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Your Ads Are Boring! 5 Inspiration Tricks to Ignite Your Creative Strategy by Matej Lancaric

Apr 2, 2025
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Where to get creative inspiration? That is always the hard question. Maybe the hardest one! Letโ€™s dig a little bit deeper: There are companies/games you need to follow to uncover the recent creative trends. Continue reading!


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Always check the competitors. Use the FB Ads library, TikTok Ad library, and Google Ads transparency center; on top of that, use Adscan.ai to spy on your competitors and see which creative is spending the most in Europe (the most-spending creative is most likely their best-performing creative at that moment).


I usually use a combination of the above-mentioned free tools and Sensor Towerโ€”a quite good combo! Go and see the top creatives in the last 30 days; they give you super interesting insights.


๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—œ๐˜€. Whatever it takes! The creative inspiration flow has shiftedโ€”๐Ÿฐ๐—ซ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and it all comes down to one important thing: ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.


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This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Letโ€™s not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.

Panelists: โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Jakub Remiaโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ r,โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ  โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaricโ 

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Chapters


00:00 Finding Creative Inspiration

04:05 The Shift in Creative Flow

06:59 Exploring Non-Direct Competition

10:06 Leveraging Trends and Tools

12:58 Analyzing Competitors and Their Strategies

15:25 Utilizing AI for Creative Concepts

17:44 Final Thoughts and Takeaways

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Matej Lancaric

User Acquisition & Creatives Consultant

โ https://lancaric.me

Felix Braberg

Ad monetization consultant

โ https://www.felixbraberg.com

Jakub Remiar

Game design consultant

โ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar

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Takeaways


Creative inspiration can come from various sources.

Emotions play a crucial role in engaging audiences.

The creative flow has shifted from Forex to casual games.

Analyzing competitors can provide valuable insights.

Exploring non-direct competition can spark new ideas.

Leveraging trends from social media is essential.

AI tools can assist in generating creative concepts.

Understanding your target audience is key to success.

Utilizing different game genres can enhance creativity.

Iterating on ideas using AI can lead to innovative solutions.

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