Why Most People Are Scrolling past Your TikToks (and How Make Them Stay and Watch)

In this episode, Louie breaks down the ONE reason TikTok is capping your views – and provides many tips and tricks to help you to break that cycle.  He shares what is really going on under the hood and how to leverage the most Important  metric TikTok´s provides you with to solve the problem - it’s probably not the metric you’ve been obsessing over.  He walks you through practical tips and tricks that will boost watch time and re‑watchability. Including, using irresistible hooks, pattern interrupts, looping videos and simple editing tweaks.   You’ll learn exactly how to change your content to smash through the TikTok views ceiling. Want to get into podcasting but need a little push? Join our 3-day Podcasting event in Peterborough! – Get in touch for details! Use email: [email protected] Episode Takeaways  It is only natural for you to focus in on how many likes, comments and shares you have. Unfortunately, those are not the metrics TikTok cares about the most. Louie shares the exact metric you do need to be paying attention to. Learning how to craft scroll-stopping openings using hooks and pattern interrupts so that viewers pause instead of swiping past, is essential for giving TikTok what it rewards the most.  Teach yourself to craft tight, concise videos. Louie shares his favourite content looping tricks that quietly nudge viewers into watching your videos more than once. Tricks that Louie knows from his years of experience are incredibly powerful. Find out how editing tweaks that even a beginner can easily master can make your videos feel more dynamic, polished, and bingeable.   Use replies, trends, and smart off-podcast content to turn casual viewers into part of your regular audience and online community. Louie explains how. BEST MOMENTS “Keep things concise, keep things short and keep things bite sized, so that you can hit that completion rate easier.” “This will give you an over 100% watch time, which is fantastic, and will boost your chances in the algorithm.” “If you've recorded something and it's very plain Jane and you just upload it without any kind of pzazz, it might not do very well. You need to create intrigue.” "Get more engagement using your face and eyes as well. People are naturally drawn to humans." EPISODE RESOURCES RSPB TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rspb VALUABLE RESOURCES Website - https://disruptivemedia.co.uk Want to get into podcasting but need a little push? Join our 3-day Podcasting event in Peterborough! – Get in touch for details. Use email: [email protected] ABOUT THE HOST Louie Rider https://www.linkedin.com/in/louie-rider1403 CONNECT & CONTACT Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/disruptivemedia LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/disruptive-media-uk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@disruptivemediauk Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices