TikTok Creator: Your Next Best Idea
TikTok is the newest and greatest when it comes to social media. Even though it has been around for several years now, TikTok continues to make improvements to give its users what they want. The time allowed to record videos has been increased from 3 to 10 minutes, and there are plenty of trends to increase your following or reach a broader audience. Trends help the algorithm and help boost activity from creators, and regular users alike.
Sometimes a trend is just too good to resist. Someone who is not ordinarily someone that would post on TikTok may post just to participate in the trend. Sometimes TikTok creators appear out of nowhere, and some you may watch grow and grow and grow over time. Think about creators like Alix Earle, Emilie Kiser, Connor Wood, the D’Amelios or another member of the Hype House, or someone else. The questions remain which TikTok creator is next in line for sensation. Also, what are the trends to get them there?
TikTok Get Ready with Me (GRWM)
Let’s dive into Alix Earle specifically. Her phenomenon is one of a kind. She has single-handedly sold out product after product simply due to what some have dubbed the “Alix Earle Effect”. This has carried over into other creators’ videos as well. If another creator sells out a random product due to their influence in a video, users will comment that it was due to the Alix Earle Effect, surely.
The iconic “get ready with me” videos, or GRWM for short, have been made popular by YouTube influencers like Tana Mongeau. The TikTok platform has taken that initial idea made popular by longer YouTube videos and shorted it into TikTok-length videos with cuts and edits to show the same type of detail and effect. TikTok influencers like Alix Earle use the short video to give incite into her personal life, personality, daily plans, or embarrassing stories from the previous day as a college student at the University of Miami in Florida.
TikTok Day in the Life
Day in the Life posts is typically vlog-style videos that follow the person around from their point of view to show everything they are doing. Emilie Kiser is a pro at this style of video and gets so much attention for being relatable as a young mom. There are hundreds of other successful TikTok creators who have clung to the “Day in the Life” from college athletes to corporate managers, teachers, stay-at-home parents, high school students, and everything in between.
Pet Voice-Over
For some creators, their dog is the main attraction. Once voice effects came to TikTok, creators were able to essentially make “Day in the Life” videos about their pets. Made popular by dogs like Tucker (@Tuckerbudzyn) and Bunny (@Whataboutbunny). Pet parents can tap into what they feel is their pet’s personality, and make light of what could be they’re having 20-something dual-income parents with no kids, or whatever the situation may be.
TikTok Story Time
People love it when creators keep it real, which is why they love people like Alix, Emilie, Connor, and others so much. These videos can gain popularity overnight even if you are not an influencer. Posts can blow up overnight whether the account has a following or not, which is one of the most interesting things about TikTok.
If you are looking for a TikTok creator’s next great idea to post, whether for yourself or to understand the industry better, let’s dive into some trends. A great thing about TikTok is that you can click on different effects or sounds and see every single video that uses that effect or sound. This can give you an idea of the direction the trend is moving in if all of the videos are getting attention, or if it is just a few specific posts that are driving the trend.
Trends do not last forever, and when you are too late to a trend, you will typically notice your engagement go down a bit. For TikTok in particular, lots of trends are associated with specific “Sounds”, which are simply the background audio in the video.
Trends do not last forever, and when you are too late to a trend, you will typically notice your engagement go down a bit. For TikTok in particular, lots of trends are associated with specific “Sounds”, which are simply the background audio in the video.
Conclusion
After reading this blog, you are able to begin creating a post on TikTok that will hopefully appeal to the masses by doing one of the trends above. These specific trends have been around for quite some time, and do not show any sign of leaving.
