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💨 “The Shortcut”: A Viral Formula
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🧪 Content Hack:
The content your audience is desperate for.
đź’ˇ Headline Template:
With an AI prompt to make it work in your niche.
🦾 AI Prompt:
An attention-grabbing intro in seconds.
🔒️ Visible To Pro Readers:
1 psychology-driven content template + 1 AI prompt to triple your content’s views and engagement.
MAGNETIC HEADLINES
Skyrocket Your Views With A Database Of 300 Proven Headline Templates (Designed To Get Clicked Within 3 Seconds)
Sad truth: People spend hours or even days creating content that doesn’t get viewed because of a terrible headline.
That’s why I created “Magnetic Headlines”:
300 Psychology-Driven Headline Templates: Inspired by viral headlines by creators like MrBeast, Motley Fool, Mark Manson, and Ali Abdaal.
They Work In Any Niche: Just fill in the blanks — the templates are plug-and-play.
ChatGPT Prompts Included: Instantly turn any template into dozens of viral headline ideas for your niche.
Tagged By Emotion: Choose templates based on emotions like FOMO, empathy, frustration, and more.
Start writing 'magnetic' headlines that tap into your audience’s emotions and make clicking irresistible.
(Closing in 48 hrs)
CONTENT HACK
“The Shortcut”: A Formula For Creating The Content Your Audience Is Desperate For
People love quick takeaways from valuable resources.
Turn dense, time-consuming materials into concise, actionable insights and you become your audience’s hero.
A hero that rescues them from wasted time and effort.
And no matter what niche you’re in, there are valuable resources you can condense and simplify.
Examples:
Industry Reports: Benchmarks, trends, and state-of-the-industry docs.
Books: Niche books distilled into key lessons.
Research Papers: Studies or surveys simplified.
Podcasts: Long interviews summarized.
Manuals: Overly technical guides made practical.
Surveys: Trends or poll data simplified.
It works even better when the resource is trending/timely — now you add FOMO into the mix.
Your 3-Step “Shortcut” Formula:
Find a dense, valuable resource for your audience.
Pick out the 3–5 most critical insights.
Share them in a digestible piece of content.
A ChatGPT Prompt To Generate Infinite “Shortcut” Content Ideas For Your Audience
Paste this prompt into ChatGPT after filling in your niche, audience, and content type.
It’ll suggest resources that work well and use 5 proven headline templates to generate 25 viral content ideas…
Each one promising to condense a valuable resource for your audience.
(You’ll also get full content outlines for any you like or additional resource suggestions if needed.)
Reuse it whenever you feel stuck for ideas:
10-SECOND COPYWRITING TIP
The Rule Of Three: Lists of three are easier to process.
The Rhyme-as-Reason Effect: Rhymes are easier to remember.
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HEADLINE TEMPLATE
“Hidden Problems”
[Number] Hidden [Items] That Are Slowly [Negative Outcome]
Why The Template Works:
Scarcity: "Hidden" makes the information seem valuable and urgent.
Examples Using The Template:
Developer: "5 Hidden Bugs That Are Slowly Destroying Your Software's Performance"
Logistics: "6 Hidden Inefficiencies That Are Slowly Increasing Your Supply Chain Costs"
Speed Things Up With ChatGPT:
Fill in your niche, audience, and content type, then paste this prompt into ChatGPT.
Get 10 clickworthy headlines and a full content outline for any you choose.
I'm a content creator in the [insert niche] niche and my target audience is [insert target audience]. I want to create a [insert content type, e.g., reel, blog post] based on this template:
"[Number] Hidden [Items] That Are Slowly [Negative Outcome]"
Example from a different niche: "7 Hidden Problems That Are Slowly Ruining Your Car's Performance"
Generate 10 headline ideas for my niche that follow this headline template closely, replacing just the bracketed words.
At the end, ask if I'd like an outline for any headline.
Follow-Up Prompt (If I Request an Outline):
Create an outline for the selected headline, tailored to my content type. Include sections, main points, and format-specific tips.
AI PROMPT
Intro Generator (PAS)
Struggling to write intros that hook your audience?
A weak start will lose them in seconds.
They drop off — onto content they think serves them better.
The Problem-Agitate-Solution (PAS) framework is a proven 3-step method for writing killer intros for blogs, videos, reels, landing pages — anything.
Call out the problem.
Intensify the urgency.
Offer the solution.
Fill in your role, niche, audience, content type, and topic, then paste this prompt into ChatGPT.
Get a PAS-style intro in 3 seconds flat:
"I'm a [insert your role or business] operating in the [insert your niche] niche, targeting [insert your target audience].
I'm creating a [insert content type, e.g., blog post, reel, YouTube video] on the topic of [insert topic].
Please generate an engaging and concise introduction using the Problem-Agitate-Solution (PAS) framework.
Ensure the introduction is tailored to the specified topic and content type."