The portfolio · 05 Advertising

Make someone
stop scrolling.

Covers, cards and a launch ad that promise exactly what the post delivers. Rendered backgrounds are labelled as renders. The hook is always true.

Advertising · covers and cards

Honest hooks, up close.

Covers for the YouTube walkthroughs and cards for the class launch. Rendered backgrounds, real promises. Click any to enlarge.

Covers for the YouTube walkthroughs and cards for the class launch. Rendered backgrounds, real promises. Click any to enlarge.

05Advertising · covers and cards

Thumbnails that earn the click honestly.

The paper-to-app cover is the pontoon check-in form, which really did go from clipboard to phone in one sitting. The class cards ran on Facebook and Instagram. Each one promises the thing the post delivers, and nothing more.

  • YouTube · Facebook · Instagram
  • Copy and direction by me
Get a set for your launch

Also hereTwo more YouTube coversThe 26-second launch ad

More covers · and one revision

The click has to earn its keep.

A cover is a promise about the next ten minutes. These two run on YouTube; the third shows what one specific note does to a render.

YouTube cover

Ask AI to ask you.

The cover for the walkthrough on making AI ask questions first. The title is the whole promise, and the video keeps it.

Watch the video (opens in a new tab)
YouTube cover

Harness the chaos.

The cover for the chaos-day tracker walkthrough. One line, one face, one tool, and the tool is free on GitHub.

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AI image · judgment

One note, one revision.

Same request, specific feedback, better result. The cords got real. The chalk still needed work, and I say so.

See the image work
The launch ad · 26 seconds, vertical

The cards ran beside the ad.

The class cards and the launch ad carried one promise in every size: watch AI do a real job, then do it yourself. The ad is an AI render I wrote and directed; the cards are rendered backgrounds under real copy. Same campaign, same rule.

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A frame from the AI, FOR REAL. launch ad: a man at a kitchen table under a lamp, head in his hand, buried in paperwork

What an ad set delivers

Every size, one promise.

The way the class launch was made.

  • 01A hook that is true: the post delivers what the card promises
  • 02The set, sized for where it runs: YouTube covers, square cards for Facebook and Instagram, vertical for Reels and Shorts
  • 03Copy and direction by me; rendered backgrounds labelled as renders
  • 04Source files you keep, so the next post does not start from zero
Get a set for your launch

Questions, answered

Before you
ask for a set.

Will the ads look like they were made by AI?

The backgrounds may be rendered; the promise and the copy are real. I write the line first, then direct an image that fits it. Anything rendered is labelled as a render, and a real photo stays a real photo. The test is simple: the post has to deliver what the card promised.

Which platforms do you make ad creative for?

YouTube covers, Facebook and Instagram cards, and vertical video for Reels and Shorts. Each size is built on purpose, not cropped from one master, so the words stay readable and the face stays in frame. If you run somewhere else, tell me the size and placement and I’ll build to it.

What does a launch set include?

A cover, a square card and a vertical cut, all saying the same thing. That covers YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Reels and Shorts. You get the copy, the images and the source files, plus a one-line note on where each one goes. Posting stays with you, on your own accounts.

Your turn

What are you launching next?

Tell me the offer and where it will run. I’ll tell you what the set should be, what it would take, and what it would cost.

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