3 Steps To More Views: How to Get More Views on TikTok

One month ago, Alston Godbolt’s TikTok account was stuck at 200 views per video. The algorithm was not pushing the content, the audience was not growing, and nothing seemed to be working. Then he came across a three-step approach that changed everything. In the 28 days since implementing it, his views jumped 1,000 percent. Not a typo. One thousand percent more views in under a month.

In this video, Alston breaks down the exact three steps he used. There is no complicated tech involved. No paid ads. No chasing trends outside your niche. Just a structured approach to training the algorithm, finding proven content, and publishing consistently with a simple posting schedule you can actually maintain. Here is what the full process looks like from start to finish.

What You’ll Walk Out With

A clear method for calibrating your TikTok For You page to show only niche-relevant content
A burner account setup strategy that trains the algorithm without touching your main account
How to use SnapTick to download proven TikTok videos for reaction content
The exact green screen video technique that lets you piggyback on what is already working
Why negative and clickbait titles drive more watch time and what specific phrases to use
A 3-video-per-day posting schedule that is genuinely low effort
Why every video needs to hit one minute before you reach 10,000 followers
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Step 1: Calibrate Your TikTok Account with a Burner

The first step has nothing to do with making content. Before you record a single second of video, you need to make sure the right videos are showing up on your For You page. The problem most creators run into is that their For You page shows a random mix of topics from dozens of different niches. When that happens, you are wasting your scroll time instead of studying what your target audience is actually watching.

Alston’s solution is to set up a burner account. This is a second TikTok profile you create specifically to train the algorithm. You do not post on this account. Its only job is to consume content inside your niche so that the For You page becomes a curated feed of exactly what your target audience is watching every day.

Here is how to set it up correctly. Start by writing down 20 or so keywords that describe your niche. Alston is in the make money online space, so his keyword list included things like affiliate marketing, passive income, make money online, side hustles, and work from home. Your list will look different depending on what you are building, but the idea is the same. Write down every way someone might search for the topic you cover.

Once you have your list, go to the search bar on the TikTok For You page and type in each keyword one at a time. After you click search, start following every single account that shows up. Across all your keyword searches you will probably end up following somewhere between 120 and 300 people. That is fine. That is exactly what you want.

Beyond just following, you also want to actively engage with the content on your burner account. Like videos. Leave comments. Share posts when something is genuinely good. Every action you take tells the algorithm what your For You page should look like. After a few days of consistent engagement, your burner For You page will show nothing but niche-focused content from the creators your target audience is already following. That becomes your research feed, and it is more valuable than any paid tool for figuring out what is working in your space right now.

One important clarification: you never post from the burner account. You never run it publicly. The entire point is to give TikTok enough signal to calibrate what it shows you. Treat it as a private research tool, not a second publishing channel. The views you want to grow are on your main account, and the burner account exists solely to feed you better material to react to.

Step 2: Find Proven Videos to React To Using SnapTick

Now that your burner account is calibrated, step two is finding the right videos to work with. This is where SnapTick comes in. SnapTick is a free tool available on your smartphone and also accessible in a browser on desktop. It lets you download TikTok videos without the watermark so you can use them in the next step.

Open your burner account and scroll through your For You page. You are looking for videos that have already earned their spot there. A video that TikTok pushes to the For You page has already cleared several algorithmic filters. The hook worked. The title and description were strong enough to pull in clicks. The watch time was good enough that the platform decided to show it to more people. When you find a video like that, you are not just finding something to react to. You are finding proof of what is already working for your niche audience right now.

When you find a video worth using, copy the link. Open SnapTick, paste the link, and download the video to your camera roll. That is all step two requires. The real work happens in step three, where you turn that downloaded clip into your own original video on your main account.

One thing worth being clear about: you are not copying anyone’s content and passing it off as your own. You are going to use only the first 5 to 7 seconds of the downloaded video as a visual backdrop. The rest of the video will be entirely you. Your opinion. Your knowledge. Your voice. Your experience. Think of it as borrowing a proven opening to get the viewer’s attention, then using the rest of the video to deliver something they can not get anywhere else.

Step 3: Record the Green Screen Video on Your Main Account

This is where the approach gets specific. Open your main TikTok account and tap the plus sign to start a new video. On the left side of the recording screen, tap Effects. In the effects menu, find the option called Green Screen Video. This effect lets you use a saved video from your camera roll as your background, with you appearing in front of it.

Select the downloaded video from SnapTick as your background. Before you do anything else, turn off the sound on that background video. TikTok sometimes adds a default audio track when you use the green screen effect and you do not want the original creator’s audio competing with your voice. Once the sound is off, position yourself on screen so you appear small and off to the side. Move to a corner. The background video should be the dominant visual. You are a reaction presence in the frame, not the main subject.

Set your recording duration to 10 minutes so you do not run out of time mid-sentence. Then let the background video play for 5 to 7 seconds while you record your opening on top of it. After those 5 to 7 seconds, tap Effects again and turn the green screen off. From that point forward, it is just you talking directly to the camera, finishing the video with your own content, your own perspective, and your own value.

Alston is specific about the 5 to 7 second limit. Do not use more of the original video than that. The point is to borrow the proven opening frames, not to repurpose the whole thing. Those first few seconds carry the algorithmic credibility of a video that has already been validated by TikTok’s recommendation engine. After that, the content is completely yours.

This technique also removes a major creative bottleneck. You do not have to come up with a brand-new hook from scratch every time you sit down to record. The hook already exists and it already works. You are picking it up from a video that the algorithm already stamped with approval, and using that to open your own content. That means less creative friction, faster recording, and more consistency in your upload schedule.

Why Negative Titles Outperform Positive Ones on TikTok

Here is one of the most counterintuitive parts of this approach. The title of your green screen reaction video should be framed as negative or create disagreement. Alston gives specific examples in the video. Phrases like “This is never going to work,” “This creator is wrong,” and “This creator is lying to you” consistently outperform positive, informative titles on TikTok.

The reason comes down to how people process conflict. When someone sees “This creator is lying to you” appear on screen over a familiar video they have seen before, they stop scrolling. They want to know what is wrong with it. Even if they liked the original video, now there is a question they need to resolve. That unresolved question converts directly into watch time, and watch time is the primary signal TikTok uses to decide how far to push your content to new audiences.

Positive titles describe what the content contains. Negative titles create a tension the viewer has to resolve by watching. That distinction is the whole game on TikTok. You are not trying to describe your video. You are trying to make it impossible to scroll past.

You are not being dishonest when you use this framing. You are positioning your reaction in a way that creates a genuine reason to watch. If the original video made a claim you disagree with, your negative title is accurate. If you are building on what they said, you can frame your title as a correction, a warning, or a “what they left out” angle. All of those frames perform well. The key is that you have something real to say that justifies the framing. If your title implies you are about to challenge something but your video just agrees with everything, viewers will drop off fast and your metrics will suffer.

The 1-Minute Rule and TikTok Monetization

Every video you post should be at least one minute long. Alston emphasizes this directly in the video. This is not primarily about what the algorithm prefers, although longer watch time does help. This is about what becomes available when you hit 10,000 followers. At that threshold, TikTok opens up the Creator Fund, also called the Creativity Program depending on when you are reading this. To earn from that program, your videos need to hit one minute minimum. If you build a habit of posting shorter videos now, you will have to retrain your whole process when you eventually try to monetize.

Starting the one-minute habit from your very first video means you are building toward monetization without having to change anything later. The green screen format makes this easy because your video already has a natural two-part structure. The 5 to 7 second borrowed opening gets the viewer’s attention. Then you have 55 or more seconds to deliver your reaction, your experience, your knowledge, your disagreement, or your additional context. Filling that time is very manageable when you know exactly what the video you are reacting to said.

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The 3-Video-Per-Day Posting Schedule

Three videos per day sounds like a lot until you look at what those three videos actually are. Alston recommends a specific structure that keeps the workload manageable even if you have a day job or other commitments.

Video 1: A green screen reaction video using the process above, with a negative or clickbait title, at least one minute long
Video 2: One original video with your own ideas, your own perspective, and your own content in your niche
Video 3: A video where you respond directly to a comment left on one of your previous videos

The comment-response video is the lowest-effort format in this lineup. Someone asks a question in your comments. You show that comment on screen and spend one to three minutes answering it out loud. You are not inventing a topic. Your audience is handing it to you. If you do this consistently, you will never run out of content ideas, and you will train your audience to keep commenting because they know you respond. That feedback loop builds engagement faster than almost any other tactic.

The original video is what builds your credibility over time. You do not want your entire content library to be reactions and responses to other people’s content. Those formats pull viewers in, but original content is what makes people follow you for the long term. They follow you because they want your take, your experience, and your perspective. The green screen reaction videos generate views. The original videos convert those viewers into followers who stick around.

Alston also makes a point about staying in your niche. You might be tempted to jump on a trend or topic outside your lane because it is getting millions of views. He does not recommend it. Your goal is to build recognizable authority in one specific space. When someone lands on your profile, they should immediately understand what you do and why they should follow you. A scattered content library works against that. Niche focus is what makes a viewer hit the follow button instead of just watching one video and moving on.

Honest Drawbacks of This Approach

No approach is perfect, and this one has real limitations worth understanding before you start.

The burner account calibration takes time. It does not happen in one day. You need to follow hundreds of accounts, engage with their content, and let the algorithm learn from your behavior. If you rush through this step or skip the engagement part and just follow without interacting, your For You page will not calibrate properly. You will end up scrolling through generic content instead of the niche-specific videos that make step two actually work.

Green screen reaction content works very well for getting initial views, but it can feel thin on substance if you are not careful. If your reaction amounts to “yeah, this advice is solid,” that is not a reaction video. That is filler. You need a real opinion, a personal story that contradicts or confirms what was said, a counter-example from your own experience, or something the original video left out entirely. The format gives you the hook. You still have to earn the watch time with something the viewer actually learns or feels.

Three videos per day is sustainable for some people and completely overwhelming for others. If you have a full-time job, children, or other major commitments, batch-recording is the smarter approach. Spend two hours on a weekend recording five or six videos. Schedule them through TikTok’s built-in scheduling feature so you never have to scramble for same-day content. Consistency matters far more than volume. Two videos per day done consistently for six months will beat three videos per day done sporadically for two months and then abandoned.

The negative title strategy works, but only when your video actually delivers on the implication. If your title says “This creator is wrong” and your video does not make a coherent argument for why, viewers will drop off in the first 20 seconds. High drop-off rate tanks the video’s reach. Use negative framing only when you have a genuine angle to back it up. Manufactured controversy with no follow-through is one of the fastest ways to train the algorithm to stop pushing your content.

What the Real Numbers Look Like

Alston’s account went from 200 views per video to a 1,000 percent increase over 28 days. That is the number he reports in the video. He also saw an increase in comments, likes, and shares. He specifically calls out the comments as a meaningful signal. When a video only gets 200 or 300 views, most posts get zero comments. Once the algorithm starts pushing content further, comments start appearing because more people are watching all the way through and feeling moved to respond.

He does not give an exact follower count or a hard view number in the video. But the directional result is clear and consistent with how the TikTok algorithm works. The calibration-plus-green-screen method improves performance at any account size because the approach is not dependent on how large your existing following already is. It is dependent on doing the steps correctly and staying consistent with the posting schedule. A 100-subscriber account that executes this well can outperform a 50,000-subscriber account that is posting random content with no algorithmic strategy.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to pay for SnapTick?

No. SnapTick is a free tool for downloading TikTok videos. You can use it in a browser on desktop or download the app on your smartphone. There is no paid tier required for the basic download function this method uses.

How many burner accounts do I need?

One burner account is enough for most creators. The purpose of the burner is to calibrate a niche-specific For You page without muddying up your main account’s algorithm. If you are building in multiple distinct niches, you would want a separate burner for each. But for someone starting out in a single niche, one is all you need.

Is using someone else’s video in a green screen allowed on TikTok?

TikTok’s green screen and stitch features are built directly into the platform for exactly this kind of reaction and commentary content. Using 5 to 7 seconds of someone’s video as a backdrop for your reaction is generally covered under fair use for commentary purposes. If you are concerned about a specific creator’s content, you can reach out to them directly or look for creators who have publicly stated their content is open for reactions and stitches.

What if my For You page does not change after calibrating the burner account?

Give it a few days. The algorithm needs consistent signals over time to update what it shows you. Keep following accounts in your niche, keep engaging with the content you see, and avoid using the burner to browse topics outside your niche. If after a full week you are still seeing mixed content, expand your keyword list and follow more accounts. The more niche-specific signal you give the algorithm, the faster it recalibrates.

How long should my original daily video be?

At minimum, one minute. Get into the habit of one-minute-plus videos now so you are already qualifying for the TikTok Creator Fund or Creativity Program when you hit 10,000 followers. Longer videos can perform well if the content holds attention throughout, but one minute is the floor for every video you publish under this system.

Do I have to post three videos every single day?

Three videos per day is the recommendation, but consistency matters more than volume. If three per day is not sustainable given your schedule, two per day done consistently will beat three per day done sporadically. The comment-response video takes the least time to record, so that is the easiest one to keep up even on your most demanding days. Batch-record when you have a block of free time and use TikTok’s scheduling tool to spread posts throughout the week.

What counts as a negative or clickbait title on TikTok?

Any title that introduces doubt, challenge, or conflict. Alston’s specific examples from the video include “This is never going to work,” “This creator is wrong,” and “This creator is lying to you.” Other angles that perform well: “What they are not telling you,” “The problem with this advice,” “Stop doing this on TikTok,” and “This is why your views are low.” The title creates a question in the viewer’s mind that they have to watch the video to resolve. That unresolved tension is what stops the scroll.

Will this approach work in niches outside of make money online?

Yes. The burner account method works in any niche because it is about algorithm calibration, not about the specific topic you cover. Alston demonstrates it from the make money online space because that is what he builds content around, but the same keyword-follow-engage pattern works for fitness, cooking, personal finance, relationships, tech, gaming, parenting, travel, or any other niche with an active creator community on TikTok. The green screen reaction format also works across niches because disagreement and drama are attention-holding forces regardless of the subject matter.

Sources

Alston Godbolt, “3 Steps To More Views: How to get more views on TikTok (Working July 2024)” at https://youtu.be/CZqrZOIkKcw
SnapTick: free TikTok video downloader tool
TikTok Creativity Program: TikTok’s monetization program for creators with 10,000 or more followers posting videos of one minute or longer
TikTok Green Screen Video Effect: built-in TikTok feature for video-background reactions

Helping 1 million working adults make their first $3,000 online with the skills they already have. Alston Godbolt, Platform Proof.