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Creative Glossary

The language of organic.

Every concept behind winning e-commerce video content, defined clearly, illustrated concretely, and connected to how Reacast actually uses it.

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Hook

The first 1–3 seconds of a video, engineered to stop the scroll.

Structure

Scroll stopper

Any creative device that interrupts passive scrolling within the first second.

Performance

CTA

Call to action: the explicit prompt that tells the viewer what to do next.

Structure

UGC

User-generated content: customer or creator content, and the creator-led style it inspires.

Formats

POV

Point-of-view framing that puts the viewer inside a specific situation.

Formats

Retention

The share of viewers still watching at each moment of a video.

Performance

Pattern

A repeatable creative structure observed across multiple videos.

Structure

Concept

The underlying creative idea connecting a situation, a promise, and a demonstration.

Storytelling

Marketing angle

The specific benefit, promise, or tension a video builds its story around.

Storytelling

Product reveal

The staged moment when the viewer first sees or understands the product.

Storytelling

Social proof

Authentic signals that other people have used, discussed, or trusted a product.

Storytelling

Voiceover

The narrated audio layer that guides the viewer through a video.

Formats

Framing

How the subject is composed in a shot through distance, angle, and movement.

Formats

Creative fatigue

A decline in response that may occur when an audience repeatedly sees similar creative.

Performance

Winning creative

A creative that outperforms a relevant comparison on a clearly defined metric.

Performance

Saturation

How extensively a creative idea is used in the market you are observing.

Performance

Trend

A creative practice spreading over a period of time, with a context that can change.

Storytelling

Variant

A documented iteration that changes a specific part of a reference creative.

Structure

Storyboard

The scene-by-scene plan of a video before filming or assembly.

Formats

Performance creative

Creative work designed around a defined objective and a measurable learning process.

Performance

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Why this glossary exists

“Half of the work in organic growth is speaking the same language as the creators who win. This glossary is how we make that language shared.”

, The Reacast editorial team, updated weekly

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