How to build a daily writing habit: Start simple

If your standards are so high it prevents you from moving forward, you don’t have high standards. You’re an intense procrastinator.

Don’t aim for 10k words.

Aim to sit behind the laptop daily for 20 mins.

Build the show-up muscle first, then build on top of it.

I read 37 non-fictional books in 2023.

They’re on entrepreneurship, productivity, creativity, and spirituality.

Here are my top 10, guaranteed to make 2024 your most enjoyable year.

(in my recommended reading order): Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I finished this 9 days ago, but I wish I did 9 years ago.

I made 433 highlights reading this, most on:

- The diff between enjoyment and pleasure
- Why doing work you enjoy leads to the most success
- How to make your life enjoyable

Start here.

Look at this book.

It’s not even out yet, but 500,000+ people have already said “Give it to me!“.

That’s 11,628 daily sign-ups in 43 days.

Here’s an 8-step breakdown of Alex Hormozi’s wild $100m leads launch: If you don’t know Alex Hormozi, here’s a recap:

- He’s 34
- Iranian-American
- Built 4 companies to 8 figures
- Has the best calves in the world
- Author of $100m offers (400k+ sales and 13k+ 5-stars on Amazon)

His resume is great as is, but he’s about to shoot for the stars.

One secret behind magnetic brands like Apple, Lego, and Nike:

Archetypes

Here are the 12 Brand Archetypes to help you build an irresistible brand: An archetype is a universal, inborn personality that influences our behaviour.

Ex:

Everyone wants to win. An archetype called “Ruler“ triggers that.

The most engaged brands use archetypes to connect with their audience on a deeper level.

Here are 12 you can pick from:

What do the most successful entrepreneurs have in common aside $$$ and fame?

Good writing.

Most people don’t know how this skill can change their life sadly. So, let’s fix that.

7 reasons you should write every day: I’ve been writing for ~18 months.

Because of it, I:

- Feel better
- Think better
- Attracted 81,000 Twitter followers
- and made a living from merely living

Below are 7 reasons you should join me on this journey:

(h/t: @ItsKieranDrew for the image above)

In 2022, I generated 9800+ organic leads in 93 days using Twitter alone.

- 0 lead magnets
- 0 paid ad budget
- 0 influencer shoutouts

Here’s a 6-step breakdown of what I did:

(For startups and early-stage businesses) At the start of my business journey, generating leads was tough.

I tried many methods.

- inbound
- outbound
- paid adverts
- and even spamming

These methods are fantastic, but they ended up being duds.

It was almost game over until I made a discovery.

How to create your profitable niche in 7 minutes.

The 4-3-2-1-0 method: You have 1 bullet.

There are 3 birds sitting on a wire.

Goal: Kill something.

What do you do?

I assume you’ll aim for one (either left or right), because aiming at everyone (or every bird) will assure you hit none.

That’s why you need a niche for your business.

In August 2020, a burned-out Englishman washed up on Twitter searching for freedom.

365 days in, all he heard were cricket noises.

But today, he’s one of the most respected writers on the platform.

8 powerful lessons from Kieran Drew’s journey: Kieran finally hit his tipping point.

Although a well-paid dentist, he didn’t enjoy the job.

He hoped he’d love it one day, but it never came. So, after listening to @naval’s lessons on wealth, Kieran knew exactly what he’d do to exit the rat race:

Online income.

You feel overwhelmed because you allowed yesterday's task to be a part of today's. Some solutions:

(1) Set realistic goals
(2) Seek accountability
(3) Identify your sacred hours

Let's dive into each.

9 reasons why business owners should consider building a personal brand in 2023: A personal brand is simply the projected identity of a person on a stage.

In the 21st century, this is often done online.

In this thread, I'll show you some of the biggest benefits I've received from building a 58,000+ audience in the last 12 months.

Let's fly:

Most creators think they suck at creating content.

Actually, they suck at generating content ideas.

If you use these 7 tips, I guarantee you'll have a new problem: An Idea Overload

🧵🧵 Ideas are bullets. Your content is the gun.

In this thread, we're going to cover the methods that have helped me build a 58,000+ Twitter following.

Test each of them. Find what works the most. Milk that!

Let's fly:

25 bits of advice I can think of after building a 58,000+ audience on Twitter:

(1) If you want to build a personal brand, build the person (yourself) first. (2) Writing daily for at least 30 mins is the most important habit for creators.

(3) Twitter wants more users to stay on the platform. Support this vision and you'll get more exposure. Ex:

• Show up everyday
• Create engaging content
• Own a highly followed account

Stop building an audience. Start building your reputation.

Unfortunately, most people don't know how to.

Here are the 6 most helpful tips I've found while building a 55k+ audience size: Profile

Your first impression is your social media profile.

- Bio
- Picture
- Banner
- Pinned tweet
- Brand colours

This is what people judge you by. Looking good is a pitch on its own.

Fix this and improve your reputation points.

https://twitter.com/francis_oleh/status/1560557648638279682

In 2022, my tweets were seen 19.1M times.

Here are 7 questions I always answer before creating any thread hook: This thread is for writers who want to grow. What you’ll learn:

1. The questions necessary for 19M+ views
2. A cool framework to help you
3. Real-life applications

In return, I’ll ask you to join my newsletter and share this thread.

Cool? Let’s dive in:

I started 2022 with 3 Twitter followers.

Here's what I did to end the year with 50,688 new followers: 🧵🧵 🌐 Positioning

Your profile is your landing page.

Most creators gain few followers because they look more like consumers — and not creators.

So I fixed mine to look like who I want to attract.

Here's mine (at the time of writing):

If you use it right, Twitter is the #1 platform for organic growth.

But the problem is...

Twitter does a horrible job of showing you its outstanding "advanced features".

Here are 7 you probably know nothing about: 🧵🧵 Edit your followers.

We all have those people we don't want following us.

Family members, toxic friends, etc.

Here's how to eliminate them:

Block and then unblock them.

They will never know. If they do, repeat the process or never hit "unblock".

Most Twitter growth tips are useless.

In 7 months, I drew in 47,400+ Twitter followers.

These 3 growth strategies will get you 10,000 followers in 60 days (or less): 🌐 Retweetables

"Commenting under big accounts" is the #1 Twitter growth tip.

But its too damn slow.

You need more firepower.

The fire power you need is called a "Retweetable"

Most creators don't know their Niche.

Here's how to find yours using the "4-3-2-1-0" technique: Your "4" strengths

"Build on your strengths, work on your weaknesses." ~Minh Tan

What are the 4 topics you know best?

We're in the digital age. You can make a living off anything.

Let's imagine these are your strengths:

• Music
• Gaming
• Marketing
• Graphics design

314 days ago, i started building my audience from scratch (3 followers)

Today I have 40,737 followers.

Money spent on Ads and Shout-outs: $0

Here are 8 YouTube Videos that helped me build a 40K+ audience size in 11 months: 🧵 1//

It took me 122 days to hit 1,000 followers on Twitter.

It took @SeanAnthonySays 46 days to do the same.

Here, he breaks down exactly what he did to hit the milestone.

🔗

I just hit 40,000 followers!

I got something special for you:

9 powerful websites every creator should use while building their Twitter audience: 🧵🧵 1) Social Blade

This tool is capable of checking your number of

• tweets
• followers
• and followings per day!

It also ranks your social media account based on its hierarchy per platform.

@SocialBlade is insane. Jump on it:

🔗 socialblade.com

One of the fastest growing personal brand of our time:

Alex Hormozi

He's built a following of over 1.9 million entrepreneurs within the last year.

After watching him for 6 months...

Here are 7 strategies he uses to build an electrifying audience: Quick stats on Alex if you're unfamiliar:

• He's 33 years young
• Been working out since 15 💪🏾
• Iranian-American Entrepreneur
• In 2021, he crossed $100m in networth
• Has 1.9M+ followers across 5 platforms
• Supported 1500+ gyms to a $1b in combined evaluation