Your quick brief. Read this, pick your audience, and start testing hooks.
The mission
We are putting brain fuel on the map on TikTok Shop. Kenetik is a brand-new category, and creators are how we get there. We win by finding the opening lines that turn a scroll into a sale. The first 1 to 3 seconds decide whether someone keeps watching and taps to buy, so your job is simple: test these hooks and help us find what converts.
What Kenetik is (and isn't)
What Kenetik is
Metabolic brain fuel: clean, caffeine-free focus in a can or a shot. Steady, calm clarity that lasts, without the crash. 12g of ketones, caffeine-free, sugar-free, nothing artificial. Always lead with the person's problem or the moment they feel it, then bring in Kenetik as the fix.
What Kenetik is NOT
Not an energy drink, a pre-workout, or a supplement. It is a category of its own, so don't label it as any of those. The hard rule: no medical claims. It does not cure, treat, or fix anything, and it is never offered as the answer to anxiety, ADHD, focus disorders, brain injury, concussions, or disease. Describing what caffeine did to you is a different thing and it is fine: jittery, wired, anxious, could not sleep. Say that as your reason for switching. Just never put Kenetik on the other side of it as the fix.
What good looks like
Five Kenetik videos still selling right now, some of them posted months ago. Different people, different techniques, and every quote below is the line they actually opened with out loud. The figure is what that video sold on TikTok Shop over the last 90 days. Tap any to watch.
Not a niche and not a look. One repeats what other people are already calling it, one tells you plainly what you get, one reports a switch already made, one names the problem before anything else, and one is just a time of day. Every one of them opens on a person or a situation, and not one opens on ketones. The real common trait is that each one sounds like the person who filmed it rather than an ad read. You do not need a studio or a script. You need a real first line, in your own words.
The video formula
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Hook them
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line that stops your people mid-scroll.
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Name the problem
Call out the real moment they feel it: the foggy afternoon, the coffee crash, the mind fading late.
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Kenetik is the answer
Bring in Kenetik as clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, shown for real. You drinking it, your honest take. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say "brain fuel" at least once, every video.
Open on the problem or the feeling in the first 1 to 3 seconds.
Keep it real and native, like a post, not an ad.
Show yourself actually drinking it.
Stick to how it feels: clean, calm, clear focus.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Don’t open by attacking energy drinks. Our worst performer. They can sit inside the story, never in the first line.
Don’t fake urgency. Only claim a sellout that actually happened, and name it.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
Two ways to start
Pick your audience
Scroll sideways to browse all 20 audiences → then tap the one that sounds most like your followers. Not sure? Start with All Creators.
The bottom line
Every audience feels the same thing in their own way: the 2pm crash and brain fog that kills a workday, the wired-but-tired slump from too much coffee, or the mind that quits before the body does under pressure. Kenetik answers all three as clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, 12g of ketones that give the brain steady energy for calm, clear focus without the crash.
So pick your lane, open every video with a hook in the first 1 to 3 seconds, name the problem your people feel, and let Kenetik land as the answer. Post a few, see what sticks, and we amplify the winners. Every hook you test teaches us what converts on TikTok Shop, and that is how we put brain fuel on the map together.
Why Kenetik costs what it costs
Someone in your comments will ask about the price. Don’t apologise for it and don’t discount your way past it, because deal-led content is the worst performing thing we make. Know why it costs what it costs and you can answer it in one line.
The dose. Every can carries 12 grams of ketones. A lot of what else is on the shelf sits around 2. Dose is what drives the effect, not the format, and dosing properly is most of the cost.
The molecule. Bioidentical D-BHB, the same ketone your body makes when you fast or sleep, rather than a synthetic stand-in.
The testing. Informed Sport Certified, every single batch, so an athlete at any level can drink it without wondering.
What that buys you on camera. You are not selling a drink that is more expensive than the others. You are selling the only one dosed high enough to be worth drinking, and you can say that plainly.
When price comes up
Reframe rather than reduce. What it replaces, what a clear afternoon is actually worth, what you stopped buying. The Getting Past Price tab has ten hooks built for exactly this moment, and none of them mention a discount.Open Getting Past Price →
The top 3 right now
Of every hook in this library, these three are the ones actually returning money this month. Everything you need to film them is on this tab.
Updated 11 September 2026 · refreshed weekly
Three hooks, three videos, about an hour of filming. Everything you need is on this page.
The fast version
These are the three openings converting best for Kenetik right now. One about getting off caffeine, one about the afternoon slump, one about the flavor you rate. Any can works for any of them.
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Video 1 · The Switch — you got off caffeine, and this is what replaced it
What it is about: the coffee or the cans you cut down on, and the brain fuel that took their place. Say both halves. Our strongest hook, and the only one winning on TikTok Shop and in our paid ads at the same time.
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Video 2 · The Afternoon Slump — the 3pm fog, and why it happens
What it is about: the hour your focus goes, and the fact that your brain is underfuelled rather than short of caffeine. Filmed mid afternoon, in the room where it actually happens. The best opening we have, so save your effort for the ending.
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Video 3 · Best Flavor Yet — the flavor you actually rate
What it is about: your honest reaction to whichever flavor is genuinely your favourite, named out loud. A real preference is what sells it.
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Say “shop now” out loud in all three
Then post them close together, not spread over a month. Everything below is the detail on each one.
Read this before you film
These three change as the numbers change. We rework this page every week from what actually sold, so if what is here has moved since you last looked, film whatever is live now. You will never be marked down for filming the current three.
The one thing every winner has in common
Make these your own. The three below are starting points, not scripts. Every video that has worked for us sounds like the person who made it. Every video that has flopped sounds like an ad read. Say these in your words, in your cadence, with your reason, and if a line here is not something you would actually say out loud, change it. We would rather have your version of the hook than our version in your voice.
How we picked these
Backed by what actually sold
We put ad money behind creator videos and watch what comes back. These three are ranked on what actually came back from our TikTok Shop and Meta campaigns, measured on the spoken opening line rather than the caption, and the figure beside each is what that video sold on TikTok Shop over the last 90 days. Whichever one your audience responds to is the one we put more budget behind, and top videos graduate into our paid ads, where you earn commission again.
What's working right now
Real Kenetik videos and the line each one opened with. The figure is what that video sold on TikTok Shop over the last 90 days. Tap any to watch.
Some of these are ours and some are creators'. It genuinely does not matter which. Every single one opens on something true and specific, a real deadline, someone plainly saying what they are drinking, a day that is genuinely chaotic, a switch already made, a launch worth being excited about. None of them opens on ketones, and none of them opens on a discount.
Video 1 — The Switch 3.9x
What you got off, and what replaced it. Any can you already drink. The strongest hook we have on either platform, and it only works if you say both halves.
The hook
"I used to run on three coffees before noon. I stopped, and this is the only reason it stuck."
Or riff on these
01
“I finally got my hands on the ones everybody keeps calling the energy drink killer.”
Borrowed verdict. Strongest single line in our data, and it shows up in three separate winners.
02
“Oh, we’re still drinking this. And my reason is simple.”
Understated. Works if you have posted about Kenetik before.
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“A year ago I wanted to get off coffee. This is the only thing that made it stick.”
Your real timeline. Only use it if it is true.
Why this one works
This is the highest returning hook family we have, and it wins on TikTok Shop and in our paid ads at the same time. Nothing else does both. The versions that win all report a decision you already made. The versions that ask the viewer a question about what they drink are our weakest performers, so state it, do not ask it.
The shot plan
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Open on the switch, already made
First 1 to 3 seconds, to camera. Past tense. You are reporting, not persuading.
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Say what your day used to look like
One concrete detail beats a list. The 2:30 refill, the third cup, the drive home.
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Say what you switched to, by name
This is the half people skip. Brain fuel is the destination. Hold the can, say it out loud, and make it impossible to miss what replaced what.
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Make it concrete
Metabolic brain fuel, 12g of ketones, caffeine-free, and roughly when you made the change. Months, not “recently”.
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Close
Say “shop now” out loud.
Watch out on this one
Half a switch is not a switch. If your video only says what you stopped, the viewer has nothing to move to. Name brain fuel as the thing you switched to, every time.
If you use the energy drink killer line, the video has to make clear what Kenetik actually is. The phrase describes what it replaced for you, never what it is. Land on metabolic brain fuel out loud, in the same video, every time.
Keep it to your own routine. What you cut back on is your story. Do not tell anyone else what to quit, and never frame it as an addiction, a craving, a dependency or withdrawal.
Say what caffeine did to you, not what Kenetik does for you. Jittery, wired, anxious, could not sleep: all fine as your reason for switching, because that is your own experience of a stimulant. What we cannot do is put Kenetik on the other side of it as the treatment. No health outcomes, no conditions, no before and after.
Video 2 — The Afternoon Slump 1.8x
The 3pm fog, and why it happens. Any can, filmed mid afternoon. The fog is a fuel problem, not a caffeine shortage, and saying so is the video.
The hook
"It's 3pm and I'm not tired. I'm foggy. There's a difference."
Or riff on these
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“Everything on my list after 2pm takes twice as long.”
Names the cost, not the feeling. Good if you would rather not talk about yourself.
02
“This is the hour of the day I used to write off.”
Quiet open. Let the room and the light do the work.
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“The 3pm fog is not a caffeine problem. Your brain is running on empty.”
Names the cause in the hook itself. The clearest version of this one.
Why this one works
42% of the people who start this one keep watching, the highest hold of any hook we run. It is the only hook here that beats the others on attention rather than on return. The catch is the ending: it holds people and then loses them, which is why the close matters more on this one than on either of the others. Give the last three seconds real effort.
The shot plan
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Film it at the actual time
Mid afternoon, in the room where it happens. Do not shoot this fresh in the morning and pretend.
2
Open on the distinction
Not tired, foggy. That difference is the whole hook. Say it in the first 3 seconds.
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Show the hour, do not describe it
The reread paragraph, the tab you keep reopening, the walk to the kitchen you did not need.
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Say why it is happening
Your brain is underfuelled, not under-caffeinated. That is the whole point of the video. Tired is a sleep problem. Foggy is a fuel problem, and more of a stimulant does not fuel anything.
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Bring it in as the fix
Metabolic brain fuel, caffeine-free. Crack it on camera if you have not already.
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Land the close
Say “shop now” out loud, and mean it. This is the one that leaks.
Watch out on this one
Describe your afternoon, not a condition. “I hit a wall at 3” is your experience and it is fine. Naming brain fog as a diagnosis, or ADHD, or anything medical, is not.
The jitters and the wired feeling are fair game. If caffeine used to leave you restless, anxious or unable to sleep, say so in the body of the video. That is your experience of a stimulant and it is one of the most common real reasons people switch. Keep it as something caffeine did to you, never as something Kenetik treats.
Do not let it drift into a slump video. The hook is the distinction between tired and foggy. If you spend the whole video on how bad the afternoon is, there is nothing left to turn.
Do not frame it as needing more of a stimulant. The fog is not a caffeine shortage and the fix is not a stronger version of what was not working. It is fuel your brain can actually use. Get that distinction on camera or the video argues for the wrong product.
Video 3 — Best Flavor Yet 1.6x
Your honest reaction to the flavor you actually rate. Pick whichever one is genuinely your favourite and say why.
The hook
"I did not think a ketone drink could taste like this. Watch my face."
Or riff on these
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“Did you know Kenetik came out with a [your flavor]?”
Straight question about the flavor itself. Our best performing version of this one.
02
“[Your flavor] has to be the new favourite.”
Short, casual, works as on-screen text over a sip.
03
“I have tried all of them. This is the one I keep going back to.”
Use it if you have genuinely tried a few. Comparison reads as credibility.
Why this one works
Taste is the one thing people are unsure about before they buy, so clearing it on camera removes the last reason to hesitate. Name whichever flavor is honestly your favourite. A real preference is specific and slightly opinionated, and that is what makes it believable. If you have a can you have not opened yet, a genuine first sip is the strongest version of this, but it is not required.
The shot plan
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Set the expectation low
First 1 to 3 seconds. Say what you assumed a ketone drink would taste like.
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Get the can and the sip on camera
Close-up, no cutaway. If it is sealed, the sound of it opening is part of it.
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Say what it actually tastes like
In your words. “Good” is not a review. Compare it to something.
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Close
Name your flavor, say metabolic brain fuel, and “shop now” out loud.
Watch out on this one
It has to be a flavor you actually like. A performed reaction is obvious and it is the fastest way to lose the comments. If you have not tried one yet, film your genuine first sip and use that instead.
Only Golden Pear has ever sold out. Never move a sellout onto a flavor it did not happen to, and never invent one.
Before you post
Two minutes of checks that are worth more than another hour of filming.
The one line most people forget
Say “shop now” out loud. Saying your call to action rather than only putting it on screen is one of the strongest signals in our shop data, and “shop now” is the one phrase that works everywhere we run your video, on TikTok and in our paid ads. It costs you one second.
Run through this on each video
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Does it open on a feeling or a fact, not an ingredient?
If the first line contains "ketones" or "caffeine", move it later.
2
Is anything you claimed actually true?
Especially the sellout. Never invent one.
3
Did you say "brain fuel" at least once?
This is the category we are building. It only works if everyone says it.
4
Did you say “shop now”?
Out loud, not just on screen.
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Does it sound like you?
Read your first line back. If it sounds like a script you were handed, rewrite it in your own words before you film.
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Are all three openings different?
If two of your videos start the same way, you have only run one test.
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Any medical language?
Nothing about treating, curing, fixing, or any condition. Keep it to how it felt.
What happens next
On TikTok Shop
You earn commission on every sale your videos drive. First-wave creator content gets the strongest push from TikTok, so posting all three close together works better than spacing them out over a month.
Then in our paid ads
Whichever of your three performs best can graduate into our paid media, where it earns you commission a second time. That is the reason we ask for three different openings rather than three versions of one.
The bottom line
Three videos, three different first lines. getting off caffeine, the afternoon slump, then the flavor you rate. Every one of them opens on something real, brings in Kenetik as metabolic brain fuel, and closes on “shop now” out loud. Post them close together, keep them true, and let us find out which opening your audience actually responds to.
Kenetik Creator Hub · Hook performance from our TikTok Shop and Meta ad campaigns, measured on each video's spoken opening line. Refreshed weekly. Figures are past performance and not a guarantee of what any individual video will earn. Last updated 11 September 2026.
TikTok hooks to test — problem-solving & brain health
10 hooks to test · RANKED ON OUR OWN CONVERTING DATA
Who you're talking to
Lead with the customer's problem and brain health — not caffeine, not ketones. Kenetik is metabolic brain fuel, the category we own. Ketones are the mechanism and the credibility; caffeine-free is the twist. Neither leads the hook. Every line below opens on the problem or outcome in the first two seconds, and borrows a proven structure from our cross-brand TikTok audits. The promise underneath all of it: clarity and focus on demand, your best hours, back.
What a great video covers
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Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
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The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
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Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
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Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
Where a hook links to a video, that is the real video the number comes from, and the line is what the creator actually said out loud. Hooks without a link are lines to test rather than transcripts, so the figure beside them belongs to the theme, not to that exact sentence.
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“I used to run on three coffees before noon. I stopped, and this is the only reason it stuck.”
The switch, already made · To camera · Our best performing family right now, 3.9x · ► example: @be.lush
This is the highest returning opening we have and the only one that wins on TikTok Shop and in our paid ads at the same time. The versions that work report a decision you already made, in past tense. The versions that ask the viewer what they drink are our weakest performers, so state it rather than asking it. Land on metabolic brain fuel out loud in the same video.
02
“I finally got my hands on those drinks everybody’s calling the energy drink killers.”
Borrowed hype · To camera, unboxing energy · 8.3x, our best 90-day return · ► watch @thededicateddad
You are not making the claim, you are reporting one other people are already making, which is far easier to believe and impossible to argue with. It also gets the energy drink comparison into the video without you attacking anything, which matters because videos that open by attacking energy drinks are our worst performers.
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“I did not think a ketone drink could taste like this. Watch my face.”
Taste is the last thing people are unsure about before they buy, so clearing it on camera removes the final hesitation. Film it before you have tried the flavor. Genuine surprise cannot be scripted and a performed reaction is obvious, which is exactly why the real one converts.
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“I’m just gonna be honest, these are genuinely some of the best caffeine-free focus drinks out right now.”
The honest take · To camera, conversational · Untested. Help us prove it
“Let me be honest with you” is a different social move from a review. You are talking to one person rather than an audience, and viewers hear the difference. If there is something you would change about it, saying so makes the rest more believable, not less.
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“My brain runs out before my body does. Every afternoon, same time.”
Your own pattern, said plainly · To camera, calm · Untested. Help us prove it
This is the fuel idea in words you can actually defend. You are not quoting a statistic, you are describing a pattern you notice in yourself, which is both more believable and safer for you. Say it at conversation speed and let the specific time of day carry it. This is the one hook on the page we do not have numbers for yet, so the creators who run it are the ones who tell us whether it works.
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“We’re still drinking Kenetik, and the reason why is I do not have a crash in the afternoon anymore.”
An outcome stated flatly beats a benefit stated enthusiastically. This is a top-five earner for us and it is one sentence about the speaker’s own day. Keep it to your own experience and describe your afternoon, never a condition.
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“Do not buy this ketone drink until you have heard this.”
Pattern interrupt · To camera, cold open · 405k views on our version · ► watch @rkrager1
Telling someone not to do the thing they were about to do stops a scroll harder than any offer, and it costs the viewer nothing to hear you out. Our own version of this has 405k views. The payoff has to arrive within a couple of seconds or it reads as bait.
The least clever hook on this page and one of the best performing. Sometimes the viewer just wants to know what they get for their money, and telling them plainly beats a turn of phrase. Hold the box and name all four out loud: Watermelon Lime, Blackberry Lemonade, Strawberry Peach, Pineapple Passionfruit. Listing them is what the creator who ran this actually did, and it is what makes the variety pack feel like four things instead of one.
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“POV: you are the only person in the office not refilling their coffee at 3pm.”
Comedy is the one thing nothing else on this tab does, and it earns. A POV drops the viewer into the scene before you have said a word, and making yourself the odd one out is a joke rather than a pitch, which is exactly why it does not read as an ad. Play it straight-faced and let the situation be the funny part. Keep the joke on being the odd one out, never on quitting an addiction or beating a craving.
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“You know that feeling where the word is right there but your brain will not grab it?”
Name the feeling · Video, cold open · Our strongest outreach theme, 0.70%
Describing a feeling precisely enough that someone thinks that is me is the fastest trust available in two seconds. Audiences framed around this exact feeling respond to us three times better than any other. Keep it to your own experience, and never name a condition or suggest Kenetik addresses one.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say the phrase “brain fuel” at least once — every video, non-negotiable.
Put it in your own words. Content that sounds like the creator beats content that sounds like a script, every time.
Say what caffeine did to you (jittery, wired, could not sleep) as your reason for switching. Just never claim Kenetik treats it.
Say “shop now” out loud before you finish. Saying it beats putting it on screen, and it is the one phrase that works on every platform we run you on.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Ketones and caffeine-free come after the hook.
Raw and one-take, with movement.
Clone hook 03, the taste one, across several mid-size creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Don’t open by attacking energy drinks. Our worst performer. They can sit inside the story, never in the first line.
Don’t fake urgency. Only claim a sellout that actually happened, and name it.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — new flavor drops
10 hooks to test · NEW FLAVOR DROPS (any flavor)
The north star
New flavor drops are a moment, so lead with the excitement and the taste, then let the scarcity do the work: Kenetik flavors sell out fast, and that urgency is real. Keep the brain-fuel core in frame so it never reads like just another flavored drink, it’s clean, caffeine-free focus that happens to taste incredible. These are written flavor-agnostic on purpose, so you can reuse them for any drop, this one or the next.
The hooks
01
“This is the best-tasting Kenetik brain fuel to date, hands down, and it is going to sell out. If it’s in stock while you’re watching, that’s your sign to grab it now.”
Two scarcity signals do the work: a superlative you are willing to put your name on, and a sell-out record that is real. The line about it being in stock while they watch converts because it turns a vague want into a decision to make now. Only say it if it is true.
02
“I’ve tried every Kenetik flavor and this new drop is the best-tasting brain fuel yet. And if you know how these go, it won’t be in stock long. Grabbing mine before it’s gone.”
Ranking it against the flavors you have already tried is what makes the superlative believable, because you have earned the comparison. The scarcity then reads as information instead of pressure, since you are describing what you are doing rather than instructing the viewer. Keep the tone matter-of-fact.
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“New flavor alert, and this might be the best brain fuel they’ve ever made. Every Kenetik flavor sells out fast, so don’t be the one refreshing a sold-out page next week.”
A drop announcement gives someone a reason to watch that is not a sales pitch, and the image of a sold-out page motivates harder than any discount because it is a loss rather than a gain. Land the taste honestly first; urgency only works once they already want it.
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“A focus drink I’m genuinely excited to taste? New Kenetik flavor, caffeine-free and sugar-free, and it goes down way too easy.”
Taste / clean reveal · First-sip reaction · Broad
Taste outperforms every other angle we have measured, 16 percent conversion and roughly $82 a video. Opening on your own surprise that a focus drink tastes good gets past the assumption that anything clean tastes like medicine. Shoot the first sip live and keep whatever your face does.
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“New flavor in the rotation, same afternoon ritual. My clear head, handed back to me, now it just tastes even better.”
Ritual / repeat-buyer · POV · Loyal fans
Repeat use persuades more than novelty. A viewer who knows the product hears that the ritual survived a change, and a new viewer hears that there is a ritual at all. Understatement is the point in this one, so no build-up, just the same afternoon with a better can.
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“POV: the new Kenetik flavor just landed on your porch and you already know it won’t last the week. First sip, honest reaction.”
Unboxing / first reaction · POV · Broad
Unboxings hold attention because something is about to be found out and the viewer gets to be there. The porch framing keeps the scene ordinary, which means the reaction has to carry it. Say your actual first thought even if it takes a second to arrive, and leave the pause in.
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“Grabbed the new flavor for the taste. Kept it around because my afternoons stopped falling apart. Turns out it’s brain fuel that happens to taste amazing.”
Problem-first / brain fuel · Video · Broad
Opening on flavor and landing on the reason you kept it is the order that converts, because the low-resistance hook gets you the watch and the real benefit arrives as a discovery instead of a claim. That turn in the middle is the whole video, so do not rush it.
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“The new flavor is officially part of my brainmaxxing rotation. Caffeine-free fuel that helps me actually lock in, and like every Kenetik drop, it won’t be in stock long.”
Trend-native language gets you past an audience that filters ad phrasing on sight. Because the vocabulary is already theirs, caffeine-free lands as a spec rather than a selling point. This only works if the word is genuinely part of how you talk; borrowed slang is obvious in a second.
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“Most “new flavors” are just more sugar and more caffeine. This is a new flavor of actual brain fuel, caffeine-free, made to keep your head clear.”
Category stake / contrast · Video · Considered buyers
Setting yourself against the category tells the viewer what to compare you to, which is more useful than another superlative. Direct comparison is our least-filmed format, run about 19 times in roughly 5,000 videos, and the most open lane we have. Say what it is not before you say what it is.
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“Be first on the drop, not the one refreshing a sold-out page next week. The new Kenetik flavor is live, clear head included.”
FOMO / be-first · Video or static · Broad
Loss aversion is the strongest thing in this tab, because being late costs more emotionally than buying early. Keep the clear-head line attached so the drop reads as a flavor of brain fuel rather than a soda release. Short is fine; this one does not need a story around it.
TikTok hooks to test — Golden Pear restock
10 hooks to test · GOLDEN PEAR RESTOCK (sold out in ~4 weeks)
The north star
Golden Pear sold out its entire first run in about four weeks, so fast it never got live on TikTok Shop. That makes this restock the first time creators can actually review it here. Lead with that scarcity and the taste, back it with real social proof (over 70,000 Kenetik customers, and thousands of Golden Pear orders in a single month), and keep the brain-fuel core in frame. Social proof, urgency, and problem solving together is the winning formula.
The hooks
01
“Golden Pear sold out in about four weeks last time, before we could even get it live on TikTok Shop. So this is the first time you can review it here. Grabbing mine before it’s gone again.”
First look / scarcity · Video, unboxing · Broad
A genuine first review is a real reason to watch, and it is rare that we can say it honestly. The four-week sell-out is your proof and your clock in a single line. Filming it as an unboxing keeps everything in real time instead of turning into a recap.
02
“Over 70,000 people drink Kenetik, and Golden Pear is the one that sold out in a month. It’s finally back. Here’s my honest first taste.”
Social proof + taste · First-sip reaction · Broad
A number that size changes what the viewer thinks they are looking at. This stops being one person's opinion and starts being something a lot of people already decided, so the taste read that follows carries more weight. Leave the reaction unedited or the proof works against you.
03
“The flavor everyone missed is back. Crisp sparkling pear, zero caffeine, and the clean focus Kenetik is known for. Taste first, brain fuel underneath.”
Taste + brain fuel · Video, direct-to-cam · Broad
Taste first, mechanism underneath is the order our own data supports, with taste converting at 16 percent, ahead of every other theme we film. Naming specific flavor notes gives the viewer something to imagine, and caffeine-free then arrives as the twist rather than the pitch.
04
“It sold out in weeks the first time and never came back. Until now. If you slept on Golden Pear, this is your one shot to try it before it’s gone again.”
Urgency / second chance · Video · FOMO-driven
Second chances pull harder than launches, because the viewer has already lost this once, either personally or by watching someone else. One shot is accurate here, which is why it can be said plainly. Do not stretch it into a countdown; the fact carries itself.
05
“Thousands of orders in its first month, then completely sold out. Golden Pear is the flavor Kenetik fans keep asking for, and it’s finally restocked. Don’t miss it twice.”
Social proof + scarcity · Video · Broad
Stacking real order volume and then the sell-out builds value before any ask, which is how Bloom's best videos are structured. Closing on do not miss it twice assumes they wanted it, and that assumption is the persuasion. Stay conversational rather than announcer-like or the proof turns into a commercial.
06
“Most sparkling drinks are just sugar and caffeine. Golden Pear is sparkling pear brain fuel, caffeine-free, made to keep your head clear. And it tastes unreal.”
Category stake / contrast · Video · Considered buyers
Naming what the category usually is gives the viewer a frame to judge you against, and the comparison argues on your behalf without you making a claim. Contrast is our most under-filmed format. Hold the can while you say it so the alternative stays visible in frame.
07
“Kenetik is co-owned by creators like Roman Atwood and Cleetus McFarland, so when Golden Pear sold out in about a month, people noticed. It’s finally back. Come taste what the hype is about.”
Social proof / creator co-owners · Video, first-sip · Broad
Ownership is a different kind of proof than a testimonial, because a creator with equity is signing their name to the thing. That reframes the sell-out as market evidence instead of marketing. Say it once, plainly, then move to the taste; over-explaining the ownership loses the room.
08
“Golden Pear might be the best-tasting can Kenetik makes, and it’s back for round two. Sparkling pear, caffeine-free, brainmaxxing that actually tastes good.”
Taste / brainmaxxing · First-sip · Gen-Z / broad
A superlative is worth exactly as much as the person saying it, so this line lives or dies on your first sip. Pairing best-tasting with the restock gives the viewer a reason to want it and a reason to move in the same breath. One take, no retakes on the reaction.
09
“An afternoon that doesn’t fall apart, in the can that sold out in weeks. Golden Pear is restocked. Grab it, crack it, feel the difference.”
Problem-first / brain fuel · Video · Broad
Opening on the outcome rather than the product puts the viewer inside their own afternoon first, then hands them the can as the answer. The scarcity stays in the same sentence so urgency never becomes its own beat. Crack it on camera; the sound is the payoff.
10
“If you’ve been waiting on the Golden Pear restock, this is it. It won’t last long, it never does. This is the one I keep in the fridge for a clear head.”
Ritual / urgency close · POV · Loyal fans
This is written for people already waiting, which makes it the highest-intent line in the tab. No convincing is needed, only confirmation and a nudge. The fridge detail is what keeps it from sounding like an announcement, and it plays best from a creator who has posted about Kenetik before.
TikTok hooks to test — getting past the price hump
10 hooks to test · GETTING PAST PRICE (VALUE, NOT DISCOUNTS)
The north star
Kenetik is a new premium category, so for some people the price is a hump to get over before they feel why it's worth it. The play is never to discount, it's to make the value obvious. These hooks reframe the cost against what it replaces (the daily coffee, the energy drinks) and what a clear afternoon is actually worth, so the value speaks for itself. Use with any audience. If there's a live offer running, it's a fine quick close at the very end, but the video is never about the deal. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
Why it costs what it costs
The dose. Every can carries 12 grams of ketones. A lot of what else is on the shelf sits around 2. Dose is what drives the effect, not the format, and dosing properly is most of the cost.
The molecule. Bioidentical D-BHB, the same ketone your body makes when you fast or sleep, rather than a synthetic stand-in.
The testing. Informed Sport Certified, every single batch, so an athlete at any level can drink it without wondering.
The number. The variety pack is six cans at $29.94, so $4.99 a can. Say it plainly if you are doing the math on camera, and use your own real comparison next to it.
The line that lands. You are not selling a drink that is more expensive than the others. You are selling the only one dosed high enough to be worth drinking, and you can say that plainly.
Know this before you use the hooks below
Every reframe on this tab works because the price is defensible, not because it is being explained away. Never apologise for it and never discount your way past it. Deal-led content is the worst performing thing we make.
The hooks
01
“I did the math on Kenetik. It replaced my $6 afternoon coffee, and I actually get the focus I was paying that coffee for. Easy call.”
Reframe / “do the math” · Video, direct-to-cam · Any audience
Doing arithmetic out loud is disarming, because it invites the viewer to check your work instead of trusting you. Replacing a specific $6 habit gives the price something to sit beside, and cost only feels high in isolation. Use your real coffee number rather than a tidy one.
02
“Someone in my comments said five dollars a can is insane. That’s fair. Let me actually answer it instead of arguing.”
Objection reply · Video, direct-to-cam, comment on screen · Broad
The objection lands harder coming from a real person than from you inventing it, and answering rather than defending puts you on the viewer’s side of it. Screenshot the actual comment. A fabricated one is obvious and it costs you the trust the format exists to earn.
03
“I used to buy energy drinks, pre-workout, and two afternoon coffees. Add all that up. Kenetik does the job of the whole stack for less.”
Replaces-the-stack reframe · Video · Coffee / energy-drink spenders
Stacking the three things it replaced makes the comparison unavoidable, and the viewer totals it in their head before you finish the sentence. Direct comparison is our least-filmed and most open format. Line the items up on camera if you have them, since the visual does half the work.
04
“I don’t cheap out on the thing I use every single day. Same reason I don’t cheap out on my mattress. My brain earns it.”
Worth / identity reframe · Video · Value-minded
Everyone has one category they refuse to cheap out on, so the mattress line gets a nod before it gets an argument. It works by moving the decision from price to standards, and nobody argues with their own standards. Pick a comparison that is genuinely true for you.
05
“This is real D-BHB ketones, caffeine-free, sugar-free, nothing artificial. You’re paying for actual brain fuel, and you feel exactly where the money went.”
Quality justification · Explainer · Curious / considered buyers
Specifics are what justify a premium. D-BHB, caffeine-free, sugar-free, nothing artificial is a short list a viewer can repeat to someone else. Stay strictly inside that set, say how it fits your day, and let the price question answer itself rather than adding benefits that are not there.
06
“One genuinely focused afternoon is worth way more than this costs. I think of it as buying my afternoon back.”
ROI-of-focus reframe · Video · Professionals
Framing the purchase as buying an afternoon back moves it from spending to investing, and professionals price their own hours instinctively. One good afternoon against a few dollars is not a close call once it is said out loud. Two sentences is plenty; explaining it further weakens it.
07
“I almost talked myself out of it over the price. Then I felt the difference, and now it’s the last thing I’d cut.”
Tried-it, worth-it · Story-led · Broad
Admitting you almost talked yourself out of it puts you on the viewer's side of the objection instead of arguing with it. The last thing I would cut close beats any value claim, because it ranks the purchase against everything else you buy. Deliver it evenly, with no build.
08
“Worried it’s not worth it? It’s backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. Try a genuinely clear afternoon, and if it’s not for you, you’re covered.”
Risk-reversal / 30-day guarantee · Video, direct-to-cam · Considered buyers
Risk reversal converts because it changes the question from is this worth it to what do I lose by trying, and the honest answer is nothing. It works better than a discount, which only teaches people to wait for the next one. State the guarantee once and state it accurately.
09
“The way I see it, the real cost isn’t the drink. It’s another foggy afternoon where nothing gets done. This is what I spend to get the good ones.”
Reframe the real cost · Video · Broad
Naming a cost the viewer already pays but never counts is the sharpest move available here. Once a wasted afternoon is on the ledger, the drink stops being the biggest number in the comparison. Keep the tone matter-of-fact, because anything heavier starts to feel like pressure.
10
“If you’re comparing this to a can of soda, this isn’t for you. If you’re comparing it to your third coffee, stay with me.”
Disqualify and requalify · Video, cold open · Considered buyers
Saying who it is not for is the most premium move available, because nobody confident about their product needs everybody. The second sentence is what makes it work: you turn away the wrong buyer and name the right one in the same breath, and the right one leans in.
How to run them — do’s & don’ts
DO say “brain fuel” at least once — non-negotiable. It's the whole point. Every video names the category out loud.
Reframe worth, don't defend price. Anchor against what it replaces (coffee, energy drinks) and what a clear head is worth. Let the value do the talking, don’t argue about the number.
Keep it personal and specific. 'It replaced my $6 coffee' beats 'it's good value.' Real numbers and a real routine sell it.
Keep the video about the value, not the deal. If there's a live offer running, point to it as a quick closing CTA at the very end, never as the hook.
Give us three phrasings of one hook, not three different hooks. Three openings on three different hooks tells us which hook works. Three ways of saying the same one tells us which words work. Both are useful and we have barely tested the second.
Clone hooks 01 and 06 across creators. The ‘do the math’ and ‘buying my afternoon back’ reframes travel well, don’t reinvent a winner.
TikTok hooks to test — biohackers & productivity
10 hooks to test · BIOHACKERS / PRODUCTIVITY
Who you're talking to
This is Kenetik's home crowd: founders, knowledge workers, and biohackers who dial in their sleep, training, and diet, then lose the afternoon to brain fog and a fourth coffee. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel built for deep work. Lead with the felt problem (the 2pm drop, the fight for focus) and the aspiration (drop into flow on command). Ketones are the mechanism and the credibility, this crowd already speaks the language, but still open on the problem or outcome. Caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Stop optimizing your morning and then killing your afternoon with a third coffee. Caffeine borrows focus. This actually fuels it.”
Telling an optimizer they are undoing their own work is the one interruption they cannot scroll past, because it is a gap in a system they are proud of. Nello's biggest video opens on a warning like this. Keep the caffeine line as an observation, not an attack on coffee.
02
“The real reason some people drop into deep work on command and others fight for it, it’s not more caffeine or more discipline. It’s brain fuel.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook · Video · Founders / knowledge workers
This crowd believes the difference between people is method, so a curiosity gap about method is the one they have to close. Ruling out caffeine and discipline clears the two answers they already hold. Medicube built a business on this structure, so pay it off inside ten seconds.
03
“You dial in your sleep, your training, your diet, then your brain runs out of fuel at 2pm and you don’t even notice. This is what I fix that with.”
Make-the-invisible-visible · Cold open · Biohackers
The insight is that their protocol has a blind spot, and naming it earns you standing with people who do not take advice easily. You do not even notice is the line that lands, because it explains how the gap survived all that optimization. Speak only about your own afternoons.
04
“Your brain runs on glucose or ketones. Glucose spikes and crashes. Ketones are clean, steady fuel, no crash. That’s the whole idea behind Kenetik.”
This audience already speaks the mechanism, so explaining it treats them as a peer rather than a beginner, and peers buy. Keep it to fuel: glucose spikes, ketones stay steady. One caution from our data, the no-crash angle is our weakest opening theme, so it belongs here as a supporting clause only.
05
“Be the person who drops into deep work in five minutes and holds it for hours, no jitters, no crash. That’s a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” · Static or video · Deep-work crowd
Deep work on command is what this audience actually wants, and stating it as an identity rather than a benefit skips the persuasion step entirely. The five minutes and three hours specificity is what makes it credible. Do not stack a claim underneath; the aspiration carries the line by itself.
06
“I’ve tried every nootropic and ‘focus stack’ out there. Most did nothing. This is the one I actually feel. Ketones, in a can.”
Skeptic reversal works because their first thought, that most of this does nothing, gets said by you before they can say it. Having tried the whole category is what earns the verdict. Film the first try live and keep whatever your face does in the first two seconds.
07
“I cut caffeine to protect my sleep and my baseline, but I still needed to lock in. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel that filled the gap.”
Quit-caffeine angle · Personal story · Sleep-optimizers
Quitting caffeine is a decision this audience respects, so the story builds credibility before the product appears at all. The gap it left has a specific shape, which makes whatever fills it obvious. Stay inside your own experience, since how you protect your sleep is your story, not a claim.
08
“Clean brain fuel that’s caffeine-free, sugar-free, and real D-BHB ketones? For a focus tool I use daily, that matters. And it tastes good.”
Label-readers buy on ingredient trust, and this line hands them the whole list plus the thing labels never promise, which is that it tastes good. Taste is our best-converting theme at 16 percent conversion. Worth cloning across creators, because the format survives very different voices.
09
“My deep-work ritual: phone in the other room, one Kenetik, and I don’t look up for three hours. Caffeine-free.”
Specificity is the proof in this one. Phone in the other room and three hours without looking up is a real protocol, so the can reads as part of a system rather than a sponsored insert. Shoot it at your actual desk, mid-routine, and do not tidy up first.
10
“I optimize everything for output. The highest-leverage thing I’ve found isn’t another app, it’s fueling my brain. This is what I use.”
Persona / optimizer hook · Story-led · Founders / optimizers
Optimizers constantly sort inputs by return, so naming fuel as the input that beat the apps places the product inside a hierarchy they already maintain. It works because it sounds like a conclusion you reached rather than a pitch. Keep it plain and skip the tool-stack montage.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say “brain fuel” at least once — non-negotiable.
Open on the problem or the outcome, not the ingredient.
Ketones can lead a little more here.
Keep it real and specific.
Clone hooks 08 and 09 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — brain health & longevity
10 hooks to test · BRAIN HEALTH / LONGEVITY
Who you're talking to
A fast-growing crowd treats brain health like they treat physical fitness, they want to fuel and protect their mind for the long haul, not react once something feels off. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that fits a daily brain-health habit. Lead with the aspiration (take care of your brain, cognitive fitness) and the felt problem (the fog when it's under-fueled). Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 BRAIN-HEALTH LIFESTYLE, NOT A TREATMENT
This targets people who care about their brain, not a medical audience. Never claim Kenetik treats, prevents, or reverses TBI, concussion, memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer's, or cognitive decline. Keep to approved language: supports focus and cognitive performance, brain fuel, cognitive fitness. Experiential only. It's brain fuel, not medicine.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“You’ll train your body for decades. What are you doing for your brain? This is where I start.”
Aspirational identity hook · Video, direct-to-cam · Health optimizers
The question does the work. Someone who already trains for decades has an obvious gap in their own logic, and you are pointing at it rather than pitching. That gap is uncomfortable enough to hold a viewer through the answer. Ask it once and let the pause sit.
02
“Meet your brain’s best friend. You fuel your body every day, this is the clean, caffeine-free fuel your head’s been missing. Here’s what changed for me.”
Ritual / “meet your brain’s best friend” · Video, warm to-cam · Health optimizers
Ritual framing sells a place in someone’s day rather than a purchase. Naming it as the fuel your body already gets but your head does not gives the viewer a category they understand instantly. Keep the warmth real — this one collapses the moment it reads as an ad read.
03
“You feel it when your body’s out of shape. You don’t notice your brain running low until the fog hits. This is what I fuel mine with.”
Make-the-invisible-visible · Cold open · Broad wellness
People can see an out-of-shape body and cannot see an under-fueled brain, so you are handing them language for something they have felt but never named. That recognition is the stop. Open cold on the fog, no intro, no logo.
04
“I spent years being careful about what I fed my body and never once thought about feeding my brain.”
The thing you overlooked · Calm explainer · Health-conscious
The turn is the oversight, not a statistic. Anyone who has been deliberate about food recognises the gap the second you name it, and you have earned the sell before you name what you drink. Say it as something you noticed about yourself, never as a lesson for the viewer, and skip any number you would struggle to defend in the comments.
05
“Be the person who takes care of their brain, not the one who takes it for granted. It’s a daily habit, not a someday thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” · Static or video · Health-conscious
Identity hooks let the viewer buy a version of themselves rather than a drink. The second half is doing more than the first: framing it as a daily habit instead of a someday intention removes the excuse to scroll on and think about it later.
06
“If your plan for your brain is just more coffee, that’s not a plan. Caffeine borrows focus. This actually fuels it.”
Telling someone their plan is not a plan stops a scroll because it challenges a habit they have never questioned. It is the shape behind Nello’s single biggest video. Say it about your own coffee habit rather than theirs and it lands as honesty instead of a scold.
07
“I started treating my brain like it matters as much as my body, fueling it clean every day. The clarity is real.”
A first-person account is the one thing you are always free to say, because it is yours. Keep it to what you noticed and how your own days went — no promises about what it does for anyone else. One take, phone propped up, no script.
08
“I wanted to take care of my brain without hammering caffeine and wrecking my sleep. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I landed on.”
Quit-caffeine angle · Personal story · Sleep-and-stimulant aware
The caffeine-swap theme converts at 12 percent for us, and this is why: you are not asking anyone to add a habit, you are replacing one they already have doubts about. Naming sleep as your reason makes it specific rather than vague. Caffeine-free is the twist, so do not bury it.
09
“Brain fuel that’s caffeine-free, sugar-free, and clean enough to drink every single day? That’s the whole point. And it tastes good.”
Taste is our best-converting theme at 16 percent and about $82 a video, and the reason is simple — nobody argues with your face on a first sip. Say caffeine-free and sugar-free once, then react honestly. Shoot it before you have actually tasted the flavor.
10
“I invest in my brain like I invest in anything I want to last. Clean fuel, every day. This is the one I trust.”
Investment language suits this audience because they already think in decades rather than days. Trust is the operative word here — vouching is a different and stronger act than recommending. Ground it in one real long-term thing you do so the line has something to stand on.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say “brain fuel” at least once — non-negotiable.
Lead with the aspiration, the fog supports it.
Keep it experiential and habit-based.
One vivid mechanism line is enough.
Clone hooks 09 and 03 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — Gen-Z & brain maxxing
10 hooks to test · GEN-Z / BRAIN MAXXING
Who you're talking to
Gen-Z optimizes everything — sleep, gym, skin, focus. “Brain maxxing” is the next frontier, and it's the one nobody actually fuels: most of this crowd runs on energy drinks and 47 tabs of brain rot. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that fits the self-optimization mindset. Lead with the felt problem (brain rot, the 2pm doom scroll, can't lock in) and the aspirational outcome (locked in, sharp, main-character focus). Trend-native, but the promise stays honest. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ONLY — keep it lifestyle, not medical
Speak to how it makes YOU feel, not what it treats. Locked in, clear, focused — great. Never claim Kenetik cures, fixes, or treats “brain rot,” ADHD, anxiety, focus disorders, or any condition. It's brain fuel, not medicine. Caffeine-free is a real hook here (a lot of this crowd cut energy drinks for sleep and anxiety). Never call it an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Everyone’s looksmaxxing and gymmaxxing but running on brain rot and energy drinks. You’re maxxing the wrong thing. Fuel the brain first.”
Being told you are optimizing the wrong thing stops a scroll harder than any offer, because it suggests you are losing a game you thought you were winning. Nello’s biggest video opens on this shape. Deliver it flat and fast — the format dies if you oversell it.
02
“Three signs your brain’s cooked, not lazy: you open your phone and forget why, you reread the same sentence five times, and you can’t lock in past 20 minutes.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Students / young grinders
The listicle is BrainMD’s engine because every line is a small self-diagnosis: the viewer checks themselves against three specific behaviors and stays for the score. Make the signs oddly specific rather than generic tiredness. Keep them to your own experience, never a verdict on anyone’s health.
03
“In my brain maxxing era. No energy drinks, no 2pm doom scroll, just clean fuel and actual focus. This is the cheat code.”
Era framing lets a viewer join something instead of evaluate something, and it is native enough that it does not read as an ad in the first second. The specificity carries it — the 2pm doom scroll is a real image. Say it like you are updating a friend.
04
“Clarity is the new flex. Everyone’s maxxing their looks and their lifts, but the sharpest people are fueling the one thing nobody trains. Here’s how.”
Flex / “clarity is the new flex” · Video, trend-native · Gen-Z
Reframing focus as status turns a wellness product into a social one, which is the difference between watching and wanting. It also puts you slightly ahead of the trend rather than inside it. Follow the here’s-how fast; a flex line with no payoff is just a caption.
05
“That feeling when your brain’s got 47 tabs open and none of them load? That’s brain rot, and it’s a fuel problem. This is what fixed mine.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Cold open on the doom scroll · Gen-Z
The 47-tabs image names something everyone feels and nobody describes, and that recognition is the stop. Calling brain rot a fuel problem rather than a character flaw is what makes your next line welcome instead of preachy. Open cold on the scroll, no greeting.
06
“Be the main character who’s locked in while everyone else is rotting in the group chat. Brain maxxing is just fueling the one muscle nobody trains.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or video · Gen-Z
This one sells contrast — the locked-in version of you against the version still rotting in the group chat. Viewers pick a side in about a second, and the side they pick is the one holding the drink. Keep the tone light, because smugness kills it.
07
“POV: you quit energy drinks because they made you anxious and couldn’t sleep, but you still have to lock in for finals. This is the caffeine-free swap.”
POV works here because the viewer is already the character before you say a word. Swap framing removes the ask entirely: nothing to add, just something to replace. Never call Kenetik an energy drink in the payoff — caffeine-free is the whole reason the story holds.
08
“Brain fuel that’s caffeine-free, sugar-free, AND tastes this good?? Yeah, I’m never going back to energy drinks. New obsession.”
Study-with-me buys watch time no hook can, and the product sits in frame the entire video without being sold at anyone. Use that length: say “shop now” out loud before you sign off. Saying your call to action beats putting it on screen, and almost nobody bothers.
09
“Study with me but make it brain maxxing. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I lock in with when I actually need to focus. Clear head, phone down, finishing things.”
Study / productivity (BrainMD focus engine) · Study-with-me / POV · Students
Taste leads every other angle in our shop data, 16 percent conversion and roughly $82 per video, and the first-sip reaction is why — a face is harder to doubt than a sentence. Bloom built its top videos on exactly this disbelief. Film the real first taste, do not re-enact it.
10
“Spent all summer brain rotting and my attention span is cooked. Day one of brain maxxing: caffeine-free fuel, phone down, actually finishing what I start. Here’s how it’s going.”
Brain-rot persona hook · Story-led to-cam · Gen-Z
Day one is an open loop: the viewer wants to know how it goes, so the video is a start rather than a conclusion. It also lets you be honest about where you are instead of claiming something you have not earned yet. Report what you notice, nothing further.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Trend-native, but keep the promise honest.
Aspirational leads, brain rot sets it up.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Caffeine-free is a real hook here.
Clone hooks 08 and 03 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — young women, wellness & a clear head
10 hooks to test · WOMEN 18–30 / WELLNESS
Who you're talking to
This audience is wellness-fluent and burnout-aware: the 2pm fog, the caffeine jitters, protecting their peace, wanting to feel calm and clear, not wired and scattered. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that fits right into that. Lead with the felt problem (the fog, the spiral, the crash) and the aspirational outcome (calm, clear, that-girl focus). Trendy and native to TikTok, but the promise stays honest. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ONLY
Wellbeing is a sensitive lane. Never claim Kenetik treats, cures, or fixes anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, or any mental-health condition. Speak to the felt experience (the fog, the jitters, the 2pm spiral) and how it makes YOU feel (calm, clear, focused). Caffeine-free is a real hook here (many cut caffeine for anxiety and sleep). It's brain fuel, not medicine.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“The ‘she’s so calm and put-together’ girl isn’t built different. She just fuels her brain different. Here’s my swap.”
You are answering a question she has already asked herself about someone in her life, so the curiosity is pre-loaded before you speak. Calling it a swap rather than a routine keeps it small enough to try. Show the actual swap on camera — the line alone is not the video.
02
“POV: you quit coffee because it made you anxious and jittery, but you still have to lock in. This is my caffeine-free swap.”
Naming the anxiety and the jitters first puts you on her side of the screen instead of selling at her. The caffeine-swap theme converts at 12 percent for us because it replaces a habit rather than adding one. Keep the reason yours, not a general warning about coffee.
03
“That 2pm brain fog where you reread the same text five times and still don’t get it? This is what clears mine.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Cold open on the fog · Students / young pros
A specific image beats a described feeling every time, and rereading the same text five times is something she did this week. Recognition is the stop; the fix only has to arrive after she has already nodded. Cold open, no hello, no setup.
04
“My little afternoon reset: no coffee, no crash, just brain fuel and a clear head. Most ‘that girl’ thing I do.”
The ritual is what sells here, not the no-crash line — that theme is our weakest at 7 percent, so let it pass in half a second and put the weight on the reset. Aesthetic b-roll earns the rewatch. Keep the voiceover quiet and unhurried.
05
“In my clear-head era. No jitters, no 2pm spiral, just focus. This caffeine-free brain fuel is the secret.”
Trendy “in my ___ era” identity · Video, trend-native · Gen Z women
Era language lets her adopt an identity rather than assess a product, and it travels — people repeat the phrase back in comments. The three-beat rhythm before the reveal keeps it moving. Say it as a statement about yourself, never an instruction to her.
06
“I did NOT think a caffeine-free drink could make my brain feel this clear. I was so wrong.”
Skeptic reversal (Bloom / Nello) · First-try reaction · Broad young women
Leading with your own doubt disarms hers. Her first thought is that a caffeine-free drink cannot do much, so saying it out loud first makes you a witness instead of a salesperson. Shoot the genuine first try; a performed reversal is obvious on camera.
07
“Be the girl who’s calm, clear, and actually finishes her to-do list, not wired and scattered on her fourth iced coffee.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s benchmark) · Static or video · Aspirational women 18–30
Contrast does the persuading: two versions of the same afternoon, and she knows within a second which one today was. Aspiration outperforms problem-talk here because she is tired of hearing about burnout. Keep the fourth-iced-coffee line affectionate rather than superior.
08
“Brain fuel that’s caffeine-free, sugar-free, AND tastes this good?? Okay, new obsession.”
Taste beats every other angle we have measured, 16 percent and about $82 a video. A real reaction to flavor is the one piece of proof nobody argues with, and the caffeine-free, sugar-free line rides along after the face has already done the work. Film the first sip once.
09
“Study with me but make it caffeine-free. This is the brain fuel I sip when I actually need to focus. No jitters, no crash.”
Study / productivity (BrainMD focus engine) · Study-with-me / POV · Students
This format trades a hook for duration — she is with you for minutes rather than seconds, and the bottle stays in frame the whole time without being presented. That is the moment to name it out loud instead of only in the caption. One continuous take, real work on the desk.
10
“Protecting my peace this year means protecting my focus too. Clear head, calm, zero caffeine. Here’s how.”
Protect-my-peace / wellbeing (aspirational) · Soft-life VO + b-roll · Wellness-minded women
Taking language she already uses about boundaries and extending it to focus makes this feel like a continuation of something she believes rather than a new purchase. Soft-life visuals carry the rest. Stay first person throughout, because this one turns preachy fast.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Personal experience only — the hard rule.
Aspirational leads, pain supports.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Trend-native, but keep the promise honest.
Clone hooks 08 and 03 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — women 40+, brain fog & focus
10 hooks to test · WOMEN 40+ / MENOPAUSE
Who you're talking to
Women in their 40s and 50s know the fog: forgetting words, losing focus by mid-afternoon, feeling a step slower, and often cutting caffeine because it now fuels anxiety and wrecks sleep. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel for exactly that. Lead with the felt problem (the fog, the forgotten word, the 2pm dip) and make brain fuel the answer. Menopause is the relatable life-stage context, never a medical claim. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ONLY
This is the highest-sensitivity vertical. Never claim Kenetik treats, cures, balances, prevents, or fixes menopause, perimenopause, hormones, brain fog, or memory. No hormone or menopause treatment claims of any kind. Speak only to the felt experience (the fog, the afternoon, forgetting a word) and what it does for YOU (“keeps me clear,” “I feel like me again”). Personal experience only.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“If you’re blaming yourself for the brain fog, stop. You’re not slipping, your brain’s just running low on fuel. Here’s what actually helped me.”
Removing blame is the strongest opening move you have with this audience, because many of them have quietly decided the fog is their own failing. Relief holds attention the way a warning does. Speak only about your own experience — you are sharing what helped you, not diagnosing anyone.
02
“Walk into a room and forget why. Lose the word mid-sentence. Reread the same email three times. That’s not just getting older, and here’s what I do about it.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Perimenopausal / menopausal women
Three specific moments beat one general complaint: she checks herself against each and stays to see whether you get her. This is BrainMD’s engine for a reason. Keep the list everyday and observational, and stay well away from anything that sounds like a diagnosis or an explanation of why.
03
“For months I felt foggy and scattered every single afternoon. I changed one thing about how I fuel my brain, and I finally feel like me again.”
Transformation testimonial (BrainMD, $71k / 6.2M views) · Video, “feel like me again” · Broad women 40+
Feeling like yourself again is a want, not a claim, and it is yours to say because it is your account of your own months. Describe what your afternoons looked like and what you noticed after. No results framing and no before-and-after visuals — just the story.
04
“The real reason some women stay sharp and clear through their 40s and 50s, and it’s not more coffee or more sleep. It’s what they feed their brain.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational women 40+
Curiosity beats instruction here. You are withholding one piece of information and ruling out the two obvious answers, which forces the viewer to stay for the third. Medicube built an enormous business on that shape. Pay it off quickly — a long tease with a thin answer reads as bait.
05
“That afternoon fog where the word’s right there but you can’t grab it? If you’re in your 40s or 50s you know exactly what I mean. This is what fixed mine.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Video, cold open on the fog · Women 45–60
The word you cannot quite grab is a precise, physical moment, and precision is what earns the nod. Naming the decade makes it a shared experience rather than a private worry. Keep “mine” in that last line: it is your fog you are describing, not a promise about hers.
06
“Be the woman who’s still sharp and on it at 4pm, not running on fumes and another coffee. That’s a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or video · Women 40+
Aspiration sits better than symptom talk for a viewer who is tired of being told what is going wrong with her. The 4pm detail anchors it to a real moment in her day. Calling it a fuel thing keeps the frame on fueling rather than fixing, which is where it belongs.
07
“I had to quit caffeine, it was making me anxious and wrecking my sleep. But I still needed to be sharp. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I swapped in.”
Quit-caffeine / anxiety-&-sleep angle · Video, personal story · Women who cut caffeine
A swap is easier to accept than an addition, and that theme converts at 12 percent for us. Saying you still needed to be sharp keeps you credible — you are not renouncing anything, only changing what you reach for. Give your own reason rather than general advice about caffeine.
08
“Wanted something to clear the fog that’s caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not one more thing working against me. This tastes good and my head actually stays clear.”
Taste / clean (Bloom’s $400k engine) · Video, first-sip · CLONE across creators · Broad women
In our own shop data taste is the top-converting theme, 16 percent conversion and roughly $82 a video, and this line pairs it with the two facts that matter most to her: caffeine-free and sugar-free. The not-one-more-thing framing is the real hook. React on camera instead of describing the flavor.
09
“When your brain runs low on fuel you don’t feel tired, you feel foggy and forgetful. Here’s how I keep mine fueled, no caffeine needed.”
Separating foggy from tired hands her a distinction she has felt but never had words for, and new language is worth stopping for. Calm explainer delivery does more work here than energy. Stay on the idea of fuel and off anything that sounds like biology you are not there to teach.
10
“Menopause brain fog is real and no one warns you. By 2pm I couldn’t think straight. Here’s how I get my clarity back, caffeine-free.”
Menopause main hook / persona · Video, relatable & honest · Menopausal women
No one warns you is the line that travels, because it names a shared frustration and invites agreement in the comments. Menopause is your life stage and your context, nothing more — you are saying what you drink in the afternoon, never suggesting a drink does anything about menopause.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Personal experience only — the hard rule.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Real and relatable beats polished.
Caffeine-free is a genuine hook here.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — fitness moms & active 40+
10 hooks to test · FITNESS MOMS / ACTIVE 40+
Who you're talking to
Active moms in their 40s are fit on the outside but fighting mom-brain and the afternoon fog on the inside, often while cutting caffeine for better sleep and calmer nerves. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that keeps her clear for her workouts and her kids. Lead with the felt problem (mom-brain, the 3pm fog) and the aspiration (strong body, clear head). Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Training hard, eating clean, and still foggy by mid-afternoon? It’s not you. Your brain needs fuel too. Here’s my swap.”
Pattern-interrupt “warning” hook · Video, direct-to-cam · Active moms 40+
She has done everything right and still feels foggy, so the interrupt lands as vindication rather than a warning. That turns the video from a problem she owns into a gap she can fill. Keep it one take — raw beat polished in every brand we audited.
02
“Forgetting why you walked in the room. Rereading the same text. Fried by pickup. Fit on the outside, foggy on the inside. This helped me.”
Identity / mom-brain listicle · Video or carousel · Moms 40+
Each line is a small recognition, and three in a row build to she knows my life. The fit-on-the-outside, foggy-on-the-inside turn is the whole hook, because it is the contradiction she lives with and rarely hears out loud. Run the list fast, then land on the turn.
03
“I was crushing my workouts but running on empty for my kids by 3pm. I changed how I fuel my brain, now I’ve got something left for both.”
Transformation testimonial · Honest to-cam · Busy fit moms
The tension between crushing your workouts and having nothing left by pickup is honest in a way that pure wins never are. Naming one change keeps it believable — nobody trusts a story with five variables in it. Tell it plainly and stop short of promising anything for anyone else.
04
“The real reason some moms stay sharp and clear through the chaos, and it’s not another coffee. It’s how they fuel their brain.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook · Video · Aspirational moms
Withholding the answer while ruling out coffee forces the viewer to stay for it, and it quietly places her in the audience for a group she wants to belong to. Medicube runs this shape at enormous scale. Do not stretch the tease past a few seconds.
05
“You train your body every morning. But that afternoon brain fog? That’s your brain running low. This is what I fuel it with.”
Make-the-invisible-visible · Cold open · Active moms
Opening on something she is proud of buys permission for the part she is not. The contrast between a trained body and an unfueled brain makes the argument without a single claim attached to it. Start on the workout footage and let the fog line land over it.
06
“Be the mom who’s still clear and present at 5pm, not running on fumes and a third coffee. Strong body, clear head.”
Aspirational “who you become” · Static or b-roll · Moms 40+
Two futures in one second, and she already knows which one today looked like. Strong body, clear head works because it extends an identity she has rather than asking her to take on a new one. Say it once and let a still frame carry the rest.
07
“I cut back on caffeine because it was wrecking my sleep and my nerves. But I still needed to be sharp. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I run on now.”
Quit-caffeine angle · Personal story · Caffeine-cutting moms
Sleep and nerves are the two reasons this audience actually cuts caffeine, so naming both makes the story hers immediately. Swaps convert better than additions for us — that theme runs around 12 percent. Keep your reason specific and personal rather than a case against coffee.
08
“Wanted clean brain fuel that fits my life, caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not one more thing working against me. And it tastes good.”
Of every theme we track, taste sits at the top, 16 percent and roughly $82 a video, and not-one-more-thing-working-against-me is exactly how she screens what she buys. Caffeine-free and sugar-free clear that bar in four words. Film the real first sip and name the flavor out loud.
09
“You fuel your workout. Your brain needs fuel too. When it’s low you don’t feel tired, you feel foggy. Here’s how I keep mine clear, no caffeine.”
The workout comparison is the teaching device: she already accepts that a body needs fuel, so the brain version needs no defense. Then you hand her the difference between tired and foggy, which is new. Keep it short and calm, because explainers lose people the second they become lectures.
10
“Fit mom, full schedule, and my brain has to keep up. Caffeine-free, this is how I stay clear for my workouts and my kids.”
Persona hook · Day-in-the-life · Active moms 40+
Day-in-the-life earns long watch time, and the product turns up inside a real day instead of being presented. Use the run time you are buying: say “shop now” out loud. Saying your call to action beats putting it on screen, and almost nobody bothers.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say “brain fuel” at least once — non-negotiable.
Hit the problem in the first two seconds.
Keep it real and in her world.
Strong body, clear head.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — nurse creators
10 hooks to test · NURSES / HEALTHCARE
Who you're talking to
Nurses know the grind better than anyone: 12-hour shifts, nights, three coffees deep and still foggy at 3am, then wired when it's finally time to sleep. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that keeps her head clear through a shift. Lead with the felt problem (the 3am fog, the crash, the wall at hour 8) and make brain fuel the answer. Real, in her own voice, in scrubs. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Three coffees into a 12 and my brain still won’t turn on. That is not focus, that is caffeine. Here is what I switched to.”
Wired and clear are not the same state, and this line pulls them apart in one breath. Naming caffeine as the problem before naming anything as the answer lets the switch feel like the viewer's own conclusion rather than your pitch. Film it in one take, in scrubs, no setup.
02
“3am on a night shift. Charting the same note twice. Fog so thick you could cut it. If you’re a nurse, you know. This is what helps me.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Break-room video or carousel · Night-shift nurses
Charting the same note twice is a detail only a nurse would supply, and specifics like that work as an ID check. The right viewer recognizes herself and stops; everyone else scrolls, which is exactly what you want. Use your own 3am tell if you have a better one.
03
“I used to hit a wall halfway through every shift, foggy, drained, running on fumes. I changed my brain fuel, now I get through a 12 with a clear head.”
Told out loud this is a personal account, which is the only version we can run. Keep it spoken, with no split-screens and no results framing. The precision is what makes a self-report believable, so name the hour, the fog and what changed for you, then stop.
04
“The real reason some nurses stay clear-headed through a night shift and others are toast by 3am, and it is not more coffee. It is brain fuel.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational nurses
Curiosity converts when the viewer suspects there is a rule nobody told her. Medicube built an engine on that feeling. The catch is the payoff has to arrive fast, so get to brain fuel within a few seconds or the hook reads as bait and the comments will say so.
05
“That night-shift fog where you’re awake but your brain is somewhere else? Every nurse knows it. This is what clears mine, no caffeine.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Cold open on shift · Nurses
Fog is something nurses feel constantly and rarely have words for. Putting language on it does the persuading, because once a viewer sees her experience described precisely she assumes you understand the fix too. Cold open on shift and let the setting stay ordinary.
06
“Be the nurse who is still clear and calm at hour 11, and still has something left for herself after clock-out. That is a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or shift b-roll · Nurses / caregivers
Most hooks sell relief from a bad day. This one sells a version of yourself, which pulls harder because the viewer is already picturing it. The part that actually lands is having something left after clock-out, so do not cut that half for time.
07
“I lived on energy drinks and cold brew. Jittery, then crashing, then wired when I finally got home to sleep. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I run on now.”
Quit-the-caffeine angle · Video, personal story · Caffeine-heavy nurses
Admitting the habit first buys you the right to recommend anything. The viewer's guard drops because you were standing where she is standing now. Caffeine-free is the real difference here, so let it arrive as the turn in the story rather than the opening line.
08
“Wanted something to keep my head clear on shift that is caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not another energy drink wrecking my sleep. Tastes good, I stay clear.”
Taste is the theme that converts best for us by a clear margin, and this line stacks it with the two facts that matter most to someone protecting her sleep. Bloom runs the same shape: sip, react, short stack of clean facts. Film the real first sip; a performed reaction is obvious.
09
“Your brain runs on fuel too. When it is low you don’t feel tired, you feel foggy. Here is how I keep mine clear through a 12, no caffeine.”
Explaining the mechanism gives the viewer something worth keeping whether or not she buys, and a useful watch earns the sell that follows. The tired-versus-foggy distinction is the valuable part. Stay inside your own experience and skip any clinical framing.
10
“Nobody warns you about the 3am brain fog on nights. Caffeine-free, this is how I keep a clear head from clock-in to clock-out.”
Nobody warns you presumes an inside track, and nurses are the audience most likely to have one. Your job vouches for the observation before you say a word about a product, which is why this needs no exaggeration. Film it on the drive home when you actually sound tired.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say “brain fuel” at least once — non-negotiable.
Hit the problem in the first two seconds.
Keep it real and in scrubs.
Stay experiential and aspirational.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — entrepreneurs, dads & family life
10 hooks to test · ENTREPRENEURS / FAMILY
Who you're talking to
The founder-and-family grind is a mental load: run the business all day, then have nothing left for the people who matter at night. The 2pm crash, the fog, the short fuse. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that keeps you sharp for work AND present at home. Lead with the felt problem (the crash, the fog, snapping by 3pm) and make brain fuel the answer. This is Roman's lane — warm, real, family-first, not salesy. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“If you’re running on coffee and grinding till you crash, that’s not productive, that’s just wired. Here’s what I switched to for focus that actually lasts the day.”
Founders wear grinding as proof of effort, so calling it wired instead of productive is a small correction the right viewer accepts. That flip is what stops the scroll. Get to what you switched to quickly, because a reframe only holds attention for a beat.
02
“Answer emails at 6am, run the business all day, then have nothing left for your kids at night. If that’s you, this changed my afternoons.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Dad-founders
This is a day, not a symptom list, and the last clause is the one that stings. BrainMD's listicle engine works because the viewer is quietly checking off items as you say them. Order matters here, so the kids have to come last.
03
“I used to hit a wall at 2pm every day, foggy, short-tempered, done. Changed how I fuel my brain and now I’m actually present for my family.”
Spoken, this is your own account. Shown as a split screen it becomes a results claim, and we do not have that latitude. Keep it to camera and keep it specific, because 2pm and short-tempered are the details that make a self-report land.
04
“Make hour 8 feel like hour 1. That’s the difference between grinding till you crash and still having something left for the people at home. This is what I run on, no caffeine.”
Hour 8 feeling like hour 1 gives the viewer a measurement instead of an adjective, and anyone who works long days can test it against their own afternoon immediately. The family clause then raises the stakes past productivity, which is where founders actually feel the cost.
05
“You know that afternoon crash where you’re staring at the screen and nothing’s landing? Every entrepreneur knows it. This is what I push through it with, no caffeine.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Video, cold open on the crash · Founders
Staring at a screen with nothing landing is a picture specific enough that the viewer fills in the rest from memory, and that recognition is the persuasion. Open cold on the moment itself, no greeting and no name, because the first frame has to be the feeling.
06
“Be the dad who’s still locked in at work AND fully there at the dinner table, not running on fumes and a fourth coffee. That’s a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or family b-roll · Dads & parents
There is no problem in this one at all, just a person worth being. Founders are unusually motivated by the gap between who they are at work and who they are at dinner. Say it plainly to camera; heavy family b-roll drains it.
07
“Cut caffeine because it was wrecking my sleep and I was snapping at everyone by 3pm. Still needed to be sharp for work and my kids. This is what I run on now.”
Quit-caffeine / family angle · Video, personal story · Parents who cut caffeine
Snapping at everyone by 3pm is the admission that makes the rest credible, because nobody brags about that. Leading with a cost you paid at home puts you on the viewer's side of the screen. Keep energy drink pointed at what you quit, never at what you switched to.
08
“Wanted something to stay focused through a long day that’s caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not another energy drink working against me. Tastes clean, head stays clear.”
Two clean facts and a taste verdict is a complete argument in eight seconds, and taste is the theme that converts best for us. Bloom's top videos are built on exactly that stack. Drink it on camera and say what the flavor is actually like.
09
“Your brain runs on fuel, and when it’s low you don’t feel tired, you feel foggy and irritable. Here’s how I keep mine fueled through a full day, no caffeine.”
The distinction between tired and foggy is genuinely useful, and useful information buys the watch before the sell starts. Adding irritable names the symptom founders notice in themselves last. Speak from your own day and do not explain anyone else's brain.
10
“Building a business while being a present dad is a mental grind. This is how I stay sharp for both, no caffeine, no crash.”
Founder-&-family persona hook · Video, warm & real · Entrepreneur parents
This is a positioning statement more than a hook, which makes it a strong first video for a new audience because it tells them who you are in one line. Note that no crash is our weakest performing theme, so let it sit at the end and never open on it.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Land it in the first two seconds.
Warm and real beats produced.
Tie work sharpness to being present at home.
Caffeine-free is a genuine hook here.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — blue collar & trades
10 hooks to test · BLUE COLLAR / TRADES
Who you're talking to
The working man's grind: 4am starts, long shifts on the jobsite, a third energy drink by noon, and still foggy when it matters. Jittery, then crashing, and nothing left for the family at night. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that keeps you sharp all shift. Lead with the felt problem (the afternoon jobsite fog, the jitters, the crash) and make brain fuel the answer. This is the Roman lane: warm, real, no-nonsense, for the guy who works with his hands. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Up at 4am, third energy drink by noon, and still foggy on the job. That is not focus, that is caffeine. Here is what I switched to.”
The count does the work here: 4am, third can by noon, still foggy. A viewer who has lived that day is nodding before you mention a product, and then the reframe hands him a reason he has never quite been given. Jobsite, one take, no polish.
02
“Long shift, early start, brain running on fumes by the afternoon. If you work with your hands, you know the feeling. This changed my afternoons.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Blue-collar workers
If you work with your hands, you know is a membership test, and passing it feels good. That is the mechanic behind BrainMD's listicle format, recognition first and product second. Say it in your own words on a real site, because the setting is half the credibility.
03
“I used to drag through every afternoon on the site, foggy and short-tempered, counting the hours. Changed my brain fuel, now I stay sharp till the truck is loaded.”
Transformation testimonial (BrainMD, $71k / 6.2M views) · Video, real to-cam · Construction / trades
Counting the hours is the detail that carries this. It is a story about your afternoons rather than a results claim, so keep it spoken with no before-and-after cuts. Let till the truck is loaded be the proof, since a finished day is something a viewer can picture.
04
“The real reason some guys stay sharp through a 12-hour shift and others fall apart by 2, and it ain’t more caffeine. It is what you feed your brain.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational working men
Curiosity works when a hook implies other guys already know something you do not. Medicube's whole engine runs on that feeling. The rule for this one is to pay it off fast, because a tease left hanging reads as bait and costs you the comments.
05
“That afternoon fog on the job where you are just going through the motions? Every working man knows it. This is what I beat it with, no caffeine.”
Naming a feeling precisely persuades more than arguing about a product. Going through the motions is exactly how the afternoon lands and almost nobody says it out loud. Open cold mid-task with dirty hands in frame; the ordinariness is what makes it work.
06
“Be the guy who is still sharp on the last hour, and still has something left when he gets home to his family. That is a fuel thing.”
Aspirational / provider (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or job b-roll · Family men / providers
No problem in this one, just a picture of a guy worth being. It lands on providers because the second half, having something left when he gets home, is what they actually measure themselves on. Say it flat and unsentimental or it curdles.
07
“I was crushing energy drinks all day. Jittery, then crashing, couldn’t wind down after. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I run on now.”
Quit-the-energy-drinks angle · Video, personal story · Energy-drink switchers
Admitting the habit before recommending anything is what earns the recommendation. Could not wind down after is the cost every heavy energy-drink drinker knows and rarely mentions. Keep the phrase aimed at what you quit, since Kenetik is brain fuel and the contrast is the whole argument.
08
“Wanted something to stay sharp through a long shift that is caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not another energy drink wrecking my sleep. Tastes good, head stays clear.”
Taste converts better for us than any other theme, and clean facts stack neatly behind it: caffeine-free, sugar-free, nothing artificial. Bloom's best videos are this exact shape. Take the sip on camera and tell the truth about the flavor, because a rehearsed reaction kills it.
09
“Your brain runs on fuel, just like your body. When it is low you do not feel tired, you get foggy and sloppy. Here is how I keep mine sharp all shift, no caffeine.”
The body-and-brain parallel is one a working guy accepts instantly, since he already thinks about fuel that way. Sloppy is the right word too, because it is the consequence he cares about. Explain your own experience, stay calm, and do not lecture.
10
“Framing all day in the heat and my head has to stay in it. Caffeine-free, this is how I stay sharp from the first cut to the last.”
Trades persona hook · On the jobsite / in the truck · Tradesmen & contractors
A specific job beats a general one. Framing in the heat puts the viewer somewhere real, and first cut to the last gives the day a shape he can follow. Film where the work is; a truck cab at quitting time is more convincing than a clean kitchen.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Land it in the first two seconds.
Real beats produced.
Tie sharpness to home, not just work.
Caffeine-free is a real hook here.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — first responders
10 hooks to test · FIRST RESPONDERS
Who you're talking to
First responders run on adrenaline and caffeine: 24-hour shifts, 3am calls, and a head that has to be clear the second the tones drop. Then wired when it is finally time to sleep. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that keeps your head clear through a shift. Lead with the felt problem (the 3am fog, the crash mid-shift, wired after) and make brain fuel the answer. Real, in the bay or the rig, honest. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ONLY — safety-sensitive lane
Speak to how it makes YOU feel, never what it does on the job. Clear, steady, calm — great. Never claim Kenetik improves your response time, your decisions on a call, patient or public safety, or any job outcome. It is brain fuel, not a performance or safety tool. Caffeine-free is a real hook here (shift workers cut caffeine for sleep). Never call it an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Three energy drinks into a 24 and my brain still won’t fully turn on. That is not focus, that is caffeine. Here is what I switched to.”
Pattern-interrupt “warning” hook (Nello’s $114k engine) · Video, in the bay / uniform · Fire / EMT / police
Three drinks into a 24 is a number only someone who works them would say, and that specificity is the credibility. The reframe is doing the persuading, not the product. Shoot it in the bay in uniform, one take, and do not add anything to the claim.
02
“3am, the tones drop, and you have been foggy for hours. If you work shifts, you know that fog. This is what helps me keep a clear head.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Station / rig b-roll + VO · Night-shift responders
The tones dropping is the moment the whole job hinges on, and every shift worker knows the version where you are already fogged. Naming that is enough on its own. Your job vouches for the observation, so keep everything else to your own experience.
03
“I used to hit a wall halfway through every shift, foggy and running on fumes. Changed my brain fuel, now I get through a long one with a clearer head.”
This is your own account, not a demonstrated result, so say it rather than show it and skip any before-and-after framing. Halfway through every shift is the specific that makes a self-report land. Understated delivery beats an enthusiastic one with this audience.
04
“The real reason some people stay clear-headed deep into a night shift and others are toast by 3am, and it is not more coffee. It is brain fuel.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational first responders
The hook implies a division your audience has already noticed, that some people hold up deep into a night and some do not. Medicube built on exactly that curiosity. Pay it off within a few seconds and keep the answer to what you use, nothing more.
05
“That night-shift fog where you are awake but your head is somewhere else? Everyone on shifts knows it. This is what clears mine, no caffeine.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Cold open on shift · First responders
Awake but your head is somewhere else is a state everyone on shifts has been in and few describe well. Precision is the persuasion, because if you get the feeling right the viewer assumes you got the fix right too. Cold open, on shift, no introduction.
06
“Be the one who is still clear and steady at hour 20, and still has something left for yourself after the shift. That is a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or shift b-roll · First responders
Most of these start from a problem; this one starts from a person. Hour 20 is the specific that makes it real, and having something left for yourself afterward is the clause that stops the scroll. Deliver it quietly, since this audience distrusts anything performed.
07
“I lived on energy drinks and station coffee. Jittery, then crashing, then wired when I finally got home to sleep. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I run on now.”
Quit-the-caffeine angle · Video, personal story · Caffeine-heavy responders
Station coffee is the detail that proves you have been there, and admitting the crash first makes the recommendation credible instead of promotional. Keep energy drinks pointed at what you left behind. The sleep angle matters most to anyone on rotating shifts.
08
“Wanted something to keep my head clear on shift that is caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not another energy drink wrecking my sleep. Tastes good, I stay clear.”
Nothing in our data converts like taste, and caffeine-free plus sugar-free is a short clean stack behind it, which is the shape Bloom's top videos take. Film the actual first sip in the bay and give an honest verdict on the flavor.
09
“Your brain runs on fuel too. When it is low you do not feel tired, you feel foggy. Here is how I keep mine clear through a long shift, no caffeine.”
Explaining the difference between tired and foggy hands the viewer something worth keeping, and a useful watch earns the sell that follows. Keep it to fuel and your own shift, with no clinical or medical language. The uniform already carries more weight than any explanation would.
10
“Nobody warns you about the 3am fog on a 24. Caffeine-free, this is how I keep a clear head from the first call to the last.”
Shift persona hook · On-shift / drive-home vlog · Night-shift first responders
Nobody warns you is a line only an insider can say, and here the job makes it true before you argue anything. That is the real advantage of this audience, so resist the urge to oversell. Film it in the rig or on the drive home when you sound like hour 22.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say “brain fuel” at least once — non-negotiable.
Hit the problem in the first two seconds.
Keep it real and in the bay.
Stay experiential and aspirational.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — gearheads & garage life
10 hooks to test · GEARHEADS / GARAGE
Who you're talking to
Building is a focus craft. Ten hours deep in the garage, third gas-station coffee, hands still moving but the brain's fried, and that's exactly when you round a bolt or miss a torque spec. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that keeps you dialed through a long build. Lead with the felt problem (the afternoon shop fog, the sloppy mistakes, the jitters) and make brain fuel the answer. Raw and real, filmed in the garage. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Eight hours deep in the garage on gas-station coffee and your brain’s fried? That ain’t focus. Here’s what I run on to stay sharp till the build’s done.”
Gas-station coffee at hour eight is a picture, not a claim, and the viewer finishes it himself. Calling out that it is not focus reframes the problem before there is anything to sell. Shoot it in the shop mid-job, because the mess in the background is doing work.
02
“Wrenching since sunup, third coffee, hands moving but the brain’s checked out. That’s how you round a bolt or miss a torque spec. If long days fry your focus, watch this.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Full-time wrenchers
Rounding a bolt is a consequence with a real cost, which turns fog from an annoyance into a problem worth fixing. That is why the symptom listicle converts for BrainMD, symptoms tied to stakes. Name a mistake you actually made, since a generic one will not land.
03
“Used to crash every afternoon in the shop, foggy, sloppy, making dumb mistakes on the build. Changed what I fuel my brain with and now I stay dialed all day.”
Sloppy is the honest word, and it makes this a story instead of a results claim. Keep it spoken to camera with no before-and-after cuts. The credibility comes from admitting the dumb mistakes, so do not sand that part down when you write your version.
04
“The real reason some guys stay sharp through a 12-hour build and others get sloppy by 2pm. It ain’t more coffee. It’s what you feed your brain.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational builders
Every builder has watched someone hold it together late into a build and wondered what they know. This hook borrows that wondering, the same way Medicube's version does. Pay it off fast, because a tease left unanswered reads as bait to this crowd in particular.
05
“That afternoon fog where you’re staring at the same bolt for ten minutes? Every gearhead knows it. This is what I kill it with, no caffeine.”
Ten minutes on the same bolt is exact enough that the viewer time-stamps his own version of it. Naming the invisible thing is what stops the scroll, not the product. Cold open on the actual bolt, skip the greeting, and leave the shop noise in.
06
“Be the guy who’s still precise on the last bolt at midnight, not running on fumes and a monster. That’s clean fuel, not caffeine.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or shop b-roll · Builders
This trades a problem for an identity, and being precise at midnight is something builders are quietly proud of. Do not name a competitor by brand; the generic contrast does the same work without the headache. Run it over real late-night footage.
07
“Quit slamming energy drinks in the shop, the jitters were killing my precision and my sleep. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I run on now, steady hands, clear head.”
Quit-caffeine / steady-hands angle · Video, personal story · Energy-drink switchers
Steady hands is the most concrete thing anyone in this audience can be offered, and jitters are a cost they already feel every afternoon. That pairing makes the swap obvious without an argument. Keep energy drink attached to what you quit; Kenetik is brain fuel.
08
“Wanted something to stay focused wrenching all day that’s caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not another energy drink shaking my hands. Tastes good, head stays clear.”
Taste / clean (Bloom’s $400k engine) · Video, first-sip in the shop · CLONE across creators · Broad
The theme that earns us the most is taste, and this stacks it with caffeine-free and sugar-free the way Bloom's top videos do. Crack it open on camera with shop hands and give a real verdict. If a flavor is not for you, film a different one.
09
“Your brain runs on fuel, and when it’s low you don’t feel tired, you just get sloppy and foggy. Here’s how I keep mine dialed through a full day in the garage, no caffeine.”
Foggy and sloppy is the version of low fuel a builder actually notices, because the mistake shows up before the tiredness does. Leading with the mechanism buys watch time before any sell. Stay inside your own experience and keep the tone level rather than instructional.
10
“Big build, deadline looming, and the dumb mistakes creep in when my head’s cooked. This is how I stay locked in from teardown to reveal, caffeine-free.”
Deadline pressure is the real hook, since the build gives the video a stake beyond a drink. This is the one to run inside a project series where people are already following the outcome. Drop it mid-build rather than at the reveal or it reads as an ad.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Land it in the first two seconds.
Film it where they build.
Tie sharpness to precision, not power.
Caffeine-free is a real hook here.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — gaming, brain fuel & focus
10 hooks to test · GAMING
Who you're talking to
Gaming runs on caffeinated energy drinks — and the two things they cause, jitters and the mid-session crash, are exactly what wreck aim and focus. Kenetik is the clean fix. Lead with the gamer's problem (the 4-hour fade, shaky hands in the clutch, brain fog deep in a session) and make brain fuel the answer. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist, neither leads. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Don’t queue another ranked game at 2am running on energy drinks and cope. Your aim’s already gone. Do this first.”
Telling someone not to do the thing they were about to do stops a scroll harder than any offer. Nello’s biggest video opens this way. Coming from another player at 2am it reads as a warning, not a pitch. Film it mid-session, one take.
02
“Three signs your brain’s fried, not your skill: you’re missing shots you’d normally hit, you’re tilting faster, and your reactions feel half a second slow.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Competitive players
Three specifics beat one vague symptom. A ranked player recognizes himself in at least one of them, and recognition is what buys the next five seconds. BrainMD built an entire engine on this shape. Keep the signs about your own play, never a diagnosis.
03
“Two weeks ago I couldn’t hold focus past game three of a ranked session. I changed one thing about how I fuel up. Watch my aim now.”
First person and past tense keep this yours: you changed how you fuel, and you are describing what that felt like. Skip any staged before/after aim demo. The proof people trust here is a player talking plainly about his own experience, not a results reel.
04
“The real reason some players stay sharp six hours deep, and it’s not more caffeine or a better setup. It’s what they feed their brain.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Improvement-focused / aspirational
Withholding the answer is the whole mechanism. You name something viewers already wonder about, then rule out the two explanations they would have guessed, so the only way to close the loop is to keep watching. Medicube runs this constantly. Pay it off fast.
05
“That fog that rolls in around hour four, crosshair’s on them but your brain won’t pull the trigger in time? That’s not you choking. That’s fuel.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Video, cold open on the missed shot · FPS players
Naming a feeling someone has had but never put words to lands like being read. The viewer has blamed himself for that late-session miss, and you hand him a different explanation. Cold open on the missed shot so the line arrives on top of the evidence.
06
“Be the guy still hitting flicks at 1am while everyone else is throwing. That’s a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or video · Competitive players
Aspiration outperforms problem-framing when the identity is specific enough to want. Nobody wants to be told they are fading; everyone wants to be the one still hitting flicks at 1am. Deliver it short and flat. The line does not need any help.
07
“Energy drinks give you the shakes right when you need a steady hand for the clutch. This gives you clean focus, zero jitters, when it matters most.”
Two sensations pointing opposite directions, shakes against a steady hand. The contrast is the argument, so the viewer reaches the conclusion instead of being handed a claim. Caffeine-free is the twist, so let it land as relief rather than a spec. Keep it to what you feel.
08
“Wanted something to stay locked in that doesn’t taste like liquid candy or wreck my stomach mid-session. This actually tastes good and my head stays clear.”
Taste-surprise (Bloom’s “tastes like juice” $400k engine) · Video, first-sip at the setup · CLONE across creators · Broad
Our own numbers put taste ahead of everything else, 16 percent conversion, and this is why: it is the one thing you can honestly report on camera. Skepticism first, then the sip, then a plain reaction. Do not oversell the flavor — the surprise only works if the read is real.
09
“Hour three is when my calls start going sloppy. Not my aim, my decisions. That is a fuel thing.”
Name the moment it goes · Video, mid session · Gamers
Separating your decisions from your aim is the turn, because every player has felt that difference and nobody has named it for them. Keep it to your own sessions and your own hour three. Do not open on a fact about the brain: you are a player describing what happens to you, which is a far easier thing to believe than a statistic you are reciting.
10
“Streaming six hours straight and staying sharp the whole time isn’t talent. By hour three my brain used to be mush. This is how I hold focus start to finish.”
Problem → solution for a named persona · Video, day-in-the-stream · Streamers / content creators
Six hours of streaming is a specific, verifiable life, and specificity is what makes a stranger trust the rest of it. The used-to framing shows the problem without complaining about it. Shoot inside a real stream day rather than reconstructing one afterward.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Land it in the first two seconds.
Show the game.
Lean on the no-jitters / no-crash edge.
Ketones and caffeine-free come after the hook.
Clone hook 07 and 08 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — fitness & gym, focus & drive
10 hooks to test · FITNESS / GYM
Who you're talking to
Gym-goers know the problem: jittery before, foggy during, crashed after, over-caffeinated from pre-workout and still zoning out mid-session. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel that keeps your head locked in. Lead with the felt problem (jitters, the crash, losing focus on the last set) and make brain fuel the answer. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink or a pre-workout.
🧠 COGNITIVE LANE ONLY
Mental side only. No physical-performance claims: never more reps, bigger lifts, faster gains, more strength, more stamina, or “more energy for your workout.” Stay in the head — focus, mind-muscle connection, mental drive, dialed-in, no jitters, no crash. Kenetik is Informed Sport Certified. Frame the felt experience, never a performance promise.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“If your pre-workout has you jittery and crashing by set three, that’s not focus, that’s caffeine. Here’s what I switched to for a locked-in session, no shakes.”
The line indicts the pre-workout, not the viewer, which is why it never feels like criticism. Nello’s warning open is the highest-earning format in the audit and we have barely used it. Say it standing in the gym, before the set, in one take.
02
“Wired before the gym, foggy during, wrecked after. Heart racing but your head’s not in it. If your pre-workout does this, watch this.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Pre-workout users
Wired, foggy, wrecked — three states in a handful of words, and anyone on high-dose pre has lived all three. The rhythm carries it; sequencing the symptoms in time order makes the viewer nod three times before you have sold anything. Keep it your own experience.
03
“I used to slam 300mg of caffeine before every session and still zone out mid-workout. Changed my fuel, and now I’m dialed in from the first rep to the last.”
A number does the work here. 300mg is concrete enough that a viewer can measure it against their own scoop, which turns a story into a comparison. Tell it, do not demonstrate it — no before/after energy montage, just you describing what changed for you.
04
“The real reason some people stay locked in for a full session and others fade halfway, and it’s not more caffeine. It’s what actually fuels your brain.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational lifters
Curiosity beats instruction because the viewer chooses to stay. You set up a split between two kinds of people, rule out the obvious answer, then hold the real one back for a beat. It only works if the payoff is genuinely useful. Do not stretch the tease.
05
“That mind-muscle connection everyone talks about? It’s a focus thing. When your brain’s fueled, every rep feels intentional. Here’s what I use.”
Taking a phrase the gym already argues about and reframing it as focus earns attention from people who thought they knew the topic. You are not adding a claim, you are offering a lens. Cold open mid-set so the idea arrives while they watch you work.
06
“Cold plunge for the body. Kenetik for the mind. A hard session takes it out of your head too, this is how I keep mine sharp before and after. Caffeine-free.”
Category Stake / recovery angle · Video or static · Lifters & recovery crowd
Borrowed credibility. Cold plunge is already accepted as a normal part of a routine, so pairing with it places brain fuel in a category the viewer has approved. The parallel structure is short and quotable. Say caffeine-free plainly and move on.
07
“I was up to two scoops of pre just to feel it, then couldn’t sleep. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I train on now, dialed in, no jitters, no 2am stare.”
Quit / cut-the-caffeine angle · Video, personal story · Caffeine-tolerant lifters
Two scoops and a 2am stare is a confession, and confessions are hard to scroll past because nobody sells that way. Leading with your own overuse lowers the guard before you offer the swap. Stay on what you noticed in yourself and nothing broader.
08
“Wanted something to lock in my focus at the gym that’s caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not one more pre-workout wrecking my sleep. Tastes clean, head’s in it.”
Stacking the composition behind a taste reaction is Bloom’s exact engine, and taste is the theme that converts best for us. Caffeine-free and sugar-free give the reason to believe; the sip gives the reason to want it. One honest first-sip take is enough.
09
“Your muscles aren’t the only thing that needs fuel to train, your brain does too. When it’s fueled you’re focused and connected. Here’s how I fuel mine, no caffeine.”
The analogy does the persuading. This audience already accepts that muscle needs fuel, so extending the same logic to the brain asks them to believe nothing new. Deliver it calmly, as something you find interesting, and keep it about how you fuel yourself.
10
“5am training and my brain wasn’t showing up even when my body did. This is how I get mentally locked in before the sun’s up, caffeine-free.”
5am is a filter. It sorts the audience instantly, and the people it keeps are the ones most likely to buy, which beats a broad line everyone half-watches. Shoot it in the dark before training, not from a bright kitchen hours later.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Cognitive lane only — the hard rule.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Real beats produced.
Caffeine-free is a real hook here.
Clone hooks 08 and 01 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — HYROX & hybrid athletes
10 hooks to test · HYROX / HYBRID ATHLETES
Who you're talking to
Every hybrid athlete knows the truth: in the pain cave, your mind quits before your body does. Focus is the thing that goes first, and almost nobody trains it. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel for exactly that. Lead with the felt problem (the fog deep in a race, the focus that unravels when you're smoked) and make brain fuel the answer. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 COGNITIVE LANE ONLY
Mental side only. No physical-performance claims: never faster splits, better times, more reps, faster transitions, more endurance, or quicker recovery. Stay in the head, focus, clarity, staying sharp when you're smoked, decisions under fatigue. Kenetik is Informed Sport Certified (matters for tested athletes). Frame the felt experience, never a performance promise.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“In HYROX, your body doesn’t quit first. Your mind does. That’s the part I train. Here’s how I fuel it.”
Stating a hard truth the audience already believes buys instant credibility, and the pivot to training it gives them somewhere new to go. Four short sentences, no wind-up. Frame it as your own approach to racing, not as something a drink does to a race.
02
“Station 6. Legs are gone, lungs on fire, and your brain just checks out. If you race, you know. This keeps my head in it.”
A named station is a password. Anyone who has raced sees the sled and the burn immediately, and everyone else scrolls — which is fine, because the buyers are the ones who stopped. Race b-roll under a plain voiceover beats a talking head here.
03
“I used to fall apart mentally in the back half, foggy, sloppy form, losing count. I changed how I fuel my brain, now I stay locked in to the line.”
The value sits in the detail: sloppy form, losing count. Only someone who has been there would name those, so they carry the story. Keep it to your own experience and resist a before/after race edit — the honest to-cam read is the stronger version.
04
“The real reason some hybrid athletes stay sharp deep in the pain cave and others unravel, and it’s not more caffeine. It’s brain fuel.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational hybrid athletes
Splitting the audience into two groups makes the viewer pick a side, and everyone picks the sharp one. Then you rule out caffeine, which is the answer they were already forming, so the loop stays open. Medicube built a fortune on this shape. Land the payoff quickly.
05
“Everyone trains the legs and the lungs. Almost nobody trains the thing that quits first, your focus. This is how I fuel mine.”
Pointing at the gap in how everyone trains reframes a familiar routine as incomplete, which is a more interesting idea than any product line. It makes focus visible as something trainable. Cold open mid-session so the line arrives over real work, not a setup shot.
06
“Be the athlete who’s still thinking clearly at the sled when everyone else is just surviving. That’s a fuel thing, not a grit thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or race clip · Hybrid athletes
Grit is the identity this audience is proud of, so gently taking it off the table is the surprise. You are offering an explanation that is not a moral judgment, and that is a relief. Keep the tone flat — self-congratulation kills this format.
07
“I was stacking pre-workout and caffeine before every session, then couldn’t sleep and felt fried. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I train on now.”
Quit / cut-the-caffeine angle · Video, personal story · Over-caffeinated athletes
Admitting you overdid it is the trust move. Sleep is the cost this crowd actually feels, so naming it makes the caffeine-free swap read as a fix rather than a downgrade. Tell only what happened to you, with no advice about anyone else’s dosing.
08
“Wanted something clean to keep my head sharp through a hybrid session, caffeine-free AND sugar-free. Informed Sport Certified. And it tastes good.”
Certification and taste are a strong pair: one answers whether you can trust it, the other answers whether you will finish it. Bloom stacks proof behind a flavor reaction for a reason. Say the composition once, plainly, then react to an actual first sip.
09
“Your brain burns fuel too. When it’s low you don’t feel tired, you get foggy and your focus goes. Here’s how I keep mine fueled for the whole race, no caffeine.”
This one earns the sale by teaching. Separating fogginess from tiredness gives the viewer language for something they have felt and never sorted out, and that clarity is what sticks. Calm delivery, no diagrams. Speak about your own head, not about outcomes.
10
“HYROX is 90 minutes of your brain telling you to stop. Race morning, caffeine-free, this is how I keep my head clear from the first run to the last wall ball.”
Race-day persona hook · At the start line / race vlog · HYROX racers
Race morning is the highest-attention moment this audience has, and filming inside it makes the routine feel observed rather than described. The 90-minute frame sets the stakes in one line. Start-line audio and nerves are the asset — do not re-shoot it clean later.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Cognitive lane only — the hard rule.
Aspirational leads, the pain cave sets it up.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Film it where they compete.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — ultra runners & do-hard-things
10 hooks to test · ULTRA / DO HARD THINGS
Who you're talking to
This crowd already lives the truth: doing hard things is a mental game before it's a physical one. Deep in the pain cave, the mind quits before the body, and the person who keeps a clear head is the one who finishes. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel for exactly that. Lead with the felt problem (the fog and the negotiating mind at mile 60) and make brain fuel the answer. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 COGNITIVE LANE ONLY
Mental side only. No physical-performance claims: never faster, farther, more miles, more endurance, or quicker recovery. Stay in the head, mental clarity, focus, discipline, keeping a clear head when it gets dark. Kenetik is Informed Sport Certified (matters for tested athletes). Frame the felt experience, never a performance promise.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“In an ultra, your legs don’t quit first. Your mind does. That’s the muscle I train. Here’s how I fuel it.”
Ultra runners already say this to each other, so opening with it signals you are inside the culture rather than marketing at it. Calling the mind a muscle you train is the fresh part. Direct to camera, no music — the plainness is the credibility.
02
“Mile 60. It’s dark, you’re alone, and your brain is begging you to stop. Everyone hits it. This is what keeps my head clear when I do.”
Mile 60, dark, alone. Three details build a scene the viewer finishes themselves, and a scene holds attention far longer than a statement does. Everyone hits it makes the moment collective instead of a weakness. Trail b-roll, quiet voiceover, no dramatic score.
03
“I used to fall apart mentally in the back half, foggy, negative, ready to quit. I changed how I fuel my brain, now I stay clear when it gets dark.”
Naming the negative self-talk is what makes this land, because it is the part people rarely say out loud. Keep it as your story, told rather than proven — no split-screen race results. Candor about your own head is what sells here.
04
“The real reason some people push through the pain cave and others tap out, and it’s not more grit or more caffeine. It’s brain fuel.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational grinders
You rule out grit before you rule out caffeine, and that order matters: grit is what this audience assumes is the answer, so removing it is genuinely surprising. The withheld explanation does the rest. Do not oversell brain fuel in the payoff, just explain it.
05
“Everyone trains the legs and the lungs. Almost nobody trains the mind that quits first. This is how I fuel mine.”
There is a quiet accusation here that the audience will accept from a peer — your training has a hole in it. That small sting is the stopping power. Cold open mid-effort so it reads as a thought you had out there, not a script.
06
“Be the one who’s still thinking clearly at hour 10 when everyone else is just surviving. Hard things are a mental game before a physical one.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or race clip · Do-hard-things crowd
Aspirational identity outperforms problem-first framing when the identity is hard to fake, and hour 10 is hard to fake. The second sentence hands the viewer a philosophy to agree with, which is what gets it shared. No claim needed. Let the clip carry the rest.
07
“I stopped hammering caffeine and gels just to get through. Jittery, then crashing, wrecked sleep. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I train and race on now.”
Quit / cut-the-caffeine angle · Video, personal story · Over-caffeinated endurance
Gels and caffeine are the default this audience has never questioned, so defecting from them is news. The three costs are concrete and self-reported, which keeps it honest. Say what you stopped doing and what you use instead, and nothing about results.
08
“Wanted something clean to keep my head right through the long stuff, caffeine-free AND sugar-free. Informed Sport Certified. And it tastes good.”
Long efforts make people picky about what they can actually stomach, so taste and a clean composition are practical information rather than fluff. Taste is our best-converting theme. Certification settles the trust question in four words. Keep the sip real and unrehearsed.
09
“Your brain burns fuel too. When it’s low you don’t feel tired, you get foggy and your mind starts negotiating. Here’s how I keep mine clear, no caffeine.”
Distinguishing fog from fatigue names something every ultra runner has felt and never labeled. Giving a feeling a name is why explainers get saved and sent on. Talk about keeping your own head clear, stay off performance, and keep the tone unhurried.
10
“Doing hard things is 90% keeping your head when your body wants out. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I lean on when it gets hard.”
Do-hard-things persona hook · Story-led to-cam · 75 Hard / mindset creators
This one sells a worldview first and a product second, which is why it travels past runners into the whole do-hard-things audience. The 90 percent line is quotable on its own. Say caffeine-free once, near the end, and let the story do the work.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say “brain fuel” at least once — non-negotiable.
Hit the problem in the first two seconds.
Film it where they suffer.
Aspirational leads, the pain cave sets it up.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — cycling & endurance
10 hooks to test · CYCLING / ENDURANCE
Who you're talking to
Endurance is a brain sport. The head goes before the legs, and the caffeine in most gels wires you, hits your gut, and trashes your sleep. Kenetik is clean brain fuel for the long-effort mind. Lead with the cognitive problem (the fog late in a ride, the calls getting sloppy, the mind quitting before the legs) and make brain fuel the answer. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist, neither leads. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 COGNITIVE LANE ONLY
For endurance, keep every hook on the MENTAL side. NO physical-performance claims — never faster, longer, more power/watts, VO2, PRs, or endurance gains. The angle is focus, clear decisions, and the head that holds up when the legs are gassed. Kenetik is Informed Sport Certified, so athletes can trust exactly what's in it.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Don’t start your long ride running on caffeine gels and hope. Your head fogs out before your legs do, and that’s when it falls apart. Try this instead.”
A warning aimed at the ride they are about to start is timed better than any offer. It costs the viewer nothing to keep watching and it feels like a favor from another rider. Nello’s biggest video opens this way. Film it in kit, before you clip in.
02
“Three signs it’s your brain quitting, not your legs: your reads get slow, you stop making good calls, and you check out mentally before the climb’s even done.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Competitive endurance
Slow reads and bad calls are failures riders blame themselves for, so relabeling them as a fuel problem is a small mercy. Three signs give three chances to see yourself in it. BrainMD’s engine is exactly this. Keep the list about your own rides, not a diagnosis.
03
“I used to fall apart mentally on every long ride, foggy, sloppy, done by hour three. I changed one thing about how I fuel my head. Here’s the difference.”
One thing is the operative phrase. A single change is believable in a way an overhauled routine never is, so the story stays inside what a viewer can picture doing. Describe what shifted mentally for you, skip the data overlay, and keep the read first-person.
04
“The legs are fine. The focus isn’t. That’s the wall almost nobody trains for on a long day in the saddle. Here’s how I fuel it, caffeine-free.”
Two flat sentences set up a contradiction the viewer has lived and never named. The legs are fine is the surprise, because everyone expects a legs story. Then you point at the untrained thing. Mid-ride, breathing hard, one take — polish would ruin it.
05
“You know that fog late in a ride, legs are still there but your brain just won’t focus? That’s not the effort. That’s fuel.”
You know that presumes shared experience, so agreement happens before any product appears. Then you move the blame off the viewer and onto fuel, which is a generous thing to do to someone. Cold open on real footage from late in a ride, not a studio setup.
06
“Be the rider who’s still thinking clearly when everyone else is just surviving the back half. That’s a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or video · Competitive endurance
This flips the frame from avoiding a problem to becoming someone, a stronger pull for competitive riders. It is short enough to run as a static with the line on screen. Keep it about thinking clearly as you experience it, with nothing about finishing faster.
07
“The caffeine in your gels wires you, hits your gut, and trashes your sleep after. This is clean brain fuel, caffeine-free, so your head stays clear without the cost.”
Naming the three costs of caffeine gels — wired, gut, sleep — persuades harder than praising the alternative would, because riders have paid all three. Caffeine-free then reads as a subtraction they want. Film it at a real fueling moment and stay in your own experience.
08
“Wanted something to keep my head clear on long days that isn’t another sugary caffeine bomb. This tastes good and I can take it anytime, even before bed.”
Anytime, even before bed is a genuinely useful detail, and it follows naturally from caffeine-free. Pair it with an honest taste reaction and you have both the practical reason and the wanting. Taste converts best for us. Do not perform the sip.
09
“Endurance is a brain sport. By mile 60 your legs are working on memory, what keeps you moving is cognitive. Here’s how I keep my head fueled.”
Reframing the whole sport as cognitive makes the viewer reconsider something they thought was settled, and reconsidering is a form of watching. Mile 60 anchors an abstract idea in a real moment. Explain it calmly, about your own head, with no promises attached.
10
“Sea level to twelve thousand feet, thin air makes your brain the first thing to go foggy. This is how I keep mine clear when the altitude hits.”
Altitude / big-race persona · Video, race or climb · Ultra / gravel / MTB (Leadville-type)
Altitude is a specific, shared antagonist, and a specific enemy makes a hook concrete where a general one drifts. Leadville-type riders recognize themselves instantly. Speak only to how your own head felt up there, and shoot it on the climb rather than describing it after.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Cognitive lane only — the hard rule.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Show the effort.
Ketones and caffeine-free come after the hook.
Clone hooks 07 and 08 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — golf, brain fuel & focus
10 hooks to test · GOLF
Who you're talking to
Golf is a focus sport, and the caffeine most golfers run on gives them the two things that ruin a round: the shakes over a putt and a crash on the back nine. Kenetik is the clean fix. Lead with the golfer's problem (the back-nine fade, jittery hands over a four-footer, checking out mentally by 15) and make brain fuel the answer. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist, neither leads. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Don’t grab another energy drink at the turn. That back-nine crash is coming, and it’s exactly why you fall apart coming in. Do this instead.”
Pattern-interrupt “warning” hook (Nello’s $114k engine) · Video, at the turn / cart · Weekend / competitive golfer
Telling a golfer to put down the thing already in their hand stops a scroll harder than any offer, which is why Nello's biggest video opens this way. It costs the viewer nothing to hear you out and it reads as a warning from a peer. Land on the fuel, not the crash.
02
“Three signs it’s your focus fading, not your swing: your reads go fuzzy, you start rushing, and the wheels come off around 15.”
Identity / symptom listicle (BrainMD’s engine) · Video or carousel · Competitive golfers
Every golfer assumes the problem is mechanical, so naming it as focus is the turn that earns the watch. BrainMD built an entire engine on listicles like this because the viewer is quietly checking themselves against each item. Three is the right number. Four starts to feel like a lecture.
03
“I used to lose my round on the back nine every single time. I changed one thing about how I fuel up. Watch what my last four holes look like now.”
A story about changing one thing is easier to believe than a list of benefits, because the viewer supplies the ending themselves. What keeps it safe is staying with what you changed and how the round felt to you. No scorecards, no before-and-after footage, no results framing.
04
“The real reason some guys are as sharp on 18 as they were on 1, and it’s not more range time or a new putter. It’s what they feed their brain.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Improvement-focused
Curiosity pulls harder than persuasion, and the it is not more range time clause does the heavy lifting by killing the two answers the viewer was already forming. Medicube runs this shape across its whole catalog. Pay the reveal off fast or you lose them at four seconds.
05
“You know that fog on the back nine, standing over a four-footer and your brain just won’t commit? That’s not nerves. That’s fuel.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Video, cold open over a putt · Golfers
Putting a name on something a golfer has felt over a four-footer but never labeled creates recognition, and recognition is what buys the next ten seconds. Calling it fuel instead of nerves is the twist. Shoot it cold over a real putt, because narrating it afterward kills the moment.
06
“Be the guy still dialed in on 18 while everyone else is mailing it in coming home. That’s a fuel thing.”
Aspirational “who you become” (Cliff’s 80/85% benchmark) · Static or video · Competitive golfers
This one sells a version of the viewer rather than a product. He sees the guy still dialed in on 18 and the drink arrives as the route there, which is a much easier thing to want. Aspiration converts when it is small and specific, so keep it to that one hole.
07
“Caffeine gives you the shakes right when you need a steady hand over a putt. This gives you clean focus, zero jitters, tee to green.”
Steady-hands / no-jitters angle · Video, on the putting green · Precision / short-game focused
Swap framing works because you are not asking anyone to add a habit, only to change one, and jittery hands over a putt is specific enough to be believed. The caffeine-swap theme converts at 12% for us. Film it on the putting green so the steadiness shows in the shot.
08
“Wanted something for the round that isn’t loaded with caffeine and sugar and won’t crash me by 15. This actually tastes good and keeps my head clear.”
Taste-surprise (Bloom’s “tastes like juice” $400k engine) · Video, first-sip at the tee or cart · CLONE across creators · Broad
No theme we track comes close to taste, 16% and roughly $82 a video, well ahead of anything benefit-led, because it is the one thing a viewer cannot argue with. Bloom built $400k videos on the same surprise. Shoot the real first sip in one take and do not rehearse the reaction.
09
“By the back nine my reads go and my tempo falls apart. That is not my swing. That is fuel.”
Name the moment it goes · Video, back nine · Golfers
The golfer already knows the hole where it happens, so naming yours does the work a statistic used to. Ruling out the swing is the turn. Keep it to your own round, and skip any physiology you would not be able to back up if someone asked you in the comments. You are a golfer describing a pattern, not explaining the body.
10
“Four-hour round and I used to check out mentally by the 14th. This is how I stay locked in tee to green, all 18.”
Problem → solution for a named persona · Video, day-on-the-course · Weekend golfers
The 14th hole is doing the work. A specific number reads as memory rather than marketing, and the golfer who fades at his own hole feels seen. Day-on-the-course footage carries it, and saying “shop now” out loud at the end is the cheapest lift on this page.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Land it in the first two seconds.
Show the course.
Lean on no-jitters + back-nine focus.
Ketones and caffeine-free come after the hook.
Clone hooks 07 and 08 across creators.
Stay inside our claims.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — racing & motorsports
10 hooks to test · RACING / MOTORSPORTS
Who you're talking to
Racing is a mental game at 200 miles an hour. The driver who keeps a clear head reads the track, hits the marks, and stays calm when it gets chaotic. And the grind around it, the 4am calls and the long race weekends, is just as much mental as physical. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel for the mental side of racing. Lead with the felt problem (foggy on the early call, mind drifting deep in a stint, nerves before the green) and make brain fuel the answer. This is Cleetus's lane: raw, real, filmed at the track. Ketones are the mechanism, caffeine-free is the twist. Say “brain fuel” at least once, and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 COGNITIVE LANE ONLY — mental performance, not lap times
Keep it to the head, not the car. No physical-performance claims: never faster laps, quicker reaction time, better car control, or reflexes. Stay in composure, focus, a clear head under pressure, and staying calm when the race gets chaotic. Frame the felt experience, never a performance promise. Never call Kenetik an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“You can’t hit your marks at 200 with a foggy head. Racing is a mental game before it’s a physical one. This is how I keep mine sharp.”
Pattern-interrupt “warning” hook (Nello’s $114k engine) · Video, at the track / hauler · Racers / drivers
Stakes do the stopping. At 200 miles an hour a foggy head is a consequence rather than an inconvenience, which raises the price of scrolling past. Nello's biggest video runs this same warning shape. Film it at the hauler with the noise left in, because polish reads like an ad here.
02
“Lap 40, brake markers coming up, and your brain’s half a beat behind. Every racer knows that fade. This keeps my head in it.”
A racer watching this checks it against their own last stint, and that self-check is the watch. Brake markers and half a beat behind are things only someone who has driven would say, which is where the credibility comes from. Keep the b-roll yours. Stock footage undoes the line.
03
“I used to lose focus in the closing laps every time, missing shifts, missing marks. I changed how I fuel my brain, now I’m dialed to the checkered.”
A change story beats a benefit list because the viewer fills in the ending. What makes it usable is keeping it to what you changed and how the closing laps felt to you, never a result you hand to the product. No before-and-after edits, no lap times as proof.
04
“The real reason some drivers are still razor sharp on the last lap while others fall apart. It’s not more seat time or more caffeine. It’s brain fuel.”
Curiosity / “the real reason” hook (Medicube’s $18M formula) · Video · Aspirational racers
Setting two drivers against each other opens a gap the viewer wants closed, and ruling out seat time and caffeine removes the easy answers before they can dismiss you. Medicube built a catalog on this shape. The reveal has to land inside the first eight seconds or the curiosity goes stale.
05
“Everyone trains the car. Almost nobody trains the thing that fades first under pressure, the driver’s focus. This is how I fuel mine.”
Make-the-invisible-visible (Nello “cortisol face,” $385k) · Cold open in the paddock · Racers
This finds the blind spot. Everyone accepts that the car gets prepared and almost nobody thinks of the driver as a system with fuel, so the reframe arrives as an idea rather than an ad. Say it once, plainly, in the paddock, and let the pause after it do the work.
06
“At 200 mph, the clearest mind wins. Everyone else is just holding on. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I run on to stay sharp when it gets chaotic.”
Flex / “clearest mind wins” (hook-craft canon) · Static or in-car clip · Racers
A short declarative works as a flex because there is nothing to argue with. You are stating a rule of the sport, not a product benefit, and the drink shows up as evidence you already live by it. One line over an in-car clip. Explaining it talks it back down.
07
“Race day starts at 4am and your head has to be right when the flag drops. This is the caffeine-free brain fuel I run on so I’m sharp without the jitters.”
Early-call / race-day grind angle · Video, hauler or shop before dawn · Racers & pit crews
The 4am call is shared misery, and shared misery is the fastest route to a nod. You are describing a morning your audience has lived rather than selling performance to them. Shoot it before dawn in the shop and let the tiredness be real instead of acted.
08
“Wanted something to stay locked in all race weekend that’s caffeine-free AND sugar-free, not another energy drink shaking my hands. Tastes good, head stays clear.”
Taste / clean + trust (Bloom’s $400k engine) · First-sip at the track · CLONE across creators · Broad
Two things a racer trusts: something that does not shake his hands and something he actually wants to drink. Taste is our highest-converting theme at 16% and about $82 a video. Real first sip, one take, at the track, and do not perform the reaction.
09
“Your brain burns fuel like the car does. When it runs low you don’t feel tired, you get foggy and a step behind. Here’s how I keep mine topped off, no caffeine.”
The analogy is the hook. This audience already understands fuel and consumption, so the idea transfers with no effort at all. Naming the symptom as fog rather than tiredness is the part that makes people recognize themselves. Calm delivery, no music, and let it run slightly long.
10
“Green flag in twenty minutes, adrenaline’s up, and I need a clear head not a caffeine spike. Caffeine-free, this is how I stay calm and dialed on the grid.”
Race-day persona hook · Race vlog / grid walk · Racers & pit crews
Twenty minutes to green flag is a moment with tension already built in, and tension holds a scroll. You are showing a decision under pressure instead of arguing a case. Grid-walk footage carries it, and saying “shop now” out loud at the end is still our biggest gap.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Cognitive lane only — the hard rule.
Land it in the first two seconds.
Film it where they race.
Caffeine-free is a real hook here.
Clone hooks 08 and 05 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — MMA & combat sports
10 hooks to test · MMA / COMBAT SPORTS
Who you're talking to
Fighting is a chess match before it's a brawl — the fighter who keeps a clear head reads the exchange, and the one who fades mentally gets caught. The difference now: we can back it with the research. Kenetik is clean, caffeine-free brain fuel for the mental side of the fight game, and every hook below rests on a real Kenetik claim with a human study behind it. Lead with the fighter's problem — foggy in the late rounds, fried deep in camp, fight-week nerves — then brain fuel is the answer. Ketones are the mechanism and the credibility; caffeine-free + Informed Sport Certified is the trust. Say “brain fuel” at least once, keep the approved framing (“helps me stay sharp,” not “makes me faster”), and never call Kenetik an energy drink.
🧠 BACKED BY REAL RESEARCH — just say it the right way
Every hook here is backed by a human study, so you can say it with confidence. Each one lists the research it comes from — great to reference in your own words. Keep the wording experiential: “helps me stay sharp,” “supports my focus,” “I recover better on the hard days.” Don't flip it into “makes you faster,” “hit harder,” or “quicker reaction time,” and skip anything about cutting weight. Leave concussions and head injuries out entirely — that's a real conversation, not a hook. And lean on Informed Sport Certified: you're tested, and this means you know exactly what's in it. Never call it an energy drink.
What a great video covers
1
Hook
Open in the first 1 to 3 seconds with a line below, or your own.
2
The problem
Show the exact moment your audience feels it, in a scene they recognize.
3
Kenetik as the fix
Crack a Kenetik and show the reset. Clean, caffeine-free brain fuel, your real reaction. Say "brain fuel" at least once.
4
Close it
One simple reason to try it (caffeine-free, 12g of ketones) and your code or link.
The hooks
01
“Championship rounds aren’t about who’s less tired. They’re about who can still think. This is how I keep my head sharp when I’m gassed.”
Cognition under fatigue (Quinones & Lemon 2022 — sport-specific) · Video, to-cam or gym · Competitive fighters
This turns the late rounds from a conditioning question into a thinking question, and that is a fight every competitor has actually lost. Because it is about your head rather than your body, you stay inside your own experience and away from any performance claim. To-cam in the gym, no music.
02
“Round 4 and everyone’s fading mentally. That’s exactly when I want to be most locked in. Here’s what keeps my head switched on deep in a fight.”
Alertness deep in effort (Poffé 2023 — dopamine + alertness) · Video · Broad fighter
Naming the exact round drops the viewer into a memory instead of an argument. The turn is wanting to be sharpest at the moment everyone else dulls, which reads as a competitive instinct rather than a benefit line. Keep the wording at helps me stay sharp, never makes me faster.
03
“They brain-mapped people 30 minutes after drinking this and saw a jump in the calm-focus brainwaves. That’s the head I want when I’m reading an opponent.”
Focus / calm-clear proof (Machado 2022 qEEG; Walsh 2021) — reference the study, not a personal result · Explainer · Science-curious fighters
A specific procedure convinces where an adjective does not, and brain-mapped and thirty minutes both sound checkable. This is the one hook where the credibility belongs to the study rather than to you, so describe what the researchers found and stop. Do not attach a personal result to it.
04
“Fighting is performing under stress, full stop. Staying clear-headed while your body’s screaming is the whole game. That’s what I fuel for.”
Cognitive resilience under stress (McClure 2024) · Video · Aspirational fighters
Defining the sport in one sentence earns authority before a product is mentioned, and fighters share that definition, so the viewer is nodding by the second line. The fuel then arrives as a logical consequence rather than a pitch. Keep it to what you fuel for, not what it does to you.
05
“Camp is eight weeks of trying not to break. What held my training quality together through the hardest block was how I recovered between sessions.”
Training quality under overload (Poffé 2019) · Video, camp b-roll · Fighters in camp
Camp is the shared hardship of the whole sport, and eight weeks of trying not to break is the honest version of it. Talking about your own training quality between sessions keeps the story where it belongs, in your experience. Camp b-roll, tired and unedited. This one dies if it looks produced.
06
“Hard training wrecks your sleep right when you need it most. Sleeping better on the hard days is why I show up fresh the next morning.”
Sleep + recovery after hard training (Robberechts 2023) · Video, personal · Fighters in camp
The tension in this line is real to anyone in a hard block: the harder the day, the worse the night. You are describing your own nights, which is the only ground you can stand on, so never suggest it does anything for anyone else's sleep. Personal, quiet, one take.
07
“I cut the pre-workout and energy drinks in camp — wired, then crashing, couldn’t sleep before weigh-ins. Switched to clean caffeine-free brain fuel and my head’s calmer.”
Quit-the-caffeine / no-crash (product fact + experiential) · Video, personal story · Over-caffeinated fighters
Quitting something makes a better story than starting something, and admitting you were over-caffeinated makes you sound credible rather than sponsored. Lead on the calm you found, not the crash you avoided, because crash-led content is the weakest theme in our entire catalog at 7% conversion.
08
“Drug-tested means I can’t put junk in my body. This is Informed Sport Certified, caffeine-free, sugar-free — I know exactly what’s in it. And it tastes good.”
Trust / Informed Sport (product facts, 12g D-BHB) · First-sip · CLONE across creators · Broad combat
Drug-tested athletes have a genuine problem and this answers it directly. Certification is the reason to consider it and taste is the reason to reorder, so that order matters. First sip on camera, one take, and keep every word inside what is actually printed on the label.
09
“Your brain burns fuel like everything else. When it’s low you don’t feel tired, you get foggy and a step behind. Ketones are the clean fuel I give mine, no caffeine.”
Mechanism is what a skeptic wants before a benefit. Framing ketones as fuel your brain runs on explains the whole category in a sentence and keeps you describing what the product is rather than what it will do to anyone. Slow it down. This is a calm explainer, not a hype read.
10
“Fight week is a mental war — the cut, the cameras, the nerves. One about 30 minutes before I compete and my head’s clear from weigh-ins to the walkout. Caffeine-free.”
Fight week is theater your audience already follows, so you are stepping into a story they wanted to watch anyway. The thirty-minute timing detail is the credible part because it describes a routine rather than a promise. Vlog it from weigh-ins to the walkout, and keep it to your own head.
Do's and don'ts
Do
Say it in your own words, keep the approved framing.
Lead with the moment.
Informed Sport Certified is your strongest line.
Ketones + caffeine-free come after the hook.
Clone hooks 08 and 03 across creators.
Don't
Open with caffeine or ketones. They come after the hook.
Call it an energy drink, pre-workout, or supplement.
Make medical claims or tie it to any condition, injury, or disease.
Lead with a discount or over-produce it like an ad.
Stack the whole pitch into the opener.
TikTok hooks to test — TRX Kenetik shots
10 hooks to test · TRX SHOTS (portable brain fuel for training)
The north star
This is the TRX x Kenetik Lemon-Lime shot, not the can. The audience is TRX trainers, their clients, and active people who train hard. Two angles carry it: the shot format (portable and convenient, throw it in your gym bag, one quick shot before or during training) and focus as the edge (a clear, sharp mind is what holds up when the body is tired). Lead with the training moment, keep Kenetik as the clean, caffeine-free brain fuel behind it. No medical claims.
The hooks
01
“One shot before I train and my head is dialed in from the first rep. Brain fuel, no caffeine, and it fits in my gym bag.”
Portability + focus · Gym POV or to-cam · Active individuals
Format is the story. A two-ounce shot reads as something you can finish in three seconds, which is a far smaller ask than adding a drink to your routine. Show the bag, the cap, the shot, the first rep. That sequence sells convenience faster than any sentence about it.
02
“Focus is the first thing to go when you are gassed. This is the shot I take to keep my form sharp to the last set.”
Training focus · Mid-workout · Athletes
Putting focus ahead of energy is the less obvious and more believable move, because every lifter has felt their form go before their legs did. The shot then reads as maintenance rather than a boost. Film it between sets, actually out of breath, rather than fresh at the start.
03
“Two ounces of brain fuel. Throw it in your bag and go. No can needed, just a clear head for training.”
Portability · Bag POV or first-sip · Active individuals
Numbers make a format concrete. Two ounces and no can needed answers the question a viewer silently asks about every drink they see, which is where do I put this. Keep the whole video at the pace of the product: quick, no preamble, done in under fifteen seconds.
04
“Trainers, this is the shot I keep on me between clients. Stay sharp all day, caffeine-free.”
TRX trainer angle · To-cam · Trainers
Trainers are watched by their own clients, so something you keep on you between sessions is a recommendation and a demonstration at the same time. The occupational detail, that gap between clients, is what makes it specific instead of generic. To-cam on the floor, in your work clothes.
05
“The mind-muscle connection is a focus thing. One shot and every rep feels intentional.”
Mind-muscle / focus · Mid-set · Lifters
Mind-muscle is language this audience already uses, so you are borrowing a concept rather than teaching one. Calling it a focus thing gives a familiar phrase a new mechanism, and that small surprise is what holds the watch. Show a set where the intent is visible in the tempo.
06
“A clean shot before I train. No caffeine, no crash, just focus when I need it.”
Pre-workout / clean · To-cam · Gym-goers
Clean is the operative word. These people read labels and most have quit a pre-workout at some point, so put the weight on caffeine-free and on how it tastes, not on crashing. Crash-led content is our lowest-converting theme at 7%. One take, right before the first set.
07
“Long session ahead? This shot keeps my head in it when my body starts to fade. Portable brain fuel.”
Long sessions have a known failure point and it is mental before it is physical, so the shot lands at the exact moment the viewer would normally start drifting. Timing sells portability better than describing it does. Shoot it mid-session, sweaty, phone propped on a bench.
08
“I keep one in my gym bag for the days my brain does not want to show up even when my body does. One shot, locked in.”
Relatable / problem · To-cam · Active individuals
Admitting you nearly skipped the session is the most human line on this tab, and it makes the shot a small act of getting yourself there rather than a performance product. Everyone has had that day. Say it flat, no motivation voice, and do not tidy the gym behind you.
09
“Suspension training is all control and focus. I take a shot before I hit the straps so my mind is as sharp as my grip.”
Suspension work is visibly about control, so the camera argues for you. An audience watching you hold a position understands focus without being told, and tying the shot to the straps turns it into a ritual with a place in the session instead of a generic pre-workout moment.
10
“Small shot, big difference. Caffeine-free brain fuel you can take anywhere, right before you train.”
Portability close · To-cam · Broad active
Short lines work as a close rather than an open, so this belongs at the end of a video that has already shown the shot in use. Portable is the only claim it makes and nobody argues with it. If you are going to say “shop now” out loud, say it here.
TikTok hooks to test — partner names as instant trust
10 hooks to test · PARTNER PROOF (borrow a name your audience already believes)
The north star
These hooks borrow trust. A name your audience already believes buys you the first two seconds, which is the hardest part. Then pivot straight to your own experience, because the name earns attention and only your story keeps it. Three rules. One name per video, never a list read like credits. Never put words in a partner’s mouth or imply they said something they did not. And never talk about anyone’s health, injuries or medical history, including Matt Hughes, no exceptions. Keep it to who they are and the fact they back the brand.
Who these partners are
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Roman Atwood
One of the biggest family creators on YouTube and a long-term Kenetik partner, not a one-off paid post. His people come to him for family life and motivation, and they skew male, 25 to 34. Use him when you want instant familiarity, because most of your audience already knows the name.
2
Cleetus McFarland
Garrett Mitchell, better known as Cleetus, runs one of the biggest motorsport channels on YouTube at around 4.8 million subscribers. His crowd is not the usual wellness audience, which is exactly why it lands. If Cleetus is drinking it in the pits, it reads as real rather than precious.
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Matt Hughes
UFC Hall of Famer and two-time welterweight champion, with a then-record nine title defenses in the division. Reach for him when you want discipline and combat sports credibility. Hard rule: keep it to his record and the fact that he is part of the brand. Never mention his health or any injury.
4
Dr. Nick Norwitz
A metabolic health researcher and Kenetik's Chief Scientific Advisor. He did not sign on to post about us, he signed on to advise the science. That distinction is the hook: he could have stayed a customer and instead put his name on the work.
5
Dave Asprey
The person who coined the word biohacking and founded Bulletproof, and an investor in Kenetik. For a biohacking or optimization audience he is the original authority, which makes him the fastest trust signal on this list. One note: run any video that names Dave past us before you post it.
The hooks
01
“Roman Atwood has been drinking this every day for over a year. I wanted to know what he knew.”
Borrowed trust · To-cam · Broad
A name your audience already trusts buys the first two seconds, which is the hardest part of any video to earn. Wanting to know what he knew is curiosity rather than endorsement, so you stay on your own side of the claim. Get Roman's sign-off before stating how often or how long he drinks it.
02
“If Cleetus McFarland is drinking it in the pits, it is not a wellness gimmick.”
Credibility by association · To-cam or garage POV · Motorsport / blue collar
Skepticism collapses fastest when the person vouching has nothing to do with wellness. Cleetus in the pits is a context signal that moves this out of the supplement aisle and into a world your audience already respects. Confirm the wording with him before you describe him drinking it anywhere specific.
03
“Dr. Nick Norwitz is the science advisor on this brand. I looked him up, then I ordered.”
Authority · To-cam · Science-curious
Naming a researcher moves the burden of proof off you. The strongest part is I looked him up, because it invites the viewer to do the same, and a viewer who verifies is a viewer who buys. Say what his role is and nothing at all about what the product does.
04
“Matt Hughes is a UFC Hall of Famer. He is part of this brand. That is what got my attention.”
Hall of Famer is a fact anyone can check in five seconds, and checkable facts are what borrowed trust is built from. Keep it to who he is and that he backs the brand. Nothing about his health, injuries or history, no exceptions, and clear the wording with him before you post.
05
“Dave Asprey is behind this one. The guy who coined the word biohacking.”
Founder authority · To-cam · Biohackers
For this audience the word biohacking has an author, and naming him places the product inside a category they already opted into. One line of setup, then straight into your own experience, because the name buys attention but it cannot hold it. Never put words in his mouth.
06
“Roman Atwood, Cleetus McFarland, Dave Asprey. Completely different worlds, same drink. I had to see what the deal was.”
Roster proof · To-cam · Broad
Three names from unrelated worlds form a pattern, and a pattern is harder to dismiss than any single endorsement. The risk is that it reads like credits, so deliver it in one breath and move immediately to why you tried it. Anything past naming them needs their sign-off first.
07
“I do not care what a brand says about itself. I care that a metabolic health researcher put his name on it.”
Skeptic turn · To-cam · Skeptics
Opening with distrust of brands puts you in the viewer's chair before you ask them to move out of it. Then you hand over the one thing that changed your mind, which feels like a standard being met rather than a pitch. Keep it to the fact that he put his name on it.
08
“The people promoting this are not influencers cashing a check. Some of them own the company.”
Skin in the game · To-cam · Broad
The suspicion under every creator video is that it was paid for, and saying some of them own the company answers that head on. Ownership is a stronger signal than promotion because you cannot buy it for a single post. Verify who actually holds equity and get sign-off before naming anyone.
09
“Cleetus has millions of fans and could promote anything he wants. He picked a caffeine-free ketone drink.”
Unexpected pick · To-cam · Motorsport / broad
Opportunity cost is the real argument. Someone with unlimited options choosing this one persuades more than someone being paid to say so, and a caffeine-free ketone drink is an unexpected enough pick to hold the watch. Describe the choice he made, never his reasons, and let him approve the line.
10
“Before I tried this I looked up who was behind it. That list is the reason I did.”
Curiosity close · To-cam · Broad
Withholding the list is the move here. You are describing your own research rather than making a case, which makes the viewer want the answer enough to stay, and then you name one person instead of six. One name per video. The full roster belongs in the body, not the hook.
