I'm Blake. I took Float to $14k before launch & gained 49k Twitter followers in 10 months. AMA!

@anshulsojatia Content Ideas: A lot of what I generate as ideas comes from personal experience and spontaneous thought. I'm pretty good about writing ideas down right when I have them. I've definitely done competitive research at times, but actually my favorite way of discovering new formats to post in is by searching viral tweets in completely different niches. Maybe I search for real estate, design, or gardening tweets that went viral and dissect WHY and what format they used. This usually works out pretty well. Twitter growth: - I posted an insane amount of content - I didn't take it personally when a tweet didn't work, I just analyzed WHY and tried to make it better next time - I built genuine relationships with other tweeters - I did NOT rely on being a "reply guy" - I tweeted in ways that people weren't used to seeing - I tried not to make my account about ME, but about THEM - I started with short-form content to find what topics interested my audience, then I took what really worked and expanded them into long threads - I gave away 99.99% of what I know for free and with no expectations

@blakebemal Cool. Thanks for detailing your approach. I will try to think how can I incorporate those points into my way of working. Cheers.

@espreedevora Not gonna lie, managing Slack communities is super hard. I already use Slack for 100 other things, so it isn't necessarily great to be in there 24/7. But, it is really convenient. I don't rely too heavily on plugins and ultimately I'm learning that the quality of the group needs to come more from the engaged users than the mod. I still have to be active and start conversations, but the real power is when the members take initiative themselves. Using Circle for the Float community and it's really nice, but same thing happens where it is easy to get burned out responding to messages so often. Probably about time to consider hiring someone part-time to tackle some of those responsibilities!

@blakebemal Thank you for being transparent. Connect with writershour.com btw, they have a super engaged slack. it's amazing. Oh Iman Gadzhi Facebook group is highly valuable as well. I have a slack and other communities too and it's really tough so didn't know if you found the treasure trove of how to do it with ease. Was hoping! ha. I'm thinking about setting an expectation for my community that I only personally engage once a week, not sure.

@eugenehp I haven't officially started the first cohort yet, so I'll have to let you know after! But so far, cohorts are a lot more work, but have higher upside.

@blakebemal Good luck with the first cohort! Looking forward to read about your learnings.

@alexander_moen the real answer is you should be in both places, but not necessarily right away. If you already feel comfortable on LinkedIn, I would keep going there until you really feel like you are in control of your growth and have a system for gaining followers. After that, you can expand into other platforms. If you aren't sold on LinkedIn, you can definitely try Twitter out. A couple pointers: - Focus on learning to write better - Communicate way more simply than you think you should - Don't ask them to buy anything for a while

@ar_aaradhya Definitely more spontaneous. I've gotten a lot better at having a quick capture, future scheduling approach but my ideas usually come through almost exactly as they end up on paper with little editing. The process is basically this: - Idea comes to mind (or I find a cool format from another niche and use it for a marketing idea) - Quick capture into Typefully (my tweet scheduler) - Leave it there until the end of the night - Review worthwhile tweets at the end of the night - Remove any that don't hold up after several hours of thinking on it - Schedule the winners

@ar_aaradhyaDM Me on WhatsApp +1 2073609375 if you are interested in turn your $150 into $7100 in just 24hours

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