If your first 200 views are cold followers, you're cooked A Reel that opens to disengaged old followers gets a weak signal and stalls. I had a 'dead' batch dragging every post down. The seed cohort is…
I pin a comment that sends people back to the video Started pinning a comment like 'watch the hands at 0:06, you'll miss it the first time.' Replays jumped because people scroll to comments, read it, …
Trending audio is overrated for niche accounts I kept slapping trending sounds on niche content and reach was mid. Tried original audio + my own voice instead. Reach climbed and the followers were way…
Add a jolt at second 7, retention stopped sagging Noticed my graphs all dipped around second 6-8 — the 'middle slump.' Threw in a hard cut, a zoom, or a text pop right at second 7. The sag flattened. …
The 3am test for hooks before you post Before publishing now, I watch my own hook half-asleep, thumb hovering. If any part of me wants to swipe in the first 2 seconds, it dies. You are a harder critic…
Posting 5x a day torched my reach, here's the data Went from 1/day to 5/day for two weeks thinking volume wins. Per-Reel reach dropped ~60% and total reach barely moved. I was cannibalizing my own see…
