Florists, did you know you need 1,000 TikTok followers to go Live on TikTok?
“You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”- Brian Tracy.
Although TikTok seems like the lip-syncing video app for young adults, I assure you that it is way more than that! TikTok is actually an excellent platform to brand your floral business.
So why do you need at least 1,000 followers on TikTok? When you reach 1,000 followers you can begin hosting live videos and accepting virtual gifts (unicorn stickers), TikTok allows followers to show their appreciation in real-time by sending virtual gifts, in this way, your followers will be able to give you gifts, such as stickers that later can be exchanged for money. I get it you as floral business owners are not looking for sticker gifts lol but the whole point is you need 1,000 followers to at least go Live.
There are so many online articles on getting 1,000 followers in an hour or even 5 minutes but after research, these articles are making you trick and mess around with TikToks algorithms and are actually not giving you quality followers. I rather you all not do this as it may hurt your TikTok account. So like my mom always says “Things that come too easy never pan out in the end.”. I was ready to plant my feet down to take the ever-so-scary journey on TikTok and grab some followers – Would they even like me?
Just to be clear I did start with 50 followers and created a personal account but the same exact thing goes for the Business account 80 of my follower were business owners, flower shops, and creatives – I had an open TikTok account already for about a year or so. During my deep dive into TikTok, I did notice many active users on the video platform for years with only about 200 followers- I figured this would not be easy and was actually feeling a bit intimidated!😕
This morning when I looked on my app I had 1,030 followers -started this process on January 15th. Don’t believe me? Please reference the image below. I know! I was pretty astonished myself.😁
Sign Up for TikTok:
Use a sign-up name with your shop business or branding in it -don’t let TikTok choose your name, which will be User5468748674 this is not going to help you or make your username memorable.
Make Time To Interact With TikTok Community and Followers:
If your business is a one-person show, do this when you have ample time – this is and was a huge investment in time for me -waking up at 5:00 am and interacting with my followers before work and after work for hours.
So maybe now with Valentine’s Day coming up, it is not the right time, but after should be OK -so start then. If you have a staff maybe you can dedicate one or two people on your staff to focus on TikTok to get you, followers.
Pay attention to the type of followers you want- mine focused on #middleagedwoman, #momsontTiKTok but yours can be that, and more. If your video is funny #comedy #flowershophappenings and so on. Don’t just hashtag flowers and florists be sure to broaden your audience?
Create User-generated Content:
Make a video, the secret to my success lol was actually asking my followers to Follow Me ok more like begging but it works! Make a video add music best if it is 7 seconds long and then type your message right on the video.
What kind of videos can you make as a florist? Tons!
- How to with flowers! Add music, please!.
- Give followers a tour of your floral space so they can see where the creativity happens.
- If you have a shop pet that is perfect TikTok material users love cute animal videos.
- Staff dance-off with flowers.
- Reference a trending dance video add flowers and a message.
- Really the sky is the limit just make a video.
I did make some out-there videos I researched trending dances and songs and tried to copy as best I could. Did I feel stupid at first yeah? A bit self-conscious too which went away after the overwhelming support.
@nialina33 I follow every back❤️#poptarts #letsgibackinvee #middleagedwomen #fyp #hypesquad💋 #funny #loveyourself ♬ original sound – Givenchykid K3
See the image below of my video, mind you- I’m really putting myself out there for you all my video stills look horrid and I spelled half of my message below wrong! 😜
What you can see on the image above is that I am asking for followers, TikTok is all about Giving and Taking -you want followers you need to ask and follow back it’s that simple.
The most impressive part was how many comments I got- Ok I’m not gonna be invited on the Ellen Show any time soon but for a NEWBIE TikToker 72 comments are something to be proud of. You want comments and you want likes but comments are key to making your video stand out it also makes fellow TikTokers more likely to open your comments mainly to see what everyone else said. ( We love to spy! )
If someone comments on your video go in and Like ♥ their comment and respond then this is very important to go on their page and leave a comment and like at least one of their videos.
What you are doing here is reciprocating the love- they jumped your algorithm up so in turn, you will do the same for them. Also, get to know your emojis as this is a great way to leave quick comments and reply back with little to no thinking power, responding to comments can be a lot of work as you accumulate followers. 🥰🥺👉👈👊🏽🔥👑 Emojies mean different things – I’m not getting into their meanings -you can look them up.
This video got me tons of support I got well over 500 followers in about 3 days so then it was time to make a video thanking my followers and grabbing so new followers at the same time.
I did the video below yesterday -added my Thank You Message grabbed my doggie for extra sweetness (center image)-who doesn’t love a pet owner we are cool (not that non-pet owners aren’t cool -no hate mail please) and lip-synced that Golden Girls song- and posted -took about 20 minutes or so and I still spelled the message below wrong- I was rushing- you all please pay better attention than I did. This video brought me over my 1,000 mark. YAY! 💪😁
TikTok Follow Trains:
I did a few of these it was so hard to follow all the users that liked my comments- I had well over 300 users to follow just in one video and yes I followed all of them because LOYALTY on TikTok is important.
TikTok did put me in TikTok Jail a few times for following too many people but this is normal- it only lasted a few hours. There is no definitive number on how many TikTokers you can follow before being put in TikTok Jail but it’s said that you should follow no more than 30 users per hour.
TikTok Take Away:
I also got some really great followers out of the deal, these users are genuinely kind and want to help and be helped we are all there for a purpose. They give you pep talks, compliments in the comments, and say Good morning and Good night which is more than some of my actual friends do for me-lol.
The experience was great and I encourage all Florists to sign up for TikTok – also making the videos was fun I watched mine over and over again. 😉
Florists if you are already on TikTok please add your link below so new users can follow you, like and comment on your video posts, and of course, you will do the same for them.
jack says
thanks for this useful info
Idalina Teixeira Bertone says
You’re so welcome! ♥