The Content Review
The short-form short-form video newsletter from The Cut30 gang featuring weekly insights, playbooks, and inspo.
Content Review - 3/25/26
Spring has sprung, the algos are ripping, and another session of Cut30 starts next Tuesday. Yesterday we officially opened up registration for Session 21 - are you joining us?
Let's get into some bangers.
A realtor hit 6M views wrapping his niche in a stereotype with a dead simple vide...
Mar 25, 2026
Content Review - 3/19/26
We just wrapped the latest session of Cut30 to be honest - the group was on fire. Before we get into this week in review, here are a few wins from our latest Cut30 alums:
A teacher pulled down her first 10k video
Ali the masked Shaman's Expert Rate brought him 1k followers on only 22k views
A...
Mar 19, 2026
Content Review - 3/12/26
This week's Review is loaded with proof that the fastest content wins are hiding in plain sight — you just have to know which levers to pull. Two videos that stood out immediately: @skyfisherforsky opened with legendary "a dominatrix taught me this" and let the Taboo Paradigm Shift do all the ...
Mar 13, 2026
Content Review - 3/7/26
Happy Saturday y'all, here are some highlights, templates, and frameworks that ripped over the last week.
Hope you enjoy.
>> The next session of Cut30 starts 3/31 <<
A couple of our favorites this week: @juliabouvierr's 2.8M-view crunchy girlfriend hook absolutely ripped, while @barrettplastics...
Mar 07, 2026
Content Review - 2/27/26
Hey -
Welcome to the first issue of Cut30's new weekly digest - the Content Review. Each week we'll be dropping off some of the best content we've seen on Instagram and Tiktok from the prior - and it's not just links. We're breaking out the hooks and formulas they use - so you can run with em t...
Feb 27, 2026
She got 1.8M views in week 1 of Cut30
Last Tuesday we kicked off session 20 of the greatest content bootcamp on earth and let me tell you - students are off to the races.
Especially JY, whose a software designer working on slightly whymsical little consumer apps.
Without big camera, expensive editors, or god's very own content strate...
Feb 23, 2026
The State of Content in 2026 [report]
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Jan 16, 2026
We need to talk about ratings
Today we've got a simple video concept that every expert/personal brand account needs to be trying right now. This could easily be adapted to a brand account, and we've seen similar concepts perform well with ads.
Note: Tomorrow we kick off our next free 3-day content challenge.
Anyway, here's ...
Oct 20, 2025
What Sora means for content
If you've been on the internet in the last two weeks you've probably seen the surge of Sora and/or funny-but-probably-AI-videos hitting platforms like Instagram and TikTok. They've been promptly followed by plenty of fear-mongering and doomer takes around what this means for creatives, creators, ...
Oct 15, 2025
Build a waitlist with your story
The Old Way vs. The New Way
Most brands still follow the traditional model: Build → Launch → Market → Hope for sales
But the smartest creators are doing something different: Create content → Build audience → Validate demand → Launch
Let look at exactly how this works with a real example.
The Ivor...
Aug 21, 2025
(and the links)
Lol, this newsletter is new! The links didn't apply in the 4 reference videos in our send just now - so here they are :)
ikea alternative
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKxutBjya0p/
stop buying white plates
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKnjbODMK6k/
why just order pizza
https://www.instagram.com...
Jul 14, 2025
2 Simple Brand Strategies (Steal These)
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We were just checking in on former student Jazmin's profile and couldn't help but notice the banger she posted right at the end of last session is up over 1M views. Add to that, she's followed up with another 700k views since.
She's using her moody Wabi-Sabi inspired home ...
Jul 14, 2025
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