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Make it with me, bare start to finished

A viral business and marketing format on TikTok and Instagram

Film a whole build from blank materials to finished piece in fast cuts, with the process sounds left in.

4

accounts it worked for

6x

median, times their usual

#31

of 44 in business and marketing

Editing trick

Video

Why it works

Viewers stay to see the finished piece, and the 'with me' framing makes it feel searchable and shareable. Specific themes (a goose party banner, a corgi hanging) give it extra pull.

Hook formulaMake a [specific item] with me

How to make it

  1. 1Open on the blank frame, paper or raw materials
  2. 2Cut quickly through each step with close-ups and little or no talking
  3. 3Finish on the complete piece, with a keyword CTA in the caption if you sell a course

Examples

Best first, one per account. Each links to the original post.

  • @signsbyalex

    254K followers, TikTok

    “paint a 1st birthday banner with me!!”

    53x their usual views, video, small business

  • @starla.boutique

    156K followers, TikTok

    “totoro jellyfish keychains 🌱✨🌸🫧🌿”

    7.9x their usual views, video, small business

  • @pucciupholstery

    1.1M followers, Instagram

    “MAKE A FOOTSTOOL WITH ME”

    2.9x their usual views, video, small business

  • @ourcheerycorner

    80K followers, Instagram

    “Let’s make a corgi butt wall hanging”

    3.8x their usual views, video, small business

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How this is measured

  • Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
  • TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
  • A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
  • Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.