--- name: ad-copywriting description: The specialized craft of writing copy that sells—headlines that stop thumbs, body copy that persuades, CTAs that convert. This is copywriting specifically tuned for advertising: paid media, performance marketing, direct response. Ad copy is different from content writing. Every word costs money (CPM/CPC). Every character competes for attention. There's no time for warm-up—you have one chance to hook, persuade, and convert. The best ad copy feels effortless but is engineered word by word. In the age of AI-generated creative at scale, ad copywriting becomes both more important (you need more variations) and more challenging (everyone has access to the same tools). The differentiation is in the strategy, the insight, and the craft that AI assists but doesn't replace. Use when "ad copy, headline, ad text, CTA, call to action, Facebook ad, Google ad, ad variations, direct response, performance copy, primary text, ad headline, ad-copy, headlines, direct-response, performance, conversion, cta, advertising" mentioned. ---