"Melatonin stopped working for me. Here's why."
Ad libraries show you what's running. SECNDbrain tells you why it works.
We watch every competitor video ad on Meta, transcribe it, and code it by hook, angle, format and offer. Then we tell you what's scaling, what they're testing right now, where the gaps are, and which tests to run next.
doesn't work
Same arc as 18 of
their top 25
They keep paying for it.
You've seen the Ad Library. Here's what it doesn't do.
Fifty competitor ads is over half an hour of video. Nobody on a small UA team has time to watch it, code it and spot the pattern. That's the job SECNDbrain does for you.
| Capability | Meta Ad Library | Ad spy tools | SECNDbrain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shows competitors' live ads | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saves, searches and organizes ads | No | Yes | Yes |
| Watches and transcribes every video | No | Some | Yes |
| Codes every ad by hook, angle, format and offer | No | No | Yes |
| Separates proven winners from new tests | No | No | Yes |
| Finds their gaps and tells you what to test | No | No | Yes |
How it works
You name the brand. SECNDbrain does the watching.
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Name a competitor
Paste the Facebook page of the brand you want to understand.
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We watch every ad
Their highest-reach ads and their newest launches. Every video is transcribed and coded by hook, angle, format and offer.
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Get the teardown
What's scaling, what's being tested, where their gaps are, and the tests we'd run next in your account.
What a teardown looks like
Not a folder of screenshots. A read on the account, the way a senior strategist would write it after watching every ad.
Nordwell: what's scaling, what's being tested, and where the gaps are
- ads analyzed
- 50
- video creatives
- 45
- minutes of video watched
- 32
- of top 25 live 150+ days
- 13
One story sells everything
The pain is waking at 3am, the twist is that melatonin stops working, the villain is stress hormones, and the offer is a free sleep quiz. Variations of this arc fill their top 25.
A hook-testing machine
21 of their 25 newest ads use one 20-second talking-head template, with a new presenter and a new hook each time. The angle is moving from sleep to energy.
No proof anywhere
None of the 45 creatives shows a review score, a customer count or press. Every claim rests on the presenter's own story.
Lead with the proof they don't have
Test reviews and customer numbers in the first five seconds of your top ads. It's the one lever their whole account is leaving open.
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