SideShift · B2B · UGC creator marketplace
Build a warm-up video format from real posts about job-hunt pain
Still used a year later; warms accounts well but converts poorly
What they did
What happened
- Effort
- used for over a year
In their words
Nick Lawton - #1 UGC EXPERT Reveals How To Market Consumer Apps
Nick Lawton… job market, right? Job market's so cooked, this and that, and we ended up just like being able to take these actual just organic creators' videos and then add in some sort of CTA. I think like, yes, the easiest route to go is just copy a competitor, remix it 10% to 20%, but if you want to go into actual like format discovery and format creation, what you really do is is you're not copying other people. Yes, like you can still draw inspiration.
Nick LawtonThis was a format that I created last year, and funny story is I saw this from a girl who actually did get denied from an entry-level position at a zoo, and she had a dual master's degree or something like that, and I was like, "Wow, this is absolutely crazy. This would definitely be a great way to plug SideShift." So, as you can see, even still a year later, we we still use this format. Um, it doesn't convert super well, but it's a great warm-up format, which is a different type of format.
Nick LawtonIt warms up accounts super well and it starts to get the the niche quite engaged.
Joseph ChoiOh, you actually did say SideShift a minute into this yapping video. But this video got 700,000 likes, which is Yeah, that would be pretty insane.
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- Copy what already works for competitors on TikTok, but change it 10-20%Called the easiest route; exact copies on cold accounts often fail
- Pay each creator $600-800 for 30-60 videos plus $1-2 per 1,000 viewsCalled the most fruitful structure for creators seen on the platform
- Call it a fit when 5-6 videos in the campaign pass 10,000 viewsMany quit UGC too early by skipping this step
- Manage all creators in one group chat and share what's workingKeeps creators bought in; one-on-one management called very hard
- Once a video format wins, put 90% of creators on it and keep 10% testingWorks well for them; keeps a backup format ready if the winner saturates
- Run organic videos with 5%+ engagement as Meta ads, starting at $100 a dayGreat results at $100/day, then scaled up; no numbers given
- Spend 20% on organic creator videos to test, 80% on ads for the winnersPattern seen at big brands; called the biggest organic-only vs organic+paid difference
- Run organic TikTok winners as Spark ads to push reach cheaplyCheaper CPMs, but no install button or conversion tracking
Tags: tiktok, warm-up-format, account-warmup, format-discovery