Mission: to make people stay the longest on your content: the longer people spend time looking at your videos / photos, captions, comments & likes the more Instagram will show it to people like them
Write long captions
I try to provide more value and structure to my captions
Sometimes I let ChatGPT write my captions & hashtags after explaining it whats in the content
Have interesting comments
Drama is interesting
Replay with questions
Practice: look at what goes viral for similar accounts
Don't look at what effects or techniques they use, look at what is the hook, what are the visuals, the text
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Be pro active, ask to get a specific voice over & visual
Top Priority
Priority #1: Audio
Voice Over's (My Fav)
Hook (first 5 seconds)
Choose the most interesting/exciting part and bring it to the beginning
It can be the conclusion
Comparison: Before & After's / This Vs. That: People find them super useful & interesting.
B&A solution the audionce's problems
ChatGPT Prompt:
I have a transcript from a long-form video and need to transform it into a captivating short-form video. Help me identify a powerful/interesting/exciting hook that will instantly grab viewers' attention. Here's the transcript: [Transcript]
How to get the transcript?
Youtube: in the caption all the way down -> show trasncript
Capcut can do it
Premier Pro can do it
Free website & app: Descript
Free website: Veed.io
Continue the voice over with making the point of the hook, no more, 1 point is enough per short form video, it gets people to watch it over and over again
Remove:
Any words that don't add to the 1 point of the video
Words that are being said twice
Filler words like Emm hemm and so
Empty spaces between words (especially in the hook!)
Low Brain Power = More People will watch
Make it easy to understand, so also a 10 year old kid can enjoy the content
Don't use fancy words or words people don't know (especially as a hook)
Long form videos: have like 10 different hooks, that will give reasons for the viewer to keep watching
Music & Text
ChatGPT Prompt:
Using the provided transcript from a long-form YouTube video, create 10 ideas for short-form videos. Each idea should include:
- A short, impactful hook that grabs attention.
- Text overlays to emphasize key points or provide value.
- A clear explanation, using simple language that a child can understand, of how each video delivers on its hook.
- The transcript: [Transcript]
Context hooks
Feelings
Big or small problems / negative feelings
Big or small solutions / happy feelings
Pov: you...
Problems / Solutions
How To
This Vs. That
Before & After
Priority #2: Visual
Show what they speak about "Show WHAT you do, Say WHY you do it"
Something naturally interesting to look
Movement is more interesting then something still (cat runing, someone walking with a camera..)
Bright & contrasted visuals work better then dark or uncontrasted visuals
White shirts work better then black shirts
Bright backgrounds work better then dark ones
Never use generic stock B roll, its a huge turn off, especially with other people's faces
My fav way to show Comparison / Before & After hooks is with slides
CapCut -> Transitions -> Basic -> Wipe Right
Face expressions
Make to point of attention the same place on the screen, it takes people energy & attention to find where to look at on a new scene, the easier it is the more attention they will give it (low brain power)
Priority #3: Text Hook
--- Vs. ---
Less words = More people will read it
More
Zooming in and out helps to keep attention, transitions (don’t over do it)
Music can be super helpful in keeping attention, never use cheap sounding music, only quality ones like on my instagram or we can add on instagram
On brand Fonts
Go to the client's website/instagram/brand and find his font
Top priority: make it readble, the less readble it is the more attention you lose
You can add a white background
Keep empty space, don't make it too big or too small to read
My font: Bellefair
Sound effects: don’t use what everyone else uses, it sounds cheap and over done and then we sound like every other content, don’t over do it, don’t make it distraction, keep it very subtle, rises are nice, learn from the most viral reels
No subtitles, many viral reels don't have subtitles, they can distract the viewer and you from the most important things
Voice over not clear? – Adobe Enhance or CapCut enhance