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Issue #009 · 18 JUN 2026 · 5 min read

AI ads that don't look like AI ads

This is for anyone who needs to make static image ads for paid media. Producing them the conventional way can be slow, manual and tedious, and the AI tools that were meant to help mostly hand back generic, inconsistent results that need endless manual prompting.

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  1. #008 People pay more for furniture they built themselves Your proposal is usually the first real thing a client gets from you. For most of us it's a simple PDF, and a PDF can make good work look cheap. 11 JUN 2026 3 MIN READ
  2. #007 I turned one finished project into a week of social media content Posting your work online is a great way for clients to find you, but most of your best work gets one post and then sits in a folder for nobody to see. 04 JUN 2026 4 MIN READ
  3. #006 Why your AI documents look like sh*t ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini are great at creating documents. But they come out looking like generic garbage by default. 28 MAY 2026 4 MIN READ
  4. #005 Find your next 100 clients on autopilot Most creative businesses don't have a proper outreach process. They rely on inbound, word of mouth, and a spreadsheet of "people I should email" that they keep meaning to get to. The reason it's not happening is that outreach can be a full time job in itself. 14 MAY 2026 7 MIN READ

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From subscribers

  • I spent ages trying to build some of these myself, wish I'd have found you sooner! The proposal drafter alone has paid for the membership ten times over.

    Priya Anand

    Freelance brand designer, Manchester

  • I run a studio of one and I'm now turning around work I'd have turned down a year ago. Same hours, but far more out the door. It changed what I can take on.

    Hannah Olsen

    Studio founder, Copenhagen

  • I'm a photographer, not a developer, and I still had a workflow running the same evening I read the issue. Nothing else has made this stuff feel usable to someone like me.

    Aisha Karim

    Photographer, Glasgow

  • The amount of free value in this is insane. I read it on Thursday morning, build the workflow over the weekend, and it's on client work by Monday.

    Marek Nowak

    Motion designer, Amsterdam

  • I'd tuned out of the whole AI conversation - too much hype, too many people selling courses. This is the only voice that talks to me like a working creative, not a guru. It got me actually trying things.

    Elena Ruiz

    Consultant, Barcelona

  • I'm not a techy person and the whole thing intimidated me. Each issue is plain enough that I never feel lost, and I've gone from avoiding AI entirely to building little workflows for myself.

    Carys Pryce

    Set designer, Cardiff

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