Creator Science

#125: Jake Thomas – How to write great YouTube titles

Nov 8, 2022

59:24

Creator website

Episode guests

Jake Thomas

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Three types of title

01:21

Wait 5 Days for A/B Testing Results

00:56

Analyzing Video Views to Identify Outliers in Travel Channel

01:14

The Importance of a Concise and Focused Title

01:14

Introduction

2min

How to Research Your Own YouTube Titles, How to Leverage Human Psychology to Get More Views

3min

Don't Let Analysis Paralysis Stop You From Taking Action

2min

YouTube Titles Have All Things?

3min

How to Find YouTube Title Structures That Work for You

2min

What Makes a Good Title?

2min

Are You Seeing Curious, Fear and Desire Trends Go in and Out?

3min

Writing Titles for Yourself or for Others

3min

How to Get the Best Blue Light Glasses

3min

10.

Are You Trying to Stick to Your Guns on YouTube?

3min

11.

How Do You Decide Which One to Go With?

2min

12.

The Best Way to Write YouTube Titles?

2min

13.

What Are These Creative Title Elements That Are Making People Click?

3min

14.

Titles vs Thumbnails

2min

15.

Is There a Time Limit for A, B Testing?

3min

16.

TubeBuddy

2min

17.

Shopify - The All in One Commerce Platform to Start, Run and Grow Your Business

3min

18.

How to Cure an Issue of Creator Hooks

2min

19.

The Curious Desire Curious Fear Framework for Email Subject Lines

2min

20.

How Do You Use Negativity in Your Email Subject Lines?

2min

21.

Are You Writing for the Human Don't Write for the Robot?

3min

22.

Do You Use the Word and in Titles?

5min

23.

Raw Beauty Talks Season 2

2min

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jake Thomas is the writer of Creator Hooks. Creator Hooks is a newsletter dedicated to helping you write better YouTube titles by studying human psychology.

I read this newsletter every week, and what I love about Jake’s approach is that he’s very data-driven.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to research your own titles, how you can leverage human psychology to get views, some successful frameworks for titles, and why curiosity is the most impactful emotion to tap into.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - He Is The Biggest YouTube Title Nerd IN THE WORLD

01:20 - DON’T Copy The Biggest YouTubers. Here’s Why

05:13 - How Jake Became OBSESSED With YouTube Titles

08:05 - The SECRET to Finding Patterns In Successful Titles

10:33 - The 3 Clickworthy Emotions You Don’t Know About

14:36 - How A Pro YouTuber ACTUALLY Makes Titles

19:09 - Playing The CRINGEY Game Of YouTube Titles