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Every Goal Messi Scores, Is + 1 upgrade

What to study

Curiosity Gap

  • The two panels set the full journey, a rating of zero crawling on the grass and a 99 celebrating.
  • You know the start and the end, so the missing middle becomes the video.
  • The title's rule tells you exactly how the climb is earned.
How the packaging works
Title

The title sets the rule, every goal buys one upgrade.

Thumbnail

The thumbnail shows both ends of the climb, zero and 99.

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Use this when a challenge runs on a simple repeatable rule. Show the worst state and the best state as the two ends of the climb. Viewers click for the missing middle, so never reveal it.

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The transferable lesson

Show both ends, sell the middle

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