In 2022, I did a video tied to Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event through an agency program where I would get paid per click. That matters because it’s not just “post and hope,” it’s performance-based. Your content has to generate action, not just views. The structure is basically: make it interesting enough to watch, clear enough to understand, and direct enough that people actually click.

The video hit around 10K views before it got taken down. TikTok flagged it like it was a scam, which is brutal because it was a legitimate campaign. That’s the reality of performance campaigns on social sometimes. Even when you do everything right, the platform’s moderation can still wipe the post, and you lose the momentum you built.

Even though it got removed, the 10K still matters. It proves the concept was working and the distribution was there. It also proves I can plug into a major event style campaign and make it travel on my page. Most posts do not hit 10K by accident, especially if they’re attached to a click-through mechanic.

It also taught me the annoying side of paid-per-click campaigns. You have to be careful with how you phrase things, how you format links, and how the post looks to the algorithm. If it looks even slightly “promotional” in the wrong way, TikTok can treat it like spam even if it’s real. That’s not me trying to game the system, that’s me being realistic about how fragile those posts can be.

Samsung is still worth having in my portfolio because it shows scale and structure. Galaxy Unpacked is a huge event. The campaign was performance-based. The post hit 10K before moderation killed it. That’s a clean story of a legit campaign that was working, and it shows I have experience with agency-managed click programs, not just gifted product posts.