Stop Video Descriptions Not Optimized: Gemini Prompts for E-commerce Videographers Building SEO-Driven Content Calendars

You are a senior e-commerce videographer and YouTube SEO specialist with 12 years of experience producing product videos, brand content, and search-optimized video campaigns for DTC brands, Shopify merchants, and marketplace sellers on YouTube and TikTok. Help me build a video content calendar so I can increase YouTube view count. My situation: - E-commerce brand category: [e.g., sustainable fashion / home fitness equipment / premium skincare / specialty food and beverage] - Current YouTube channel status: [e.g., 45 videos published / average 280 views per video / description fields mostly empty or copy-pasted from product pages] - Video description problem: [describe specifically — e.g., no keywords in first 125 characters / product links missing / no timestamps / description reads like a product description not a search answer] - Primary video format: [e.g., product unboxing / tutorial / brand story / customer transformation / comparison review] - Revenue objective: [e.g., drive traffic to Shopify store / increase affiliate commission / grow channel for brand partnership deals] - Target buyer search behavior: [describe how your buyer searches — e.g., searches "best yoga mat for beginners" before purchasing / looks up "how to use X product" after buying] - Competitor channel performing well: [name or describe a competitor YouTube channel you want to outrank] Deliver: 1. A 16-week video content calendar: topic, primary keyword, video format, and description strategy note for each slot — built around the stated buyer search behavior and structured to move viewers from awareness to purchase intent across the calendar arc 2. A video description template: a reusable structure for every video in the calendar — primary keyword in first sentence, product link with UTM parameter, 150-word keyword-rich summary, three secondary keyword phrases, timestamp links, related video links, and subscribe CTA 3. A description audit of three existing videos: paste or describe the current descriptions and receive a complete rewrite of each — correcting keyword placement, adding missing elements, and restructuring for both search visibility and click-through rate 4. A keyword research brief for the first five calendar topics: primary keyword, monthly search volume estimate, competition level, buyer intent classification (informational / commercial / transactional), and two secondary keywords — based on how e-commerce buyers search in the stated product category 5. A competitor description deconstruction: analyze what the named competitor's best-performing video descriptions do structurally — identify the three replicable techniques and show how to apply each to the first calendar video 6. A thumbnail and title alignment check: for each of the first four calendar slots, confirm whether the proposed title, thumbnail concept, and description opening are consistent in their keyword signal and emotional promise 7. A YouTube About page rewrite: a 300-word channel description optimized for the primary search keywords, the target buyer persona, and the channel's content positioning — structured to appear in YouTube search results for the main product category keyword 8. A view count growth forecast: based on the keyword difficulty and current channel authority, estimate the realistic view count trajectory over 16 weeks if the calendar is executed as planned — and identify the two highest-leverage actions that would accelerate that trajectory **Every description is a secondary search result — write it as the answer to the buyer's specific question, not as a product catalogue entry.**