You could do something like this:
<script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="/connectors/before-topic-list/NameOfThing">
<div class="className">
<p>Hi there!</p>
</div>
</script>
This renders the text in the before-topic-list outlet.
You can change the outlet and component names in data-template-name.
Be sure to put this in Customize > CSS > New component > Edit CSS/HTML > Head.