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Match the folder to the traffic: scroll-stoppers for cold, pain for problem-aware, proof and offer for warm.
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.
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.
Match the folder to the traffic: scroll-stoppers for cold, pain for problem-aware, proof and offer for warm.
Replace every [blank] with your buyer's exact words. Pull them from reviews, DMs and sales calls, not your head.
Back the hook with one hard proof point in the next line: a number, a name or a before-and-after.
Launch three hooks on the same creative. Keep the winner after 2,000 impressions, then swipe again.
Our team's 14 most-used swipes from the pack. Hit Copy, paste into your ad manager or email tool, fill the blanks.
Cold traffic · first 3 seconds
Stop buying [product category]. Seriously. Read this first.
Negative command breaks the scroll, then promises a fast payoff.
Nobody tells you this about [topic], so I will.
Insider framing plus a curiosity gap. Works best said straight to camera.
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.
This is the [product] [type of person] keep "forgetting" to return.
Playful social proof disguised as a joke. Great for physical products.
Problem-aware · cold and warm
If you've tried [3 common fixes] and still [frustrating result], it's not you.
Listing failed attempts proves empathy, then lifts the blame.
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.
The worst part of [problem] isn't [obvious pain]. It's [hidden pain].
Reframes a familiar problem, so the reader feels truly understood.
POV: it's [time] and you're [painful moment] again.
Drops the viewer into a scene they've lived. Native to short-form video.
Warm · retargeting
[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.
"[Short customer quote]." That's [name], [days] after starting [product].
Leading with the quote lets the customer sell before you do.
Get [main product] + [bonus 1] + [bonus 2] for [price]. Ends [day] at midnight.
Plain-English offer stack with a real deadline. No cleverness needed.
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".
2 of 12 · full set in the PDF
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.
"We didn't write better hooks. We wrote more of them, faster." · 9 min 04 sec
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.
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.
Fresh angles for a campaign that's gone stale.
Everything you need to launch an offer on paid social and email.
A senior copy team that ships new creative every week.
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.