So...

I hit 25K followers last night

Milestones are kind of meaningless

But they& #39;re a good excuse to celebrate

And of course, thank all of you for your support

Keep reading the thread below to learn how I did it
If we& #39;re talking growth only

There are two phases

Phase one is all about networking and connections

You need to establish yourself in your community

Basically, if you want a lot of followers, get a little first
Knowing this, I did three things early on

The first was replying to larger account& #39;s tweets... a lot

If you do this organically

And legitimately add to the conversation

You& #39;ll get noticed by other accounts, both big and small
The second thing I did was DM larger accounts

If I could, I would offer something valuable, like a copywriting tip

If I couldn& #39;t do that, I would send a message saying *specifically* why I liked their content

Again, keep this genuine/organic, and you& #39;ll get noticed
Finally, I turned their content into more content

I made lists like "X Tweets On Investing" that compiled people& #39;s tweets on a subject

I also sometimes did this with just one person, "X Lessons I learned From Y Account"

This shows a lot more effort than "follow lists"
Those three got my foot in the door

Then I moved on to phase #2, which was slowly learning which tweets stick and which don& #39;t

I was not "naturally good" at this

My early content was extremely generic and not very engaging

But, after around 5 months, I found my voice
This is when my growth hit a ramp

I had a base of followers in my community already

I also had support from some larger creators who I had interacted with a lot

Then I mastered the art of short-form content, and I started gaining at least 2-3K followers per month
So, in short, I...

1. Networked to get a foot in the door
2. Got legitimately good at writing tweets

You& #39;ll find a lot of "growth hacks" on here

But I think they& #39;re largely irrelevant

Those two are your drivers

Master them, and there will be no limit to your potential
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