As discussed in my beta blog post, I have now switched my digital artefact to Tik Tok and I am definitely more invested in this idea. Although creative, my Youtube videos lacked public engagement and I found the time I invested in them to be extensive and unnecessary. My most popular video was my DA pitch, which gained a mere 100 views.
The switch to Tik Tok was inspired by one of my friends who received 150k views on a 10 second long video. I made my first video, which was me making fun of myself, went to sleep and woke up with 40k likes and 140k views. The results shocked me. I read my analytics and found that my video had made it worldwide, over 47% of my audience were from the United Kingdom, 33% from America and remainder Australian.
After making more videos, and the engagement on my first video still being present, I found that more of the audience would then view my profile and like more of my less relevant videos. Therefore, the engagement on my profile since the video uploaded, has been over 5k views a day.
My video now has over 200k views and my follow count has reached 4.5k followers. From these statistics I have found appropriate times to upload videos in order to achieve maximum views and engagement. Viewers had also found my previous Youtube videos and Instagram.
However, creating content has now become intimidating. My audience is mostly young, yet content is extremely high praised. After posting a recent video, I lost 60 followers. As I continue to embark on my tik tok journey, I plan to follow trends whilst attempting to make my own trends. I have been told by a fellow tik toker, that views are gained from the ‘for you’ page, a page that all users can view content. He suggested I continue to repost the same content until it is submitted to the ‘for you’ page, so I plan to test this theory.
The success of my first video has compelled to strive forward and become Tik Tok ‘famous’. By the end of this subject I hope to achieve this. Stay tuned on my twitter and follow my tik tok account for more content.
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For starters, I really like your new DA idea! It’s very creative, interesting and there’s a lot of room for growth. I think changing from YouTube to TikTok was just the change you needed and that is evident through the success of your posts.
I feel as if one thing that could possibly help with your DA is just posting more content. Obviously, you should still keep in mind the quality of your videos and who your intended audience is, however more content could allow you to get more attention from your audience. I believe your plan to make some videos following popular trends is smart as it will hopefully it will promote even more positive engagement and allow you to gain some attraction to your page.
Overall, I think your new DA is off to a great start and I wish you luck with it! 🙂
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