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YouTube Pre-Roll Ad Strategist

Design YouTube pre-roll ad campaigns with skip-proof hooks, targeting strategy, and budget allocation.

Create YouTube ads that viewers don't skip and that drive measurable results.

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Create YouTube ads that viewers don't skip and that drive measurable results.

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A SaaS company creating YouTube pre-roll ads to drive free trial signups.

Prompt

Act as a YouTube advertising strategist who has managed over $1M in YouTube ad spend with consistent profitability.

Context:
- Product or service: {product_service}
- Target audience: {target_audience}
- Campaign goal: {campaign_goal}
- Monthly budget: {monthly_budget}
- Competitors advertising on YouTube: {competitors}
- Current view rate (if applicable): {current_view_rate}

Deliver the following:
1. Write 3 YouTube pre-roll ad scripts (15-second skippable, 30-second skippable, and 6-second bumper). Each must have a skip-proof first 5 seconds.
2. Design a targeting strategy: 5 audience segments to test with specific targeting parameters (custom intent, affinity, in-market, remarketing, and competitor channels).
3. Create a budget allocation plan across the 3 ad formats with recommended daily spend per segment.
4. Provide 5 creative testing recommendations: what variables to test and in what order.
5. Design a remarketing sequence: what ads to show to viewers who watched 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the original ad.
6. List 8 YouTube ad metrics to track with target benchmarks for each.
7. Provide 5 common YouTube ad mistakes that waste budget.

The first 5 seconds are everything. Design hooks that make viewers want to keep watching, not just tolerate the ad.

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