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Creative Strategy

AI Creative Ops: Automating the Review Cycle for Image Ads at Scale

Stop letting review bottlenecks throttle your ad output. Here's how AI-powered creative ops can automate approval flows for high-volume image ads without sacrificing quality.

Gary Hui · Apr 16, 2026 · 5 min read

$Scaling from \$10k to \$100k a day: a creative-first playbook$

Scaling Paid Social

Scaling from \$10k to \$100k a day: a creative-first playbook

The jump from a five-figure to a six-figure daily budget breaks most accounts. The ones that survive scale creative supply before they scale spend.

Gary Hui · Apr 2, 2026 · 2 min read

Creative Volume

Beyond DTC: applying the volume playbook anywhere

The creative-volume playbook was forged in DTC, but the logic applies anywhere attention is bought. Here is how it travels.

Gary Hui · Mar 17, 2026 · 2 min read

Case Studies

The IM8 creative playbook: how to sell longevity

Longevity is abstract. Great health creative makes it concrete, personal, and believable. Here are the angles that work in a category like IM8's.

Gary Hui · Mar 9, 2026 · 2 min read

Creative Strategy

The founder factor: how founder-led creative scales trust

A credible founder is one of the most powerful — and most underused — creative assets a brand has. IM8 shows how to turn it into a scalable angle.

Gary Hui · Mar 1, 2026 · 2 min read

Creative Strategy

In-House vs. Agency Static Production: Breakpoints Where Brands Scale Creative Operations via CO8 Automation

At what point does bringing creative production in-house outweigh agency costs? We analyze breakpoints where brands scale operations via CO8 automation.

Gary Hui · Oct 3, 2024 · 2 min read

Creative Strategy

Furniture Depreciation Visual: Timeline Showing When Piece's Value Drops Indicating Re-Flip

D2C furniture brands lose profit as inventory ages. Learn to map value decline and time re-flips for maximum ROI.

Gary Hui · Jul 4, 2024 · 6 min read

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