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Customer Onboarding Video Template

An onboarding video template for activation steps, setup flows, success moments, and help-center clips.

Search intent

The searcher wants new users to complete a setup step or activation workflow faster.

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Duration

30-75 seconds

Best for

  • Activation flows
  • First-run tutorials
  • Help-center videos
  • Customer success emails

Assets

  • Activation goal
  • Setup steps
  • Screens or simplified UI
  • Success-state message

Script beats

The motion structure to start from

  1. 1Name the setup outcome the user will achieve.
  2. 2Show the starting state.
  3. 3Walk through three to five steps.
  4. 4Confirm the success state.
  5. 5Point to the next useful action.

Copy-paste prompt

Create a customer onboarding motion graphics video for [workflow]. Audience: [new user/customer segment]. Show the starting state, walk through these steps: [steps], highlight the success state: [outcome], and close with [next action]. Style: calm, instructional, readable UI callouts.

Customize before publishing

  • Use one instruction per scene.
  • Keep UI zoomed enough for small screens.
  • Remove any step that does not move activation forward.

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Use case

Onboarding videos

Create onboarding videos, first-run tutorials, activation explainers, and help-center motion graphics for software products.

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