Thread by @jwginn

Yesterday was day 6 of the #hypefurychallenge

It was my favorite challenge yet but it was also a hard one for me.

I was dealing with sick family members, the loss of an aunt, and hundreds of notifications due to a tweetstorm that I may have caused.

I did it anyway. 🧵

I reached out to 10 people via DM. The biggest challenge was figuring out who to DM.

7 of the people were people in my Twitter lists that I had yet to interact with. 3 were people that were mutual follows that I had not interacted with.

Out of the 10, 5 responded within 12 hrs

I have no problem DMing people as I've seen the value of connecting.

I have hundreds of DM's and I have had well over 100 Zoom calls in the past 5 months.

This challenge convinced me I need to be even more intentional.

I asked about product offerings, highlights of the week, while a couple was simple introductions.

I reached out to an author I adore to thank them for their writing and their podcast.

Connection is where it's at.

The biggest takeaway is the responses. Every single one of the 5 was friendly and gracious.

If you're shy about reaching out via DM, send me a message. It can be a simple, "Hi, I'm reaching out cus you told me to."

DM's are my second fav thing about Twitter.