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Copy an ad layout that works, using your product
Give it an ad or template you admire. You get your own version, in feed and story sizes.
Copy an ad layout that works, using your product is a free AI workflow for the job "Study competitor ads". It guides your AI through several skills in order, passing each step's output to the next.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: expert · Thinking: high · Tested
What it does
When you copy an ad that's working for someone else, or fill a template, it's easy to take too much. The layout asks for five comparison rows when you can prove two, a press badge you don't have, or a number you can't back. You end up with a near copy that says things you can't prove. This workflow keeps the layout and leaves the rest. It names what kind of ad the reference is, using one map of nine ad types, then tests every spot in it, such as the headline, a comparison row or a quote, against the proof you hold. Spots you can prove stay. The rest change or drop, with the reason. If the spot that carries the main point fails, it switches to a type you can fill instead of patching it. Every line is labelled as a fact, a customer's words or a line…
You give it
- Your brand file, with the figures you may quote, approved claims, never-say list, colours and typefaces
- Your real product photos and logo file, named by what each shows
- The reference ad or template, as an image or a short description of its layout
- Customer quotes with their source, if the layout has a quote or review spot (optional)
- A direction for each layout naming the buyer and their doubt, in a sentence (optional, but it outranks the workflow's own reading)
- Product photos (optional)
- Customer words (optional)
You get
- A list of what's missing before anything is built
- Keep, change or drop for every spot, and a verdict on the layout
- A plan per layout with the ad's type, eye path, zones, labelled copy, a claims table, an assets table and risks
- After you approve, 4:5 and 9:16 images and a review deck with the reference beside your version
Use it when
- You've saved ads from other brands, or bought templates, whose layout you like and want versions for your own product.
- You want a comparison or labelled-product layout but aren't sure your facts can fill it.
- You need the same ad in feed and story sizes, each composed properly, not cropped.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Paste your brand file underneath and attach your logo file and product photos.
- Attach the reference ad or template image. If you can only describe it, say so, and check the plan against the real image later.
- Write one sentence of direction, such as "use this to show what's in one pack, for people who quit greens powders" or "use this to compare our three sizes, for first-time buyers".
- Read the dropped spots and the verdict first. Fix every MISSING line, approve the plan, then leave notes in the review deck until it's right.