And now for something a little different:
This is Sinnocent. Your run-of-the-mill try-on channel, right? This is what passes for sweeps week in advertising circles, namely in attire and makeup. Nothing spectacular. Okay, breathe. No, I have a point for all of this. Yes, I don’t care what you think.
Well, it came to me that Sinnocent’s channel , which started over a year ago, wasn’t spiffy in terms of viewership or views until recently. It came out of nowhere. Ever wonder why?
I happened upon her first through the susu_jpg channel, who appeared in a random MXR video (Henry & Jeannie, the Reddit page-surfers). That chick got the late Gilbert Gottfried to perform a Sign-In for her channel.
(She’s the short one with lighter bangs.)
Sinnocent often appeared as a guest in this channel’s videos. From the fashion sense alone, she’s my type: dark, sweet, and uninhibited. The only advantage susu_jpg has on her are knives. Knives!
Essentially, they first appeared on Twitch, which is on the ebb and decline courtesy of miserable business decisions. There are a few musicians still around, but Twitch is becoming a dead language and everyone knows it.
Wanting to keep up the gravy train of limelight and spotlight (and anything that can come out of that), Sinnocent eventually took the plunge onto YouTube and made nineteen videos. She has what it takes, and she’s moving up… right?
Things were coming along at a decent clip until, from out of nowhere, Sinnocent quietly slammed the brakes. Turns out, she suffers depression and had also moved in the interim. Life was not agreeing with her.
The format for her videos was harder still to pin down–juggling wardrobe, footage, and editing (assume a one-girl operation). Was her struggle in vain? Funny thing, though: those nineteen videos of her showcasing goth fashion and radiant fitness?
Ten grand.
10,000 subscribers as of recently! It was a steady ride without anybody manning the engine, but she got there! Mind you, she didn’t have very many when she first stalled. The count grew because the algorithm pays attention to word of mouth.
So, after addressing her “Sinners” (heh) over the protracted silence, Sinnocent has since resumed course. Her most recent try-on video below? Eh, not bad for someone who only did it like twelve times.
The Baphomet one-piece had me playing Venom’s “Don’t Burn the Witch” in my head the whole time!
That’s all you need, really: consistency, and something good to display. I heard Disney’s Pixar production, Inside Out 2, did well in theaters because it represents a return to form.
Seeing that she’s a goth-punk, Sinnocent’s fashion channel will be like a warmer plate at breakfast time:
Limited variety,
Very niche,
But to the point
and oh-so satisfying!
As she learns how to present items in a uniform way, demonstrate meaningful variety, partition space and time for each item, and keep up with demand, she can present and even sell just about anything. Her and me both.
The other day, I started using Google Lens–among the sole apps I tolerate from said company–to research prices on my inventory and jotting them down on paper. All I did before is acquire items and stow them for future processing.
Still, I’ve gotten a basic groove and I’m on the brink of a breakthrough once I print labels, tag them, and ship items to my booths.
Other work has been kind with paychecks. If you have the right size of thermoplastic gloves in stock, the ovens are almost fun to play with. I have been figuring them out enough that a position for food service team lead (part-time) is in reach. Even if I don’t get it, I’ll take up ServSafe training, anyway.
While there isn’t a wide variety to have, whatever is available, you lay everything on the plate warmers. Barring special orders, I can routinely serve four appetizers, pizza slices, and nine different sandwiches and wraps at breakfast (not all at once).
I’m surprised this gentleman hasn’t checked out convenience store delicacies, yet.
But Sinnocent, unlike some try-on/makeup-tutorial models, can be best equated with raspberry cheesecake chimichangas. Yes, raspberry cheesecake chimichangas. How does that work?
For context, I have heard but one customer in the morning goes for one or two servings of these. We have plenty in stock. Nobody else bites. Are we afraid? Is it inappropriate for morning?
Mind you, mornings include sweet options, often via pastry, which persist throughout the day. In fact, if cinnamon rolls & apple fritters linger for more than two days, like Japanese Christmas cake (Sinnocent does not appear past her twenties…), the pertinent solution is flash-heat them in the convection oven for breakfast the next day.
One day, I switched from fountain Gatorade to plain seltzer and reached the endpoint of my shift. I didn’t know why they used special packaging, but I was hankering for something sweet.
After pulling out another $10 or so on other dinner items to experiment with, I sat inside my car, reached for the chimi first against dietary practice of sweets-last, took a bite and….
WHOA!
(They look almost as awesome as these.)
It had calories, a sting of flavor, caressed my mouth and slid down my throat with nary a complaint from either party. This was what the one dude who demanded raspberry cheesecake chimichangas at every juncture had insisted on experiencing at least once if not twice in a day every time he stopped by.
There is but one frozen chimichanga that gets reheated at my store, but that one chimichanga is worth insisting that a clerk rush out back into a below-zero freezer to fetch even just one serving. Without thinking twice, I made it a point to make a small batch the very next day.
This, I believe, makes Sinnocent’s channel pop. We might have had little variety, but the positive response among those few “Sinners” and the seeming enthusiasm and effortless poise she exuded with each video pretty much solidified her presence in people’s minds.
Of course, there’s cheeky sex appeal–that’s what makes these videos potential sales generators–but being a goth-punk means she already has a built-in niche.
I was going to talk about this game.
If you want to know a basic way of perceiving the world, starting an enterprise, and achieving at a leisurely pace like you’re playing Pilotwings or something. There’ll be eye candy, some humor, and some direction we can share together.
You’re probably ahead, or behind in a few spots, but we’ll crawl out of our shells and toss out a few SOS’s. Stick around. I can see that you’re well-skilled.
Good hunting.