The Diary of a CEO Ads Guy: How to Scale with Meta | Tom Lewis

The Diary of a CEO Ads Guy: How to Scale with Meta | Tom Lewis

April 17, 2026 · 41 min

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Matt Haycox interviews Tom Lewis about the importance of creativity in paid advertising and how to effectively scale with Meta.

Most founders treat paid ads like a targeting game. Tom Lewis says it’s a creative + story + data loop, and if your ads look like everyone else’s, you’re in a race to the bottom. In this episode, Matt Haycox sits down with Tom Lewis, advertising performance partner and co-founder of Metastat, who worked with The Diary of a CEO as a client and later became business partners with Steven Bartlett. Key takeaways: Why creative beats targeting (let the algorithm work) How sto...

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