Getting verified is one of the quickest ways to improve your personal or brand image on any social platform. A verified badge makes your account look credible and notable. And that, in turn, directly impacts how fast you grow on a platform. Think of this; people are more likely to take you seriously and follow you if you are verified vs. if you are not.
While many platforms like Instagram and Facebook have a straightforward way to self-apply for verification from within the app, TikTok does not. When it comes to TikTok – they do not yet have a form that people can submit to apply for verification. Instead, TikTok themselves handpick accounts that they feel are worthy of verification.
Of course, there are plenty of other ways you can get verified via TikTok. For example, you may approach a digital marketing agency that can apply for verification on your behalf via their media partnership with TikTok. You may also consider buying a verified TikTok account, as doing so is a quick and easy process. But, in today’s article, we will discuss on how you may increase your chances at natural verification. So, without further ado, let’s get right into it.
How to Increase Your Chances at Getting Verified on TikTok
It is a lot easier for celebrities to get verified as TikTok is already aware of their work and social status. This is the reason why a celebrity who just happened to create an account has a verification badge next to their name. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts available for the regular user to follow to get verified unless you hire a social media agency.
With that said, there are a few things that you can do to improve your chances at verification. Here we go!
Keep Producing Content Regularly
- The first step you can take to increase your chance of getting verified is to post content regularly related to the niche you’ve chosen.
- The chances of your content being popular will automatically increase if you post content regularly. An account that posts quality content on a daily basis has a higher chance of going viral vs. an account that posts once a month.
- Be sure to choose a specific niche and stick to you. The best thing that you can do is pick a niche you are interested in and upload content for it regularly. Yes, you can post random videos too, but your account’s chances of growing popular are higher if you stick to one specific niche. It can be a broad niche like comedy or a smaller niche like music production.
- Finally – it’s always a great idea to follow top content creators within your niche to keep up with the trends. Trends are one of the main reasons TikTok is so popular, and keeping up with the trends within your niche can help you grow much faster.
Getting Featured in the Media
- No, we are not talking about TV or radio. Those days have come and gone. In today’s world, what matters more is your overall web presence.
- Whether you have an article about you on a news site – or – if you have an interview with a YouTuber – all media is good media.
- The same goes for podcasts. Being part of a podcast can be an added advantage.
- In short, you can work on your PR. Meaning, you can build a strategy that focuses on getting you featured on notable publications. In this way, when TikTok does stumble upon your account, they immediately know that you are someone known and searched for.
- Keep in mind, getting published on notable sites can be an expensive feat. So it may be cheaper to buy a verified TikTok account instead. But, of course, that would only make sense if you’re just starting out on TikTok.
Getting Verified on Other Platforms
- And this is one of the best advantages that you could have to increase your chances of getting verified on TikTok.
- If you’re already verified on one or more of other popular social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter – your chances at TikTok verification rise automatically.
- Why? Because TikTok knows that if you are verified on Instagram, you must be someone notable or else Instagram wouldn’t have verified you in the first place.
- You may focus on getting verified on Facebook as it has the easiest and simplest process of all social networks.
- Instagram & Twitter, on the other hand, have a complicated verification process.
Go Viral
- This has to be the most common and justified way to get verification, as the more people know you, the more are the chances you will catch the interest of TikTok authorities.
- And yes, this is borderline wishful thinking. You cannot ‘plan’ a viral post. But you can always do things to improve your chances of going viral significantly.
- Focus on building quality videos that the general public can understand. In other words, don’t focus on small niches that only a small group of the population would care for. Instead, go for broader niches as those have a higher chance of getting viral. Example: Comedy niche.
- Keep up with ‘viral’ music and relevant ‘hashtags.’
- Keep track of accounts that are growing fast and study what is making them so popular. It may be the way they shoot their videos, the music they use, or the effects they put in place.
One Last Tip
Every account that follows the community guidelines set by the platform has a higher chance of getting recognized. So, our one last tip would be to not to violate the policies and terms of TikTok. Getting flagged by TikTok for community guideline violation may push your dream of being verified further away.
And as always, if these methods are still don’t get you that coveted blue badge, you can always buy a verified TikTok account or hire a social media agency to help you verify your existing account. And that’s about it for today’s blog. So, to sum it up, focus on posting regularly, keep up with trends and viral music – and sooner or later, you will wake up to a shiny blue badge.
