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HOW TO GET STARTED ON TIKTOK

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Want to get started on TikTok but dont know what its all about? Or you dont know all the correct information and youre having to buy courses? Here you'll find all the info on how to grow, whats trending and how to use tools all for free!!
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GETTING STARTED

 
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What is a Hook? It is an opening moment to a TikTok video. Usually, the first 3 seconds grab the attention of your audience and make people stay. Why does it matter? TikTok is super fast-paced - if you don't catch someone's interest right away, the...
The best TikTok hooks to boost views and engagement (with examples)
 
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SEO What is it? SEO is about making your content easier to find when people search on TikTok. It matters because it is being used like Google. People search for best restaurants in NYC or how to style baggy jeans. So this helps people find your pag...
What Is SEO - Search Engine Optimization?
 
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CTA's Calls To Action What is it: A CTA tells your viewers what you want them to do after watching your video. Why it matters: Without a CTA, people might just scroll away. With a clear CTA, you guide them to engage. Examples are: Follow for mo...
What a Call to Action (CTA) Is and How It Works
 
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If you want to grow you must engage. Engage 10 min before posting and 10 minutes after you post. If you do videos to responses on comments your video will be pushed more. Reply to each comment to boost views and make people come back to your video. L...
Definition: What is TikTok Engagement?
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Reason can be you are posting and ghosting the app. Its all AI if you post and then leave you will not see your video past more than those who follow you and thats it. You need to engage, post your video to your stories and keep repliying to comments...
Why Do My TikTok Views Stop at 200
 
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Stop following back too quick! This can happen when you have too many people follwing you or youre on a train following. The app will stop you and how can you stop this? Break it down through out the day. 15 min at a time for max 3 times your followe...
Im in TikTok Jail for Following Too Many People
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We see it all on tik tok right? But what makes you unique thst people want to follow you? Truth its you. People want to hear your way of saying things or doing them. People will follow you for you. No one else. So post the content be it a SAHM, cooki...
Top TikTok Niches to Explore and Grow in 2025
 
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If you want to make money youre going to need videos longer than 1 minute. This will allow the app to pay you once you reach 10,000 followers. You'll increase your payout when they watch your videos all the way through.
Post Videos Longer Than 60 Seconds
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Shirt videos drive views!!! 7 second 15 second videos will push and loop faster than 1 minute videos and can bring you followers. Its a risk you will have to take. Regardless combine short videos with your long ones to get traffic. Engament will incr...
Short Tiktok Videos
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Dont over use trending sounds! This kills your page. I did that and dropped tremendously on my page and had to start over. Over use of trending sounds will make the page think you arent wanting to be authentic and may be a bot. Avoid over use, use ma...
Trend Discovery: Viral TikTok Sound
 
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Be mindful how many times you use promote. While it can help you take your page up and push your content at times can kill your page if you are forcing followers. The app will think you are willing to pay all the time for it and may not push new traf...
Use Promote to grow your TikTok audience
 
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TikTok wants you to use their features. So when it asks you to post pictures, go live, do a video, participate in an event do so when you can. This allows the app to know you are taking it serious and want to grow. Follow their flow and push your con...
TikTok Features (@tiktokfeatures)
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When you are starting posting 3 times a day is important and a must reach up to even 5 times a day. Watch your analytics pay attention when the app is telling you people are active and post. This brings your account into the FYP and then grows. Once ...
The TikTok Experiments, Vol. 1: I Posted on TikTok 3 Times per Day for 3 Months. ...