There is word this afternoon the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs are deep in discussions on a trade involving Kirill Marchenko.
More to come...
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. opens up on his slump year: “They didn’t pay me to hit 40 every year. They paid me for what I already did.”
I want people to understand one thing. The money they gave me wasn’t for what I’m going to do. It was for what I already did. They didn’t pay me because I’m going to hit 40 every year. They paid me for what I already accomplished. People are confused about that, but I think the same way they do. Like, sometimes I even say to myself: bro, they gave you all that money and you’re out here doing nothing. I try.
You know how it is with fans, when you’re good, they’re with you 100%. But when you smell like shit, like we like to say here, nobody supports you.
The ones who support you are the ones who stay with you. Those are my fans. My family.
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Drama ads aren’t just for women.
That might be one of the dumbest assumptions in advertising right now.
Men will watch drama.
You just have to give them a reason to care.
And one of the easiest ways to get a man emotionally invested is to put him in a situation that hits his ego.
He feels himself getting weaker.
His hair is disappearing.
He can’t keep up with the younger guys anymore.
His wife doesn’t look at him the same way.
He’s embarrassed by something he would never admit out loud.
That’s your hook.
But the mistake is revealing the product immediately.
Let the story breathe.
Let the insecurity build.
Let the viewer wonder what happens next.
Then, at the end, reveal the bigger picture.
Because the story was never really about the product.
It was about confidence.
Identity.
His relationship.
Getting older.
Feeling like himself again.
That’s what makes drama so powerful.
Almost any product can become a prop inside a story that actually means something.
The product is the mechanism.
The story is the reason to watch.
And this is where watch time becomes a massive creative advantage.
If you can get someone to watch 30, 45, 60+ seconds instead of 2 seconds, you’re creating dramatically more opportunity for Meta to learn who is actually responding to your creative.
More watch time.
More engagement.
More shares.
More signals.
And potentially more efficient acquisition as the system finds people who respond to that type of content.
That’s the part people miss.
The goal isn’t just to make an ad people click.
The goal is to make an ad people watch, finish, and send to someone else.
Because when the story earns the attention, you get something traditional UGC rarely gives you:
Time.
And time is one of the most valuable things you can get in advertising.
You just can’t directly buy it…
People can just swipe right past your ad…
You have to convince the customer to give it to you.