$12K → $72K in 20 days. Not by making more ads, by finding the right angles first.
Creative strategist with 8 years in marketing, 50+ projects, $12M+ managed Meta spend, and 96% Job Success on Upwork.
You're spending $30K–$300K/month on Meta. Your ROAS looks acceptable, maybe a 2.1. But your contribution margin is shrinking. Every month you're producing more creative, briefing more UGC creators, running more tests, and nothing moves the needle.
Here's what's actually happening: you're stuck in the Production-First Trap. Your agency makes ads. Tests them. Most fail. You pay for all of it. Nobody asks the question that actually matters: why would a cold stranger pick your brand over three competitors in the 1.7 seconds before they scroll past?
That's not a production problem. That's an angle problem, and solving it is exactly what a research-first creative strategist does differently.
How The Creative Angle Engine Works:
I built a 3-phase research protocol that identifies your highest-probability creative angles before a single dollar goes into production:
Phase 1, Research: Competitor creative audit, audience psychology mapping, platform trend analysis. 80-page deep dive.
Phase 2, Angle Generation: 6-8 hypotheses ranked by probability of resonance. Evidence-based, not gut instinct.
Phase 3, Brief Production: Full production-ready briefs, hook, script, visual direction, CTA.
The result: higher creative hit rate, less wasted production budget, and contribution margin that grows while ad spend stays flat.
Recent Results:
How to Start:
Quick Audit ($497): I pull up your ad account, show you what's working, what's broken, and give you 3 specific angle recommendations. Loom walkthrough + written report. 48 hours. Credits 100% toward the Full Research.
Full Creative Intelligence Research ($1,300): Complete teardown of ad account, competitors, audience psychology. 80-page research doc + 3-5 production-ready briefs. Credits 100% toward any retainer.
Martin Lostak | VSL & Creative Strategist | 41% Revenue Boosts, 6X ROAS Jumps, 86% CAC Drops - Proven Systems earns an estimated $2.3k/mo. That's 1.7× the typical agency and more than 99% of everyone we track.
Every dollar you spend on the way in reduces the cost of the next step.
I don't do free strategy samples. Any creative strategist worth hiring requires deep research into your specific audience, competitors, and cost structure. The Quick Audit is how you see the real thing.
DTC e-commerce brands spending $30K-$300K/mo on Meta. US, NL, and DACH markets.
Martin Lostak | The Creative Angle Engine | duckcreative.co