TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHAT IS TIKTOK? 3
USER INTERFACE 4
6 REASONS TO GO TIKTOK 5
1 FASTEST GROWING MEDIA 6
2 BE THE FIRST MOVER 8
3 IT’S EVERGREEN 10
4 YOU CAN GO VIRAL OVERNIGHT 11
5 TIKTOK TURNS YOU TO A CREATOR 13
6 TIKTOK GIVES YOU A FRAMEWORK 14
6 IDEAS TO TRY IN TIKTOK 17
15 VIRAL SONGS IN TIKTOK 21
WHAT IS TIKTOK?
TikTok is a media app for creating and sharing short videos. It
was launched as Douyin in September 2016, in China. The
following year, in 2017, the app was launched by ByteDance for
markets outside of China. TikTok is available all around the world
via the App Store or Google Play stores. TikTok is more of an
entertainment platform, instead of a lifestyle platform like
Instagram.
TikTok is the fastest growing social media platform. TikTok is
hugely popular with teens, but the number of older users is
growing at a rapid pace.
All indications are that TikTok will be a very important social
media for entrepreneurs in the future.
USER INTERFACE
Whose profile is this?
Like the post
Comments on post
Share post
Audio used
Home
Search
Create a post
All the activity Vertical media is best for
TikTok but horizontal and
square works too.
Your profile
6
REASONDS WHY
YOU SHOULD
GO TIKTOK
TODAY
THE FASTEST GROWING MEDIA
Remember 2011, when Instagram was just for teens? And what it is
now ... One of the most important customer acquisition channels for
an entrepreneur and company, the place to build your brand and one
of the most effective places to advertise your products and services.
Instagram was weird just like TikTok is now for anyone older than the
Z generation and Millennials. And that’s a good thing, because weird
also means something new. TikTok is a new way and place to market
to both new and old target groups.
TikTok was one of the most downloaded apps of 2019, and it is the
most downloaded app of 2020. TikTok have 1.5 billion users. Nine
out of ten TikTok users use the app multiple times daily. TikTok users
spend an average 52 minutes per day on the app.
66% of worldwide users are under the age of 30, which means that
one third is over 30 years old. In less than 18 months, the number of
US adult users grew 5.5 times. 56% of users are male, and 44% are
female.
The number of downloads is growing exponentially and faster than
any other previous social media
TikTok is from month to month the top 3 most downloaded app in
the app store
BE THE FIRST MOVER
If you're planning huge success on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube,
you're probably late. Or at least you have hard work ahead.
Did you know that the most successful Instagram accounts are
among the first to join the app?
For the brave first movers, there is always a huge advantage.
I recommend that you don't even think about whether TikTok is
useful to you or not. Just go for it and figure it out later. As the
number of users grows and grows, success will be more difficult.
TikTok is crazy (for people older than 30?), but as with all apps, you'll
get used to it and adapt to its world and the way you create content
there.
Simply put: TikTok is currently the fastest way to grow your social
presence and online brand.
”
I recommend that
you don't even think
about whether
TikTok is useful to
you or not. Just go
for it and figure it
out later.
- Jerry Hietaniemi
IT’S EVERGREEN
One of the best things about TikTok is that the content you create
stays visible for a long time, unlike in many other social media
platforms. An old TikTok video can suddenly come up for some
reason and go viral.
Evergreen content makes TikTok a little more like YouTube. However,
not necessarily a search engine (yet?), but TikTok will surprise you by
randomly highlighting the content.
While TikTok is mainly for fun and "not so serious" content, it's worth
putting effort into your content because you never know what's
going to happen.
YOU CAN GO VIRAL OVERNIGHT
TikTok's algorithm does not only favor already large accounts. If you
manage to create entertaining content, then even your first post can
go viral, and you can get thousands of followers overnight.
Sure, producing quality content regularly improves your chances of
success at TikTok, but TikTok is fun because you never to know when
you succeeded beyond expectations.
TikTok has content that is entertaining and offers something new and
surprising. At TikTok, you must and must be genuine, authentic, and
honest. Content is much more important than its technical quality. In
TikTok, you can fail in peace. You don’t have to feel like you’re going
to get judged for the content you produce.
”
TikTok is currently
the fastest way to
grow your social
presence and online
brand.
- Jerry Hietaniemi
TIKTOK TURNS YOU TO A CREATOR
The fascinating part of TikTok is that it makes it easy for you to
become a content creator. It allows you to create content that you
would not otherwise be able to make as easily.
For example, the TikTok app gives you tools like filters, control over
video speed, access to professional audio, and much more. Even if
you're not the best lip-syncer or dancer, you can always create
something fun on TikTok with a trendy music background.
TikTok is similar to what Instagram did for photography — through
filters and easy-to-use photo editing settings, Instagram made it
easier for people to create and distribute photos. Now TikTok is
making it to videos.
TIKTOK GIVES YOU A FRAMEWORK
Everything is possible at TikTok. And at the same time, it's an app
that gives you a lot of great ideas about what content you could
create to make your account grow.
The TikTok Discover tab gives you the hottest trends that you can
join with the content you create. Just check trending #hashtags and
figure out your version of trending content ideas.
Your chances to go viral grows when you think, "What would I least
expect with this?" when you create content to TikTok. TikTok is for
surprising and fun ideas.
”
Your chances to go
viral grows when
you think, "What
would I least expect
with this?" when
you create content
to TikTok.
- Jerry Hietaniemi
TIKTOK GIVES YOU A FRAMEWORK
Everything is possible at TikTok. And at the same time, it's an app
that gives you a lot of great ideas about what content you could
create to make your account grow.
The TikTok Discover tab gives you the hottest trends that you can
join with the content you create. Just check trending #hashtags and
figure out your version of trending content ideas.
Your chances to go viral grows when you think, "What would I least
expect with this?" when you create content to TikTok. TikTok is for
surprising and fun ideas.
6
EASY IDEAS TO TRY IN
TIKTOK
1 BEFORE / AFTER VIDEO
You can use a short before/after video to tell your own or your company's
story. Choose a good song and guide the viewer through the
transformation from past to this moment by combining old photos. You can
put single words on the video one by one and point words with your finger.
The Candy Shop challenge is one fun way to make a short before/after
video about your story. Quickly tell at the beginning what you were before
and at the end what you are now. The challenge focuses on the change in
outfit, but you can tell anything you want.
Click here to watch example.
2 DOMINATE THE TREND
From the Discover tab, you will find trendy challenges. Open the challenge
and scroll down to see content created by others. Participate in the
challenge by coming up with your own new, fun, and surprising content.
3 QUICK TIPS AND HACKS
TikTok is also a place for your niche and small community who are
interested in the same thing. The best content for them is short and
inspiring “how-to” videos. Put a popular song in the background and bring
something fun with you.
4 CREATE A CHALLENGE
Do you still remember the ice bucket challenge? TikTok is all about
challenges. And you can create your own challenge and spread it. For
example, if you come up with a fun way to use your product in a challenge,
there is a huge chance that it will become a fun viral challenge. It's perfect
way to market your brand and your products.
Check for example Red Bull flip challenge here.
5 TALKING HEAD
The talking head is an Instagram thing, but it also works with TikTok. You
can simply describe your story with, for example, the theme "Get to know
me".
However, it's best to bring in movement and TikTok's effects instead of just
standing still and talking monotonously. For example, you can throw
common assumptions and misconceptions about you over the video and
shake your head for YES or NO during the video and song.
6 YUP NOPE
Take a video of yourself nodding your head for YES or NO with the "Yup,
Nope" song.
Then use the text tool to add questions about you or your business onto
the screen, timing them so that your nodding answers the question with
either a "Yup" or a "Nope."
Check example here.
15
VIRAL SONGS IN
TIKTOK
5 TALKING HEAD
12 VIRAL SONGS IN TIKTOK
Once you have installed TikTok and opened it, you will surely notice that
almost all the posts have a trendy song on the background.
And viral songs are worth putting in your posts as it will probably get a lot
more visibility.
Try these 15 viral songs as you make posts on TikTok:
• Soap - Melanie Martinez
• Supalonely - BENEE
• Boss Bitch -Doja Cat
• Ooh Aah - Pur Mudd
• Snake - Lil Need
• WHATS POPPIN - Jack Harlow
• Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
• They Call Me Tiago - Tiagz
• Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders
• Cyber Sex - Doja Cat
• Skechers - DripReport
• In The End -Tommee Profitt
• Flowers - Kelvin Wood
• Cannibal - Kesha
• You & Me - Adam Rom