SideShift · creator job board for students
Post about the tough job market and slip the app in at the end
Winning format; videos at 84K to a few hundred thousand views
What they did
What happened
In their words
Canyon Pergande - The Secret Behind Weirdly Viral Apps
HostCan we see some of the some of the videos from this campaign?
Canyon PergandeOne of the things that we have really tried to lean into is just with like the job market, everything that's going on. I think it's like leaning into trends of just like the broader like macroeconomy, as well as like trends that are happening on TikTok. So you don't need to reinvent the wheel. I mean, we see he's like getting denied from whatever jobs, leaning into the fact that he has a master's degree. Um, we can click in. These slide show formats have, you know, actually really converted a ton, as well.
Canyon PergandeUm, and it's just like, you know, it's subtle. It's it's not just screaming your product out. It's just, you know, subtly dropping subtly dropping it in there, sometimes saying the product. You don't always need to play the product, but like, you know, UGC creator SideShift app, this gets a few hundred thousand views, like, that just converts insanely well.
HostThis is a That's a perfect slideshow. That got 84,000 views,
Hostdo well?
Canyon PergandeSo for this one, like we had found this format um with one of our other creators, like, getting denied from a job, having a master's degree, like, it's ironic in the sense that like, oh, my god, like even in this job market, even if you're, you know, college ed- educated, um, have gone to school. It's something that just like resonates with a lot of people. Um, and so I think something that's either extremely controversial drives a lot of engagement, or something that is just extremely resonating with a large demographic of people, like,
Canyon Pergandeeveryone in the comments is just talking about like how just difficult, you know, the job market is, and, you know, so it's one of those things. And so, I think he did a good job of also, too, like, you can see how engaging he is with these comments. Like, that's something that just continues to spur, you know, additional engagement. People are then responding to him, and like that engagement level continues to push, you know, your videos out …
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- Have 5 creators post twice a day on new TikTok accounts; copy the first hit10K to 150K+ users in 3-4 months on ~$10K; 16-20M views in one campaign
- Have creators reply to comments and name the app when people askGuest says comment plugs convert to real users; no numbers
- Visit 25 college campuses in person to sign up the first usersFirst 10-20K users; strong word of mouth among college students
- Tell student creators the gig can grow into a strategist or growth roleGuest says it drives stronger results for brands; no numbers
- Give creators a short brief with a Loom, target persona and proven videosSeen across SideShift customers; long briefs get skipped
- Pay creators a base retainer, $15-20 per video, and big view bonusesCommon rate across SideShift; bonuses get creators working the comments
- Warm up each new TikTok account for 3-5 days, acting like your target user
- Test an app idea with a few creators for 2 weeks before doubling downSeen across studios; two weak 2-week rounds mean rethink the product
- Hire one creator who already went viral on her own TikTok35M views on 46 posts; weekly downloads up 10x
- Let the creator decide what to post instead of sending her ideasFounder's ideas performed terribly; hers drove 35M views
- Post the AI's funniest mistakes, like a photo with a third legDrove heavy engagement; part of a 35M-view run
- Turn the organic TikToks that already worked into paid adsBoth apps in and out of their category's top five for weeks
Tags: tiktok, creative, trend-jacking, slideshow, relatable-pain, subtle-plug