Hacks and Hobbies with Junaid Ahmed
Oct 22, 2026 · 50 min · 12 segments
**In this episode, you’ll learn:** - Why creators need a business strategy—not just followers and views. - How to spot a proven format and bring a fresh perspective to it. - Why choosing a focused…
Rene RemsikGuestJunaid AhmedHostSo what I'm hearing, Rene, is that you've been... or you've been resilient and you've been continuously working on the craft, right? Not just creating content, but you're also working on yourself.
And that's what people don't realize is that as you're creating content, you're blogging, you're creating websites, you're talking to people, you're doing video, you're playing music, you're doing hobbies.
What people don't realize is they're working on themselves more than the thing that they think that's going to make them take you to the next level.
And most people say 10 years is the overnight success that people don't look at, right? So people look at you with your 2.4 million followers.
Where'd you even come from? But the fact of the matter is you've been working at it for so many years on so many different areas.
But I love... that you shared that you've been trying every single thing under the sun to see what's going to get you to that next level.
Now, really, I'm going to ask you, what was that first hit look like? What type of post was it? What platform were you on and what really made it pop?
good question so i think it was it was definitely a real i mean i had a viral video before with my poetry account but it was just a meme so yeah you know it had 40 000 views and that just didn't lead anywhere if you want to grow your personal brand or company it needs to bring value and From that content, people will follow you.
And actually, I somehow realized then that if you basically use viral format that worked before or find the content that you can show on the video that was viral, it's very likely to go viral again you know so it was a video of how like football matches advertising works and it explained it was actually not ai and it got i think 300 or 700 000 views not sure but it showed the screen of four matches in different countries and showed that there's like a advertising billboard and in each country it's basically a different advertisement in tvs and so i just saw it somewhere and it felt very intriguing and interesting for me so i just basically took the video put it in the top half of the screen in the format of the reel and i was in the bottom half right and i was just explaining like what's on the video and it was 20 seconds, maybe like very short to the point.
So if I should like recommend anything to you guys, it's definitely use viral proof content in your favor.
If you find a video like that, go and talk about it, put it on your screen or even reshare it.
So what I'm hearing, Rene, is that you've been... or you've been resilient and you've been continuously working on the craft, right? Not just creating content, but you're also working on yourself.
And that's what people don't realize is that as you're creating content, you're blogging, you're creating websites, you're talking to people, you're doing video, you're playing music, you're doing hobbies.
What people don't realize is they're working on themselves more than the thing that they think that's going to make them take you to the next level.
And most people say 10 years is the overnight success that people don't look at, right? So people look at you with your 2.4 million followers.
Where'd you even come from? But the fact of the matter is you've been working at it for so many years on so many different areas.
But I love... that you shared that you've been trying every single thing under the sun to see what's going to get you to that next level.
Now, really, I'm going to ask you, what was that first hit look like? What type of post was it? What platform were you on and what really made it pop?
good question so i think it was it was definitely a real i mean i had a viral video before with my poetry account but it was just a meme so yeah you know it had 40 000 views and that just didn't lead anywhere if you want to grow your personal brand or company it needs to bring value and From that content, people will follow you.
And actually, I somehow realized then that if you basically use viral format that worked before or find the content that you can show on the video that was viral, it's very likely to go viral again you know so it was a video of how like football matches advertising works and it explained it was actually not ai and it got i think 300 or 700 000 views not sure but it showed the screen of four matches in different countries and showed that there's like a advertising billboard and in each country it's basically a different advertisement in tvs and so i just saw it somewhere and it felt very intriguing and interesting for me so i just basically took the video put it in the top half of the screen in the format of the reel and i was in the bottom half right and i was just explaining like what's on the video and it was 20 seconds, maybe like very short to the point.
So if I should like recommend anything to you guys, it's definitely use viral proof content in your favor.
If you find a video like that, go and talk about it, put it on your screen or even reshare it.
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