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I manage $5,500+/week in Meta ad spend. My secret weapon isn't another dashboard.
It's Claude Code.
Most media buyers check their accounts manually — open ads manager, scroll through numbers, make guesses. I automated the entire process.
Here's what Claude Code does for me every night while I sleep:
→ Pulls live data from my Meta ad accounts via API → Flags any ad with CTR dropping below threshold → Identifies which creatives are winning and which are bleeding budget → Gives me a clear decision: scale, hold, or pause
I wake up knowing exactly what to do. No guessing. No wasted spend overnight.
This week my top ad hit 36% CTR at $0.02 per click.
That didn't happen by accident — it happened because I have a system that catches problems fast and scales winners faster.
AI isn't replacing media buyers. But media buyers who use AI are replacing those who don't.
I'm not just running ads. I'm running a system.
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AI won't replace designers easily.
AI will replace designers who refuse to see it as a tool.
That's why it's important, as a creative/developer to master these tools as early as possible.
With Claude AI, and other agents, certain tasks can be published and shipped faster than before.
Mastering the tools is the only way out for real... For us not to be thrown under the bus lol
Most AI outputs look impressive.
But they still don’t feel like a real ad.
That gap is exactly what I set out to close with AUREL🚀
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I didn’t approach this like prompting.
I approached it like building a creative pipeline.
Everything starts with structure.
I used the Compositor Node as the core—treating every visual like a layered campaign build:
• model as the primary subject
• product placed with intent
• controlled lighting and shadow passes
• grain and texture for depth
Nothing is random.
Every layer is composed to feel like it went through an actual art direction process.
That’s where the “ad feel” comes from.
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Then I pushed the product beyond flat placement.
Inside the Creative Code Node, I brought in Three.js to generate a 3D version of the product.
This changed everything.
Now the product:
• has real depth
• reacts to light correctly
• sits naturally inside the frame
It’s not pasted in—it’s constructed into the scene.
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From there, I designed the system to branch into four distinct campaign directions:
- Luxury Editorial — minimal, high-contrast, fashion-first
- Streetwear — gritty, neon-lit, high energy
- Futuristic — cinematic, immersive, sci-fi driven
- Surreal — abstract, dreamlike, expressive
Each theme has its own composition logic, not just a visual style.
Workflow: https://app.fuser.studio/view/fb2d0257-c565-493f-a2a8-099d2b9dd598
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𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮.
Leads come in. They opt in. Then nothing.
No follow-up. No nurture sequence. No system to move them from "interested" to "ready to buy."
The problem isn't the ad. It's not the offer. It's what happens after the click.
A funnel without automation is just a pretty page with a form on it.
If you're an agency owner running traffic to a page and wondering why it's not converting your funnel isn't broken. It's just unfinished.
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