Tushy's BFCM ad strategy involves three layers: 1) Keep top-performing evergreen ads running as-is to capture momentum. 2) Create simple offer-based variations of those winners using text overlays. 3) Launch a diverse portfolio of net-new concepts to achieve 'horizontal scale' and find new winners.

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Instead of deactivating high-performing evergreen ads during a sale, simply update the URL's destination on your website's backend (e.g., in Shopify). This sends traffic to your sale page without editing the ad in Facebook, which would reset its learning algorithm and kill its momentum.

Breeze ran its Black Friday promo for so long that customers tuned it out. They were "missing the wave." The solution was not a small tweak but a complete, real-time relaunch of the promotion with a novel offer, which allowed them to recapture attention and momentum during the peak shopping period.

Acknowledging that "relevance" is subjective shouldn't lead to creating generic, one-size-fits-all campaigns. Instead, it demands a high-volume creative strategy that produces dozens of distinct assets, each tailored to be hyper-relevant to a specific consumer segment or "demand state."

Stop planning creative and media buys simultaneously. Instead, post creative organically first. Then, exclusively allocate media spend to amplify the content that has already demonstrated strong consumer engagement, forcing creative to be effective on its own merit before receiving paid support.

Tushy's growth and brand teams collaborate to ensure ads drive performance without damaging long-term brand equity. They moved away from certain high-performing creative after asking if it created the right 'memory structure' for an increasingly premium product, prioritizing long-term perception over short-term wins.

When you increase your BFCM discount (e.g., from 20% to 35%), don't turn off high-performing ads that mention the lower discount. A customer clicking an ad for 20% off and discovering a 35% offer on-site is a pleasant surprise that boosts conversion.

To avoid skyrocketing CPMs and intense competition during the traditional Black Friday week, Comfort launches its holiday sales campaign on October 15th. The strategy is to be first to market, capture budget from early shoppers, and build momentum before every other brand starts their promotions.

For brands with one main product, Black Friday success hinges on two fundamentals. First, deeply understand your unit economics to define a clear target CAC/ROAS. Second, present an offer so simple it requires zero cognitive load. Any customer confusion immediately kills the sale.

Data shows a predictable drop in shopper intent from roughly November 7th to 20th. Brands should run an initial early November sale, then strategically pull back ad spend during this "dead zone" to preserve budget for the main BFCM push starting around the 21st.

Brands running one static Black Friday deal all November see consumer interest wane. The most successful brands introduce a significantly better offer on Thanksgiving evening, creating a massive revenue spike by tapping into learned consumer behavior of waiting for the best deal.