update: 1.53M views in the last 2 weeks


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the gist: the law of averages is brutal

alrighty. first of all: this is unreal.

sept 1–13: 1.53M views. +793 followers.
​aug 17–31: 13,375 views. -1 follower.

i'm 25 days into posting for real, REALLY going for it.

i don't know everything. but i'm starting to get the tiniest glimpse of how this game is played.

the biggest insight? the devastating law of averages.

i post about 8 pieces of content a day. the goal is for ONE to pop off. sometimes not even that happens.

last friday, the reel that made it to my feed hit 43K.​

every other video i posted still lives in trials. dead.

​winner: 43,000 views​
flop #1: 1,526
flop #2: 2,048
flop #3: 2,058
flop #4: 1,149
flop #5: 302
flop #6: 929
flop #7: 158

maaaaaaybe flops #2 and #3 see daylight after a re-record. there was almost traction. but realistically, those 7 will live out their days in the trial reels graveyard.

so my current skillset is: maybe 1 in 8 videos does well.

12.5%.

which is brutal for a girl's ego. especially since i give myself fully to all 8.

but until i'm good enough that every video crushes, it's 8 videos a day.

and i'm trying to figure out how to do more. because more output = more learning.

think about it: if i posted 1 a day, i'd hopefully get one pop-off every 8 days. posting 8 a day, i'm going for one pop-off daily.

the law of averages is real. it's brutal. and it's just what learning anything new looks like.

so here i am. learning.

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the part i almost cut: the other reason for the volume: i am always SHOCKED by which video pops. if you made me guess which of the 8 would win, i would guess wrong. every single time. i'm reminded daily that i don't have 0% idea what i'm doing — but maybe 1%.

here's the part that actually gets me.

i was stuck at 7,650 followers for six years.

as of writing this: 8,616.

my dead account is revived. we're back in the game, baby.

good luck to all of you going for it.

volume, volume, volume. LAW OF AVERAGES.

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same time tomorrow: Jesus take the wheel

we just keep getting better,

kjl

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