part 2 of 5

create actions

design actions people actually finish.

8 guides · 31 min in total

create actions guides

  1. the creator action loop: how to turn followers into regulars

    Moment, action, visibility, impact, feedback, repeat. Run the loop every week and a scroll-past audience turns into a community that shows up.

    3 min read
  2. pick the moment: when to ask your followers to act

    People act when they already feel something. Tie every ask to a live moment (a vote, a scandal, your new video, a creator collab) and it stops feeling like spam.

    3 min read
  3. how to design an action people actually complete

    Fast, specific, emotional, action-first and collective. One action per moment, three or more ways to help, and always at least one email to a named target.

    4 min read
  4. ways to help, explained: every type of action on chilli

    Six types: email, social comment, Google Maps, phone call, survey and external link. Email is your workhorse, calls hit hardest, comments and reviews go public, surveys warm people up.

    8 min read
  5. the CTA formula: how to write an action title people can't ignore

    Action verb + named target + specific ask + urgency signal. If your title doesn't hit at least three of the four, rewrite it.

    3 min read
  6. action images: how to pick and frame a photo people stop for

    Pick a landscape photo at least 1600 px wide (JPG or PNG, 5MB max), with one clear subject in the middle and no text on it. Then frame it in the app's 16:10 frame and keep faces inside the safe zone.

    2 min read
  7. pressure points: how to pick the right target for your campaign

    Every problem has people who can fix it and people who fund, insure or cover it. Name them, pick the pressure angle each one feels, and hit them where they already listen.

    3 min read
  8. review what the chilli team prepared for you

    Sometimes the chilli team writes ways to help, updates or a whole new action for you. You go through them one card at a time and approve (or publish), edit or decline each one. Nothing goes out without your ok.

    5 min read

done here? next up: spread the word

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