Using Short Videos to Grow Your Business

[LifeisSuffering]

I think there's Tiktok for desktop?

yep there and you can upload from it, same as Snapchat too (they add it recently)

 

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[Andy Black]

do you know any TikTok accounts that make videos without showing their head?

I found a few videos:

TikTok - Make Your Day

TikTok - Make Your Day

Hope this helps <3 TYSM FOR 138K. #zxvqrw #tipsforeditors #helpingedit... | TikTok

17.9K Likes, 134 Comments. TikTok video from helping editors (@zxvqrw): "Hope this helps <3 TYSM FOR 138K. #zxvqrw #tipsforeditors #helpingeditors #fontfinder #fyp #viral #likes #dontletthisflop". son original - Best song.

www.tiktok.com

Pedri.amp on TikTok

Neymar skill ✨ #football #soccer #psg #neymar #skill #edit #fypシ #おすすめ

www.tiktok.com

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[MitchC]

there's some video that I'm producing using just canvas and video stock about stories related to your niche, I will be trying this week and seethe results

do you know any TikTok accounts that make videos without showing their head?

There’s a heap that read reddit stories over video game footage

Or asmr style content where they are making something and only showing their hands or the machine

And stories told with stock footage

If you are a good story teller it really doesn’t matter what the video is, just add some footage that’s satisfying to watch

 

[Andy Black]

I just started back at short videos and it's nice to get positive feedback...

35 views on TikTok so far, 39 views on YouTube, but a little bit more on LinkedIn.

It just goes to show that we should post the videos on all platforms we can, rather than follow people's advice to just post on one platform.

 

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[Andy Black]

@Fox

This is great! Loved it.

Are you going to post to LinkedIn, TikTok, etc? If so, maybe have the captions a bit higher so they appear when viewed square and with platform navigation, description, etc?

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/CeO1uD5Lo_8?feature=share

 

[Fox]

@Fox

This is great! Loved it.

Are you going to post to LinkedIn, TikTok, etc? If so, maybe have the captions a bit higher so they appear when viewed square and with platform navigation, description, etc?

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/CeO1uD5Lo_8?feature=share

Thanks!

Tiktok - yes very soon I hope.

Linkedin - not sure.

I was told it wouldn't be too suitable for that platform. Any thoughts?

 

[Andy Black]

Linkedin - not sure.

I was told it wouldn't be too suitable for that platform. Any thoughts?

Test it? I think it will be a welcome relief from the usual content on LinkedIn. Your market is web developers/designers and anyone thinking of becoming a web developer/designer. There's a LOT of them on LinkedIn.

Granted, the content might not be for the business owners who might hire the web developers/designers, but that's the same on any platform.

My own videos have had great feedback on LinkedIn from people who already know me. And that's without me quite figuring out short video yet. Check out the post a few above this for a screenshot of one video getting 472 impressions, 6 reactions, and 1 positive comment.


My thinking is to record videos so they can be published to all the platforms (TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, Facebook Reels, Instagram Reels). That means having them sized portrait but assuming it might show as square, and with navigation icons and video title/tags in the bottom. i.e. I put the captions in so they can be read as if it's square, and I have my head so it's in the square frame too.

e.g.






This guy is the LinkedIn video guy (he's on TikTok too):

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbsheridan/

 

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[Andy Black]

TikTok - Make Your Day

Clever:

Brendan Gahan on LinkedIn: TikTok thumbnails don't really increase views. The app autoplays. So… | 28 comments

TikTok thumbnails don't really increase views. The app autoplays. So the only time thumbnails play a role is when you visit someone's profile… | 28 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com

 

[Andy Black]

I had a play with Opus Clips by pointing it at one of my 8min videos on YouTube.

It came back with 6 short clips. It was cleverly done and they looked good.

However, when you actually watch them they don't really make sense. It pulled out good clips about the problem I'd discussed, but didn't pull out the solution.

Much like ChatGPT often does, it looks and sounds like it's done a great job, but on closer inspection it's just garbage.