Set up your Profile

To access your profile tap on the icon that looks like the outline of a person with the word “Me” underneath on the lower right of the screen. Make sure that you write an appealing bio as TikTok users will read this. It needs to be exciting for them to want to follow you.

You can link your YouTube and Instagram accounts in your profile and we strongly recommend that you do this. At the time of writing, you cannot link your Facebook page at the moment but this is sure to change in the near future.

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Take your time and write a compelling description. Add the most relevant hashtags here as well. It is really important that you make the description as engaging as possible. If you want other users to react to any of your videos using the “duet” feature then you can set this in your profile.

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You will need to select an image or video for your profile. We recommend that you choose a video here. After all, this is a video platform. When you are completing your profile always think about the appeal that you are creating. It really can make all the difference between you being discovered on the platform and not.

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Start Engaging with other Users

The next step is to find some related videos and start engaging with other TikTok users. You need to get used to navigating around the app which is pretty simple. There are two main feeds with the TikTok app. The default feed creates the “For You” page that presents videos to you using AI technology. It is similar to how Instagram’s “Explore” page works.

When you watch a video on TikTok you will notice a series of icons to the right. The first icon will take you to the content creator’s profile if you tap on it. Then there is the heart icon for “liking” a video. Then you have the comments icon and then an arrow pointing to the right which you can use to share “TikToks” on other social platforms.

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Finally, there is a spinning record icon that has musical notes coming out of it. This tells you about the music that is playing in the video. When you click on it you can see the name of the track and the artist as well as a feed with other videos that use the same music or song.

If you find a video that you enjoy then tap on the heart icon to “like” it as you would on Instagram or Facebook. When you find related videos from users that have a good following then you should leave a comment as they will pick up on this. You can share the video on external platforms too.