How To Grow From 0 to 10K Followers In 6 months on Twitter (X)

Summary

The video outlines a 7-step plan for growing a large following and making money on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, within 6-12 months. It emphasizes creating content across three pillars (growth, authority, and personal), optimizing your profile, consistently posting 1-5 times per day, writing 1-3 long-form posts per week, curating a list of top 100 accounts in your niche to engage with, building relationships and a network, and eventually monetizing through products, services and advertisements.

Takeaways

• 😀 X (formerly Twitter) has huge growth potential under Elon Musk's leadership
• 💰 You can make money on X through ad revenue sharing as your following grows
• 🔽 X makes it easy to quickly test content ideas and see which resonate
• 📈 Focus on solving people's problems/pain points to grow your authority and following
• 🙂 Share your transformations, failures and opinions to connect emotionally
• 📸 Optimize your profile with a good photo, clear bio and compelling pinned post
• 🤓 Consume 1-2 hours of content daily to generate interesting ideas to post
• ✍️ Post 1-5 times per day, with 1-3 long-form posts weekly, to grow your account
• 💯 Comment thoughtfully on top accounts' posts to gain followers and credibility
• 👥 Create a network by engaging with similar creators to cross-promote content

Q & A

What are the 5 huge benefits of growing a following on X according to the video?

The 5 benefits are: 1) Elon Musk plans to transform X into an 'everything app' like WeChat which has over 1.2 billion users. 2) X is still growing rapidly and has less competition currently. 3) X pays creators to make content. 4) It's easy to create content quickly on X. 5) The people on X tend to be smarter on average.

What are the 3 categories of content the speaker recommends creating?

The 3 categories are: 1) Growth content based on trending topics and figures, 2) Authority content that displays knowledge and solves people's problems, 3) Personal content that shares your unique story and opinions.

What are the 5 parts of your X profile that should be optimized?

The 5 parts are: 1) Profile photo 2) Bio 3) Banner 4) Username 5) Pinned post

Why should you create a top 100 list and engage with those accounts daily?

Creating a top 100 list of accounts with audiences you want to reach and engaging with them by commenting will likely lead to some of them following you back. It also increases your exposure to their followers.

What is the benefit of creating long-form posts?

Long-form posts build more trust and are better for converting followers and sales because they go more in-depth on a topic.

What is the 'what, why, how' framework?

The 'what, why, how' framework states what your idea is, why someone should care, and how they can apply it in their life. It's an easy way to create content.

How does creating a network help you grow on X?

Creating a network signals to the algorithm that you and other creators know each other. So it will show your content to each other more, accelerating growth.

What is the main way X and other social media platforms make money?

Social media platforms make most of their money from advertisements. The more time users spend on the platforms, the more ads can be shown.

What is the benefit of documenting your journey publicly?

Documenting your journey eliminates impostor syndrome because you don't pretend to already be an expert. It's more relatable.

What mindset helps overcome not starting because you lack expertise?

The mindset is that you're just documenting your learning journey and teaching people a few steps behind you. You don't need to be an expert to start.