One of the biggest mistakes I see when people try to grow their app organically is overthinking it.
This video got 1M+ views
Simple format: record your phone using the app
The key is building an app with a viral, eye catching feature like this one.
Everyone’s been asking me how I make TikTok slideshows for my apps that actually convert….
Here’s exactly what I do.
I’ll use Cal AI as an example below:
• Keep it to 5 slides Max
• Find high quality images from Pinterest
• Make the 1st slide a strong hook that
makes people stop scrolling
• Provide actual value throughout the slideshow, not just a promotion
• On the 4th slide, add your CTA with 2 app screenshots ( Make it subtle the CTA, look at my reference below)
• Include an App Store screenshot so viewers recognize your app icon if they see it again later, there more likely to download.
• Use a viral sound that matches the aesthetic of the pictures.
This simple format has consistently been one of the best performing organic growth strategies for one of my apps and it’s so easy.
$75,000 IN COMMISSION FROM ONE AI-GENERATED VIDEO. THE TOOLS COST $50-150 A MONTH. HERE'S THE EXACT BLUEPRINT.
TikTok's algorithm doesn't know the model isn't real. It sees a video getting clicks, watch time, and purchases, and it pushes it. This operator found the most profitable TikTok Shop post ever made, rebuilt it with AI, and turned a proven format into $75k in affiliate commission.
How the play works:
> The original video made $1.4 million in product sales. He didn't invent anything. He took the blueprint of a proven winner and rebuilt it with an AI model instead of a human creator.
> The tool stack is Higgsfield for the persona, ElevenLabs for the voice, and Claude for the script and hook variants. Total cost: $50-150 a month against $75,000 in commission.
> The algorithm rewards what works and doesn't ask who made it. A synthetic creator pushing a proven product gets the same algorithmic treatment as a real one.
Why the timing is the opportunity:
> TikTok Shop GMV hit $66 billion in 2026. The money flowing through the platform is enormous and still growing.
> The winning products pay up to 20% commission. On a video that moves real volume, that 20% is where the $75k comes from. You're not selling your own product, you're taking a cut of someone else's proven seller.
> You don't need a product, inventory, or fulfillment. You need a proven format, an AI model, and the discipline to test.
The exact process:
> Find the top-performing video in a niche. The winner already exists. Your job is to identify it, not invent it. The data tells you what's converting.
> Recreate it with an AI model. Same format, same hook structure, same product angle, rebuilt with your synthetic persona for near-zero cost.
> Test 10 hook variants on one body. The hook is the single biggest lever on whether a video catches. One script, ten openings, let the algorithm pick the winner.
> Post and let it run. The algorithm distributes what performs. You're buying lottery tickets on a format that already won once.
The core takeaway is that you don't need an original idea, you need a proven format and an AI model to rebuild it cheaply. Find the top TikTok Shop video in a niche, recreate it with Higgsfield, ElevenLabs, and Claude, test 10 hooks, and take up to 20% commission on a product that already sells. The algorithm rewards what works and never asks who made it. One winner in a $66 billion market is all it takes.
What niche would you pull the top-performing video from, and do you have the AI stack ready to rebuild it?
NAH son I've seen it all 😭
Literally free marketing
This app makes $50,000/mo
It’s a habit tracker app
and they got 8.9M views
with a literal screen recording
of their app
they spam this over and over again
it's just a bunch of grids filling up
and a watermark of the app above.
it does not get any easier than this
Easy money if you’re not trying to be the Steve Jobs
- go to https://t.co/PznJQ6yE05
- view Rising apps tab
- copy an app which is growing fast and $100k mrr+
- spam 100 tiktoks/month
- write personal thank you letters to Jacob
thank you
Localize your app. Here are the languages I support:
🇸🇦 Arabic
🇨🇿 Czech
🇩🇰 Danish
🇬🇧 English
🇩🇪 German
🇬🇷 Greek
🇪🇸 Spanish
🇫🇮 Finnish
🇵🇭 Filipino
🇫🇷 French
🇮🇱 Hebrew
🇭🇷 Croatian
🇭🇺 Hungarian
🇮🇩 Indonesian
🇮🇹 Italian
🇯🇵 Japanese
🇰🇷 Korean
🇲🇾 Malay
🇳🇱 Dutch
🇳🇴 Norwegian
🇵🇱 Polish
🇵🇹 Portuguese
🇷🇴 Romanian
🇷🇺 Russian
🇸🇰 Slovak
🇸🇪 Swedish
🇹🇭 Thai
🇹🇷 Turkish
🇺🇦 Ukrainian
🇻🇳 Vietnamese
🇨🇳 Simplified Chinese
🇹🇼 Traditional Chinese
People are driving millions of app installs without showing their faces.
Here's the faceless content playbook taking over TikTok (+ the top 6 formats outperforming right now):