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Cody Plofker discusses effective YouTube advertising strategies and the importance of incrementality in measuring success.

Cody Plofker (Jones Road Beauty, Marketing Operators podcast) has run YouTube ads that stay live for two to three years without fatiguing — while most paid social creative burns out in a week. In this episode, he breaks down exactly how Jones Road builds YouTube creative that works, why incrementality is the only measurement system he trusts, and how to use it to win budget arguments with a board that only looks at last-click. Inside the episode: The YouTube creative mistake most brands make: too polished, not punchy enough — and why grittier, longer-form ads (60-90 seconds, even 2 minutes) often outperform short, clean ones Why audio hooks matter more on YouTube than visual hooks — because half your views are happening on a TV with the sound on How Jones Road keeps the same YouTube ad running for 2-3 years without fatigue, while Meta and TikTok creative burns out in a week The "16x9 conversion" trick for turning existing vertical social assets into YouTube ads without a new shoot Why incrementality is the only causal measurement system — and how Cody uses it to win budget fights with the board over channels that "don't look good" on click attribution How Jones Road found their…

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