Pulse
Log the week. Watch the bowl move. Open the right tools.
Visual brief
How the mark should move
Two clips, six seconds each. Match this when you shoot — steam first, then the pour, then hold. No trending audio.
This week's heat
Log the native numbers after you post. Saves and shares weigh more than visits. Likes stay off the card on purpose.
Posted
0/7
Saves
0
Shares
0
Visits
0
What to count
Ranked, on purpose
1
Saves and shares
They kept the tip. They sent the bowl to someone.
2
Profile visits and directions
The walk-in. Google Business sits here too.
3
Watch time on steam clips
Not view count. Did they stay for the pour.
4
Which pillar won
Today's bowl vs. pantry tip vs. slow mood.
5
Hour of day
Confirm or override the studio's posting windows.
Food-brand benchmarks
If you're under this, reshoot
3.1%
engagement
Dining and hospitality. Saves beat likes.
TikTok
4%
engagement
Food brands sit near the top. Watch time is the tell.
0.15%
engagement
Use it for the neighbourhood, not the vanity number.
Small accounts
4.7%
TikTok, under 10k
Smaller rooms talk more. Don't chase follower count first.
The shelf of tools
Open these. Don't buy a suite yet.
Meta Business Suite
Free
Instagram and Facebook — saves, shares, profile visits, reach.
TikTok Analytics
Free · Pro
Switch to Pro. Watch time, traffic source, average view duration.
Google Business
Free
Search views, calls, direction requests. How people find the door.
X Analytics
Free
Impressions on the one-line Saturday posts.
Metricool
Free, then ~$25/mo
The one paid dashboard. Social + site + Google Business together.
Later
~$25/mo
If the visual grid is the whole job. Best-time-to-post on IG/TikTok.
Buffer
Free, then $6/channel
Queue the week you already cooked. Simple numbers.
Google Analytics
Free
Link-in-bio and email clicks. Did the caption send anyone somewhere.
Sunday, twenty minutes
Close the week like this
- 1Open native analytics. Log saves, shares, visits, watch time for each day.
- 2Circle the pillar that ran hottest. Cook next week around that, not around likes.
- 3Watch the steam reel once. If this week's clips don't match it, reshoot the stills.
- 4Leave the first comment on anything still live. Then close the laptop.