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I used to think social media was useless, a bunch of status games I didn't want to participate in. Enter @david_perell. He made me realize the power of social media and how you can leverage the internet.
A thread on what I've learned from consuming everything he's made.
A thread on what I've learned from consuming everything he's made.
1/ Your social media feed is your most effective learning asset. Some tips:
- Go to your favourite profiles, tap the 3 buttons and check out their lists.
- Don't follow Twitter's recommendations, follow individuals
- Keep refining feed by unfollowing acc who stress and spam you
- Go to your favourite profiles, tap the 3 buttons and check out their lists.
- Don't follow Twitter's recommendations, follow individuals
- Keep refining feed by unfollowing acc who stress and spam you
2/ Tweetstorm writing guide
- In the first tweet, tell people why they should read the thread and what will get from reading it
- Make your tweets easy to skim and read. Use lists, short sentences, and emojis.
- Link your tweetstorm often to turn them into evergreen content
- In the first tweet, tell people why they should read the thread and what will get from reading it
- Make your tweets easy to skim and read. Use lists, short sentences, and emojis.
- Link your tweetstorm often to turn them into evergreen content
3/ More tweetstorm tips
- Tweetstorms aren't a long summary of content, it's a distillation
- One tweet, one main idea
- Use simple language, no more than 3 syllables
- Make your tweets actionable and practical
- Keep a consistent writing structure
- Tweetstorms aren't a long summary of content, it's a distillation
- One tweet, one main idea
- Use simple language, no more than 3 syllables
- Make your tweets actionable and practical
- Keep a consistent writing structure
4/ Boost Twitter following:
- Pack value densely: Create meta-threads and create super distilled threads
- Write lots of tweetstorms
- Reply quickly and add VALUE to people who you admire. Link relevant tweetstorms.
- Share your work and learnings frequently, always share value
- Pack value densely: Create meta-threads and create super distilled threads
- Write lots of tweetstorms
- Reply quickly and add VALUE to people who you admire. Link relevant tweetstorms.
- Share your work and learnings frequently, always share value
5/ Creating Value on Twitter is mainly:
- Saving people time: distilling, summarizing and curating
- Simplifying difficult concepts
- Showing people useful or interesting things: Reply with interesting links, resources, and ideas
- Saving people time: distilling, summarizing and curating
- Simplifying difficult concepts
- Showing people useful or interesting things: Reply with interesting links, resources, and ideas
6/ In the age of content abundance, authentic creators and brands will prevail attract the most passionate fans. These fans are the ultimate driving forces for businesses when intermediaries are gone. Fans are willing to spend exclusively for things that truly resonate with them.
7/ A lesson about synergy within your brand and body of work plus I thought of a new potential content/product that can be another source of potential you can create through livestreaming your writing process. https://twitter.com/Johnson_Mulia/status/1346445141490290689?s=19
