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Mar 8 • 10 tweets • 11 min read
7 business lessons from Twitter's brightest minds:

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1/ Getting community-led growth right by @amandanat

Amanda notes that communities are evolving.

Thriving across open online platforms, and even among people.

She then shares 5 excellent examples of people doing it right.

@amandanat 2/ Lessons learned freelancing by @ccmarce_writes

Forget the freelance influencers sipping margaritas on Instagram.

There's a lot of hard work behind a successful freelance business.

Chantelle breaks down 6 lessons she's learned.

@amandanat @ccmarce_writes 3/ I quit my job with little runway, then 3x'ed my income by @Natalie_Furn

What an awesome story of a pandemic pivot by Natalie Furness.

If you want to go out on your own, there are some gems in here.

@amandanat @ccmarce_writes @Natalie_Furn 4/ 7 dead-simple steps to build a daily writing habit by @dickiebush

Dickie has 165k followers and a thriving writing business for a reason.

But none of that is easy.

It takes consistency. Learn more by checking out his brilliant thread.

@amandanat @ccmarce_writes @Natalie_Furn @dickiebush 5/ How I grew to 200k Twitter followers with @businessbarista

Growing on Twitter isn't easy.

But Alex Lieberman has a process that you should absolutely read.

Get it in this valuable thread.

@amandanat @ccmarce_writes @Natalie_Furn @dickiebush @businessbarista 6/ How to develop an unconquerable mind with @DanesaGlez

This was such a powerful thread.

Sheila shares 9 principles that will help you master mental resilience.

"Avoid the mob" is one of my favorites.

@amandanat @ccmarce_writes @Natalie_Furn @dickiebush @businessbarista @DanesaGlez 7/ A framework for having difficult conversations with @blakeaburge

The difference between average leaders and great leaders is often their ability to have difficult, candid conversations.

Want to learn how?

This thread from Blake Burge will help.

@amandanat @ccmarce_writes @Natalie_Furn @dickiebush @businessbarista @DanesaGlez @blakeaburge That's a wrap!

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Mar 1
The Creator Funnel 101

The concept of the "creator funnel" is critical to understanding audience growth, networking, and monetization.

But what is it and how does it work?

Here’s The Creator Funnel 101

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First, why should you care?

The creator funnel is how you build a simple journey for your audience.

There are 4 distinct parts:

- Discovery
- Trust building
- Relationship building
- Monetization

Getting these right maximizes your chance to make a living as a creator.
1/ Discovery

Discovery means getting noticed.

The easiest way is to create where people are consuming.

Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.

And the content that works falls into 3 styles:

- Teach me
- Entertain me
- Make me think

None of this works without a little attention.
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Feb 22
Online courses are money-makers.

But contrary to what you've been told, selling them isn't complicated.

THREAD: An 8-step system to more online course sales.

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1/ Create content to get discovered

Start by looking backward at your life & career.

Where were you 2-3 years ago?

What do you wish you knew then that you know now?

Turn that into 4 types of content:

1. Educational
2. Entertaining
3. Contrarian
4. Empathetic
2/ Listen for signals

By creating valuable content, you'll start getting traction.

Look for signals in questions:

- How do you do X?
- I'd love to learn more about Y
- Can you give me advice about Z?

You want to help people!
Answer these to create a simple course that does.
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Feb 15
How to build your first 2 income streams:

(without knowing how to code)

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1/ Eliminate the "fallacy of expertise"

When you get started, you can't worry about "am I an expert?"

If you do, you'll never get started.

Instead, make a list of your accomplishments, big and small, over the last 2-3 years.

What skills did you learn during this period?
2/ Identify your interests

Inside of the list you just created, will be things you loved doing and hated doing.

Sorry, but you can't scale misery.

Choose something you built skills in, that you also enjoy doing/talking about/writing about.

This will be your core focus.
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Feb 8
A Twitter audience is a massive asset.

I've added 37,196 followers in just 14 weeks.

Here are the 7 simple things I did:

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1/ Built my publishing habit

In late October, I committed to publishing daily on Twitter.

I started with a "Happy {Day} to X" Tweet each AM.

I had 2 simple goals:

1. Build a habit of posting each day.
2. Put my name & face in front of people daily.

2/ An educational tweet each PM

Each afternoon, I share a lesson from my solopreneur journey.

Topics include:

- Audience growth
- Service businesses
- Building info products
- Using social media effectively

I pretend I'm writing to help ONE person.

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Jan 26
I made $0 online in 2019.

3 years later:

- 100M+ impressions
- $1.7M in online income
- 4 successful revenue streams

What changed?

I started writing online every day.

Here's my simple 4-step process.

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Step 1: Ideate rapidly

What’s the fastest way to come up with ideas?

Use systems.

I created my own content matrix in Notion.

- Choose a topic
- Match it to a style
- Write a quick headline
- Repeat until you have 10 ideas

Much of writing is about systems.
Step 2: Choose a solid format

Struggling to format your writing?

There are so many tools out there to help.

I am loving @typeshare_co

They have beautiful templates built right in for inspiration.

No better way to get started.
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Why do some solopreneurs succeed while others fail?

I think I've figured it out.

THREAD: The 5 fundamentals of a one-person business:
1/ They nail their ideal customer persona

Part of building a one-person business is being crystal clear.

Focused solopreneurs:

- Move from Market → sub-market → micro-market
- Know exactly who they are talking to
- Deeply understand their customer

Do you?
2/ They build a small but relevant network online

The best builders know it's better to build with others.

So they:

- Network with 3-5 impressive people in their space
- Start regular, meaningful conversations
- Think quality > quantity

Are you networking or spraying?
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