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The Futur with Chris Do

Why Your Content Isn’t Connecting w/ Brendan Kane | Ep 404

The Futur with Chris Do

The Futur

Business, Arts, Education, Self-improvement, Marketing, Design

4.9998 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Chris Do sits down with Brendan Kane to break down the psychology and structure behind engineering viral content. Brendan explains why most creators fail—not because virality is impossible, but because their intentions and creative frameworks are misaligned with how audiences actually behave. Together, they unpack the mechanics of “man on the street” videos, the role of tension, conflict, and perspective shifts, and the storytelling patterns that have worked consistently for decades. Chris reflects on trying the format himself, sharing what felt awkward, what unexpectedly succeeded, and what he learned about audience emotional response. Timestamps (00:00) — Intro (05:12) — Built-in tension explained (10:04) — Know-like-trust strategy breakdown (15:01) — Awkward moments create tension (20:03) — Predictable storytelling patterns (25:07) — Emotion and viewer intention (30:11) — Designing stories for impact (35:34) — Brendan’s pivot to social (40:48) — Perspective-shift questioning style (45:55) — Letting stories create tension (50:58) — Why predictable formats work (55:59) — History of story structures (01:01:10) — Viral success versus intention (01:06:22) — Emotional resonance through storytelling (01:11:40) — Global creators and influence Stop blanding in. Start standing out.  Join Content Lab today: https://bit.ly/497NGaI Check out today's guest, Brendan Kane: Unlock Brendan’s proven viral content system: Go to https://hookpoint.com/futur to get his latest books free. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjkane/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendankane/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/brendankane Check out The Futur: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thefutur.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Courses: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thefutur.com/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-futur/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thefutur.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thefuturishere/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/theFuturisHere/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/thefuturishere⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thefuturishere⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/thefuturishere⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Chris Do: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/thechrisdo/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BizOfDesign⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thechrisdo/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://x.com/thechrisdo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thechrisdo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.net/@thechrisdo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Behance: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.behance.net/chrisdo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

So the reality is, if you want to succeed in today's world, if you want to succeed on social

0:05.3

media, you have to realize that people are not logging onto these platforms to find an ad,

0:13.4

to see a great product shot. They don't want to see a shot of your vitamin supplement or

0:19.1

your real estate business. They want to connect with a piece of content.

0:24.6

They want to feel something. The reality is the world that we live in today, there's over a

0:29.6

billion pieces of content uploaded to social media every day. You need to find a way to stand out

0:35.3

and know that is not about selling your product. You need to tell a way to stand out and know that is not about selling your product.

0:37.8

You need to tell a story that connects with their emotions, connects with them as a human being.

0:44.8

That will allow you to build that trust, build that relationship where they ultimately want to take that next step with you.

0:53.7

So again, focus on getting people to know like and trust you through your content,

0:58.9

through the stories you tell, and then the sales will come in.

1:01.9

But I'm telling you, if you treat your social media profile like it's your website

1:05.3

and just keep posting product shots and discount codes and things of that nature,

1:09.6

you will ultimately fail time and time again.

1:12.8

My name is Brendan Kane and you are listening to the future.

1:19.3

Hey, it's Friday. I've been traveling. We're both exhausted, but anytime I get a chance to talk to

1:25.0

Brendan to drop some insights on us, we're going to take the

1:28.0

opportunity to do so. Brendan, what are we going to do today? Well, I think we should cover today

1:33.7

how anyone can go viral and break that down. Because most people think they can't. I'm not sure

1:40.4

they can. They can. Anybody can. But does anyone do it? That's the problem. Yeah, theoretically, anybody can win the lottery, but only a few people win the lottery. Yeah, but there's an actual method and a madness to the madness. Lottery is just playing the lottery. It's pure luck. But virality can be engineered. Remember what happened last time we talked about

2:01.1

man on the street and what you went out and did it and it's outperformed your post by like 5 or 10x?

2:07.7

Yeah. It's done really well. And it's given me a new avenue to do different things I want to do.

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