# YouTube Video Ideas for Brand Shorts (Free Prompt) · Octoclip > A free prompt for YouTube video ideas: ChatGPT or Claude gives you ten Shorts ideas for your brand, each with a title, a first line and an ending that loops. Source: https://octoclip.io/prompts/youtube-video-ideas Updated: 2026-10-18 --- Prompt Ideas and planning # YouTube video ideas for your brand’s Shorts. This prompt gives you **ten YouTube video ideas made for Shorts, each with a title, a first line and an ending that loops**. Fill in four parts, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, and start with the two it marks as a weekly series. [Post the result as a job, free](https://octoclip.io/signup/brand?src=prompt_library&utm_campaign=youtube-video-ideas) - Free, no account needed - Works in any assistant - 4 parts to fill in Updated 18 Oct 2026 **01** The prompt ## Copy the prompt. Replace each highlighted part with a fact about your product, then send it. YouTube video ideas 4 parts to fill in ```text You plan YouTube Shorts for brands. A creator films each one on their own phone, in 9:16, and it goes out as a Short. Give me 10 YouTube video ideas for my product, made for Shorts. - Product name: [PRODUCT NAME] - What it does: [WHAT IT DOES] - Who is watching: [WHO IT’S FOR] - What they look up on YouTube: [WHAT THEY SEARCH FOR] For each idea give: - A title of 50 characters or fewer, in the words people type into YouTube search - The format: tutorial, list, reaction, day in the life, challenge, before and after, or a question answered - The first line the creator says, or the first thing on screen, for the first two seconds - What happens, in three short beats: start, middle and end - The last line, written so the Short loops back into the first line - The search it answers, in six words or fewer Rules: - Mix the formats, with no more than two of the same. - Each idea works in 20 to 60 seconds with one person and a phone. - The product is used on screen in every idea, on the creator’s own phone or in their hands. - The title says what the video shows, with no clickbait. Then mark the two ideas that could run as a weekly series, with the same opening each week, and say why in one line each. Don’t invent features, numbers or results. If a fact is missing, write [ASK THE BRAND] instead of guessing. ``` Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or any other assistant. **02** Fill it in ## What to put in each part. Short and specific beats long. Leave a part out and the assistant asks or marks it, instead of guessing. - **[PRODUCT NAME]**: The name as people see it. **Spotify** - **[WHAT IT DOES]**: One sentence. **Music and podcasts, with playlists you make and playlists made for you.** - **[WHO IT’S FOR]**: One kind of viewer. Students, new parents or runners: pick one. **Students who listen to music while they study.** - **[WHAT THEY SEARCH FOR]**: Type a topic into YouTube’s search bar and copy what it suggests. **Study playlists, focus music, podcasts for the commute.** **03** Example output ## What you get back. The prompt filled in for Spotify, the music and podcast app, and five of the ten ideas it returned. Filled in with *Product* Spotify *For* students who study to music *Searches* study playlists, podcasts Spotify **Shorts ideas · Spotify** 5 of 10 · YouTube Shorts · 20 to 60 seconds each Example output Ideas 1. Make a study playlist with me. “This is the playlist I made for exam week.” Creates it, adds songs from search, presses play at the desk. Tutorial 2. Rating my Discover Weekly. “I rate my Discover Weekly every Monday.” Scrolls the new list and scores each song on screen. Reaction 3. An exam day, with a playlist for each part. “Here’s what I listen to on an exam day.” Breakfast, library, the walk home. Day in the life 4. Three podcasts for the walk to class. “Three podcasts I play on the way to class.” Each one opened on the phone, with one line on why. List 5. My friends pick my music for a week. “I let my friends choose everything I listen to.” A playlist they add to, an honest verdict on Friday. Challenge Idea 2 in full - – Start: Monday morning, coffee, Spotify open on the phone. - – Middle: five songs from the new list, a score for each on screen. - – End: the best one saved to a playlist. - – Last line: “Same time next week, because…” loops into the first line. - – Search: discover weekly review Weekly series - – 2 · Discover Weekly is new every Monday, so there is always a new episode. - – 5 · A different friend picks each week, with the same rules. The answer changes a little each time you run the prompt. Check it against your product before you post it. **04** On Octoclip ## Turn the ideas into a job. Post your favourite ideas as one job, with each idea as its own video angle. Where each part goes 1. **Your top ideas** One angle per video 2. **The beats and last line** Brief 3. **YouTube Shorts** Where it’s posted 4. **20 to 60 seconds** Format and length 1. Free **Post a job free.** Paste the result into the brief. Give each hook or angle to a different video. 2. You choose **Pick from who applies.** Creators apply to film it. Watch their videos and send an offer to the ones you like, at the price per video you set. 3. One revision **Review against your points.** Each must-include point is a check when the video comes in. A video that misses one gets a revision request that names it. [Post the result as a job, free](https://octoclip.io/signup/brand?src=prompt_library&utm_campaign=youtube-video-ideas) [How Octoclip works](https://octoclip.io/#s-how) **Posting a job is free.** You’re charged only when a creator accepts. ## About this prompt **Written by Octoclip.** Published 18 Oct 2026, updated 18 Oct 2026. ### How we check it The prompt tells the assistant not to invent features, numbers or results. Octoclip wrote and checked the example output before it was published. FAQ ## This prompt, answered. What brands ask before they use it. **A person answers.** Can’t find your question? Write to us and someone at Octoclip replies. [Write to us](mailto:support@octoclip.io) ### How do I find YouTube video ideas for my brand? Start from what your viewers already look up on YouTube, then pick a format that shows the product in use: a tutorial, a list, a reaction or a challenge. The prompt does both and writes a title, a first line and an ending for each idea. ### Are YouTube Shorts ideas different from TikTok ideas? The formats are close, with two differences. People also find Shorts through YouTube search, so a plain title can help. Shorts replay on a loop, so a last line that leads back into the first is worth writing. For TikTok, use the [TikTok video ideas](https://octoclip.io/prompts/tiktok-video-ideas) prompt. ### How long should a YouTube Short be? As long as one idea needs. The prompt asks for 20 to 60 seconds, enough for one person, one moment and the product on screen. ### Is this prompt free? Yes. Copy it and use it as often as you like. You don’t need an Octoclip account. ### Can the creator post the Short on their own channel? Yes. On Octoclip you choose per job: the creator posts it on their own account as a Creator post, or you get the finished file for your channel and your ads. **A person answers.** Can’t find your question? 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