It's easy to make a 6-second video with text on screen go viral, but can you do it with a 70-second video? We created a system to make these LONG videos go viral over 100+ times for a client. And they actually get people begging for your solution
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watched ~10,000 UGC videos in the last 5 years.
The ones that scale past 1M views all share something weird...
The creator looks slightly uncomfortable on camera.
Why? Polish kills trust. The slight awkwardness IS the conversion mechanism. Seems like no one can call out that 'be authentic' just means don't glaze, be nonchalant.
HOT TAKE "give creators creative freedom" is why most brands have 100 videos and nothing to show for it.
Freedom ≠ strategy.
20 creators × 5 tested angles will outperform 100 creators doing whatever feels right. Every time.
Hiring UGC creators is the wild west rn....
Most brands treat it like one category. It's three different hires:
Tester Creators: validate ideas, build your hook library, buy iterations.
Signal Creators: graduated from testing, proved ROI. Tighter production, bigger budgets.
Operators: lead your social presence. Command attention, push the brand forward.
Each converts a different stage of the funnel. Each comes from a different pool.
Most brands cast one person and ask them to do all three.
If your UGC isn't converting, it's not the creator. It's the casting.
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If seeing the biggest AI companies in the world hire HUMAN creators doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about the creator economy, then I don’t know what will
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