Thread by @JackNiewold

Dickie Bush (@dickiebush) grew his Twitter account to 60,000 followers and turned it into a mid-six-figure business in a little over a year.

Today, I talked to him to see what drove that success.

Here's thread of his story and tips so that you can do it too👇

Dickie is a portfolio manager, but in January 2020 he began a newsletter to explore new ideas and drive personal learning.

After ~40 weekly editions (and just 200 subs), he realized he needed opportunities for faster ideation and feedback.

This brought him to Twitter.

Not only did Dickie want to iterate on his ideas, but he had a backlog of notes on concepts and podcasts that he could publish on Twitter.

He began to write threads on the podcasts he would listen to on his daily walks.

While these threads didn't take off immediately, on his 25th attempt, a tweet about @balajis got liked by @naval and blew his account up to 1500 folllowers.

Here;s a thread on how you can exercise this strategy:

https://twitter.com/dickiebush/status/1429218819000705027?s=20

I LOVE this idea.

1. Worst case scenario, you learn and condense your ideas.

2. Best case scenario, you are able to interact with the brightest minds of our time and leverage their followings for your own growth.

By December 2020, he had developed a connected and active community around his brand.

Among other things, it was tied together by writing, consistency, and a bias towards action.

Here's how he called about the first cohort of his paid writing class, Ship 30 for 30:

Ship 30 for 30 is all about shipping your writing into the world.

Some basic concepts of the course:
• Be OK with a product that isn't perfect
• Be ruthlessly consistent
• Understand the power of compounding
• Use data-driven writing

Check it out: ship30for30.com

Now that course has grossed in the mid-six-figures, with August's cohort bringing in at least $100k in revenue (by my math)

Listening to Dickie's podcast appearances and following the principles behind his success has turned me into a super fan.

My favorite quote from our chat?

How you can apply the wisdom of Dickie Bush:

• Write and build in public
• Learn about thinkers and ideas that interest you, then write about them
• Leverage larger followings (and your own following)
• Believe in compound interest

His best threads: threadsby.me/its/dickiebush

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