Treasure map
A quest drawn as a 'treasure map': a dotted trail winds across parchment past numbered landmarks, each page flags the next one and tells what was found there in the map's legend, a compass in the corner, until 'X marks the spot' on the closing page. For a search that ends in a find.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Treasure map for posts that start a conversation, entertain or teach, when the message is a story or steps or a process. It is built first to start a conversation.
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
- Only for a quest or search that ends in a find — sourcing an ingredient, hunting for the right space, a customer's search for a solution; not for a plain process or a list of offers.
- Landmarks are steps the copy describes; never invent places, people or discoveries.
- The closing line is the treasure: what was found and how the reader gets it.
Visual rules
- Parchment with darkened edges and a compass rose: a dashed trail winds from a start dot past numbered landmark symbols (peaks, rings, diamonds) to an X; the trail and landmarks are lit in the brand colour up to the current one, which carries a pennant.
- Each page's legend box (double-ruled) holds 'Landmark n of N' in italics, a serif heading and the text.
- The cover sets the title on a ribbon banner over the map; the closing page lights the whole trail and the X above 'X marks the spot' and the call to action.
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Make a Treasure map 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.