Live wins
Priit P.Priit P.WIN: 125k 18h after posting. First, cant thank you enough I saw your posting yesterday and "made it mine"🙏. This comes in on the last day of Cut30, previous max was 5.5k views. Any tips on how to move forward with the momentum? Also a bit puzzled with 125k on IG and same reel 11k on Tiktok.Erik N.Erik N.Not crazy numbers but getting a lot of saves. This just turned into a small speaking opportunity to demo/talk about this at an event!Luke Y.Luke Y.Yahtzee. Super excited about this because I can run the exact same format on.Kalpana K.Kalpana K.Posted this before bed and woke up to my first 100K views in less than 8 hours! Yes, I wish it was more of a US audience, but it's a start. Thank you Team Cut30!Samantha S.Samantha S.I finally experimented with a graphic yap and it hit 120K views in 24 hours. Close to 180K now. Good reminder to keep experimenting!Gladys S.Gladys S.I started the run club as a way to get free leads for my brick & mortar business and I've collected over 550 emails so far.Tifani P.Tifani P.This carousel did much better in reach than any of the other carousels we've posted lately.ben J.ben J.Got a hater or two in the comments of my first videos on IG and TikTok!Cyrina E.Cyrina E.Best performing video so far! Does this mean I should be doing more green-screens?Delaney S.Delaney S.Got this idea after watching a video from Ashwinn and his sun powder company. It's outperforming! I'm going to keep trying this format.Michael L.Michael L.I have more followers after 4 days than I got in 4 months before.Luke Y.Luke Y.Small win, but the first on the account to crack 10k with a crazy share to like ratio. Plus this is such a bad video with so many low hanging fixes I can make.

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