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Insights, tutorials, and updates from the Soku AI team.
40 Advertisement Examples That Actually Converted
40 advertisement examples organised by the mechanism that made them work — not a swipe file of pretty creative. Each entry names the persuasion job it does, why it converted, and how to rebuild it for your own product, with an explicit note on what evidence exists and what does not.
16 min read · August 7, 2026
How to Make a TikTok Slideshow with AI
Turn one product photo into a TikTok Photo Mode slideshow with AI — multi-angle views, clean-background shots, lifestyle scenes and poster slides. Includes the five-slide structure that works, what to check before you publish, and what to do if your account has no Shoppable Photos access yet.
9 min read · August 3, 2026
LinkedIn Ads Library: The Complete Guide to Competitor B2B Ads
LinkedIn's Ad Library shows almost nothing for a US ad and a great deal for an EU one — impressions, date range and targeting parameters. The exploit, the duplication trap, and a workflow for real B2B competitor research.
14 min read · July 30, 2026
TikTok Creative Center: How to Use It for Ad Research
We audited every TikTok Creative Center route on 2026-07-30. Keyword Insights is gone from the public site, Trends has moved into TikTok One, and Top Ads is an opt-in sample — here is what still works and how to research with it.
13 min read · July 30, 2026
Best Ad Testing Tools in 2026
Ad testing tools do four different jobs and every ranked list mixes them up. The four categories, 12 tools with real pricing, and the sample-size math that invalidates most creative tests.
15 min read · July 28, 2026
TikTok Ads Library: How to Search, Filter and Reverse-Engineer Winning Ads
TikTok has three tools people call the ads library and only one is an archive — and it excludes the US. What each exposes, the retention trap, and the workflow that works.
14 min read · July 28, 2026
Facebook & Instagram Ad Sizes and Safe Zones (2026 Guide)
A practical, source-verified reference for every Facebook and Instagram ad size, aspect ratio, file-size cap and safe-zone margin in 2026 — checked against Meta's own live Ads Guide, with a copy-paste dimensions sheet.
11 min read · July 24, 2026
Gemini Omni Flash for Ad Creative (2026): The Complete Guide
The complete 2026 guide to Google's Gemini Omni Flash for advertising: what the model does, pricing, conversational video editing, the Nano Banana 2 Lite pipeline, how it compares to Veo and Seedance for ads, honest limits, and the operating model AI ad teams should run it in.
21 min read · July 9, 2026
Gemini Omni Flash vs Veo 3.1 (Fast and Lite) vs Seedance vs Sora for Ad Creative (2026)
Is Omni Flash or Veo 3.1 better for ads? A ranked 2026 comparison of Gemini Omni Flash, Veo 3.1 Fast, Veo 3.1 Lite, Seedance 2.0, and Sora 2 — scored on cost per clip, ad ratios, editing, fidelity, and variant economics, with the honest verdict on which to use when.
11 min read · July 9, 2026
GPT Image 2 vs Nano Banana 2 vs Seedream 5.0 Pro for Ad Creative
A practical three-way comparison of GPT Image 2, Nano Banana 2, and Seedream 5.0 Pro for paid ad creative: typography, product fidelity, dense layouts, editing, cost, and production routing.
18 min read · July 9, 2026
YouTube Shorts vs TikTok vs Reels: AI Creative Testing, Brand Safety, and Measurement
The complete guide to YouTube Shorts for AI ad teams: how to split short-form creative tests across Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels, plus the MRC accreditation context, brand-safety QA gates, and brand-campaign measurement that make Shorts budget defensible.
36 min read · June 24, 2026
Snapchat Ad Creatives with AI (2026): Formats, Hooks, and What Changes for Mobile Games
Snapchat creative fails when brands recycle horizontal or Meta assets. How to use AI to produce native vertical, AR-first Snapchat ads at the velocity a Gen Z audience demands — formats, hooks, a concrete workflow, and a dedicated section on AI ad creative for mobile games, including why Snapchat has no playable format.
13 min read · June 3, 2026