Copy Editing

Clarify brand messaging using narrative structure that positions the customer as hero. Use when the user mentions "brand message", "website copy", "elevator pitch", "one-liner", "messaging isnt resonating", "brand script", "StoryBrand framework", or "customer as hero". Also trigger when rewriting homepage copy, crafting email nurture sequences, or creating consistent messaging across sales collateral and marketing materials. Covers landing page copy, marketing collateral, and consistent communication. For memorable messaging, see made-to-stick. For product positioning, see obviously-awesome.

Apply the six principles of ethical persuasion (reciprocity, commitment, social proof, authority, liking, scarcity) to product design, copy, and sales. Use when the user mentions "social proof", "persuasive copy", "why users dont convert", "ethical persuasion", "reciprocity", "scarcity tactics", or "commitment and consistency". Also trigger when designing testimonial sections, crafting urgency messaging, or improving trust signals on landing pages. For deal negotiation tactics, see negotiation. For viral word-of-mouth, see contagious.

Master Donald Miller's 7-part StoryBrand framework from "Building a StoryBrand" (2017). Clarify your message so customers actually listen. Use when: Creating or refining website messaging; Writing brand narratives and marketing copy; Building sales scripts and pitches; Clarifying confusing product positioning; Creating marketing one-liners

Master Eugene Schwartz's 5 Stages of Awareness framework from "Breakthrough Advertising" (1966) to write copy that meets prospects where they are. Use when: Writing copy and unsure how "aware" your audience is; Creating multi-stage funnels with different messaging per stage; Building email sequences that nurture from cold to ready-to-buy; Optimizing ads for different audience temperatures; Diagnosing why existing copy isn't converting

Patterns for individual long-form content pieces. Case studies, whitepapers, research reports, definitive guides, manifestos, ebooks, long-form tutorials. The structural disciplines that distinguish publication-quality long-form from bloggy-long padding or academic bloat. Different from pillar-content-architecture (which covers hub structure); this skill covers individual deep-dive pieces. Triggers on long-form content, case study writing, whitepaper, research report, definitive guide, ebook, manifesto, long-form tutorial, deep-dive article, anchor piece, foundational article, structural archetypes. Also triggers when a piece is over 3,000 words and the team is unsure how to structure it, when a long-form draft feels padded or saggy, or when a flagship asset needs the depth to actually earn the length.

Deprecated redirect skill that routes legacy 'content creator' requests to the correct specialist. Use when a user invokes 'content creator', asks to write a blog post, article, guide, or brand voice analysis (routes to content-production), or asks to plan content, build a topic cluster, or create a content calendar (routes to content-strategy). Does not handle requests directly — identifies user intent and redirects to content-production for writing/SEO/brand-voice tasks or content-strategy for planning tasks.