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Category: E-Commerce

  • 2026
    Oct 29

    How Meta Picks Which Ad You See, According to Meta

    Meta just explained how it picks which ad you see. Here's the plain-English version and what it means for your ad creative.

    How Meta Picks Which Ads You See
  • 2026
    Oct 20

    AI broke your ads? It’s a nice day to start again.

    More brands are coming to me after running their Meta Ads through Claude and watching performance tank. The AI isn’t the problem. They didn’t know what context to give it, or what good looks like.

    Billy Idol - "It's a nice day to, start again!"
  • 2026
    Oct 17

    Your Fake 5-Star Reviews Are Obviously Fake (And Definitely Illegal)

    I keep finding fake reviews on startup DTC stores. Shoppers spot them instantly, and the FTC can fine you for them.

    Your Fake 5-Star Reviews Are Obviously Fake (And Definitely Illegal)
  • 2026
    Sep 10

    Everything Is Downstream of Conversion Rate

    The Nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark dug with a full crew and heavy machinery, in the wrong place, because they only ever saw one face of the headpiece. Most founders hunting a lost CAC are doing the same thing, and the instruction that would move the whole excavation is on the side nobody turned over.

    Indiana Jones in the Map Room with the Staff of Ra searching for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
  • 2026
    Aug 28

    It’s Never Been Easier to Launch a Bullshit Company. Except for the Money Part

    The discovery call lasted four minutes and forty-one seconds, and the prospect never turned his camera on. He was working outside, he said. Fine. I've taken calls from…

    It's never been easier to launch a bullshit company. Except for the money part.

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Peter Stringer

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