SteelAlive · B2B · automated Instagram commenting service
Be one of the first commenters on fresh videos likely to go viral
Early comments rise to the top; old videos aren't worth it
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Ivan Peskov & Nicholas Tsvietkov -The App Marketing Strategy No One Talks About
Ivan Peskov… on in the video and what people already talking about in the comments. So the comment itself has to be of good quality. For example, it starts with a story, which already makes people, you know It's like a hook inside videos, but the same thing applies to text. And, yeah, and it ends with a very soft, like, it's not even a call to action. It's just a mention, like, you know, saying a fact. And, yeah, that makes people engage with this content.
Ivan PeskovThe second part of it is not just the the comment itself. It's the video under which it's posted and the timing of the video. So if we find the videos that have viral potential and we one of the first people to post under it, then our comment will be on the top and it will have much more potential to, you know, go kind of go viral inside the comment section. And if the video is already too old, then there's basically no point to, you know, leave a comment there because they won't go viral.
JosephIt's interesting. Like, yeah, so basically the scripts for these comments This one says like, "Once I tried working out by myself, thinking I was an expert just because I watched a few videos. Let's just say I ended up with all my muscles sore and spent a week in bed laughing emoji. It's wild how much I learned, though. Now I use an app for my exercises." So it's like that's the soft CTA you're talking about. And so then how does that actually …
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