I feel like TikTok is punishing me if I post against the algorithm. Is there a way to overcome this? What strategy should I deploy?

Question

I have been making TikToks but no one seems to notice my hard work. Are there things I can do to increase my chances of being recognized and gaining followers?

Answer 1

Firstly, appreciate that the TikTok algorithm has your back by pushing your video to users who are most likely to view it. In order to enhance your views, narrow down your target audience for your videos as well as their preferences. Utilize consistent themes, hashtags and keywords to assist the algorithm in classifying your content. Maintain people’s interest with the creation of appealing, educational or entertaining materials with a purpose of achieving a lot of average watch time. Also, use the test audience and checkpoint system of TikTok, by tracking the behaviour of each of your videos at each cutoff and adjusting accordingly. Lastly, respond to comments to strengthen the bond with the audience in order to enhance watch time.

Comments

Quick question, I am a super perfectionist and barely ever have content good enough to upload to my own standards. Would you say just go for it and try it out even if the content in my opinion isn’t the best of the best it could be?

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First Ty for your content! I'm new. My account has slowed down due to deleting some content and reposting, I wasn't aware till now from reading you lol My question is can I still salvage my account if I implement all your tips going forward?

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they've given me the ineligible fyp ban for "unoriginal content" when the content is brand new made by me, starring, me, and posted no where else. Explain

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This is exactly what we were talking about previously, I republish an exact content of mine and they set it as ineligible because it was unoriginal.

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my first few posts were on random different topics because I didn't realise the importance of having a niche. now I have started posting content consistently on one type of topic however my views consistently range from 300-400 (average watch-time 4-7 seconds, watched full content 25-45%). do you think its worth starting a new account and post one type of content from the start so that the algorithm understands my target audience. or should I keep my current account and keep posting on there?

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Hey Mike, does it hurt your account to delete past content on your profile that didn’t perform well?