UK-based paid media resource

Smarter Paid Media, Explained Clearly

AIEK is a UK-based resource for marketers, founders, and advertising teams who want to get more from every pound they spend. We turn the messy, fast-moving world of paid advertising into practical guidance you can act on this week.

ROAS
4.2x
▲ 18% vs last month
Cost / Lead
£6.40
▼ 23% lower

What You’ll Find Here

Every article is written to be useful first. We cover the topics practitioners actually wrestle with, with concrete takeaways rather than buzzwords.

Strategy & Budgeting

How to set budgets grounded in your unit economics, split testing spend from scaling spend, and decide where your money genuinely moves the needle.

Creative & Copy

The principles behind ad copy that converts and landing pages that turn clicks into customers, drawn from real campaign experience.

Measurement & Channels

The handful of metrics that actually matter, and how to choose the right advertising channels for your business rather than chasing hype.

Find your tool

Which AI tool fits your next move?

Answer three quick choices and we’ll point you to the right tool from our stack.

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AI Ad Copy · Recommended

AdCreative Copy AI

Write high-converting ad copy variations in seconds.

Visit AdCreative Copy AI →
Social Creative · Recommended

Predis.ai

AI-generated social posts, carousels and video, fast.

Visit Predis.ai →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
AI Ad Creative · Recommended

AdCreative.ai

Generate on-brand ad banners, copy and visuals at speed.

Visit AdCreative.ai →
AI Video Ads · Recommended

Creatify

Turn product links into short-form video ads in minutes.

Visit Creatify →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
AI Creative · Recommended

Pencil

Predict and generate ad creative likely to perform.

Visit Pencil →
AI Video Ads · Recommended

Creatify

Turn product links into short-form video ads in minutes.

Visit Creatify →
Media Monitoring · Recommended

Brand24

Track the ripple effect of your campaigns across the web.

Visit Brand24 →
Landing Pages · Recommended

Unbounce

Build and test high-converting landing pages for paid traffic.

Visit Unbounce →
Email / Owned · Recommended

Kit (ConvertKit)

The owned-audience channel behind a healthy paid strategy.

Visit Kit →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
Landing Pages · Recommended

Unbounce

Build and test high-converting landing pages for paid traffic.

Visit Unbounce →
Email / Owned · Recommended

Kit (ConvertKit)

The owned-audience channel behind a healthy paid strategy.

Visit Kit →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
AI Creative · Recommended

Pencil

Predict and generate ad creative likely to perform.

Visit Pencil →
Media Monitoring · Recommended

Brand24

Track the ripple effect of your campaigns across the web.

Visit Brand24 →
Media Monitoring · Recommended

Brand24

Track the ripple effect of your campaigns across the web.

Visit Brand24 →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
Social Creative · Recommended

Predis.ai

AI-generated social posts, carousels and video, fast.

Visit Predis.ai →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
Social Creative · Recommended

Predis.ai

AI-generated social posts, carousels and video, fast.

Visit Predis.ai →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
Media Monitoring · Recommended

Brand24

Track the ripple effect of your campaigns across the web.

Visit Brand24 →
Media Monitoring · Recommended

Brand24

Track the ripple effect of your campaigns across the web.

Visit Brand24 →
AI Decks · Recommended

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →

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⚡ Tools We Use

The stack behind creative-first paid media

These are the tools we genuinely recommend — each earns its place because it solves a real problem we see in advertising accounts.

AI ad creative

AdCreative.ai

Generate on-brand ad banners, copy and product visuals at speed.

Visit AdCreative.ai →
Media monitoring

Brand24

Track the ripple effect of your campaigns across the web.

Visit Brand24 →
AI ad copy

AdCreative Copy AI

AI-written ad copy tuned for conversion across paid channels.

Try AdCreative Copy →
AI video ads

Creatify

Turn product links into short-form video ads in minutes.

Visit Creatify →
AI decks

Gamma

Spin up polished pitch decks and one-pagers from a prompt.

Visit Gamma →
Email / owned

Kit (ConvertKit)

The owned-audience channel behind a healthy paid strategy.

Visit Kit →
AI creative

Pencil

Predict and generate ad creative likely to perform.

Visit Pencil →
Social creative

Predis.ai

AI-generated social posts, carousels and video.

Visit Predis.ai →
Landing pages

Unbounce

Build and test high-converting landing pages for paid traffic.

Visit Unbounce →
Browse all tools

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🛒 From the Shop

Featured tools you can explore

A hand-picked look at the kit in our shop. Browse the full range of nine tools whenever you are ready.

From Medium

AI reading, fresh from the community

A live feed of the latest writing on artificial intelligence, machine learning and AI marketing, pulled straight from Medium.

Towards Data Science

Towards AI

Generative AI

Data Science Collective

AI Mind

Level Up Coding

AI Advances

Towards Dev

Have a Question or Topic Idea?

We’d love to hear from you. Whether you have a question about paid media or want to suggest something for us to write about, get in touch and a member of the team will reply.

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