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Platform

TikTok

Vertical video with sound on by default. Advertising that looks like advertising does not work here at all.

Limits

The platform's hard constraints

Primary text
100 chars
Headline
40 chars
Description
40 chars

In feed, full screen vertical video. The ad text competes with the video itself.

What works

What the output leans on

  • A spoken tone and a first person camera rather than a studio look
  • The first three seconds with no logo and no intro
  • Short text: it is a caption for the video, not the ad itself

Review

What the policy pass catches

These rules are given to the model in the prompt, and the policy pass goes over the finished copy in a separate call.

  • Banner aesthetics are recognised instantly and destroy watch time
  • Unlicensed music takes the video down regardless of the copy
  • The audience skews younger: promises and pressure work worse than demonstration

Note handed to the model

Verbatim what the generator receives

Sound-on, native-first. The ad text competes with the video, so it should be short and spoken-sounding. Avoid anything that reads like a banner.

A pack for TikTok

Twelve angles, finished ads inside the limits, scripts and prelanding blocks in one run.