VEED’s AI Text-to-Video generator will help you hack the video production process, which can be frustrating if you don’t know where to start. Just type in a prompt and generate a video in one click. But what if you don’t know what to type for a prompt?
Here are 70+ text-to-video prompt ideas and best practices you can try today. Let’s get the ball rolling and polish your prompt game!
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71 Text-to-Video Prompt Ideas
When you’re feeling creatively stumped, consider using these examples when using the VEED’s AI Text-to-Video generator. We’ve separated them in to relevant themes and genres to help you source the perfect prompt.
Social Media Marketing
1. Content Calendar Creation: Walk through the process of creating an Instagram content calendar to stay consistent with posting daily.
2. Collaborations and Partnerships: Show how to collaborate with other Instagram users or influencers for joint videos.
3. Creating Visually Appealing Content: Share tips on creating visually appealing content for Instagram. Discuss optimal image sizes, color choices, and design elements that work well for each platform.
4. Instagram Tools Showcase: Share and review tools to help people schedule posts and manage content calendars.
5. Story Highlights: Explain how to use Stories Highlights to keep your profile active and organized.
6. Best Time to Post on instagram: Create a video guide with the best times to post on Instagram for maximum reach and engagement.
7. Caption Writing Tips: Share tips and examples for writing engaging Instagram captions.
8. Optimizing Your Bio: Explain how to create a captivating Instagram bio that attracts your target audience.
YouTube
9. YouTube SEO: Explain the importance of optimizing video titles, descriptions, and tags for better search visibility.
10. Analytics Deep Dive: Create a tutorial on understanding YouTube analytics, interpreting metrics, and using the data to improve content strategy.
11. YouTube Monetization Tips: Discuss different ways to monetize a YouTube channel, including AdSense, sponsorships, and merchandise.
12. Editing Best Practices: Create a video sharing best practices for making YouTube videos.
13. Equipment and Gear Review: Create a video reviewing the best cameras, microphones, lighting, and other gear for making YouTube videos look more professional.
14. Building a Community: Discuss strategies for fostering a community around your YouTube channel.
15. Content Batching: Create a tutorial on how to record and edit multiple videos in one session.
16. Idea Generation: Discuss different ways people can research and generate YouTube video ideas for their target audience.
17. Seasonal Promotions: Design videos to promote special offers, discounts, or events during holidays or specific seasons.
18. Captivating Video Thumbnails: Show how attention-grabbing thumbnails encourage users to click on your video.
19. Facebook Ads: Demonstrate how to boost videos’ visibility through Facebook Ads and how to target specific demographics, interests, and behaviors to reach your intended audience.
20. Carousel Posts: Create an explainer video sharing the benefits of making Facebook carousel posts for growing your business.
21. Contest and Giveaway Tools: Showcase tools for running effective contests and giveaways on a Facebook page.
22. Facebook Groups: Create an explainer video discussing how Facebook groups work and how they can help your business build a community.
23. Boosting Organic Reach: Discuss strategies to grow organic reach on Facebook for businesses who want to rely less on paid promotions.
24. Facebook Live Strategies: Share a list of best practices for running an engaging Facebook live.
25. Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile: Share tips on creating a professional and engaging LinkedIn profile, including profile picture, headline, and summary.
26. LinkedIn Polls: Show how users can leverage the LinkedIn Polls feature to gather insights from their audience.
27. Use Visual Content: Show how including eye-catching visuals such as images, infographics, and videos in your posts can attract more attention in the LinkedIn feed.
28. LinkedIn Video Best Practices: Create a video sharing the best practices for making and sharing videos on LinkedIn.
29. LinkedIn Articles: Discuss the benefits of writing and publishing LinkedIn articles along with some best practices.
30. Making Engaging Posts: Share what tends to make a post on LinkedIn generate high engagement.
31. Sales Navigator: Make an explainer video about LinkedIn Sales Navigator and include best practices for prospecting and generating leads.
32. Networking with Connections: Share strategies for proactively engaging with connections through comments, likes, and shares.
TikTok
33. Leverage Hashtags: Teach viewers how to use relevant and trending TikTok hashtags to increase the discoverability of their content.
34. Trending Sounds and Music: Explain how using trending sounds and music on TikTok can attract attention and increase the visibility of videos
35. Authentic and Creative Content: Teach your viewers how they can create authentic TikToks using their own creativity, focusing on trends, challenges, and the use of music in their videos.
36. How to Make TikTok Challenges: Explain what TikTok challenges are and how businesses can create and particpate in them.
37. Batch Filming for TikTok: Share tips on how to film multiple TikToks in one session.
38. TikTok Video Ideas: Create a tutorial covering how people can research and generate ideas for engaging TikTok videos.
39. TikTok Growth: Share best practices for organically growing your TikTok audience.
40. TikTok Ads: Create an explainer video on how to get started with running TikTok ads.
Design
41. Typography: Dive into the world of typography. Discuss different font choices, styles, and the impact of typography on design. Showcase examples of effective typography in various projects.
42. Color Theory: Explain color theory and how it influences design. Provide practical tips on selecting color palettes and their psychological impact. Use an enthusiastic tone of voice.
43. Designing for Social: Share tips on creating visually appealing content for social media platforms. Discuss optimal image sizes, color choices, and design elements that work well for each platform.
44. Branding 101: Create an explainer with the fundamentals of branding and why it’s important.
45. Design Thinking Process: Create an explainer discussing design thinking and how it can be used to generate innovative solutions.
46. The Business of Design: Share best practices for designers looking to learn how to start and manage a design business.
47. Whitespace and Balance: Explain the importance of whitespace in design and how it contributes to visual balance.
48. Responsive Design Essentials: Provide insights into designing for various screen sizes and the importance of responsive design.
Business
49. Market Research: Teach others how to understand their industry, target market, and competition, identifying potential challenges, and opportunities.
50. How to Create A Budget: Share tips on how to keep detailed financial records and create a budget. Also cover how to monitor cash flow, track expenses, and plan for taxes.
51. Solid Business Plans: Show how to develop a detailed business plan outlining business goals, target market, financial projections, marketing strategy, and operational plan.
52. Measuring Business Success: Discuss key performance indicators people can use to measure the success of their business.
53. Customer Service: Create an explainer about how customer services contributes to business success.
Health and Fitness
54. Day in the Life: Take the audience through a full day in the life of a nutrition expert who has 100K Instagram followers. Also share quick, easy healthy recipes and snacks.
55. Challenge: Launch a fitness challenge or transformation series that will span several weeks or months. Document progress, sharing workout routines, and discuss any dietary changes.
56. Workout Ideas: Create an effective apartment-friendly full-body workout video.
57. Yoga for Beginners: Create a simple morning yoga routine for beginners.
58. Nutrition 101: Create an explainer that touches on eating healthy and best practices to improve your nutrition.
Fashion and Lifestyle
59. Affordable Fashion: An influencer shows their latest finds from thrift stores or budget-friendly shops. They highlight the affordability of fashionable pieces and inspire viewers to explore budget-friendly options.
60. Style Evolution: A video reflecting on an influencer’s personal style evolution over the years. Include throwback photos and discuss how their fashion choices have changed.
61. Lifestyle Hacks and Tips: Easy hacks and tips on how to become a morning person.
62. Lipstick 101: Create an explainer video on how to find the most flattering shade of lipstick for your skin color.
63. Home Decor Inspiration: Create a video showcasing different interior design styles people can draw inspiration from.
Education
64. Product Walkthroughs: Provide step-by-step walkthroughs of your products, demonstrating how users can get the most value out of them.
65. Real-Life Math Applications: Explain how math is used in everyday life.
66. Math Puzzle: Create a math puzzle to encourage critical thinking.
67. History: Create a video about the history of ancient Egypt.
68. Grammar 101: Create a video about common grammar mistakes and how to fix them.
Photography
69. Photography Hacks: Share creative and budget-friendly photography hacks. This could include DIY lighting solutions, homemade props, or alternative tools for achieving specific effects.
70. Behind-The-Scenes Content: Provide a behind-the-scenes look at a modelling photo shoot. Share insights into planning, interaction with subjects, and the challenges you face on location.
71. Location Scouting: Create a quick, Instagram friendly guide to finding popular photography locations. Share tips on the best times to shoot, recommended gear, and any unique challenges or opportunities each location presents.
How to Generate a Good First Draft Video Using Prompts
Decide Why You Want to Make a Video
Before choosing a topic you’ll need to decide on the purpose of your video. Here are two primary examples of purposes a video may have:
- To educate (e.g. tutorials, lessons, demo videos, etc)
- To entertain (e.g.puppy videos, video memes, compilation video, etc)
Once you know which bucket your video fits into you’ll know whether you need to prompt the AI to create a tutorial to teach something or a compilation video with hilarious epic fails.
Don’t Be Vague, Be Specific
The right amount of detail is not about writing the longest prompt but rather adding the right amount of context so the AI knows exactly what you need. Go too broad and you’ll get a generic video.
Let’s pretend you’re a social media marketer helping others grow their business using social. Now here are some examples of bad vs good prompts.
❌ Avoid This (Too Vague)
- Make a video about social media
- Talk about Instagram
✅ Do This Instead (More Specific)
- Make a video sharing best practices for using social media to grow your business
- Create a video for small business owners who want to learn how to use Instagram marketing to grow their local reach
See how this last list gets more specific?
Don’t assume the AI will read your mind. Add details when possible to make sure the outcome is as close to what you need as possible.
Fix Your Spelling and Grammar
AI is literal. So if you ask it to ‘Make a video about eating my family and celebrating Christmas’ you might get a video of your family being eaten during Christmas instead of a video about eating, your family, and celebrating Christmas. Punctuation matters.
Download a free Grammarly browser extension and you’ll never have to worry about this. 😉
Pro Tip: Need even more ideas? Try asking ChatGPT to generate a list of ideas for the topic or audience you have in mind. Use the ideas as-is for your prompt or tweak it to your liking.
Try These Prompts With VEED’s AI Text-to-Video Generator
Now you’re armed with the kind of prompts pro-video makers would envy, it’s time to put it to action with VEED’s AI Text-to-Video generator.
