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@fishwife

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@fishwife ICYMI: FISHWIFE IS NOW IN SELECT COSTCO STORES IN THE MIDWEST 🌭🕺!! and boy are you midwesterners showing the HECK UP!! 🚀 our ceo @bbmillstein visited a Costco in Chicago and in the mere 16 minutes she was there, she watched 15+ people put a pack in their cart!!! holy smokes!! 🤯

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Performance

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Engagement
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Length · 8 Apr 2025
0:12

Video #29619 · 10 Shot

CEO watches customers buy productfrom @fishwife

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Overview

The creator films a montage of various shoppers inside a Costco store. The video captures multiple different customers approaching a large pallet display, examining the creator's tinned fish product, and placing it into their shopping carts. A text overlay present throughout frames the video from the perspective of the company's CEO, conveying the pride and excitement of seeing their product being purchased in a major retail store for the first time.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Establish aspirational scenario
  2. 2Show repeated positive outcome
  3. 3Reveal the specific product

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Related videos

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Classification

Format
Concepts
Journey DocumentationSocial Proof ShowcaseBehind The Scenes
Elements
Text OverlayTrending AudioMontage Editing

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook · 75%

pov: you're the CEO of a tinned fish company watching people buy your product at Costco for the first time

Visual hook · 25%

The video opens with a wide shot inside a massive Costco warehouse, showing towering shelves and a large, bright yellow product display, which immediately establishes the scale and setting of this business milestone.

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Hook template

Steal this for your own video

pov: you're the [job title] of a [product/company type] watching [audience/customer action] for the first time

  • — pov: you're the founder of a hot sauce brand watching strangers buy your product off a shelf for the first time
  • — pov: you're the CEO of an indie skincare line watching influencers unbox your PR package for the first time
  • — pov: you're the owner of a small bakery watching a customer drive 45 minutes just to pick up your order for the first time

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

An on-screen text overlay establishes a 'Point of View' (POV) scenario, placing the viewer in the aspirational role of a successful creator witnessing a major achievement for the first time.

Payoff

The culmination of the montage, combined with celebratory audio, delivers a powerful feeling of triumph and success, creating a strong positive association with the featured brand.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Founder's Victory Lap

Framing a product's success through the emotional, first-person perspective of its creator to generate aspiration and social proof via a montage of positive customer interactions.

  1. 1

    The Stage Setting

    Visually establishes the context: the location, the product display, and the initial customer interaction, setting the scene for the narrative premise.

  2. 2

    The Cascade of Validation

    A rapid-fire montage of diverse, anonymous individuals all performing the same desired action (e.g., purchasing the product), which serves as overwhelming social proof and validates the initial premise.

  3. 3

    The Brand Spotlight

    A final, clear shot of the product's packaging and branding, cementing the brand identity in the viewer's mind and connecting the abstract success to a tangible item.

Themes

  • Entrepreneurial success
  • Business milestones
  • Brand growth
  • Customer validation

Techniques

  • Candid filming
  • Montage editing
  • Point-of-view storytelling

Trends

  • POV storytelling
  • Founder-led content

Post caption

ICYMI: FISHWIFE IS NOW IN SELECT COSTCO STORES IN THE MIDWEST 🌭🕺!! and boy are you midwesterners showing the HECK UP!! 🚀 our ceo @bbmillstein visited a Costco in Chicago and in the mere 16 minutes she was there, she watched 15+ people put a pack in their cart!!! holy smokes!! 🤯

Text overlays

  • title · throughout

    pov: you're the CEO of a tinned fish company watching people buy your product at Costco for the first time

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