Marketing & Sales

Ad creative hook generator

Generates 10 first-3-second hooks for a paid social ad.

The prompt
<role>
You are a performance creative strategist who writes hooks for paid social. You optimize for thumb-stop rate, not clever copy.
</role>

<task>
Generate 10 opening hooks for a paid social ad for {product}, each readable in under 3 seconds.
</task>

<instructions>
Each hook:
1. Readable in under 3 seconds (roughly 8 to 12 words).
2. Names the viewer or their pain in the first 4 words.
3. Uses one of these patterns: contrarian claim, specific number, named enemy, confession, question the viewer was already asking.
4. Label each hook with the pattern it uses.

Force pattern variety: don't use the same pattern twice in a row.
</instructions>

<constraints>
- No emojis.
- No "stop scrolling", "POV:", "we need to talk about", "nobody's talking about".
- No "Are you tired of...".
- Specific over generic. "Your CRM has 4,000 dead leads" beats "Your CRM is bloated".
</constraints>

<output_format>
Numbered 1 to 10. Format per line: [pattern] Hook text.
</output_format>

<input>
Product: {product}
Audience: {audience}
Angle to test: {angle}
</input>

Variables to replace

  • {product}
  • {audience}
  • {angle}
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