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Short-form video

Short-form vertical video for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, daily

For brands that want to be on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts without building a filming and editing team. Coporo, an organic distribution agency, scripts, edits and posts short vertical video across a network of accounts you own, each talking to its own audience, and measures every video in Coporo Live to decide what gets repeated the following week.

The context

Short video is where lots of people spend their dead time: on the Tube, in the supermarket queue, just before falling asleep. Nobody opens the app looking for a brand, but they do want something that entertains them or teaches them something fast. In that setting people decide within a couple of seconds whether to keep watching, so the opening matters more than the production. A well-planned clip shot on a phone can hold attention better than an expensive piece that starts with an animated logo.

That's why a single brand profile uploading the odd video rarely gets far: there isn't the volume to learn which opening works, nor the variety to speak to different audiences. In a network of brand-owned accounts, one idea is filmed with a different approach for each audience and posted in parallel to TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Within a few weeks it becomes clear which openings, lengths and series deserve daily production.

The challenge
01

The first seconds get wasted

If a video opens with a logo, an intro or a greeting, most viewers have scrolled away before the interesting part arrives.

02

Daily editing isn't sustainable

Cuts, captions, pacing and vertical framing take hours per video. Without a dedicated team, posting soon becomes a matter of fits and starts.

03

One file pushed everywhere

Uploading an identical video to TikTok, Reels and Shorts ignores that each platform rewards its own length, on-screen text and tone.

One audience per account

One audience per account

Each account speaks to one specific audience with its own hook. These are some we would work with.

People who learn by watchingOne-step tutorials that make sense with the sound off.This is how to do it properly, in the length of this video
People looking for honest opinionsFirst-person tests covering the good and the not-so-good.I used it for a week, and here's what nobody mentions
People who love a storyMini stories with a twist at the end, told to camera.I thought it was going to go badly, and then this happened
Before-and-after fansVisual transformations in a few seconds.Look at the state of this ten minutes ago
Routine followersMorning, work or training routines filmed in real time.My Monday routine so the week doesn't start late
People asking in the commentsVideo answers to real questions from the community.You asked this so often it gets its own video
What your network could look like

What your network could look like

Four example accounts from a network of around 20. Each on its own phone, all owned by your brand.

Your brand
ON
@onestepatatimePeople who learn by watching
One trick per video, no waffle
📱 Own phone🔒 Owned by you
IT
@itriedsoyoudontPeople looking for honest opinions
I test things and tell you how it is
📱 Own phone🔒 Owned by you
BE
@beforeafterfastBefore-and-after fans
Changes you can see in seconds
📱 Own phone🔒 Owned by you
MO
@mondaywithaplanRoutine followers
Real routines for days with no time
📱 Own phone🔒 Owned by you
How people discover you

How people discover you

First they're interested, then they discover you. An example carousel with a natural mention of your brand.

HookYour phone dies by mid-afternoon because of this@onestepatatime
Hook
ValueFirst: check which apps use your location in the background and switch off the ones you don't need.@onestepatatime
Value
ValueSecond: turn auto-brightness down a notch and use dark mode in the apps you open most.@onestepatatime
Value
Your brandYour brandAnd if you're out all day, I carry the power bank from “Your brand”: it fits in a pocket.@onestepatatime
Your brand
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How we work it

How we work it

01

Hook first, context later

Every script opens with the strongest line or visual and saves the explanation for after, with captions that read without sound.

02

Series with a fixed format

We build recognisable series such as customer questions, myths or one-week tests, so production gets faster and comparisons get cleaner.

03

Cuts per platform

We tune length, on-screen text and ending for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and measure each version on its own.

04

Openings tested in the lab

We try several openings for the same idea on different accounts and move the ones that hold viewers best into daily production.

Hook examples
Don't buy this until you've watched this
Here's what happens when you use it every day
Three seconds to show you why it isn't working for you
The question you ask us most, answered
Nobody warned me about this, so I learned it the hard way
What we measure
Retention in the first few secondsFull watch-through ratePerformance by platform and by seriesShares, profile visits and link clicks
Coporo Live

Your private dashboard with the stats of every account and every post, updated throughout the day.

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The Coporo network, every month
600Morganic views a month on average
38,000+posts published a month
Monthly averages across the whole Coporo network. Not a promise of results for any individual brand.
FAQ

FAQ

Do I need to film the footage myself?

Not always. We can work with your own footage, product clips or formats that don't need a camera at all. If filming is needed, we plan it with you.

How long are the videos?

It depends on the platform and the format. We test different lengths and keep the ones that hold attention best on your accounts.

How is this different from UGC?

Short-form video is produced by Coporo's team as part of the daily content. UGC is filmed by outside creators with their own face and voice, and it's quoted separately.

Do you post the same video on TikTok, Reels and Shorts?

We start from the same idea, not the same file. We change length, on-screen text and ending for each platform and compare the results separately in Coporo Live.

How does my brand appear in a short video?

As part of the solution, not as an interruption. The video hooks with something useful or entertaining, and your brand comes in at the moment it solves part of the problem.

Does short video replace carousels?

No, the two work together. Carousels are Coporo's core format because people save and share them so readily; short video adds reach on the accounts and audiences where movement explains the idea better.

Keep exploring

Keep exploring

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