L259 · AI at work · 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.

01 · The idea

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.

02 · Do it now

03 · Quick check

What makes a good thumbnail for a small shop video?