Last week, I listened to a podcast by Dickie Bush and Dan Koe and Dickie mentioned something that caught my attention.
In the early days of his writing career, he almost gave up.
He worked a good job but wanted something more. So he started blogging, but didn't get much attention. So he tried one last-ditch resort.
He wrote a Twitter thread for 30 days straight…and it paid off big time…
So what did he write about?
Podcasts.
This is where the story blows my mind.
He figured, since he’s watching/listening to podcasts anyway, why not write about them? So he did, and a thread about Naval Ravikant went viral, supercharging his writing career.
My game-changing takeaway
As I watched this, I thought…
"I've been writing on Medium for three years. I have 250 articles collecting dust. Why don't I condense them into short-form Twitter threads?"
So I upped the stakes. I'm challenging myself to consistently write and post a Twitter thread daily for 90 days to supercharge my Twitter account.
I've posted four threads, but the results are fascinating. I've gotten a couple of likes here and there, but my early analysis of Twitter growth is this:
Leveraging other people's audiences works better. Just look at this.
This is a response to a Dickie Bush tweet. I shared a valuable resource, and his audience loved it. This tweet got more engagement than any of my threads, and it took two minutes to post.
It’s simple. Adopt a learning mindset. Take what you learn and teach it to others.
Or, in this case, give people the resources you love.
Until next time.
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