Competitive Ads Extractor
Extracts and analyzes competitors' ads from ad libraries (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) to understand what messaging, problems, and creative approaches are working. Helps inspire and improve your own ad campaigns.
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name: competitive-ads-extractor
description: Extracts and analyzes competitors' ads from ad libraries (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) to understand what messaging, problems, and creative approaches are working. Helps inspire and improve your own ad campaigns.
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- Retrieve ads from Facebook Ad Library and LinkedIn
- Capture visual assets and messaging
- Examine messaging themes and patterns
- Organize ads by category
- Detect recurring successful patterns
- Deliver strategic recommendations
Perfect for marketers who need to:
- Research rival advertising strategies
- Seek creative direction and inspiration
- Understand market positioning
- Recognize effective ad patterns
- Evaluate successful messaging approaches
- Uncover emerging pain points
- Plan campaigns using proven concepts
# Extract all ads from a competitor
"Extract all current ads from [Competitor Name] on Facebook Ad Library"
# Focus on specific messaging
"Analyze ads addressing [specific problem] from [Competitor]"
# Compare multiple competitors
"Compare ad strategies across [Company A], [Company B], and [Company C]"
# Platform-specific analysis
"Examine B2B positioning in [Competitor]'s LinkedIn ads"
Reports include:
- Ad quantity summaries - Volume and distribution
- Primary theme breakdowns - Core messaging patterns
- Format distributions - Video, image, carousel analysis
- Problem identification - Pain points with copy samples
- Creative patterns - Successful visual and video elements
- Headlines & CTAs - High-performing copy formulas
- Audience targeting - Demographic and psychographic insights
- Actionable recommendations - Strategic takeaways
Gain understanding of:
- Problem emphasis and competitive positioning
- Resonating value propositions
- Audience segmentation strategies
- Visual and video effectiveness
- Headline and CTA formulas
- Copy length and tone patterns
- Campaign strategy evolution
Use insights responsibly:
- Use for inspiration, not direct copying
- Respect intellectual property
- Avoid plagiarism
- Develop original creative informed by patterns
- Track messaging evolution across quarters
- Analyze patterns among multiple competitors
- Identify industry-wide benchmarks
- Compare format effectiveness (when engagement data exists)