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Checking claims in ads and copy

Match every claim to evidence, rewrite what you can't support, and route claims through approval before anything is published.

Level
Intermediate
Length
About 30 minutes
Contents
3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
Status
Published · updated 1 Oct 2026

Skills you'll practise

  • Identify claims that need evidence
  • Match claims to the evidence on file
  • Rewrite unsupported claims accurately
  • Follow and record the approval process

Course outline

  1. 1.Checking claims in ads and copyVideo · 2 min
  2. 2.If you can't prove it, don't say itLesson · 14 min
  3. 3.Building and keeping an evidence fileLesson · 14 min
  4. 4.Comparisons, 'free' and 'up to' claimsLesson · 13 min
  5. 5.Checking claims in ads and copy: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
  6. 6.Ad copy with unsupported claims, due todayScenario
  7. 7.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

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