April 11th, 2025
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10
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A video without stakes is a retention disaster.
But it's not always easy to figure out what your stakes are.
You don't wanna seem fake - adding something random and scary just to clickbait your audience into watching longer:
We don't want to invent awful-sounding scenarios like these... we want to get to the heart of what your audience really cares about so they keep watching.
No, not the delicious British snack available from Greggs...
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"StakeBake" is my new, free GPT that'll take your video's title and suggest:
(And by the way, this GPT is trained on my entire 36,000 word scriptwriting course.)
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It helps you... "bake" stakes into your script π
These days, 1of10.com makes this a tonne easier.
Because it's synced up with my channel, I have a list of ideas waiting for me when I log in:
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If I want to double down, I can use their AI to generate a bunch more ideas, too:
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Otherwise, you can spend time scrolling through your YouTube homepage to see which titles jump out.
Save them to a playlist and use them as inspiration for your channel.
You'll save so much time generating these ideas with 1of10 though, so feel free to use my affiliate link.
Once I have a title, I can feed it directly into StakeBake:
Let's go with this title:
"My Blueprint for Mastering YouTube Scriptwriting"
Assuming I haven't thought of my stakes yet, the GPT will automatically suggest them:
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This is literally a cheat code to help figure out what will make your viewers watch longer.
Or, if you do have some stakes in mind, it'll tell you how to make them even more compelling!
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It'll even provide some alternate title ideas based on those stakes:
That's all you need.
Now you have your stakes, you have your focus.
Include them in the hook, and your audience will be way more invested in your video.
To get access to StakeBake, click here:
Get StakeBake (free custom GPT)
That's all for this week.
If you have feedback on StakeBake, just let me know! I'd love to keep improving it.
Speak soon,
George π
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