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MODULE 2 LESSON 2.3

Social Media Ads Audit

Scroll-stopping mechanisms for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok

The First 3 Seconds

On social media, you have even less time than billboards. The question must appear in the first 3 seconds or you've lost them.

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Facebook/Instagram

Visual-first, caption supports

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TikTok

Hook in first second, sound matters

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LinkedIn

Professional context, longer attention

Scroll-Stopping Mechanisms

  • • Pattern interruption (unexpected visuals)
  • • Direct eye contact
  • • Movement in still feeds
  • • Contrasting colors
  • • Questions in text overlay

Exercise

Your Assignment:

Screenshot 10 ads from your social feeds. Label each {!?$i} component. Identify which scroll-stopping mechanism they used (if any).