Inside the studio

How your posts get made.

Every week the studio reads what's working, works out why posts take off, plans the week from the business's own photos, and helps the best posts travel further nearby. Here it is on our demo businesses.

Showing: Lumen Bathhouse, a demo business. Sample numbers.

2 · Why posts take off

Why a post takes off.

Every week the studio takes the best posts apart: what happens in the first second, what keeps people watching, when it went out. What worked goes into the next plan.

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Lumen Bathhouse's best post

“Warm up.”

Posted Monday 12:30

12.7Kviews
4.2×a typical post (3K)
2.4saves per 100 views, typical 2.4
  1. HookTwo words, “Warm up.”, on the first picture: readable with the sound off.
  2. MoodWarm, low light and slow hands: the feeling of the visit, not the price list.
  3. DetailClose-ups of hands, steam and stone instead of the room, so people imagine themselves there.
  4. EndName, what you offer and when you're open. Nothing else.
  5. TimingWent out Monday 12:30. The studio tries the same slot again before moving it.
What we repeat next week
  • Sell the feeling, then the facts.
  • Close-ups make people feel it; wide shots make them look.
  • Keep the words short enough to read in a second.

Sample numbers from a demo business: its last eight weeks, 17 posts.

3 · Local ads

How a local post gets popular.

Boost what already works, only for people nearby, at the moments they decide. A small test first, then more of what works.

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Pick a winner

“Warm up.”4.2× the views of a typical post

Your most watched post: a mood people want to come back to. We only ever boost a post that already did well without money behind it.

2

Only people nearby

10 km

10 km around the spa. A spa is a trip people plan, so the circle can be wide.

3

At the right moments

Evenings, and Sunday most of all: when people plan time for themselves.

4

Test small, then scale

€6a day for 5 days: €30 in all
People nearby who saw it
5,000
Profile visits
140
Clicked to book
30
Cost per booking click
€1.00

Run it in the cold weeks; after the holidays, switch to the January reset post.

Illustrative numbers. Ads run on the business's own ad account, every budget is approved by the owner, and ad spend is paid separately.

4 · What we make

What the studio makes.

Short videos, slideshows, carousels and stories, made from a business's own photos and clips, in its own voice.

0:25

Short video

Nightjar Coffee Roasters

Made from: Clips of one roast day, cut to 25 seconds.

Why it works: The claim in the first second, the process in the middle, the address at the end.

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Slideshow

Linen Skin Studio

Made from: Seven photos of one treatment, a title per step.

Why it works: A step-by-step people swipe to the end and save for later.

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Video from photos

Lumen Bathhouse

Made from: Eight photos, slow movement and fades. No filming needed.

Why it works: Photos you already have, turned into a calm clip the feed treats as video.

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emberandoak Tonight at the pass. Tables by the fire from 17:00, book online.

Carousel

Ember & Oak

Made from: Five photos from one evening.

Why it works: Hands at work first, the dish twice, the room once, then how to book.

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Story with a poll

Nightjar Coffee Roasters

Made from: One photo and a question.

Why it works: A one-tap question gets people to interact, and the answers tell us what to post next.

Examples for our fictional demo businesses, made from licensed sample footage. A real studio makes every post from the business's own photos and clips.

Want this for your business?

A short kick-off, a few of your photos, and your first week is planned.