[Sholi]

EDIT: First of all, I'd like to thank you guys. The love, feedback and kind words are greatly appreciated. It's going pretty well on this one and have reached almost 50k followers now with 15M views in the past 7 days (this update is as of 18th of Dec 2023).

This is so good that I decided to open up a Mentorship Program for it if anyone is interested here: https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=6258853

There is also a free Discord which everyone can join in the sales thread. Feel free to join. I might be doing some good stuff in there.

Again, thank you for following my journey!

Never been the best of content creators and I'm fairly new at this. To put this into perspective, I started using TikTok about 2 months ago when I bought an account from HF. Didn't do well with that one since it was restricted to a non-English speaking country.

I tried to start several other accounts which failed horribly. Stuck at about 200 views per video with bad engagement. I was interested in learning more.

In my FYP, I stumbled upon some guy showing off his earnings from this new TikTok program that was paying creators $5k+ per month for uploading 1 minute long videos.

I went ahead and checked out his discord and its members. Ended up paying a bunch of money learning about the TikTok algorithm, niches, video editing tutorials, and how the entire thing works. Found some eBooks/posts online as well that explained the algorithm and how you can train it to succeed in basically any niche.

I decided to start for real now and opened a new storytelling account (faceless). Uploaded my first video on 16th October 2023 and it had only around 200-300 views for a while. At this point, I was like damn I'm really going to be stuck in this 200-view jail forever. I had about 20 followers after this one.

That went on until my 25th video which picked up a nice 12k+ views. Even though I believe in being consistent I also believe not using hashtags properly greatly affected my views. You could say I was not using hashtags at ALL until the 25th video, lol.



Pretty much every video from then on was averaging around 5-10k views, some even doing over 50k views now. To put things into perspective, I had about 200 followers at the beginning of November and today I'm at 5k.

Nov 10 - 16 statistics (last 7 days):


So right now, as of 25th November 2023 my follower count is 5,200. Next milestone is 10k.

I'm going to be updating this every now and then, maybe a weekly update? We'll see how it goes..

EDIT 2 DEC 2023 UPDATE:

We are up +3k followers since last week. Hopefully, we can keep this momentum going.


Some engagement stats for the past 7 days:



UPDATE 12/12. We are now officially monetized and are making some $$$. Views past 7 days:



Earnings past 48 hours:



17th of Dec 2023 earnings:

[ailo]

good luck, does tiktok really pay off? how is their cpm on views? seems like everyone is ditching youtube and other apps and going for tiktok

[Truth]

my advice is try to monetize and capture the audience onto other platforms(email list best) as social media / platform companies can switch their algo in a heart beat and leave you hanging.

best wishes, milk them dry

[skull]

This is well done, it’s like always a learning curve, but you seem to have it figured out.

[Sholi]

good luck, does tiktok really pay off? how is their cpm on views? seems like everyone is ditching youtube and other apps and going for tiktok

I've seen some crazy figures and that's really what I'm trying to figure out for myself. It really varies depending on niche, audience, etc. I would say TikTok is much much better if you compare it to YT Shorts, but long-form content on YT is definitely OP.

my advice is try to monetize and capture the audience onto other platforms(email list best) as social media / platform companies can switch their algo in a heart beat and leave you hanging.

best wishes, milk them dry

Great idea, I'm really not trying to rely on just getting monetized as that could backfire as well. I'm going to keep that in mind.

This is well done, it’s like always a learning curve, but you seem to have it figured out.

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[roadman69]

Very well thought out. I’ve had some viral videos but never made a penny

[Blackmoon88]

Good luck, didn't know you could make money from Tik Tok :O

[Handsome Hawk]

Never been the best of content creators and I'm fairly new at this. To put this into perspective, I started using TikTok about 2 months ago when I bought an account from HF. Didn't do well with that one since it was restricted to a non-English speaking country.

I tried to start several other accounts which failed horribly. Stuck at about 200 views per video with bad engagement. I was interested in learning more.

In my FYP, I stumbled upon some guy showing off his earnings from this new TikTok program that was paying creators $5k+ per month for uploading 1 minute long videos.


(not my earnings)

I went ahead and checked out his discord and its members. Ended up paying a bunch of money learning about the TikTok algorithm, niches, video editing tutorials, and how the entire thing works. Found some eBooks/posts online as well that explained the algorithm and how you can train it to succeed in basically any niche.

I decided to start for real now and opened a new storytelling account in the horror niche (faceless). Uploaded my first video on 16th October 2023 and it had only around 200-300 views for a while. At this point, I was like damn I'm really going to be stuck in this 200-view jail forever. I had about 20 followers after this one.

That went on until my 25th video which picked up a nice 12k+ views. Even though I believe in being consistent I also believe not using hashtags properly greatly affected my views. You could say I was not using hashtags at ALL until the 25th video, lol.



Pretty much every video from then on was averaging around 5-10k views, some even doing over 50k views now. To put things into perspective, I had about 200 followers at the beginning of November and today I'm at 5k.

Nov 10 - 16 statistics (last 7 days):


So right now, as of 25th November 2023 my follower count is 5,200. Next milestone is 10k.

I'm going to be updating this every now and then, maybe a weekly update? We'll see how it goes..

nice gl in the future i made new acc like month ago. curently have 80 followers +- every post have exactly like 200-300 views :/ but with every post i get like 5 followers so its growing but slowly :( any tips ?

[Mac Miller]

Lovely Numbers man! I think I'm gonna try this. always stayed away from TikTok but I was able to hit a niche on Instagram and gained a cool 22.2k followers before letting the account decline

[Sholi]

nice gl in the future i made new acc like month ago. curently have 80 followers +- every post have exactly like 200-300 views :/ but with every post i get like 5 followers so its growing but slowly :( any tips ?

Was exactly like that from the start, 200-300 views, about 5-8 followers each post. Growth was extremely slow, but then it drastically increased.

I noticed as I kept improving my videos, my account would grow more.

Keep posting, and try to improve your videos (even if it's by a little) each time. Take inspiration from other successful creators in your niche if you don't know how.

Somewhere along the road, the algorithm will loosen a bit and start pushing your content more.

Also another tip: It's important to not let TikTok think your account is a bot. Meaning, starting an account and posting right away is one of those red flags. Interact with your FYP as if it was a legit account.

Lovely Numbers man! I think I'm gonna try this. always stayed away from TikTok but I was able to hit a niche on Instagram and gained a cool 22.2k followers before letting the account decline

Thank you for the kind words. Definitely do man, it's fun and can be rewarding. I never liked the platform and the stuff that's on there but the opportunist in me just couldn't stay back.

[Sholi]

2 Dec 2023 update:

We are up +3k followers since last week. Hopefully, we can keep this momentum going.


Some engagement stats for the past 7 days:

[Sholi]

UPDATE 12/12. We are now officially monetized and are making some $$$. Views past 7 days:



Earnings past 48 hours:



Might make an exclusive Discord club if there are enough people here involved in TikTok/YT etc.

[The Pact]

Good work dude! Reaching that takes an insane amount of handwork and dedication, kudos to you.

[gangushbo]

that is good keep it grinding more gl

[Pancake Boat]

Keep going! Best of luck sholi.