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
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