How to use Reel ideas provided in the Coffee & Contracts Newsletter
Every week, Coffee & Contracts shares
an email newsletter with trending Reel audios and corresponding hook ideas to give our readers inspiration for filming their own Reels. (
Why are trending Reel audios important? They are a great way to have your content reach a wider audience!).
The email you'll receive from Coffee & Contracts will look like this:
Now, let's walk through how to use these Trending Reel Audios + Ideas
- Write your script:
- With the ideas provided in the email, ask ChatGPT to write a video script for you. (Tip: ask Chat GPT to keep your script under 30 seconds. The shorter the better!)
- If you're a Coffee & Contracts Member and the idea mentions to reference a post idea from the Content Calendar, copy the caption, and ask Chat GPT reword it for you.
- Use a teleprompter
- Use the CapCut app to copy and paste the script into the teleprompter. Note: You can pause in between sentences and the app will automatically cut those out!
- Add dynamic captions
- Download the video to your camera roll
- Click the audio provided in the email newsletter and click "Save audio". Then click "Open in app"
- On your home feed swipe your finger from left to right to open the camera
- Toggle the bottom buttons to "Reel"
- Click the Audio icon (music note) on the left toolbar
- Click "Saved" and you will see the audio saved here.
- Upload your video from your camera roll by clicking the square in the bottom left corner of the screen.
- In the case that you are adding your own voice over, lower the sound of the song's audio:
- Click on the music icon (top toolbar) to turn down the music. We recommend lowering the music to a level between 3-5 to ensure your voice comes through!
- Grab a Reel Cover Template from C&C and use as the cover image.
How do I film "B-Roll" for my Reel?
The term B-roll originates from the early days of film, when editors inserted supplemental footage, or B-roll, into the main footage.
Similarly in modern times, B-roll video is the transition clips, the supplemental video, the filler clips, that you can film in advance and use at a later date for video and Reel content.
Examples of B-roll:
- Short clips you gather while you're out and about in your city (at a restaurant, happy hour, or out for an ice cream)
- Short clips you gather while you're out doing real estate activities (preparing for an open house, at a home improvement store, at a final walkthrough).
- Short clips you gather with the help of a tripod (typing on your computer, making coffee in the morning, or having a client call)
We LOVE B-roll style videos because you can capture footage while you're going about your day and then use the clips later for Reels and other videos.
[VIDEO] Here is a quick behind the scenes video of Nashville Real Estate Agent Marie Lee creating a B-Roll style Reel!