Sometimes less is more.

One of the secrets I’ve discovered about reels is that when you’re a small creator, and you share the reels to your audience’s home feed, it will not appear in the reels tab. But if you do not share it to feed, it will get free exposure in the reels tab even before it gets good engagement. This will drive in new people more, because your followers already know you, and since it will not get hundreds of likes, it won’t be pushed towards new people later on. People always think they’ll get double exposure if they share their reels to the home feed of their followers, both in the reels tab and the home feed of their followers. That is just not true. You only get one line of exposure. One is with the people who are already following you, whilst the other one is where all the new people are hanging around in. Choose wisely.

The real reason why you’re reluctant to go all in on video. Assuming you have what it takes to be a public speaker or to be charismatic enough on camera.

Yeah, I know quality matters more, but in this case, quantity comes first, at least in the beginning only. This is not about marketing or initial growth. This is about eliminating the fear of being monitored while recording yourself on camera.

It feels like we have to embarrass ourselves on camera tens of times in a row before our minds start behaving like our normal on camera. It’s like running into a mirror. Can’t help but make weird faces.

You have to make tons of videos first before you start looking and sounding like you really are in real life, not better, just the same as you are in real life.

Your subconscious holds you back from being normal on camera for some reason, until you accumulate enough hours on camera publicly or online. You can actually be amazing at public speaking, but as soon as the camera starts running, you start being mindful of how you move, look like, and sound like, as if you’re monitoring yourself closely under the microscope every millisecond. It’s not because of excessive self criticism, or being too hard on yourself. It just happens on its own like digestion. I felt there was an elephant on my head for years every time I attempted to make a video or speak in front of a camera with the intention of publishing it online afterwards. It’s not because of fear of judgment, it’s because your body holds you back from being at your normal on camera for other reasons.