How to make better ads than a $100,000 agency (for $0) 🖼️

You just need Nano Banana and these 15 prompts (copy & paste)

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Oh, Nano Banana. The greatest AI image tool.

Here are 15 ways I use it to make ads:

1. Change hairstyle

Prompt: Mess up her hair so it looks like a full-on bad hair day: Uneven volume, frizzy strands, pieces sticking out in random directions and covering her face.

(By the way, you can access Nano Banana for free here)

2. Expand frame

Prompt: Zoom out to reveal her legs and more of the room she was painted in, while keeping the same original painting style.

3. Change outfits

Prompt:

Replace her dress with pink cozy pajamas covered in cute cat illustrations.

Replace her shoes with warm, furry slippers featuring a quilted texture.

4. Create mockups

Prompt:

Show the ad printed on a giant wall mural in Berlin. The mural covers the entire side of a building, with natural city lighting and realistic wall texture. Add a few Berlin street elements like bikes, graffiti, and a tram.

5. Switch angles

Prompt:

The woman is seated in the same chair, but she is turned away from the viewer, facing the landscape.

We only see her face turning toward us, her back, and the back of the chair.

6. Change age

Prompt: Make her look 90 years old.

7. Change expression

Prompt: Make her look like she’s just realized she made a big mistake.

8. Remove things

Prompt: Remove the woman from the painting so only the empty chair and background remain.

9. Add something shocking or unexpected

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