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Set up YouTube ad campaigns with creative structured on the ADUCATE framework – educate before you ask – targeting layered audiences at minimum viable spend.
Category: Dollar a Day Campaigns
Use this when a video has already proven itself (organically or in Meta $1/day tests) and you want it in front of YouTube's intent-rich audiences – only proven content rides.
Inputs
- A proven one-minute (or longer) video with strong watch-time signal
- Google Ads account linked to the YouTube channel, with conversion tracking imported
- Audience definitions mirroring the Meta grid (geo, in-market/affinity interests, remarketing lists)
Steps
- Qualify the creative: it won somewhere first – organic watch time or a Meta $1/day matrix. YouTube spends faster, so it gets winners only.
- Structure (or re-cut) the creative on the ADUCATE model – the /dad YouTube creative framework: hook attention before the 5-second skip point, speak to one real customer question, teach the answer, show proof, and close with a single clear ask. Educate first; the ad earns the pitch. Pull the full ADUCATE breakdown from the /dad hub before scripting.
- Verify plumbing: channel linked to Google Ads, conversion actions imported, remarketing lists (channel viewers, site visitors) collecting.
- Build the targeting layers as separate ad groups, one variable apart – geo, in-market and affinity interests, and remarketing – mirroring the Meta audience grid.
- Apply the Dollar a Day philosophy: minimum viable daily budget per ad group, many simultaneous tests, a full week untouched before judgment.
- Analyze with video-native metrics: view rate, average watch time, cost per view, and downstream conversions. Kill ad groups missing target; scale winners ≤2× per adjustment.
- Chain the funnel on-platform: viewers of the cold video get remarketed with proof content, then the offer – cold → warm → conversion, YouTube edition.
Definition of done (QA checklist)
- Only proven videos promoted; creative passes the ADUCATE structure (hook before skip, teach, proof, one ask)
- Channel, conversions, and remarketing lists verified before spend
- Layered ad groups launched at minimum viable budget, one variable apart, 7 days untouched
- View rate / watch time / cost per view scored against target; kill-scale verdicts logged; remarketing chain live
- Linked back to the definitive article and relevant siblings
- Complies with Blog Posting Guidelines (if it publishes content)
Example(s)
- Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt after first real run (candidate: a Meta-proven one-minute video re-cut to ADUCATE and tested across in-market vs remarketing ad groups).
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