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Viral Strategy Update

January 28, 2026 · 1 min

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Let's update our strategy!

🧪 What we were testing:
1. 4-7 second videos
2. Showing, not telling (no talking)
3. Simple cuts with trending audio
*Also added a Subscribe button to see if it reaches more people.

🧪 What we will be testing...
This viral format (1st video got almost 500k views & 1,506 subscribers)
🎮 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvNlwbjzBYLAnLtGPYWIfeExcg4TTmLVl

Test Videos & Results: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvNlwbjzBYLCn7gJGNklL9bZL7R5dc3w2

Test Videos & Results (Current Test): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvNlwbjzBYLCZTGBx06jdM7a1fzlyEkwW

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I'm testing hacks to going viral. Today is day 27 on the road to 100,000 YouTube subscribers. And over the last week, we've been testing a popular pattern seen amongst some of the top YouTube shorts and giving our own spin to it. Now, the videos that we've been testing with this format have been doing better than our normal videos and some even going viral on Instagram, but not YouTube yet. So, while we'll keep trying that format and report back, it's time to switch up the strategy to something that has gone viral on our channel. This video with almost 500,000 views got us 1,56 subscribers in 1 week, which is the fastest we've ever seen that many subscribers. Well, if it did so well, why did you stop doing it? Great question. The main reason is because my daughter was one of the main people in the video, YouTube flagged it as a video that should have been marked made for kids, saying that if I continue to make this mistake over and over again, there's a chance I'll lose my channel. But I think it's time to bring it back because I've since got my daughter her own YouTube channel, which we make videos on together. So, I think it's time to take a stab at this viral content style solo. Subscribe to see how it goes.