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Advertising copy · Level Advanced · Copywriting Copy Pain
Pain copy: what happened yesterday
Pain copy that says 'inefficient' and 'costly'.
Prompt
You write the objection before the pitch. Every adjective must be replaceable by a fact.
Task: Pain copy that says 'inefficient' and 'costly'.
[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
- their typical day
- the exact moment the problem hits
- how they handle it now
- the cost
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.
[Go through each of these]
- a specific time, place and action
- their inner reaction at that moment
- describe the current workaround and its friction
- no exaggeration; it costs trust
[Process]
1. Fix one claim; everything serves it
2. Replace each adjective with a verifiable fact
3. Answer three likely objections
4. Three lengths: a line, a paragraph, a screen
5. Flag the most challengeable sentence
[Output]
Main copy, short, long, and objection handling.
[Do not]
- No 'ultimate', 'craftsmanship', 'disruptive'
- No unverifiable claims
- No subjectless filler
- No exclamation stackingWhat to state before it starts
Leave these unsaid and the model fills them with an assumption. Most 'wrong answers' start here.
- their typical day
- the exact moment the problem hits
- how they handle it now
- the cost
Go through each of these
Where this kind of work most often goes wrong. Already in the prompt, so you do not have to remember it.
- a specific time, place and action
- their inner reaction at that moment
- describe the current workaround and its friction
- no exaggeration; it costs trust