Hooks, retention and format tricks
Templates that win the first three seconds, editing techniques that carry viewers to the end, the format catalogue, comment strategy, and traffic from search.
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1. The hook catalogue: templates that win the first 3 seconds
hookspractice
2. Retention tricks: pattern interrupts, loops, delayed payoff
retentioneditingpractice
3. The format catalogue: what fits which niche
formatscontent
4. Comment strategy: seed comments, reply videos, the deliberate gap
communityengagementpractice
5. Views from TikTok search: captions, spoken words and Creator Search Insights
seosearchpractice
🎯 Stage assignment
Build one video end to end under every rule in this stage:
- Write three hooks from the bank, pick the best, split it across the three channels
- Write the retention map before shooting (what changes every three seconds)
- Include one loop and at most one open loop
- Write the caption for search, carrying the key term across all four channels
- Write a seed comment right after posting
It is done when, 24 hours later, this video's 3-second figure beats the average of your previous five.