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Do this to INSTANTLY create better Logos! thumbnail5:06

Do this to INSTANTLY create better Logos!

What to study

Curiosity Gap

  • The title says do this but never says what this is.
  • The image half-answers with a pen tracing the world's most famous coffee logo, which raises a better question.
  • Copying feels forbidden in design, so the words 'steal this' read like permission to misbehave.
How the packaging works
Title

The title promises an instant improvement without revealing the method.

Thumbnail

The thumbnail shows a hand tracing a famous logo mid-act.

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Use this when your method sounds wrong at first hearing. Show the forbidden-looking act in the image and keep the reason in the video. The mild guilt is the pull, so never explain it away.

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The transferable lesson

A slightly forbidden method makes its own curiosity

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