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Hook Rate
Hook rate is three-second video views divided by impressions, measuring whether the opening frames stop the scroll. Hold rate extends the same idea deeper into the view.
Video creative almost always fails at the hook, and hook rate localizes the fix to the first second.
Still to publish: tool, benchmark, spec.
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Guides
A modern, opinionated playbook for building Meta ad creative that scales — hooks, formats, iteration cadence, and the metrics that actually matter.
A statistically-sound, budget-realistic framework for testing paid social creative — how many variants, how much spend, how long, and how to read the results.
Glossary
The amount paid each time a viewer watches your video ad.
The percentage of viewers who watch past the first 3 seconds of a video.
The share of viewers still watching a video past a defined threshold.
The first 1–3 seconds of an ad that decides whether the viewer keeps watching.
How often new creative is introduced to a campaign to counter fatigue.
A creative asset that consistently outperforms the account benchmark.
A predicted quality score for a creative before it launches.
Creative assets produced by generative models — images, video, copy — from a brief or product data.
Analytics that tag creative attributes so you can slice performance by content, not just campaign.
Text-based ads triggered by keyword queries on search engines.
The structured process of comparing ad variants to find winners.
Product-focused ads with image, price, and merchant, served on search and shopping surfaces.
Essays
Platform
Comparisons
Connected concepts
Short-form video advertising where native-feeling creative wins outright.
The predictable decay of an ad's performance as frequency climbs.
Model-generated motion for feeds that reward video.
Clicks per impression — the fastest read on whether creative lands.
Creator-style content that reads as native rather than advertising.
Put Hook Rate on autopilot.
Xeli AI turns your catalog into on-brand ads, watches performance, and ships the next batch before fatigue sets in.
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