23:1815 Books To Read to Change Your Life
Desired Outcome
- The title promises a changed life and the image shows the tools.
- Real covers float around a face viewers already trust, so the list feels picked, not scraped.
- You can spot one or two titles you know, which makes the other thirteen feel worth meeting.
Title
The title sets the count and stakes the big claim, a changed life.
Thumbnail
The thumbnail surrounds a trusted face with the real book covers, proving the list exists.
Use this for any list video where the items have faces or covers. Place the real items around you so the promise reads at a glance. It needs a few recognisable ones in the mix, or the wall means nothing.
Ask your own AI chat for titles and thumbnail ideas for your video, using the psychology behind this one.
Circle the creator with the real items in list videos.
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- 1 Start with your video idea
- 2 Define your title, promise and thumbnail
- 3 Share your finished brief with your designer