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7 Days of writing Twitter Threads & the learnings are bubbling over...
So, here's 7 lessons I've learned so far about the art of Twitter Threads 🧵👇
7 Days of writing Twitter Threads & the learnings are bubbling over...
So, here's 7 lessons I've learned so far about the art of Twitter Threads 🧵👇
Threads DO drive impressions
It's true a good thread will increase your impressions. But it's not a given. Only 3 out of 7 of my threads were stand out in terms of impressions & engagement.
Lesson: Good content will be found no matter the medium. Focus on good content.
It's true a good thread will increase your impressions. But it's not a given. Only 3 out of 7 of my threads were stand out in terms of impressions & engagement.
Lesson: Good content will be found no matter the medium. Focus on good content.
Don't start with threads
I cut my teeth by writing hundreds of atomic essays. Taking on the deliberate practice of writing, publishing, getting feedback, forming ideas together, writing good headlines.
Lesson: You can't skip the process of learning the basics of writing
I cut my teeth by writing hundreds of atomic essays. Taking on the deliberate practice of writing, publishing, getting feedback, forming ideas together, writing good headlines.
Lesson: You can't skip the process of learning the basics of writing
Think Atomically
Treat each tweet in your thread as a bullet point so your thread has some structure and flow.
Lesson: Write each tweet like it can live on it's own but also flow with the structure of the thread.
Treat each tweet in your thread as a bullet point so your thread has some structure and flow.
Lesson: Write each tweet like it can live on it's own but also flow with the structure of the thread.
Use Your Notes
If you're a note-taker (you should be) use your notes to find clusters of ideas around certain topics. These make the best (& easiest) threads to write.
Lesson: Your notes are a treasure trove of thread ideas.
If you're a note-taker (you should be) use your notes to find clusters of ideas around certain topics. These make the best (& easiest) threads to write.
Lesson: Your notes are a treasure trove of thread ideas.
Remove The Heavy Lifting
I break down my thread writing into a few stages:
👉 Brain dump
👉 Loosely organise the structure
👉 Write the bullet points
👉 Focus on lead in tweet & publish
Lesson: Incremental writing means I can focus my energy on one stage, not the whole big task
I break down my thread writing into a few stages:
👉 Brain dump
👉 Loosely organise the structure
👉 Write the bullet points
👉 Focus on lead in tweet & publish
Lesson: Incremental writing means I can focus my energy on one stage, not the whole big task
Utilise Past Content
If you took my advice above and cut your teeth on essays, you'll have a heap of essays in the bank that you can re-use, expand upon, add new ideas too.
Lesson: Publishing content is not the end of the process, it's simply the beginning of iterations.
If you took my advice above and cut your teeth on essays, you'll have a heap of essays in the bank that you can re-use, expand upon, add new ideas too.
Lesson: Publishing content is not the end of the process, it's simply the beginning of iterations.
Make Threads Into Longer Content
I'm finding that threads make great starts for long form articles. The outline is already built and you can easily build on each point with some more content or examples.
Lesson: Re-use, Re-use, Re-use your content.
I'm finding that threads make great starts for long form articles. The outline is already built and you can easily build on each point with some more content or examples.
Lesson: Re-use, Re-use, Re-use your content.
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7 Lessons I Learned From 7 Days of Threads:
👉 Threads drive impressions
👉 Don't start with threads
👉 Think Atomically
👉 Use Your Notes
👉 Remove the heavy lifting
👉 Utilise past content
👉 Turn them into longer content
👉 Threads drive impressions
👉 Don't start with threads
👉 Think Atomically
👉 Use Your Notes
👉 Remove the heavy lifting
👉 Utilise past content
👉 Turn them into longer content
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