# Make it with me, bare start to finished

A business and marketing format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/business-and-marketing/make-it-with-me-bare-start-to-finished

Film a whole build from blank materials to finished piece in fast cuts, with the process sounds left in. It worked for 4 accounts, with a median of 6x their usual reach. Type: Editing trick. Seen as: 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.

## How to make it

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

## Hook formula

Make a [specific item] with me

## Examples

- @signsbyalex (254K followers, TikTok video): 53x their usual views. Hook: “paint a 1st birthday banner with me!!” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@signsbyalex/video/7689496877871467790)
- @starla.boutique (156K followers, TikTok video): 7.9x their usual views. Hook: “totoro jellyfish keychains 🌱✨🌸🫧🌿” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@starla.boutique/video/7696571501411192094)
- @pucciupholstery (1.1M followers, Instagram video): 2.9x their usual views. Hook: “MAKE A FOOTSTOOL WITH ME” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DfICAf_IlLf/)
- @ourcheerycorner (80K followers, Instagram video): 3.8x their usual views. Hook: “Let’s make a corgi butt wall hanging” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DdrbONfBd1P/)

More business and marketing formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/business-and-marketing.md

## Get the full library

The full library has every post, format and hook in business and marketing, plus long-running Meta ads, and your AI agent can search it over MCP. The library comes with Volume Core and Pro, from $29.99 a month, and every plan starts with a 3-day free trial. Start a free trial: https://tryvolume.app/library

Agents: add Volume's MCP server (https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp) and call `search_library(shelf: "formats", niche: "Business and marketing")` for every format, `search_library(shelf: "posts", niche: "Business and marketing")` for examples with transcripts and scripts.

## 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.

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