Index-card tip stack
Tips that build, on ruled index cards: each page lays one more numbered card on a growing stack, the earlier tips' numbers peeking above it — a list that feels like it adds up, until the closing page holds the whole deck and the call to action.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Index-card tip stack for posts that teach or start a conversation, when the message is a list. It is built first to teach.
It reads each post’s goal and shape first, then its own words, the platform and the facts you have, and offers this template only where it fits.
Who it’s for
Any business. Nothing in it assumes what you sell, so the Director can offer it to a software company, a café or a coaching centre alike — whenever the post fits.
Platforms and sizes
| Size | Where |
|---|---|
| 4:51080 × 1350 px | Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads |
Carousel of 3–10 slides. Each size is laid out for its canvas, not cropped; the sample above is the 4:5 version.
What it needs
Only your post. It is made from your copy and your brand kit — there is nothing else to prepare.
Rules the AI follows
Word for word from the template library. The Director follows the copy rules when it writes into the template, and the visual review checks every creative against the visual rules.
Copy rules
- Each row is one tip with a short heading and a body that says why or how, from the copy.
- Order the tips so they build: the first is the easiest to start with, the last the one that ties them up.
- No invented numbers, results or names; the closing line is one concrete next step.
Visual rules
- White ruled index cards on a pale brand desk; the card's top rule is the brand colour.
- Each tip page adds one card to the stack: earlier cards' 'Tip 0n' labels peek above the current card.
- The cover is a single title card with a swipe pill; the closing card carries the call to action.
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Mistakes and fixes
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A lottery-style scratch card per myth: the myth printed and struck through at the top, the foil panel beneath scratched away to reveal the fact
Pillar-by-pillar framework
A framework drawn as a temple with one numbered column per pillar on every page, each page lighting its pillar above the pillar's name and meaning
Glossary thumb index
A dictionary-page glossary with thumb-index letter tabs down the edge: each page sets one headword large in serif above its plain-words definition
FAQ flip deck
An FAQ as a deck of folded cards: each page's brand-coloured flap carries one question under a big 'Q' and opens onto its answer under an 'A'
Head-to-head rounds
Two options in opposite corners, a brand half and a dark half with a 'VS' seal, compared one criterion per round with each side's answer and the verdict
Stat-by-stat data deck
A data desk's deck, one real figure per page: the number set huge in the brand colour above a short rule, with what it means and its context beneath
Ranked countdown
A poster-loud countdown to number one: each page sets its rank as a giant condensed numeral above the pick and why, with a ladder of ranks at the foot
Make a Index-card tip stack with your brand.
MarketiQ writes the post, picks the template that carries it best — this one, when it fits — and fills it with your logo, colours, facts and copy.