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TikTok Ads

TIKTOK ADVERTISING

TikTok Ads management that connects creative with performance.

Give TikTok a considered role in your acquisition plan. Craft & Consult helps UK businesses assess the opportunity, plan suitable creative tests and manage paid campaigns with clear objectives. You work directly with Ian Hyde to connect audience, offer, content and measurement, so the account is judged on useful business outcomes and the lessons that can inform your next decision.

A clear route forward

TIKTOK ADS

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Hook & message

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Creative tests

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Conversion journey

15+ years of experience

Work directly with Ian Hyde

Consultancy + practical activation

START WITH THE AUDIENCE, OFFER AND CREATIVE.

A campaign needs to give people a reason to stop, understand your offer and take the next step. That starts with whether your proposition is relevant to the audience and can be communicated convincingly through video. It also requires a realistic view of the resources available for creative testing, follow-up and the customer experience beyond the advert.

What we can help with

TIKTOK ADVERTISING SERVICES

TIKTOK ADVERTISING STRATEGY AND REVIEWS

Assess how TikTok could support your acquisition objectives and how existing activity is performing. Review the audience, proposition, creative approach, campaign setup and measurement to identify the questions worth testing and the work needed before committing further budget.

CAMPAIGN SETUP AND MANAGEMENT

Plan and manage campaigns around an agreed objective and conversion journey. Work covers account structure, budgets, campaign implementation and ongoing decisions, with attention to the information needed to evaluate the quality of the traffic, enquiries or sales generated.

CREATIVE DIRECTION AND TESTING BRIEFS

Turn your proposition into practical video concepts, opening hooks, messages and calls to action. Review existing assets and brief new variations for your team or content partners, building a repeatable testing process around what your business can realistically produce.

MEASUREMENT AND CONVERSION JOURNEYS

Review tracking, campaign destinations and the steps people take after clicking. Connect available platform data with lead feedback or sales information, so creative and budget decisions consider business value as well as views, clicks and reported conversions.

How we work

BUILD A USEFUL TESTING CYCLE.

A useful TikTok test has a clear question, suitable creative and an agreed way to interpret the response. The plan should reflect your offer and resources, rather than a fixed formula.

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ASSESS THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RESOURCES

Discuss your customers, offer, acquisition economics and existing marketing. Review the creative assets, production capacity and measurement available, then agree what TikTok could reasonably contribute and what needs to be in place for a useful test.

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LAUNCH A FOCUSED SET OF CREATIVE TESTS

Develop a small set of clear creative hypotheses and a campaign structure that supports them. Agree the messages, assets, landing experience and budget, keeping enough focus to understand what the response can tell us about the proposition.

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USE THE RESULTS TO GUIDE THE NEXT ROUND

Review the response across creative, campaign and business data. Identify which ideas deserve further development, where the conversion journey may need work and whether the evidence supports continued investment. Use those findings to brief the next set of tests.

A PRACTICAL FIT FOR THE RIGHT BUSINESS AND OFFER.

Businesses with an offer that can be explained or demonstrated clearly through short-form video.

Teams able to supply or commission creative assets regularly and respond to testing insights.

Advertisers seeking an independent TikTok account review or experienced ongoing campaign management.

Ian Hyde, founder of Craft & Consult

Ian Hyde · Founder

TIKTOK CONSIDERED WITHIN THE WIDER MARKETING PLAN.

Ian brings more than 15 years of experience across global and independent agencies, including paid media and eCommerce. That wider perspective helps assess TikTok alongside the other channels competing for your budget. You work directly with him to decide the role of the channel, shape a practical plan and manage the agreed activity with a clear connection to your commercial priorities.

Common questions

TIKTOK ADS FAQS

A few practical questions before you decide on the right support.

That depends on your audience, offer, acquisition economics and ability to supply suitable creative. A useful starting point is to examine what you want customers to do and whether the proposition can be communicated convincingly through video. An initial review can help establish a sensible test, or identify work needed before advertising begins.

That depends on your audience, offer, acquisition economics and ability to supply suitable creative. A useful starting point is to examine what you want customers to do and whether the proposition can be communicated convincingly through video. An initial review can help establish a sensible test, or identify work needed before advertising begins.

Existing assets may provide a starting point, but they need to suit the way people experience content on TikTok. We review what you have and identify useful adaptations or new concepts. Creative support can cover direction, messaging and briefs, with production responsibilities agreed around your team and any content partners.

Existing assets may provide a starting point, but they need to suit the way people experience content on TikTok. We review what you have and identify useful adaptations or new concepts. Creative support can cover direction, messaging and briefs, with production responsibilities agreed around your team and any content partners.

Both can be considered, provided the offer, customer journey and measurement support the objective. For lead generation, qualification and follow-up matter alongside enquiry volume. For eCommerce, the product proposition, buying experience and acquisition costs need attention. The campaign should be judged by the commercial outcome rather than engagement figures alone.

Both can be considered, provided the offer, customer journey and measurement support the objective. For lead generation, qualification and follow-up matter alongside enquiry volume. For eCommerce, the product proposition, buying experience and acquisition costs need attention. The campaign should be judged by the commercial outcome rather than engagement figures alone.

There is no useful standard deadline for every business. The budget, number of creative ideas, conversion volume and length of your buying cycle all affect what can be learned. We agree the scope and review points in advance, then assess whether there is enough evidence to continue, adapt or stop the test.

There is no useful standard deadline for every business. The budget, number of creative ideas, conversion volume and length of your buying cycle all affect what can be learned. We agree the scope and review points in advance, then assess whether there is enough evidence to continue, adapt or stop the test.

CONNECT THE WIDER MARKETING PLAN.

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DECIDE WHAT TIKTOK SHOULD CONTRIBUTE.

Talk to Ian about your current activity, creative resources and acquisition goals, then agree a useful next step.

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38 Collingwood Street

Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1JF

© 2026 Craft & Consult. All rights reserved.

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Craft & Consult is a digital marketing consultancy for UK businesses that need experienced advice and delivery in one place.

Contact

Collingwood Buildings

38 Collingwood Street

Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1JF

© 2026 Craft & Consult. All rights reserved.

Craft & Consult home

Craft & Consult is a digital marketing consultancy for UK businesses that need experienced advice and delivery in one place.

Contact

Collingwood Buildings

38 Collingwood Street

Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1JF

© 2026 Craft & Consult. All rights reserved.