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In today's episode, Brock Johnson walks through 25 psychology tricks that make Reels go viral, organized by the exact job each one does in a video. He starts with hooks and openers — the curiosity gap, pattern interrupts, callout targeting, negativity bias, and open loops — and explains how each one stops the scroll in the first second. From there Brock moves into retention mechanics like the Zeigarnik effect, rapid cuts, visual countdowns, contrast framing, and micro-cliffhangers that keep people watching to the end. He breaks down the emotional triggers that make content land, including social proof, loss aversion, relatability shock, righteous anger, and aspiration mirroring.

Brock also covers the sharing psychology behind identity signaling, "send this to" prompts, in-group language, and measured controversy, then finish with engagement drivers like the deliberate error, binary questions, fill-in-the-blank prompts, reciprocity, and curiosity-based CTAs. For each trick he gives a concrete example across different niches so you can see how to apply it to your own content, whether you're in fitness, finance, cooking, or anything else. The goal is to give you a practical toolkit you can pull from every time you sit down to script a Reel.

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In today's episode, Brock Johnson breaks down a 7-step system for making money with a small Instagram account, and it starts with picking the right topic. The goal is finding where your proficiency meets profitability — where a skill you already have overlaps with something people will actually pay for. He walks through how to build a list of every hobby, interest, passion, and skill you have, then validate demand using tools like YouTube, Google Trends, Udemy, Teachable, and Amazon, or simply by posting and listening to how people respond. Lived experience beats everything here, so I explain why the topics you've actually walked through carry the most weight.

From there, Brock covers the execution side: optimizing your profile, committing to a minimum of one Reel per day with 80% focused on your topic, and signing up for affiliate programs to start promoting. I get into why listening is the key to uncovering real needs, how building in public compounds trust, and why selling in the DMs converts far better than a bio link. He closes by explaining the follow-to-DM and ManyChat automation approach — a 4-step viewer-to-customer system that lets you have those DM conversations at scale.

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In today's episode, Brock Johnson is breaking down 10 recent leaks and updates about the Instagram algorithm, several coming directly from Adam Mosseri and Meta. He covers why Reels now generate more than 4X the interactions of single-image posts, how average Reel watch time has more than doubled year over year to 8.5 seconds, and what Metricool's analysis of 24 million posts reveals about asking for engagement — including that asking for likes actually gets you 5% fewer likes, while comments jump 203% and saves climb 92% when you prompt for those instead.

Brock also gets into the practical tactics you can apply right now: editing comments, reordering your profile, and writing a different caption for each carousel slide. Then he tackles the bigger shifts — Meta's plan to replace 90% of its content review staff with AI, why removing bots from your account could hurt more than help, and why Mosseri says the "best time to post" is a myth despite HubSpot, Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Buffer, and SocialPilot all publishing conflicting windows.

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In today's episode, Brock Johnson breaks down the recent changes to the Instagram Stories algorithm and what they mean for anyone trying to grow their views. He covers what still suppresses story performance — feed post reshares, long talking videos that get skipped, and link stickers — and explain why the single Story is no longer the format to rely on.

Brock walks through the new framework he’s using, structured around STED: keeping stories Still rather than single, going Text heavy, layering in DM automation, and building in a Hidden Element. He also gets into the weight boost that comes from profile visits, how to use hidden content across your cover, bio, highlights, and tagged posts to drive them, and how tap backs — hidden emojis or words that viewers comment to unlock something — can push engagement and views higher.

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In today's episode, Brock Johnson breaks down a daily system for growing on Instagram in about 15 minutes a day by using AI to handle everything except the filming. He starts with the reframe that anchors the whole approach — you're not an influencer, you're a business owner who posts content — and then walks through the mindset shift for what AI is actually for: multiplying the ideas already in your head rather than replacing you. Brock covers the trap of subscribing to endless new AI apps versus mastering a few tools deeply, and he lays out the prerequisites on both sides: the Instagram fundamentals (niche, optimized profile, 12 posts) and the AI stack he relies on (Claude, Poppy AI, and Metricool or another scheduler).

From there Brock gets into the actual structure — a 15-minute daily skeleton prioritized around one Reel per day, responding, second posts, and stories — and reframe it as a weekly schedule of 105 minutes so you can batch record and stay efficient. He walks through his full Claude Cowork workflow for collecting inspiration, generating ideas in Poppy AI, organizing shot lists, editing with Remotion, and scheduling posts, plus how he uses Claude Code to build a custom app that pulls all your comments and messages into one place, sorts them, and drafts responses in your voice.

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