Here's a quick thread on my experience. There may be some tips in there 👀
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Time difference - I'm ahead in time, & living in the future so I had more time for tasks + checking the hashtag and engaging.
Planning ahead - After finishing with my Bio, I was brainstorming what story to tell and I came up with ideas for a bunch of threads.
I wrote 3 threads in 2 hours that morning. I was confused about which one to post.
Then I saw @nathanarodgers' humongous goldmine of a thread and decided to merge all 3 of my threads, discard the bullshit & do one big thread. I edited out A LOT & ended up with 22 tweets in it.
Editing - That's a skill I gained that nobody could have taught me.
Community - Telegram group chat was enlightening af. Faith in humanity restored.
Community is everything. I knew this in theory but I experienced it here for the very first time.
Thank you, everyone!🥺🙏
Followers - They are friends, not a wall to bounce tweets off of.
@nivdatta88 said "I prefer being friends." It hit me so hard, it has been carved inside my skull now. I'm forever grateful for that realisation so early on.
🏆I started with 23 follower friends, now I have 65.
We are handle buddies so that's some silly kind of validation I didn't know I could get🤣
But seriously, she ran the show so smoothly, let's applaud her for a second.
The prizes - I've never felt so much motivation condensed in one week. I've thrived in the competitive air.
🏆It helped that my story for Day 2 got featured in the 5 most compelling stories. That's HUGE for a beginner.
Speaking of threads, I noticed that participants were adding the hashtag in the last tweet.
I always put it in my Hook. Scrolling down the hashtag page all I saw were last tweets and because I'm nice, I went and read the threads, but...
Hashtag in the Hook. Come on.
Epiphany - I stayed up until 4 am to tame my monster thread into a good boy. I had a very important life-changing thing in the morning but I clearly cared about the thread more.
I realised that writing (& showing it to the world) is my calling.
I didn't sleep at all after that.
Most challenging - DMs. Also the thing I got cheered for the most.
Now I think, I can make a thread about it? A swipe file? Who's stopping me?
ME? I have no power over the collective drive of this community. I'm making it so deal with it.
I mean, follow me so you can see it😂
With this thread, Day 7 is done.
What's next?
Here is the challenge I'm taking.
🎯 Re-do Bio in a month
🎯 3 tweets everyday
🎯 1 thread per week
🎯 Engage every single day
🎯 DM 1 new follower + 1 new person I'm following per week
Who's with me?
Some people I had the good fortune of meeting.
@AtulACleaver -this kid crushes content management on Notion @nathanarodgers -course creators hate him, he gives email secrets out for free @LeaderOfToday -hates time difference, very helpful @heyibrah - mentioning for reach😂
@DevLinguistic -called me "DM Queen in the making" @jwginn -I'd follow anyone he asks me to follow @earlryan -trust me @nivdatta88 -supermom, crushing it on Twitter
This came up in a conversation with Arthur (@DevLinguistic) about a line in his thread on building habits that was too good to be hiding inside a thread.
Here's what to do when you find that gem.
1. Cover a wider and more general scope
- Break down and parse your original content to get a broader view.
- "How to write consistently" is specific.
- Break it down into two broader topics
- How to write consistently = How to write + How to be consistent.
The role of your Bio in converting Visitors to Followers, or better yet, to FRIENDS.
A THREAD
I came to Twitter to write more, but with #hypefurychallenge, I've learned a LOT about tweaking my profile for growth (and I've grown so much). Here I am writing about Twitter growth.🤷🏻♀️
There are a few ways Visitors land on your profile. ⬇⬇
1️⃣ Via Tweet
I see your tweet, it resonates with me so much that I'm curious about you.
On your profile, your banner will be the first thing I see. It should pop off the screen and fall into my eye. Figuratively, of course.
Here's the banner that inspired this whole thread.