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How to Use Authenticity and Become a TikTok Influencer

Posted Under: Social Pros Podcast
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Daniel Lemin

Convince & Convert
10XMarketing

Hannah Tooker

LaneTerralever
10XMarketing

Leanna Pham

Convince & Convert
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TikTok influencer, Maggie Thurmon, joins the Social Pros Podcast to discuss how brands can create content that resonates with audiences on TikTok.

Listen to your communityHow to Use Authenticity and Become a TikTok Influencer

With over one billion users, TikTok is undoubtedly having its moment in the spotlight. While the majority of its users may be dancing teenagers, a lot of brands are embracing the rather youthful social media platform and gaining plenty of traction.
However, if you really want to understand the ins and outs of TikTok, you’ve got to learn from the best. TikTok influencer, Maggie Thurmon, is a high school senior with over 700k followers on the platform and 17.9M likes (and growing). So, what’s her secret to success? Maggie claims it’s all about listening to your community and “taking what your followers say and running with it.”
Maggie is taking the TikTok world by storm and shares some incredible insights on how to be a great content creator on this platform and how brands like yours can resonate with TikTok users.

In This Episode:

  • 04:10 – How Maggie grew her TikTok following to 700k+
  • 05:14 – How trending challenges work in TikTok
  • 07:34 – How Maggie and her dad have worked together to create viral content
  • 10:20 – The importance of being conscious of your audience and creating content that they can watch and resonate with
  • 12:42 – How to build an audience on TikTok
  • 21:33 – Why it’s so important to be authentic and genuine
  • 23:09 – What type of content works best on TikTok
  • 29:38 – How to balance content creation fatigue with other responsibilities
  • 34:17 – Tips for planning new video content

Quotes From This Episode:

“Oftentimes the videos that we put the least amount of effort into, get the best response.”@maggiethurmon
A lot of the content is taking what your followers say and running with it. Click To Tweet

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