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Don’t Buy Summer Clothes Until You Watch This…

What to study

Desired Outcome

  • Don't Buy turns a style guide into a warning for people about to shop.
  • Effortless promises an end to working out what goes with what.
  • The rack shows how, with shirts in white, blue, olive and navy that all suit his dark pants.
How the packaging works
Title

'Summer' times the warning for when people start shopping for warm weather, and the trailing dots leave the reason to wait unsaid.

Thumbnail

The curved arrow ties Wardrobe to the rack, so the shirts read as the answer, and Brandon's plain tee and dark pants show the simple look in one outfit.

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When your guide helps people buy better, tell them to wait in the title and show the finished result in the thumbnail, with an arrow tying your promise word to it.

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The transferable lesson

Warn people before a purchase and show the result they'd get by waiting, so holding off feels worth it.

NicheFashion
Video formatAdvice
Click driverDesired OutcomeCuriosity Gap
Visual signalPhotographyHeadline TextArrow

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  2. 2 Define your title, promise and thumbnail
  3. 3 Share your finished brief with your designer
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