Ordinary people gain followers on TikTok not by luck but by strategy
1. From confusion to positioning: Finding my "golden track"
When I first started posting TikTok, I shot everything - pets, funny, daily life, but the number of views was always stuck at 200-500. Until I saw a piece of data: vertical accounts increase followers 3 times faster than miscellaneous accounts. So, I decided to focus on one direction: "5-minute home fitness". Unexpectedly, the third video went viral, with a single video playback exceeding 500,000, and the number of fans increased by 3,000+ overnight. It turns out that TikTok's algorithm prefers accounts with a strong sense of "professionalism"!
2. My video suddenly became popular by joining a popular challenge
I was browsing TikTok and found that #HomeWorkoutChallenge was trending, with over 1 million participants. I immediately followed it and used a popular background music. As a result, the number of views went from a few thousand to 1.2 million, and the number of fans soared by 8,000+. Later I learned that videos with popular tags have an average of 40% higher views. Now, I check the "Discover" page every day to catch the latest trends. This trick really works!
3. The metaphysics of publishing time: my videos are finally no longer "sinking"
There was a whole week when my video playback volume could not break 1,000. Later, I looked at a TikTok user activity report and found that the traffic peak was between 8-10 pm EST. So, I adjusted the publishing time, and the next video playback volume directly tripled, and the number of fans increased by 2,000+ that day. It turns out that posting videos at the right time can really "get" the platform's traffic bonus!
4. After the interaction rate doubled, the TikTok algorithm began to push my videos like crazy
Once, I added a sentence at the end of a video: "Tell me in the comments, do you want to train your abdominal muscles or slim your legs?" Unexpectedly, the interaction rate of this video soared from 5% to 18%. The TikTok algorithm immediately pushed it into a larger traffic pool, with over 800,000 views and 5,000+ fans. Later, I realized that videos with an interaction rate of more than 10% in the first 30 minutes are more likely to be recommended. Now, I design an interaction point for each video, and the effect is super good!
5. Rely on "external aid" to speed up: How I use Instagram to divert traffic
When my followers were stuck at 30,000, I started posting short fitness clips on Instagram and wrote "Full tutorial on TikTok@my account". Unexpectedly, within a week, 4,000+ followers jumped over from Instagram. Data shows that accounts that divert traffic across platforms can increase the speed of increasing followers by 50%. Later, I also tried to share content on YouTube Shorts and Facebook groups, and my followers soon exceeded 100,000!
Summary: These 3 months of experience made me understand that ordinary people do TikTok to increase followers, not by luck, but by strategy. My 100,000 followers were accumulated step by step by vertical content + popular challenges + precise release time + high interaction + cross-platform diversion. If you also want to increase your followers quickly, you might as well try these methods-because the data will not lie, and I have verified it! 🚀
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