I keep seeing TikTok captions with clean spacing and line breaks, but I can’t figure out how people do it. When I hit the return/enter button, TikTok deletes the line break and smushes everything together. How are creators adding those spaces?
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I noticed it only works when you type the caption in a notes app first and paste it in. The app just strips the breaks if you type directly.
For years I tried being original, filming quality content, building an audience the right way, doing everything the big creator coaches were telling me. You know what that got me? Like $8 after months of effort. I also wasted way more than that trying to buy engagement. Don't do it. Complete waste. Here's what I did instead. I stopped trying to be unique and started actually studying what was already working. Not in a vague way. I mean I spent real time tracking what was getting pushed in my niche, what formats were showing up over and over, what kinds of videos the algorithm was clearly rewarding right now. Then I made my version of that. Use SocialHunt for a lot of this now because manually scrolling for hours trying to spot patterns is a full time job on its own. Also use vidIQ for the YouTube side of things. There's a smaller tool called Tikmatics that catches TikTok format and audio trends really early before they hit everywhere, barely anyone uses it. I also figured out that a ton of the reels blowing up were using comment triggers. Saying "comment this word and I'll send you something" in the caption or on screen. Since everyone doing well was doing this, competing without it was fighting with one hand tied behind your back. Started doing it on every post. Views started coming in. Some reels crossing 20K, a few hitting 50K to 500K. Eventually got a DM from a brand outreach coordinator. They paid me to mention a product in a video. Hit $5K in a single month from brand deals. Problem was I was spending way too much time going back and forth on emails just to get paid. Lots of scammers too. Always ask for 50% upfront. Never trust otherwise. Couldn't break past $5K for a while. Then I saw a similar account selling a digital guide on how to make videos like theirs. Thought it was stupid at first. Why would someone watching your content buy a guide from you? Felt backwards. But I stopped trying to reinvent things so I did it anyway. About 10 posts a month went to sponsors. The other 20 promoted my own guide. Mentioned it in descriptions, told people to comment for a free version, then upselled from there. Somehow it worked. When you're pulling millions of views a month even a tiny percentage buying a $20 guide adds up fast. Sold 300+ copies the first month. Also put affiliate links inside the guide for tools I actually use and started collecting commissions from that too. Monthly income from this Instagram hit $12K. Happy to answer questions if anyone has them. // UPDATE After the original post took off I got flooded with messages. Here's what happened since. A bunch of people suggested I upload the same reels directly to YouTube Shorts right after posting. They were right. Reach started slow but some videos are now crossing 100K views there. The best part is I can offer that reach to existing sponsors as bonus distribution without making a separate video. Easy upsell. I don't use post schedulers. My income depends on this now and I don't want to test anything that might break it. Last time I tried one my reach took a hit. For people asking to see examples without me exposing my niche, just search "would you rather" or "Reddit stories" or "texting stories" on Instagram or YouTube Shorts. That's the format. You'll see it everywhere. That covers most of what people were asking. Drop anything I missed below.
Everyone talks about "boosting engagement" but nobody actually breaks down what that means practically. Likes, comments, shares, clicks they all count differently and yet most people treat them the same. From what I have seen comments carry the most weight both for the algorithm and for actual human memory. When someone leaves a genuinely thoughtful comment I remember their name way longer than whoever wrote the original post. Is that just me or does anyone else experience linkedIn that way?
Hey everyone, I have around 25 000 subscribers on YouTube and 10k on instagram. I’m barely generating any revenue from like ads, but my community is very engaged. I’ve been recommended starting a paid community on like [Meplio](https://meplio.com/) or [Skool](https://www.skool.com/) has anyone actually made any money like this? Thank you!
Every new AI content tool seems to promise faster generation. Faster captions. Faster scripts. Faster images. More posts. But I'm starting to think content generation isn't even the biggest bottleneck for people managing social media. It's everything surrounding it. You research an idea in one place, draft somewhere else, send it for feedback, make revisions, schedule it, and then jump into another dashboard to see whether it performed. And when something works, the context behind *why* it worked often gets lost. I'm building a creator workflow product, so I'm particularly interested in this problem. But I don't want to assume everyone experiences it the same way. For people actually managing social accounts: Is producing the content still your biggest time sink, or has managing the entire process become worse? I'd especially like to hear from people managing multiple brands or clients.
Do you guys know of any ai based social media app that is becoming popular(or is already popular). What are the chances of AI giving us the next instagram/tik tok/whatsapp?
I’ve been working as a social media manager for a few years now, and lately I feel like I’m constantly falling behind. Between algorithm changes, new features, AI tools, shifting content trends and everything else, it feels like the industry is changing faster than I can keep up with. And honestly, there’s SO much noise out there. Everyone seems to have a newsletter, a YouTube channel or some secret formula to beat the algorithm, but a lot of it feels like recycled advice or straight-up nonsense. So I’m curious: **where do you actually go to stay informed and keep learning?** I’m talking newsletters, blogs, YouTube channels, Instagram accounts, podcasts, communities… anything! I’d especially love recommendations from people who actually work in social media marketing and have found resources that consistently provide useful insights rather than generic tips. Would love to hear your recommendations!