I know Kanam won't make this post herself, so I'm going to make it for her. She just made a Carousel post about 48 hours ago, and within that time, it's already passed 12,000 likes, which is fucking crazy!! I'll include a link here to show you guys what the Carousel post example looks like. It's nothing fancy; there's no secret to it. It's just a really strong hook with wonderful delivery and a beautiful mixture of Kanam. Also, give Kanam a huge shout-out. This is a big win for her, especially since it's extremely aligned with her personal brand and not some cheap trend that is going to pass in a few weeks. Good job, Kanam; we're all rooting for you!

I can barely believe it but... trial reels are in fact, overpowered lol I've been absolutely buried in work for the past 3 weeks straight and I've barely had time to take in how well posting the original video did. I did, however, have time to put together a few of these shorter, simpler "POV -> Real piece" fakeouts daily on trial reels. One of them (Linked here) got over 10K views this morning, and was giving me a consistent stream of followers, so I put it on my main grid and now that video officially has more views and interactions than the original one 😂 Ya'll, I had like 930 followers last week. And the best part is, a TON of these are not only real people, but actual working professional videographers, photographers, venues, and DJs, and I've already gotten a couple promising leads from it. Today has been crazy cause every time I open the app I get like a couple more followers and I still cannot believe it lol It also bears mentioning 2 things: I finally bought into the blue checkmark. I figured since I'm taking this seriously, spending money on it can only fuel wanting to get returns from it. I know this does help my reach inorganically in a way, but I actually suspect it also has more of a psychological effect (ie. this person is fr about their socials). I also have to point out that the videos that do best are the ones I export straight out of the IG edits app, which has been confirmed to boost traffic for now. Either way, I'll keep posting variations of these, I have some other ideas on the way, but in general, this lil experiment has worked much, much better than I anticipated. I'll keep you posted!

just wanted to shout out @Sarah Khorbtli who joined our program back in June. I think about a month and a half ago, she posted a pics of content that completely changed the trajectory of her growth, and she just passed 100,000 followers on Instagram! so shout out to you Sarah super proud of you super impressed and inspired as well!

@Natalie Griffen Is killing it with her new page, Great Job News, with the level of consistency, branding, and output. She's really getting some good engagement over the last few weeks. Just wanted to shout out Nat, congratulate her on the results, and the consistency!!

So like I mentioned, I been cooking still even outside of the course and I made some developments on my insta page. I had a few videos go viral - my biggest one having about 800k views now (screenshots old) and it left my monthly visits to my page at 1million- it wasnt art related content, however it still helped me push my content out there and I learnt a few things. It is a win at the end of the day - and its pretty exciting - locally im starting to make somewaves. Some of the things i learnt from this is- artistic content isnt everything- What helped me get this exposure was content pillars and having a sort of funnel: The video i made was shitpost, a meme essentially, which is the viral content- used to get reach and bring in a large influx of new audiences Then, I have my creative work on my page- which showcases my actual creative abilities with editing and what im genuinelly passionate about - editing and vfx Next I have my more personal content which is me talking to the camera or making day in the life videos- which help people see me as a real person outside of just a content creator- the idea is to create rapport Through creating shitpost content ive learnt just how important hooks and storypacing is - which is taught a lot in this course- same principles but a different application. Ultimately ive been learning a lot and ive been really working on my professional and personal brand.