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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·9h

The first three seconds decide everything

Here is what happens in the first three seconds of your reel: the viewer decides if it is worth their time. Not at second five. Not when you finally get to the point.


The most common mistake is the warm-up. "Hey guys, so today I wanted to talk about..." That line is dead weight. The viewer does not wait for you to arrive.


A strong hook does one of three things:


1. Opens a question the viewer needs answered.

2. Makes a promise that is specific, not vague.

3. Puts a stake on the table, so staying costs them nothing and leaving feels like missing out.


The 8 million view reel in our community started with "you can choose 2 free trips, which two?" on screen. No intro, no context. The viewer was already in the game before they could scroll.


Why it works: a hook is not a clever line. It is a reason to stay for the next three seconds. Then the next three.


Try this today: take your last reel, cut everything before the first real sentence, and write that sentence as on-screen text in the first frame. Post it as a Trial Reel and compare the skip rate.


Honest, not nice: if your first frame needs an explanation, it is not a hook yet. 🥥

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Oct 5

☀️ THIS WEEK: THE FIRST LINE OF YOUR CAPTION

Two weeks on video. Now the part almost everyone treats as an afterthought.

Your caption has one job in the first line: give people a reason to stop scrolling that the video alone does not give them. Everything after that line is bonus, because most people never tap "more."

Your task: post 3 reels, each with a different first line type.

  1. A question the video does not answer until the end

  2. A confession ("I did this wrong for 8 months")

  3. A flat claim with no hedging ("you do not need a ring light")

What not to do: do not describe your video. "Here are my tips for hooks 🥥✨" tells people what they are already watching. That line is dead weight.

Post in #wins when all three are up.

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Oct 2

One profile, full teardown, in public.

This week I am looking specifically at retention, so bring your last 2 reels and I will tell you where I would have stopped watching and why.


Same deal as always. Honest, not nice. You will hear things about your content that sting for about ten minutes and then make you better. 🌴🥥

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Sep 12

☀️ NEXT WEEK: HOOKS

Focus: the first three seconds. Not your editing, not your lighting, not your caption. The first three seconds.

Your task this week: post 3 reels, each with a different hook style.

  1. A number ("3 things nobody tells you about...")

  2. A contradiction ("everyone says X. I did the opposite.")

  3. A mid-action open, no intro at all, you are already talking as the video starts

Why these three: they all remove the ramp-up. Most reels die because the first two seconds are the creator getting comfortable on camera. The viewer does not wait for you to arrive.


Post in #wins when all three are up. I read every one of them.

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mais@maiseygrace·Sep 16

I find 1 works really well!!

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Sep 2

What went right for you in the last seven days? Drop it below.

And before you scroll past because you think you do not have one, here is what counts as a win in this room:

🥥 You posted when you did not feel like it

🥥 Someone you do not know commented

🥥 One reel did better than your average

🥥 You finished a module

🥥 You changed your bio and it finally says what you actually do

The small ones are the ones somebody else in here needed to see today. Go.

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SydneyMaddison@sydneymaddisonmoves·Sep 8

On lock this week! 🫡 Got 3-4 trials up per day, one went a little “viral” with a brand collab 100k+ vies

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Aug 26

Week question, takes 30 seconds:Drop your best performing reel of this week and one line on why you think it worked.The one line is the important part. Guessing at why something worked is how you stop posting randomly and start posting on purpose. 🥥🌴

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SydneyMaddison@sydneymaddisonmoves·Sep 9

It was funny and relatable while being relevant to current events (Labour day long weekend)

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Aug 23

Until your wins land here, mine will do.

One reel. 8,109,318 views. 13,400 comments.

The hook: "you can choose 2 free trips, which two?" twelve combinations, labeled. the answer costs two letters.

that's the whole mechanic. make the answer impossible to give without a like.

nobody comments a paragraph. everyone comments "b and f".

caption did the second half of the work: "comment your 2 fav trips and maybe i'll take someone". now it's not a quiz anymore. it's an application.

post yours this week and drop the comment count in here on wednesday

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SydneyMaddison@sydneymaddisonmoves·Sep 9

Great way to drive engagement

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Aug 19

The 2-minute promise.

Here's one you can run today. It's a follower-generation reel, and it looks like this:

"if i don't follow you back within 2 minutes of you following me you can unfollow me"

That's the whole hook. Two things make it work. Urgency, so acting now beats acting later. And risk reversal, so the deal costs the viewer nothing.

The numbers on one run: 61,452 views. 1,574 follows. Skip rate 49.7%, which is worse than my average.

Read that again. Half the people skipped it, and it's one of the best follower reels my account has ever had.

That's the whole lesson of this format. Judge each format by its own metric. A follower reel with bad watch time and great follows did its job.

One condition: you actually have to follow back. Every time. Break the promise once, and the format dies on your account. 🥥🌴

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SydneyMaddison@sydneymaddisonmoves·Sep 9

I love this approach for big account but not so much for small

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Coco CommunityProfile picture@tomkorn·Aug 16

Welcome in. 🥥

Quick intro to what this place is.

This community exists for one reason: to help you grow an Instagram account that can actually pay you. Not vanity numbers; the right audience, reached on purpose, with a plan for what to do with them.

What's inside:

Six modules that walk the full system. The mindset it takes, how to shape your algorithm so the right people see you, the trial reel strategy and the four formats I run daily, the AI setup that keeps it all under 30 minutes a day, and how to monetise once the reach is there.

Everything in there is what I actually run my real reels, my real numbers, including the ones that flopped.

What I'd do first:

Start module 1 in the courses tab. Then drop an intro in the chat: who you are, what you're building, where you're stuck.

and post something this week. This only works if you actually post.

let's build something sick. 🌴🥥

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SydneyMaddison@sydneymaddisonmoves·Sep 9

I can’t wait to discover the program!