{"id":"dat-free-sponsor-offers-median","audience":"freelancers","category":"decisions","technique":"context","title":"Compare sponsor offers using median views, not a viral fluke","free":false,"task":"Three sponsors want a spot in your next video. Estimate views with the median of your last 5 videos, not the average, because one went viral. Write exactly 3 numbered lines, one per sponsor, each showing the payout math, then one unnumbered last line: Take: [sponsor]. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Your channel stats and the offers (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"LAST 5 VIDEOS - views after 30 days\n- \"Budget desk setup\" | 18,000\n- \"Thrift flip: office chair\" | 22,000\n- \"Cable management in 10 min\" | 20,000\n- \"I tried a $5 standing desk\" | 95,000 (got picked up by a big account)\n- \"Small room lighting\" | 24,000\n\nSPONSOR OFFERS\n1. Glidewear (chairs): $25 CPM (per 1,000 views), paid on views at 30 days.\n2. Fernhill Tea: flat $850 per video.\n3. Brightmark app: $600 flat + $1 per sign-up. Their typical sign-up rate is 0.2% of views.\n\nNotes:\n- Glidewear's rep said \"with your numbers you'll clear $900 easy.\"\n- Fernhill wants the spot in the first 2 minutes.\n- Manager (Kit) takes 15% of whatever I pick, same for all three.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not choosing the right view count","why":"The AI averages in the viral video, so Glidewear looks like $895.","fix":"Add: \"Use the median of the last 5 videos: 22,000.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"CPM and sign-up math is easy to slip on.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Glidewear: 22 x $25 = $550\"","checks":["r1","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the sales pitch","why":"The AI repeats the rep's '$900 easy' as if it were data.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the numbers, not the reps' claims.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in your creator notes.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for the median","patterns":["median","middle","viral|outlier"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Asks for one pick","patterns":["take:","pick","which (one|sponsor)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"One viral video skews any average. Tell the AI which view estimate to use and ask it to show each payout.","rubricLabels":["Uses the median of 22,000 views: Glidewear is 22 x $25 = $550 (not about $895 from the average)","Brightmark is $600 + 44 sign-ups x $1 = $644 (0.2% of 22,000), and Fernhill is a flat $850","The last line picks Fernhill Tea, after the three lines, with no intro and without repeating the rep's $900 claim as fact"]}