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TD·VISUALSCUTTING ROOM · EST. 2021
CASE FILE · 05WHY THE WORK PERFORMSDATA · AS OF Q1 2026

Sales dossier · internal-grade

Why my videosoutperform.

Most editors show you a portfolio. This page shows you the argument: the metrics, the method, and the before/after receipts. Decision-makers care about ROI. So do I.

43%
Avg. retention
2.4×
Above benchmark
74M+
Views moved
320+
Cuts shipped

The thesis

A cut is a sales funnel dressed as a video.

Feed algorithms don't reward beauty — they reward sustained attention. Every cut is a retention decision disguised as an aesthetic one.

I cut for three specific outcomes: stop the scroll, hold the watch, spark the share.Hit those three and the algorithm does the rest — and your CAC drops with it.

Stop
0.8s
hook window
Hold
43%
retention floor
Spark
3.2×
share lift

Receipts · Chart A

Before the cut.
After the cut.

BEFORE — CLIENT RAW
AFTER — TD CUT
Viewer retention — average across 12 long-form cuts
MEASURED / SESSION AVG · YT ANALYTICS · Q4–Q1
+163%
Retention lift
2.4×
Above benchmark
00:0005:0010:00

Receipts · Table B

Measured deltas.

Retention · YT Long-form
Before
22%
After
58%
+163%

Reworked cold open + pacing map

Short-form CTR
Before
1.8%
After
8.1%
+350%

Hook re-cut at 0.8s, caption rhythm

Subscriber velocity
Before
+180 / wk
After
+5,200 / 48h
29×

Drop-timed multi-format release

Watch-time per session
Before
3:12
After
6:42
+110%

Story loops + surgical sound design

How it actually works

The method.

010.8s hook

Hook engineering

First 0.8s decides the view. We build three hook variants, split-test, and ship the winner.

026 beat shifts / min

Pacing map

Every edit has a rhythm chart — density peaks, breather beats, curiosity gaps. We cut to the chart.

0321 audio layers avg.

Sound as structure

Score, foley and SFX are timed to the cut, not retrofitted. Feel is half the fight for retention.

045 formats / deliverable

Platform-native delivery

Safe-zones, burn-ins, aspect ratios, loudness targets. Uploaded so your CMS doesn't re-compress it flat.

Napkin math

Do the math.

The same raw footage, with a better cut, earns more views per video, more ad revenue, and more downstream conversions. A conservative back-of-the-napkin:

Inputs
12 videos / mo
Retention lift
+163%
Watch-time lift
+110%
Est. monthly views
+2.1M
Est. new subs / mo
+14k
Est. revenue lift
≈ $8.4K

* Estimates based on a client whose channel averaged 180K views/mo before engaging TD Visuals. Actual results vary with niche, CPM and posting cadence.

Conversion section

Cut into your growth.

Send over three things — your goals, a channel link, and a sample of recent footage. I'll send back a 48-hour plan.

<24h
First response
10 days
Turnaround
2 rounds
Revisions incl.