{"id":4839,"date":"2025-09-15T18:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvgla.com\/viewpoint\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:53:19","slug":"performance-marketing-has-creative-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lightsail-origin.tvgla.com\/viewpoint\/performance-marketing-has-creative-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Marketing has a Creative Problem\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A recent article in Fast Company<\/em>, \u201cTraditional Marketing Is Dead. Almost.<\/a>,\u201d by Madison Logic CEO Keith Turco, makes a compelling case for redefining performance marketing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Performance Marketing is] not about chasing clicks. It\u2019s about driving business outcomes using data to make smarter decisions, engaging accounts with the right message at the right time, and constantly refining the approach based on what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t just a semantic shift, it\u2019s a recognition that brand and performance aren\u2019t opposites; they\u2019re interdependent. Turco rightly points out that performance marketing should deliver results while building the brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They’re so mystified by the MarTech silver bullet products promising big data will save the day, that somewhere along the way, they forgot the customer is actually a human.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But here\u2019s where the conversation misses the mark: not once in the entire piece is the word \u201ccreative\u201d mentioned. And that\u2019s the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s pause on that. We\u2019re talking about engaging the right audience, delivering the right message, and refining strategy based on outcomes and yet we\u2019re not really talking about the actual content being delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, \u201cthe right message\u201d is part of creative. But it\u2019s only a small piece. You can have the most on-point message in the world – clear, targeted, even data-driven but, if it\u2019s not compelling, it won\u2019t cut through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And compelling isn\u2019t just about what you say, it\u2019s about how you say it and where you say it. Was the creative tailored to the medium? Did it make the most of the platform\u2019s strengths? Did it visually and emotionally stand out in a way that stops someone mid-scroll? Did it adapt to the unique context of that placement so it felt native, not generic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media placement may put your message in front of the right person, and the data may tell you when to serve it. But it\u2019s the creative; shaped for the platform, designed to grab attention, and built to resonate that determines whether they stop, whether they feel something, whether they remember it, and ultimately, whether they act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Nielsen\u2019s own analysis<\/a>, creative is responsible for 47% of a campaign\u2019s sales contribution; more than media, targeting, and brand combined. Other studies have found even higher figures. It\u2019s not just a variable. It\u2019s the<\/em> variable. And you don\u2019t have to look far for proof: brands like HBO<\/a>, NBA<\/a>, Nike, and Glossier have built cult-level devotion not because of their media buys, but because of world-class creative work. Creative that carefully considers design, storytelling, and messaging ensuring consistent and meaningful connections.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet even in otherwise forward-thinking thought leadership within the marketing world, creative gets treated as a silent partner. This omission reveals something deeper: brands aren’t factoring creative execution into their success when it comes to short and\/or long term results. They’re so mystified by the MarTech silver bullet products promising big data will save the day, that somewhere along the way, they forgot the customer is actually a human. And that human is never going to see your bid strategy, attribution models, or psychographic targeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What they’re going to see is your creative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Headline.
The Imagery.
The Story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what they’ll feel and hold onto is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tone.
The Emotion.
The Brand Equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what connects. That\u2019s what drives trust. And that\u2019s what builds long-term memory structures that ultimately fuel the brand whether or not it results in an immediate conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What We\u2019re Doing at TVGla: Brand-Building Creative That Performs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This belief is core to how we operate at TVGla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We build performance-focused creative that drives down costs, improves click-through rates, and delivers immediate results \u2014 always with the brand in mind. And we don\u2019t believe those two things are in conflict. In fact, they work better together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By grounding performance creative in brand values, design systems, and emotional storytelling, we create campaigns that don\u2019t just convert once – they build affinity over time. That\u2019s how modern marketing should<\/em> work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t treat creative as an endpoint; we treat it as a throughline. It shapes strategy from the beginning and evolves with performance data over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also believe in giving creative teams access to performance data so they can see what\u2019s resonating, adapt quickly, and contribute to the ongoing success of a campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turco\u2019s article is an important contribution to the continuous evolution of marketing language and strategy. But if we want to truly transform performance marketing into something more balanced, sustainable, and brand-focused \u2014 then creative has to be at the center of that conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s stop treating creative like an afterthought and start recognizing it for what it is: the foundation of performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getting great results isn\u2019t just about precision and targeting. \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPerformance Marketing has a Creative Problem\u00a0 - TVGla :: Performance Creative with Brand Appeal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/lightsail-origin.tvgla.com\/viewpoint\/performance-marketing-has-creative-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Performance Marketing has a Creative Problem\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getting great results isn\u2019t just about precision and targeting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/lightsail-origin.tvgla.com\/viewpoint\/performance-marketing-has-creative-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVGla :: Performance Creative with Brand Appeal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-15T18:18:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-15T19:53:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/lightsail-origin.tvgla.com\/viewpoint\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/social_1x1_100.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TVGla\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TVGla\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/lightsail-origin.tvgla.com\/viewpoint\/performance-marketing-has-creative-problem\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/lightsail-origin.tvgla.com\/viewpoint\/performance-marketing-has-creative-problem\/\",\"name\":\"Performance Marketing has a Creative Problem\u00a0 - 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