Lesson 259 · 2 min
Titles and thumbnails
AI can brainstorm clear titles and thumbnail ideas for your videos, but the best thumbnail still uses a real photo of your real product.
On YouTube and Facebook, the title and thumbnail are your shop sign. People decide in a second whether to click, so both need to say plainly what the video gives them.
Describe your video to a chatbot and ask for ten titles: short, specific, and with the words a customer would search for. "How to choose a ripe durian" beats "Durian time!!!". Ask for a few Vietnamese and English versions if you have foreign viewers.
For thumbnails, ask AI for ideas: what to show, which three or four words to put on the image, what colors stand out. Then take the photo yourself, or grab a sharp frame from the video. A clear face and the real product work well.
AI image tools can make eye-catching pictures, but a thumbnail that shows something not in the video, or a product that does not exist, misleads people. Keep it real, and keep text big enough to read on a phone.
Do it now
Retitle one old video
- 1. Pick a video of yours that got few views.
- 2. Describe what it really shows, then use the prompt below.
- 3. Choose a title and make a new thumbnail from a real frame with three or four big words.
- 4. Change them and check the views again after a week.
My video shows: [WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VIDEO]. My viewers are: [WHO]. Suggest ten titles under 60 characters that are specific and use words people would search for. Then suggest three thumbnail ideas: what to show (using a real frame or photo), the three or four words to put on it, and the colors. Nothing that promises more than the video shows.
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