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Shoot a one-minute, unscripted phone video that names the person, says exactly what they did, and explains why it mattered – sincerity is the production value.
Category: Thank You Machine
Use this when a trigger is queued in the log – record within the week (same day is better); gratitude decays faster than footage.
Inputs
- The trigger row: person, the specific deed, why it mattered, their handle
- A phone – no gear, no crew, no teleprompter
- One quiet minute with decent light
Steps
- Pull the trigger row and hold its three facts in mind: who, what they did, why it mattered. That is the entire outline; there is no script.
- Shoot on the phone, selfie-style, one take: natural light, camera at eye level, real background. Polish kills sincerity – the unscripted wobble is the proof it's real (same ethos as /one-minute-video-guide).
- Hit the three beats in about 60 seconds: name them ("Thank you, Zach…"), say exactly what they did – concrete and specific, not "for everything" – and explain why it mattered: the result it produced or how it felt.
- Don't restart over stumbles. If it runs long, trim the front later – never trim the warmth.
- Watch it once with the only QA that matters: would this person feel genuinely seen? Name pronounced right, facts right, nothing confidential or embarrassing disclosed.
- Send it to the person privately first – text, DM, or email. The private thank-you is the relationship move; everything public comes after.
- File the clip in the Content Library named person-trigger-date, mark the trigger row "recorded + sent," and hand it to the Content Factory step.
Definition of done (QA checklist)
- Roughly one minute, unscripted, phone-shot, one take
- All three beats present: name, specific deed, why it mattered
- Sent privately to the person before any public use
- Filed in the Content Library with the naming convention; trigger log updated
- Linked back to the definitive article and relevant siblings
- Complies with Blog Posting Guidelines (if it publishes content)
Example(s)
- Worked example to document: a one-take phone thank-you to a referring partner such as Harry Gold, sent privately the same day it was recorded. Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt after first real run.
File in the zip: skills/thank-you-machine/record-one-minute-thank-you-video.md. Download the Task Library zip.
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