How do you guys get thousands/millions of views on posts on insta, fb, x, linkedin, etc?

I know there's no shortcut, but what do I actually need to learn?

How are you getting real views on platforms like insta, fb, linkedin, x, etc? Is it SEO? AEO? GEO?, or something else? I tried watching YouTube videos and asking AI, but nothing made sense.

I know things like hooks and good storytelling matter, but how do you come up with those ideas in the first place? How do you know if an idea is actually good before posting? If you use AI, how do you prompt it, and what are you asking it to do?

I’ve tried running pages on Instagram, YouTube, and X, but my posts never get past 100 views. I worked at it for months, switching up styles, hashtags, and posting times. But nothing worked. What are people doing differently to hit hundreds of thousands or even millions of views?

The reason I'm asking is simple: I can edit videos and design posts well if I have a good script (mostly generated with AI and tweaks from me), but I struggle to get reach. Because of that, I can't offer social media management to clients with confidence. I don't even need millions right now; just figuring out how to consistently hit around 10,000 views would be huge for me.

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Dizzy-Pin-1410•14 days ago•2

Nobody wants to read AI slop bullshit. That’s why the internet sucks now. Try writing something yourself.

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krishh155•14 days ago•1

You asked how people prompt AI for scripts, and the ones getting reach are mostly not prompting for scripts at all. An AI script almost never contains an opinion, so the first batch of viewers has nothing to react to and the post stalls at 100. What works is recording a 20 minute conversation with whoever the page is for, transcribing it, and pulling the three sentences where they disagree with their own industry. Each of those is a post, in their words, opening on the disagreement. Try it on your own pages first. A 20 minute voice memo on why most social media advice is wrong will give you more usable openings than a month of prompting, and you can test the method before you sell it to a client.

avatar0027•14 days ago•1

ngl the thing that actually moved reach for me was volume on one narrow topic, not one perfect post. like 2 shorts a day for a few weeks before anything popped.

i've been using easyviral recently so the clips get made and pushed out to tiktok/yt without me babysitting it, cadence stays alive.

also just reuse hooks that already worked in your niche

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