I created a faceless account where I post a nature scene video background with text overlay (motivational and relationship quotes). I’m getting a lot of views and likes, but very few followers. I tried promo and I just got more likes and views. Is there anything I can do differently to get more followers? Or should I change the content, and if so, what could I do instead?
cant give you a definitive answer since I don't work for tiktok, but as I understand it your goal is to train the algorithm to find the perfect avatar viewer for your content.
This is done by consistent posting with a consistent theme using relevant hashtags.
The algorithm generates a test audience and based on the strength of those responses largely weighted in favor of things like completion rate, accumulated watch time, saves , shares and comments. If this reaches some threshhold then the algorithm will "guess" at a bigger possible viewing audience and keep doing this until the post dies or keeps getting stronger positive signals.
The more your content can be understood by the algorithm in terms of something it has pre-existing data on the easier will be to find a bigger potential audience.
The more content you post, the more information the algorithm has to refine a possibly interested viewer.
-You are doing decently if 1 to 2% of your viewers become followers at least at the beginning.
-Promoting posts is most likely a waste of money. Viewbotting is also most likely a waste of money.
-there probably is some element of luck involved in growing an account.
Don't take my word for any of this as I have only begun to put any of this into practice myself. This is just the available information I could find on the matter.
From all the things I have heard and read, apparently you first need to "train"/warm-up the account. This can take up to a week or so. You are shaping the feed to suit your preferences, and visibility. Example: you want to use it as a promotion vehicle for your book, but you're watching and engaging with cat videos, and prank channels.
Guess what you'll be fed from then on?
Yep.
TT uses your "training" to show you content it now believes you'll like, and thus, puts your own content in front of pretty much the same people.
None of them your intended target.
FYI
Don't use other people's writings.
YouTube especially values creator creativity and will reward you with more views if you write your own poems, short inspiring thoughts, etc and place a link to your original work on a poetry website like Allpoetry in your video description.
Also details about how you film, what type of camera, where you filmed it if it's not revealing of your personal info.
If you're using music, provide details.
All of this shows you are responsible for the creation of the content and YouTube at least will value it more. Tiktok only cares if people watch it. Generally speaking, creative people prefer YouTube for growth. Tiktok is for people mass pumping out mindless 10 second videos.
If you do create content on both platforms, unique content on each. Use the studio website so you can enter more details. The normal apps tend to have tight text limits.
