New/AI media buyer playbook — v0.4

The Operating System for Customer Acquisition.

Everything you need to acquire customers in the AI era. Frameworks, playbooks, prompts, automations and real experiments — practical, tested, no fluff.

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Prompts
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Automations
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Case Studies
Categories

Browse by discipline.

Eleven areas of customer acquisition, each with its own playbooks, prompts and experiments.

01
AI Workflows
42 resources
02
Advertising
68 resources
03
Growth
54 resources
04
Automation
39 resources
05
Analytics
27 resources
06
Landing Pages
31 resources
07
Email
44 resources
08
Funnels
22 resources
09
Offers
18 resources
10
Creative
35 resources
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Prompt Engineering
61 resources
Lab

Latest experiments.

Real experiments with real numbers — what worked, what didn't, exactly how we ran them.

  1. Jun 2026 · AI Workflows

    How AI reduced campaign setup time by 87%

    From 4.2 hours to 32 minutes across 12 accounts

  2. May 2026 · Automation

    Building an AI media buyer

    An autonomous agent that manages a $12k/mo Meta budget

  3. Apr 2026 · Advertising

    Testing 27 Meta creatives in one week

    3 winners, $2.14 CPA — down from $6.80

  4. Mar 2026 · AI Workflows

    Using MCP servers for marketing

    Connecting Claude to GA4, Meta and HubSpot in one workflow

Prompt library

Prompts that ship work.

Copy, paste, replace the brackets. Every prompt has been used in production.

Advertising

Five Meta ads variations

Create five Meta ads for [PRODUCT] targeting [AUDIENCE]. For each ad give a hook, primary text (max 90 words), headline (max 40 chars) and description. Vary the angle: pain, aspiration, social proof, contrarian, curiosity.
Landing Pages

Landing page audit

Audit this landing page for a [AUDIENCE] buying [PRODUCT]. Score clarity, offer, proof, friction and CTA (1-5). Return the 3 highest-leverage changes with the rationale and expected impact on conversion rate.
Growth

Positioning strategy

Generate a positioning strategy for [PRODUCT]. Use April Dunford's structure: competitive alternatives, unique attributes, value themes, target segment, market category. Output as a one-page brief.
Email

Cold email opener

Write 5 cold email openers to [PERSONA] at [COMPANY_TYPE]. Each must be under 25 words, reference something specific and observable, and lead into a one-sentence value proposition. No flattery, no filler.
Funnels

Funnel breakdown

Break down the acquisition funnel for [PRODUCT]. For each stage (awareness → consideration → decision → activation) give the key metric, common leaks and the fastest experiment to run in week 1.
Creative

Creative brief from insights

Given these customer insights: [PASTE]. Produce a creative brief with: single-minded proposition, 3 emotional angles, 3 rational angles, tone of voice guidance, and 6 concept directions with a 1-line description each.
Automations

Automate the boring parts.

Every automation lists difficulty, time saved, tools required and estimated ROI up front.

Beginner3 hrs / week

Meta Ads → Sheets → Slack digest

Daily creative performance report with anomaly detection, delivered to Slack at 8am.

Meta Ads APIGoogle SheetsSlack
Est. ROI~$1.4k / mo
Intermediate8 hrs / launch

AI-generated ad variants from a brief

Turn one creative brief into 20 ad variants with copy, hooks and image prompts.

ClaudeFigma APIAirtable
Est. ROI~$4.2k / launch
Intermediate6 hrs / week

Lead enrichment + routing

Enrich inbound leads with firmographic data, score them and route to the right AE.

Clearbitn8nHubSpot
Est. ROI+18% SQL rate
Advanced12 hrs / week

Autonomous budget rebalancer

Reallocates Meta and Google spend across ad sets based on rolling CAC and margin.

Meta APIGoogle Ads APIPythonOpenAI
Est. ROI-23% CAC
Beginner2 hrs / week

Weekly experiment recap generator

Pulls test results from GA4 and generates a stakeholder-ready recap doc.

GA4ClaudeNotion
Est. ROI~$900 / mo
Advanced10 hrs / test

Landing page A/B generator

Spin up 5 landing page variants from a single brief, deploy and track lift.

VercelClaudePostHog
Est. ROI+31% conv. lift
Case studies

Systems, applied.

How real teams applied these frameworks — and what actually moved.

Nova Skincare

How Nova rebuilt their creative pipeline with AI and 3x'd ROAS

A DTC skincare brand replaced their agency-run creative workflow with an internal AI-first system, shipping 4x more ad variants at half the cost.

+214%
ROAS
-63%
CPA
+$1.2M
New revenue
Fieldline

How Fieldline dropped CAC by 41% with a rebuilt paid funnel

A vertical SaaS company restructured their acquisition around a single ICP framework and shipped 12 experiments in 90 days.

-41%
CAC
+178%
MQLs
+$4.8M
Pipeline
Palate

How Palate 2x'd repeat purchase rate with lifecycle automation

A specialty food marketplace rebuilt lifecycle from scratch using event-driven triggers and AI-generated content.

+96%
Repeat rate
+$142
LTV
+37pts
Retention @ 90d
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