest gets watched.

Why does an ad cost more than a graphic?

A graphic is one piece for people who already follow you. An ad is three pieces for strangers, each carrying an offer and a reason to act, and each built to be judged on what it costs rather than on how it looks.

Do you run the ads too?

That is ad management, and it is separate on purpose so you can buy the ads without the retainer, or bring somebody else in to run them. The files are yours either way.

I do not have any footage. Can you still make a video ad?

Yes. A filming half day can be included, and the ad gets built from what comes out of it.

What if I do not have a landing page?

Then the ad has nowhere good to send people, and a homepage is the most common way a budget disappears. A landing page is its own service and it is worth doing before the ads run rather than after.

Can you guarantee the ads will work?

What gets controlled here is whether the offer is clear, whether the ad is built for the platform, and whether there are enough versions to find out what works. What an ad costs to run is decided in an auction by people who are not either of us.

Send me the details

I read it and reply with the scope and the price before any work starts.

Get a quote

Tell me the result you want and where I can see the business now. I use that information to identify the most useful service or package and decide whether I can quote it in writing. If one missing detail changes the work or price, I will ask for that detail or suggest a short call.

What would help most?

Pick at least one. More than one is fine.

Answer a few more if you want a more specific first reply

What happens next: I review the links and details, then reply within two business days with the best next step, any one question I still need answered, or a written quote when the scope is already clear.

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