Dave Lu

Faceless YouTube + TikTok.
Hooks, formats, AI video, growth.
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@archuuuuiyer I'd pick YouTube for a library of useful videos people can find months later. But I'd want to know what those subscribers actually watch. A big Shorts audience and a big tutorial audience are very different starting points.

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@nomsooo21463 I'd save the opening shot alongside the transcript. With product ads, the words can look ordinary on paper while the actual demonstration is doing all the work.

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@tobiyourgee Did the leads arrive overnight or after people woke up? That would be useful to compare with the posting time before making midnight the new rule.

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“Can you hear the $180 difference?”

Open with both mics reading the same sentence.

Label them A and B. Let the viewer pick before you reveal the prices.

Now the comparison is something they can take part in.

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You can kill a comparison video in the title.

“The $20 mic beat the $200 mic.”

Now I know the ending.

The version I'd test leaves one thing unanswered:

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@JeremieWorks Was the 1.5K video also your strongest on TikTok? That comparison could help you choose whether to try another opening on the same idea or make a follow-up for the YouTube audience.

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@vidIQ A dip right after a payoff seems worth checking separately from the opening. Did the answer finish the video for them, or did the next section take too long to get going? Those would lead to different edits.

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@brivael Being able to resume an episode where you left off would matter as much as the shelf. A feed can introduce a series, but losing your place makes it hard to come back for episode two.

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“Does this work on a fresh account?”

Show the starting point. Follow the steps on screen. Show what happened.

Credit the original claim, then answer the strongest objection from the replies with your own evidence.

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A heated argument on X can hand you a YouTube video.

You've got a claim.

You've got people calling bullshit.

Now give them something to watch: the test.

I'd build the video around one question:

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For a stain remover:

• The stain. “This survived two washes.”
• The result. “Same shirt. Ten minutes later.”
• The objection. “Will it wreck the color?”

Use the same demo after each opening, if it proves that claim. Now you have three angles from one shoot.

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Film one product demo. Leave with three TikToks.

Keep the same proof and the same ending.

Change how the video starts.

Before you pack up, grab these three opening shots:

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@charleslayerr How do you handle a post that keeps getting views after the campaign budget runs out? Creators need to know whether those later views still count before they agree to the rate.

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“Manually review dubs before publishing.”

On desktop, go to Studio → Settings → Channel → Advanced settings.

With auto-dubbing enabled, check that box.

Then open a video's Languages page to preview its tracks. Publish the ones you're happy with.

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Your next international upload might already be on your channel.

YouTube can auto-dub old videos too.

Same footage. More languages.

And you can hear the new tracks before viewers do. The switch is:

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@Bharrathpatell Could you split the YouTube line into Shorts and long-form? Someone choosing a video format could read that range and build a very different budget from what their actual format earns.

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@jhnxclipping How do you trace an install back to the clip when several accounts are posting the same app? Without that, it'd be easy to pay for more of the format that gets views while the quieter one brings buyers.

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@isaacedits_ Motion can catch the eye, but can someone tell what the product does with the sound off? I'd test the opening muted before spending another hour polishing the animation.

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@mintzer @gridxpixel I'd love to see the same product demo cut two ways: price up front versus price at the end. If the early price costs you views but sends more people to checkout, that tells you something a view count can't.

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@NickBYT_ A faceless channel can give viewers something recognizable too. Think of a repair channel that shows the same bench and lets you hear the first test after every fix. You know whose video it is before anyone speaks.