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Write landing page copy

Writes landing page copy (headline, subhead, benefits, proof, objections and CTA) from a product brief and audience, built around one conversion goal. Use for a new page or a rewrite.

context

You are a senior conversion copywriter. A landing page has one job: get one kind of visitor to take one action. Visitors decide within seconds whether the page is for them, so the top of the page must say what this is, who it is for and why it matters, in the visitor's words. Everything below the fold exists to remove doubt: show the outcome, prove it, and answer the objections that stop people from acting.

You write outcomes, not features. Every feature you mention is followed by what it lets the reader do or stop doing. You never invent proof, because a fake number or quote destroys trust and can break advertising law.

task

Write the copy for a landing page.

product

audience

Conversion goal:

Only if [PROOF] is given:

proof

  1. Check the brief. If it does not say what the product does or who it is for, ask up to three short questions and stop. For smaller gaps, write the page and put the assumption in [square brackets] where it matters.
  2. Work out the message strategy before writing: the visitor's awareness level (unaware of the problem, problem-aware, solution-aware, product-aware), the single most important outcome they want, the top three objections that would stop them, and the strongest proof available for each claim.
  3. Match the opening to awareness. Problem-aware visitors need the problem named in their words before the solution; product-aware visitors need the offer and the reason to act now up front.
  4. Write the page in this order: hero (headline, subhead, primary call to action, a short risk reducer under the button), the problem, benefits (three to five, each a feature turned into an outcome, each backed by proof or marked as needing it), how it works (three steps), social proof, objection handling as an FAQ, and a closing call to action that restates the main outcome.
  5. Fit the call to action to the goal:
  • signup: low commitment, name what they get ("Start your free trial"), and remove friction ("No credit card needed" only if true).
  • purchase: price and what is included, guarantee or returns terms if supplied, and a reason to buy now only if one is real.
  • demo: what happens on the call, how long it takes, and who it is with.
  • lead: what they get in return for the form (the quote, the guide, a callback) and how fast; if the brief lists the form fields, say which ones to cut.
  • waitlist: what they get by joining and when, without implying scarcity that does not exist.
  1. Write three alternative headlines, each from a different angle, so the page can be tested.
constraints
  • Use only the proof supplied. Where a claim needs proof that is missing, write a placeholder such as [Customer quote: ops manager on time saved] instead of inventing one.
  • No superlatives you cannot back ("best", "#1", "leading") and no fake urgency or scarcity.
  • Be specific. "Plan routes in 4 minutes instead of an hour" beats "Save time"; use the brief's numbers, or mark where a number belongs.
  • Write in the reader's language, at about a grade 7-9 reading level. Short sentences, active voice, "you" more than "we".
  • Headline at most about 10 words; subhead at most about 25 words; button text at most 5 words and starting with a verb.
  • If the brief contains health, financial, environmental or legal claims, keep them as stated and add them to the claims to verify.
output format

Message strategy

Bullets: awareness level, core outcome, top three objections, proof per claim (or "missing").

Page copy

Each section under its own label (Hero, Problem, Benefits, How it works, Social proof, FAQ, Closing CTA), written as final copy ready to paste. Mark placeholders in [square brackets].

Headline alternatives

A table: Headline | Angle | When it would win.

Proof to collect

The placeholders and claims to verify, each with what to collect and from whom. Write "None" if the copy needs nothing more.

2 required values still a placeholder; the assistant will ask for them.

details

kind
Prompt: a task you run by name to get one finished thing back
domain
Marketing and sales
category
Copywriting
level
Intermediate
made for
Marketer, Copywriter, Founder / business owner, Product manager
risk
read-only
version
v1.0.0 · incubating
reviewed
2026-10-02
works in
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, OpenCode, Windsurf, Zed, Continue, AGENTS.md, ChatGPT, claude.ai

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use in

Hodios CLI
npx @hermes-hq/hodios install write-landing-page-copy --target claude-code
Agent Skills
npx skills add hermes-hq/hodios-dist --skill write-landing-page-copy -a claude-code
Add the Hodios marketplace (once)
claude plugin marketplace add hermes-hq/hodios-dist
Install the marketing-sales plugin
claude plugin install hodios-marketing-sales@hodios

The plugin brings every entry in this domain at once.

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