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Aaron O'Leary

How do you build your personal brand on Twitter?

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I've seen people go from 0 to thousands of followers in a few months, all because they zoned in on building a personal brand. Do you have any tips for makers that want to do the same?

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Sveta Bay
I went through this path recently. Here's my simple formula: A. Growth from 0 to 100 followers β€” Use DM to find like-minded people. β€” Treat your Twitter account like a product: set up a value proposition, tone of voice, and "competitor analysis." β€” Set daily targets on posts and replies (ex. 3 posts, 30 replies). B. Growth from 100 to 1000 followers β€” Make weekly content planning. β€” Experiment a lot. β€” Get inspired by new Tweet formats from influencers. β€” Re-use content: 1 thread can be divided into 10 1-liners. β€” Don't be disappointed with low engagement, it happens even with big accounts. β€” Engage with big accounts right after they post smth (Notify button will help πŸ””) C. Growth 1000+ followers β€” If you want a loyal and active audience, respond to comments (not only with GIFs haha) β€” Be a human; with all this AI flex, people want more life content. β€” Don't post just theory. Post your experience and examples. #buildinpublic β€” Analyze what content works better for you and double down on it. β€” Try to go viral: analyze viral content examples and implement them. β€” Experiment with your bio because the conversion from visitor to follower highly depends on it Also, I shared some tips in this article 😊 https://blog.makerbox.club/audie...
Aaron O'Leary
@basv I was waiting for your reply!! :D These are brilliant suggestions
Michel Gagnon
@basv I love the "Don't post just theory". I believe there's too much generic advice out there. Taking from experience is quite valuable. Thanks for sharing!
Ross Macfarlane
@basv great ideas. DO you have any tips for anyone who simply doesn;t find joy in creating content? Like is there an easy hack to do it or do we just have to bite the bullet and go for it :)
Sveta Bay
@aaronoleary thank you, Aaron! Always happy to share tips on Twitter growth. Waiting for more creators with valuable content 😊
Sveta Bay
@therealrossmac you can try to build in public - just sharing updates on your journey. I highly do not recommend using AI flex to write tweets for you - it's easily spotted πŸ˜„
Kate Kovbii
Oh my, I need that one too 😬 So I'll just wander around and listen a bit πŸ‘‚πŸ‘‚πŸ‘‚
Mehdi Rifai
interested in this thread
Abhinav Yadav
I recently went through this process for Wavel and am still in process of executing it. Building a brand requires consistency, authenticity, and engagement and so is true for Blue Bird Twitter. Here are some fundamental steps that have worked for me. 1) Define your brand: Before you start tweeting, define what you want your brand to represent. Consider your interests, expertise, and values (this will help you even in performance marketing on Twitter if you plan to do so in future). I actually went through the performance marketing parameter to narrow down the ideas. 2) Optimize your profile: Your Twitter profile should reflect your brand. Using a professional profile picture and header image, and writing a bio are some basics to it. Including relevant keywords that people might search for will be a great help. 3) Consistency is key: Tweet regularly, but avoid tweeting too much or too little, I think one tweet a day will be a good starting point but you can expand it to 3-5 depending on your capacity. Consider using a social media scheduling tool to help you plan your tweets in advance. 4) Share content that your audience will find valuable, such as industry news, helpful tips, listicles, or your own insights. Consider creating your own content, such as blog posts or videos, and sharing them on Twitter. Use relevant hashtags in your tweets, but avoid using too many or irrelevant hashtags 5) Engage: Twitter is a social platform, so it's important to engage with your audience. Respond to comments and messages, retweet and like posts from others. This definitely helps you get followers within a few weeks. 6) Monitor: Keep track of your Twitter analytics to see what content performs best and adjust your strategy accordingly. Building a personal brand on Twitter takes time and effort. You might have to reiterate step one several times to find what exactly the audience wants to read and listen to. You can shorten the path by looking at profiles posting similar content and analysing what is working for them. However, this might make you fall short of uniqueness. Stay true to your brand, be patient, and keep engaging with your audience you will hit the goals you want to achieve. :)
Alex Fall
@abhinav_wavel Thanks for sharing your experience. This is insightful.
Divya
Find your identity
Adithya Narayanan
Use our platform www.hushl.in! It's a gamified, creative platform that generates daily ideas for you, gives your ideas structure, helps you write (using fine-tuned GPT4), provides feedback and helps you distribute your tweet :)
Elly
I love this community talking about this stuff. I'm so curious too.
Hashir Ahmed
Define your niche and area of expertise to establish yourself as an authority, engage with like-minded individuals, and generate potential business opportunities.
Nisa Meray
Very interesting thread, thank you all.
Darcey Turner
Sharing high-quality information on Twitter needs consistency, as does engaging with your audience, developing a unique voice, forming relationships with influential people, and taking part in relevant discussions.
Vikram Sahu ꩜
This is too good. Curious to know more about. Following this thread 🧡
Liza Diagel
Consistency!
Arpan
Post controversial tweets :P
James Murphy
I'd be very interested in where this goes as well only I don't use my phone so much as my desktop for this type of stuff so I'm hoping for Windows 10-11 compatible stuff!
Chetan Natesh
Share your journey, involve your audience in research and testing wherever possible.
Thomas Boulesteix
Oh I'm interested πŸ‘€
Hashnimo
I'm also interested in this, and I've actually attempted to build one before. However, I eventually gave up because Twitter's lack of a proper and automatic organic reach system made it challenging.
Nataliya
@basv Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
Richard Gao
Honestly, the simplest way is just build in public. You can see my account @TheRealEtch and what I post on there for examples
Ghost Kitty
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