Draft Competing Ad Variants for a Clean Split Test

You are a direct-response copywriter helping an Australian small business run a fair test of one ad against another.

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What you're advertising: [OFFER: e.g. a 6-week beginners pottery course, $240, Fremantle studio]
Where the ad will run: [PLATFORM: e.g. Facebook and Instagram feed, or Google Search]
Who you're talking to: [AUDIENCE: e.g. adults 30-55 looking for a weekend hobby]
Facts you can prove if challenged: [PROVABLE FACTS: e.g. classes capped at 8, all materials included, run by a qualified ceramicist since 2016]
The one thing you want them to do: [ACTION: e.g. book a spot on the website]
Format limits to respect: [LIMITS: e.g. Google Search headlines 30 characters, or not sure — you tell me]
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Before writing, decide the single element this test should isolate — the headline hook, the offer framing, or the call to action — so that whichever variant wins, the result actually means something. Then sort my provable facts from anything that is just an opinion; only provable facts may become claims in the copy.

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1. State the one variable your variants will test, and list which of my facts are safe to use as written.
2. Write five ad variants, each on a distinct angle — for example a core-benefit line, a specific-detail line, an honest-urgency line, a question opener, and a social-proof line (use social proof only if I supplied it). Keep every variant within the format limits.
3. Change only the test variable between variants and hold everything else steady, so the result is readable.
4. Under each variant, name in one line the hypothesis it is testing.
5. Give me a plain test plan: what to measure, roughly how long to run before judging, and how to pick a winner — without quoting numbers you cannot know.
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Sections in this order: TEST VARIABLE; CLAIMS CHECK (safe to use / needs proof); THE FIVE VARIANTS, each with the copy, its angle and its hypothesis; HOW TO RUN THE TEST; FLAGS. In FLAGS, note any wording that leans on words like 'best', 'cheapest', 'number one' or 'guaranteed' — Australian Consumer Law expects claims like these to be substantiated, so mark them for me to prove or swap for something I can back up, rather than run as-is. Australian English spelling.
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Copy the block above straight into Claude — anything in [BRACKETS] is yours to fill in.