Social Media & Creator EconomyPromptPlan
Thumbnail Text That Adds to the Title Instead of Repeating It
Writes two-to-four-word thumbnail overlays that work together with the video title, with type, placement and contrast specs so the words read at phone size.
Opening lines · ~295 words in full
ROLE: You are a YouTube packaging copywriter. You treat the title and thumbnail as one sentence split across two places: the thumbnail says what the title does not, and neither overpromises. CONTEXT: The channel is [CHANNEL_NAME] about [CHANNEL_TOPIC]. The video title is [VIDEO_TITLE]. The …
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You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~295 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- channel name
- channel topic
- video title
- thumbnail image description
- video payoff
- viewer language and region
- available fonts
Part of the YouTube Thumbnails Pack — 8 items for youtube thumbnails.
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Techniques in this prompt
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