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Use cases · Headlines and taglines

Does the headline say what you think it says?

Type the headline, and the line under it if there is one. We show it where it will live and tell you what people think you offer, and which of your versions lands.

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Why it matters

A headline is read once, fast.

People do not re-read. Whatever they take from the first pass is what they think you do. Most headlines say less than their writers believe.

3 s

is what a headline gets

How it works

Test it where it lives.

Message

Ad

Web page

5 headlines · Northwall

Shown on the page, in place

1

Type the headlines.

Up to five versions, with the line under each. Say where they will sit: a page, an ad, a deck.

CFOs at German manufacturers

2

Say who reads it.

“CFOs at German manufacturers.” We build the audience and show each headline in place.

0

of 300 have reacted

SN

“Version B says what it is. Version A is clever.”

3

300 people read each one once.

Each one says what they think you offer, whether they believe it, and which version they would keep reading.

What you learn

Four things, every time.

How results are made

Compared with your current headline

Clearly stronger

Weaker

About the same

Clearly stronger

Which version is stronger.

Your new message against the current one: clearly stronger, about the same, or weaker.

Got it

0%

Got part of it

0%

Took away something else

0%

Would keep reading

0%

What they think you offer.

What people take the headline to mean, set against what you meant.

Understood version B first time

0%

“Deploys in ten minutes. Got it.”

Version A read as a slogan

0%

“Stop breaches before lunch? Cute. What is it?”

Which version wins, and why.

The versions ranked, with what pulled people in and what put them off.

1

Keep version B

2

Put the ten-minute claim in the line under it

3

Retire version A everywhere it runs

What to change.

Three concrete changes, each tied to something they read or skipped.

Your current version

Your new version

Clearly stronger

What you do with it

Pick the headline before it goes on everything.

Keep the version people understood. Drop the clever one nobody got. Put it on the page, the ad and the deck.

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Your audience

Who judges it.

Heads of security at mid-size European banks

Headlines are judged by the people who will read them: the right roles, seniority and industries.

See how audiences are built

Test your next launch on your customers first.

Your first audience can be ready this week.

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