Thread by @therealjohntan

Audience Building and Ship30for30 changed my year.

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A thread on how learning online with like-minded folks became my highlight of 2021.

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1/ Audience Building is exactly what I needed to get started on Twitter.

I had been wanting to spend more time on Twitter because so many smart people I know are on it, but I kept procrastinating.

Audience Building is, well, about building your audience on Twitter.

2/ @SahilBloom is a great instructor who is generous with sharing tips and supporting folks on his course.

Learn from folks who were in your shoes not too long ago.

Sahil went from nothing to 200+k followers when I did the course in Sep to 400+k today.

Learn from the best.

@SahilBloom 3/ I met incredible people through the Audience Building course.

We did a five day course together.

We've stayed together as a community for nearly 5 months and counting.

Amazing what like-minded people with similar goals can do for each other.

@SahilBloom 4/ I wrote a thread on day 3 of Audience Building that went semi-viral.

This thread showed me two things.

One, how powerful Twitter is as a platform for sharing your ideas and POV.

Two, how many people out there believe education needs to be fixed.

https://twitter.com/therealjohntan/status/1440850474421272582?s=20

@SahilBloom 5/ That one thread started me on writing threads, which connected me to new people.

Folks who resonated with my views on education and entrepreneurship.

To start a movement, find like-minded people.

@SahilBloom 6/ #Ship30for30 is the perfect course for me right after Audience Building.

Learning to write for the internet is exactly what I needed after the Audience Building course.

Atomic essays became a second medium after threads for me to share my thoughts.

@SahilBloom 7/ Like Sahil, @dickiebush and @Nicolascole77 are great instructors who shared practical tips.

See 2/ above.

Learn from people who walk the talk.

Learn from the best.

@SahilBloom @dickiebush @Nicolascole77 8/ Ship30for30 taught me the importance of shipping consistently.

It doesn't matter whether you are feeling inspired, or whether you feel like writing.

Create a sacred hour for writing. Put it in your calendar.

Write.

Publish.

@SahilBloom @dickiebush @Nicolascole77 9/ Publishing an essay every day for 30 days re-connected me with many people.

Folks I hadn't kept in touch with, or met briefly at some point in my life.

Several people reached out to let me know they enjoy my essays. Asked me to keep writing.

@SahilBloom @dickiebush @Nicolascole77 10/ What you get out of a cohort-based course is largely dependent on what you put into it.

Some people wrote one thread and gave up.

Some couldn't keep up with publishing every day for 30 days.

Others never engaged in the Audience Building WhatsApp group we created.

@SahilBloom @dickiebush @Nicolascole77 This thread is dedicated to the awesome people I met through AB.

@MishadaVinci @ThePupOfWallSt @hey_bernie @jwdanner @Shane___Martin @FlackThought @SSokoliuk @DanesaGlez @bbourque @hwbhatti @dklineii @MCovBrown @MrJacobEspi @heymaxkoh @joycekettering @nathanbaugh27 @chrisxmunn

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