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YOUTUBE THUMBNAIL RULES Bookmark this for later. Keep it simple: 1–2 things only. The more you add, the less people click. Make the text big and clear: if someone can't read it while scrolling, it’s likely a bad thumbnail. Make them curious: show just enough that they NEED to click to find out the rest. Don't trick people: your thumbnail should match what's actually in the video. Thumbnail title work together: one should add to the other, not say the same thing twice.

YouTube is all about finding viral formats Once you find one viral format, you can create 10 spinoffs Look at this example: Original: “What Did Ancient Humans Do at Night?” - 7.5M views Spinoff: “What Did Ancient Humans Do all Day Before Jobs Existed?” - 2.5M views Spinoff: “How Did Ancient Humans Survive the World’s Deadliest Predators?” - 757K views Spinoff: “How did Ancient humans kill boredom?” - 1.7M views Creating a profitable channel becomes much easier when you can replicate the success of your best performing videos

These 3 Claude NexLev prompts will 10x your YouTube strategy Here are prompts for thumbnails, hooks, and titles. (Bookmark this for later 🧵)

This YouTube channel got over 10 million views with only 11 videos! Let's break down how they did it: The main reason this channel is so successful is because they created an entirely new video format that keeps going viral. The format is “How did ancient humans do (blank)”. Their most popular video uses this format, and it got over 7M views in just one month. They’ve since doubled down on the format, and had other videos perform well using it. Tons of people have copied the format, but this channel created an advantage for itself by using it first. The channel who originates a format typically dominates its niche, which is the case with this channel. This is why ideation is so important. If you can come up with good video ideas, results like this are possible.

Generate viral YouTube video titles using this Claude prompt! Save this for later. Step 1: Find Competitors Find 10 competing channels in [NICHE]. For each channel, show me their top 8 outlier videos with titles, views, and subscriber count. Step 2: Analyze Titles Copy all the titles from Step 1 and paste them with this prompt: Here are the titles from the top performing videos in [NICHE]. Analyze all of them and find repeating patterns, structure, power words, number usage, curiosity gaps, emotional triggers, specificity, length, and formatting. Then using those patterns, generate 20 new video titles for [NICHE]. For each title include: The title Which pattern it's based on Why it would drive clicks Only suggest titles backed by patterns from the outliers.

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This Claude prompt can make viral YouTube hooks for you! Make sure to bookmark this. Step 1: Find Competitors Paste this into Claude with NexLev connected: Find 10 competing channels in [NICHE]. For each channel, show me their name, subscriber count, and top 8 outlier videos with titles and views. Step 2: Collect Hooks Go to each outlier video and copy the first 30 seconds of the transcript. You can find this by clicking "Show transcript" under any YouTube video. Paste all the hooks into a document. Step 3: Analyze Patterns Paste all the hooks into Claude with this prompt: Here are the opening hooks from the top performing videos in [NICHE]. Analyze all of them and find repeating patterns, tone, pacing, structure, emotional triggers, open loops, stakes, and framing. Then using those patterns, write 10 original hooks for new videos in [NICHE]. For each hook include: A video title it pairs with The full word for word hook script (first 15–30 seconds) Which pattern from the outliers it's based on Only write hooks backed by patterns that are proven to work.

YOUTUBE TITLE RULES Bookmark this for later. Shorter is better: under 50 characters. Every extra word dilutes the title. Write at a 5th grade reading level: if your viewer has to think twice, you already lost them. Create a curiosity gap: give them enough to be intrigued, but not enough to feel satisfied. Make it irresistible without being clickbait: deliver on what you promise. Title thumbnail should tell one story together, not repeat each other.

I can now copy my competitors' YouTube thumbnail style in less than 5 minutes using Nexlev’s thumbnail generator. Here’s why this is so powerful: It’s faster & cheaper: go from idea to finished thumbnail in minutes, no designer needed I can test more ideas: generate tons of variations of the same concept so you're not guessing what works A/B test easily: swap thumbnails and compare CTR without worrying about extra time or cost

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HOW TO GENERATE THUMBNAIL IDEAS USING AI Bookmark this Step 1: Find Competitors Paste this into Claude with NexLev connected: Find 10 competing channels in [NICHE]. For each channel, show me their name and subscriber count Step 2: Analyze Patterns Go to each channel, sort by Most Popular, screenshot the top 8 thumbnails. Then paste all screenshots into Claude with this prompt: Here are the top performing thumbnails from competitors in [NICHE]. Look across all of them and find repeating patterns, thumbnail styles, emotional angles, curiosity gaps, formats, and visual structures. Then using those patterns, generate 10 new video ideas for my channel in [NICHE]. For each idea include: A high CTR title Thumbnail concept (text, main visual, layout, emotional angle, curiosity mechanism) Only suggest ideas backed by patterns you found in the outliers.

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