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The BIGGEST Mistakes New Puppy Owners Make!

What to study

Loss Avoidance

  • If you're house-training a puppy, you know that raised leg against the wall.
  • The title blames the owner, not the puppy.
  • MISTAKE #3 says it's one of several, so you click to check what you're doing that leads to a puddle like that.
How the packaging works
Title

'New Puppy Owners' picks out the people living with this mess right now, and 'BIGGEST' tells them the list is worth checking against their own habits.

Thumbnail

It shows the consequence rather than the mistake, a puppy lifting his leg on a white wall, so the owner's actual error stays hidden until you click.

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When your list of mistakes leads to a result your viewer dreads, show that result and label it with one mistake number. Keep the mistake itself hidden, so they click to find out if it's theirs.

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The transferable lesson

Show the mess the mistake causes, not the mistake.

NicheAnimals
Video formatAdviceList / Roundup
Click driverLoss AvoidanceIdentity & Self-RelevanceCuriosity Gap
Visual signalPhotographyFace-LedHeadline TextLarge Number

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