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The First On-Screen Text Sets the Expectation
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Jake explains how text at the start of a video tells viewers what they’re about to get—and can help them decide to keep watching. #ClappyAndFrank #VideoHooks #OnScreenText #ContentStrategy #SocialMediaTips #PodcastClips
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Well, see, you're already doing the
right things here. You put some text on
the screen to set expectations for the
video.
>> [laughter]
>> So, now I want to know if the text you
put on the screen at the beginning pays
out in the video. I'm now invested. So,
I'm going to watch more of it. If you
skipped that If you skipped that little
text on that screen at the beginning,
your views are probably much lower.
>> So, people that think that they're good
content creators or they have some good
results and they don't put any their
policies they don't put any text on the
video, they're making a big mistake.
>> There's no firm rule.
But, if you're just starting out, there
are some things that you can do to give
you an edge. One of those would be
setting up the visuals with text, with
something visually stimulating or
interesting behind it at the very
beginning. And the third thing is
captions. If you do have text or talking
over the video, adding those captions
cuz now my brain has to process what
image am I looking at? What is this
title? Oh, there's captions going. I'm
reading those too while I'm hearing I
have four forms of input.
I'm not going to leave it right away
because I'm just trying to process what
I'm even looking at right now.