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Don't be late! In today’s cookie-less world, AI is progressively and inevitably taking over target setting across every online advertising platform

  • Writer: Jacky Suen
    Jacky Suen
  • May 20, 2025
  • 2 min read




Don't be late! In today’s cookie-less world, AI is progressively and inevitably taking over target setting across every online advertising platform (Meta Advantage+, Google PMax, etc.)—because precise tracking of user behavior now risks violating data privacy policies.



So you might ask: How do I win in this new era of advertising?


 The answer is: Creative Content Creation and Social Media Management.


Even Google is shifting its algorithm focus—from keyword-stuffed SEO to landing page experience and engagement metrics like bounce rate and session duration. Overstuffing keywords now actually hurts your performance.



Yes, the game has changed. What should you do next?



There Is One Book I Believe Every Marketer Should Read: Breakthrough Advertising because we are going back to content-driven marketing then data-driven optimization like the old days.



If you're running Meta Ads, crafting B2B B2C DTC brand campaigns, or just want to sell better—this 1966 book by Eugene Schwartz might just be your secret weapon.


Here’s the magic in a nutshell:



 Know Your Customer's Stage of Awareness


 Schwartz teaches that people don't buy products—they buy transformations. And where they are on the “awareness ladder” changes everything about what your ad should say.



Completely unaware? Use emotion and storytelling.


Solution aware? Sell the mechanism (your unique approach).


Product aware? Focus on the offer, proof, and urgency.



🧠 Copy Doesn’t Create Desire. It Channels It.


You can’t make someone want something. But if that desire already exists? You tap into it like a river and redirect it to your product. That’s what breakthrough advertising does—it turns raw human wants into ROI.


🛠️ The Ad Itself Is Not the Sale


 Your ad’s job is to get the next click. Not to convert everything in one go. That’s why hooks, scroll-stopping visuals, and friction-free CTA’s matter so much in Meta ads.


🔍 Your Market Controls Your Message


 Forget shouting louder. Instead, speak clearer. The market’s sophistication level decides whether your campaign should educate, agitate, or simplify.


📌 Want higher ROAS? Better CTR? Fewer ad rewrites?


 Study Schwartz. Every line in your copy should speak to where your customer is in their awareness—and nudge them just one step forward.

 
 
 

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