Step 3 of 3 · unlocked

Unlocked // Step 3 of 3

Your Steal Sheet is unlocked.

All 62 swipes, three ways. Grab the PDF for reading, the Notion board for your team, or scroll down and copy any swipe in one click.

How to use it

The 4-move
swipe method.

Don't paste and pray. This is the exact process our team uses to turn one swipe into a winning ad in under an hour.

Move 01

Pick

Match the folder to the traffic: scroll-stoppers for cold, pain for problem-aware, proof and offer for warm.

Move 02

Fill

Replace every [blank] with your buyer's exact words. Pull them from reviews, DMs and sales calls, not your head.

Move 03

Pair

Back the hook with one hard proof point in the next line: a number, a name or a before-and-after.

Move 04

Test

Launch three hooks on the same creative. Keep the winner after 2,000 impressions, then swipe again.

Copy-ready // 14 favorites

The swipe
library.

Our team's 14 most-used swipes from the pack. Hit Copy, paste into your ad manager or email tool, fill the blanks.

AScroll-stoppers

Cold traffic · first 3 seconds

Swipe #03Hook

Stop buying [product category]. Seriously. Read this first.

Negative command breaks the scroll, then promises a fast payoff.

Best on: video, static
Swipe #08Hook

Nobody tells you this about [topic], so I will.

Insider framing plus a curiosity gap. Works best said straight to camera.

Best on: video
Swipe #11Hook

I spent [time or money] on [thing] so you don't have to. Here's what actually worked.

Borrowed sacrifice builds instant credibility and saves the viewer effort.

Best on: video, carousel
Swipe #17Hook

This is the [product] [type of person] keep "forgetting" to return.

Playful social proof disguised as a joke. Great for physical products.

Best on: static, UGC

BPain & agitate

Problem-aware · cold and warm

Swipe #22Hook

If you've tried [3 common fixes] and still [frustrating result], it's not you.

Listing failed attempts proves empathy, then lifts the blame.

Best on: video, static
Swipe #26Hook

Still [doing tedious task] by hand every [week]? That's [hours] a year you're not getting back.

Quantifies the pain so the cost of doing nothing feels real.

Best on: static, SaaS
Swipe #29Hook

The worst part of [problem] isn't [obvious pain]. It's [hidden pain].

Reframes a familiar problem, so the reader feels truly understood.

Best on: video, email
Swipe #33Hook

POV: it's [time] and you're [painful moment] again.

Drops the viewer into a scene they've lived. Native to short-form video.

Best on: UGC video

CProof & offer

Warm · retargeting

Swipe #41Hook

[Number] [customers] switched last month. Here's the one thing they all said.

A specific number signals momentum; the open loop pulls into the review.

Best on: static, carousel
Swipe #44Hook

"[Short customer quote]." That's [name], [days] after starting [product].

Leading with the quote lets the customer sell before you do.

Best on: static, UGC
Swipe #47Offer

Get [main product] + [bonus 1] + [bonus 2] for [price]. Ends [day] at midnight.

Plain-English offer stack with a real deadline. No cleverness needed.

Best on: retargeting
Swipe #50Offer

Try it for [period]. If it doesn't [result], we'll refund every cent and you keep [bonus].

Risk reversal that's stronger than the competition's "money-back guarantee".

Best on: warm, landing page

DEmail templates

2 of 12 · full set in the PDF

Email #02Abandoned cart
Subject: you left this behind Preview: (it's still here, for now) Hey [first name], Your [product] is sitting in your cart looking a little lonely. Quick reminder of why you picked it: [top benefit in 1 line]. If something stopped you, just hit reply. A real person reads these. [Button: Finish my order] [Sign-off]
Send: 1 hr after cart
Email #11Win-back
Subject: should we stop emailing you? Preview: no hard feelings either way Hi [first name], You haven't opened an email from us since [month], so I'm checking in. If [product/topic] still matters to you, click below and I'll send [lead magnet or offer] as a thank-you. [Button: Yes, keep me on the list] If not, no action needed. We'll quietly remove you in 7 days. [Sign-off]
Send: 90 days inactive
Watch next // 9 min

From swipe to
$9 leads.

A real (anonymized) client teardown: how we took six swipes from this pack, rewrote them for a home-services offer and cut cost per lead from $31 to $9 in three weeks.

Two copywriters reviewing ad drafts together on a laptop in a busy studio ▶ 9:04 Client teardown

"We didn't write better hooks. We wrote more of them, faster." · 9 min 04 sec

  • 01:15The 6 swipes we started with, and why
  • 04:30The rewrite that cut CPL by 71%
  • 07:40What we'd do for your account in week one
Rae Castellano, founder of Blunt/Object Copy Co., smiling in a turtleneck sweater Rae, founder
A note from Rae

Steal these.
Seriously.

I started Blunt/Object in 2017 with one rule: clear beats clever. Every swipe in this pack came out of a real campaign, most of them written at 11pm the night before a launch.

Here's my one ask: don't just paste them. Run Move 02 properly. Steal your customers' exact words, and these hooks will outperform anything we could write for you blind.

And if you'd rather spend your week running the business instead of rewriting openers, that's literally what we do. Reply to my email any time. I read every one.

Rae CastellanoFounder & head of copy, Blunt/Object Copy Co.

Want it done for you?

Skip the blanks.
We'll write it.

The Steal Sheet is how we start. These packages are how we finish: custom hooks, ad scripts and email sequences written for your offer by our senior team.

Package 01

Hook Sprint

$1,450one-time

Fresh angles for a campaign that's gone stale.

  • 30 custom ad hooks for your offer
  • 6 short-form ad scripts (UGC + static)
  • 2 rounds of revisions
  • Delivered in 7 business days
Start a Hook Sprint
Package 03

Always-On

$6,800/ month

A senior copy team that ships new creative every week.

  • 40 hooks + 8 ad scripts every month
  • 4 email campaigns per month
  • Monthly creative performance review
  • Cancel with 30 days' notice
Apply for Always-On
Free · 30 minutes

Not sure which fits? Book a strategy call.

Bring your current ads and numbers. We'll tell you what we'd change first, even if you never hire us.

Hook Sprint guarantee: if none of the 30 hooks beats your current control, we rewrite them free.