How I Reached 1000 Followers on Twitter
How I Reached 1000 Followers on Twitter
It was hard and tough. It costs 4,000 tweets and replies. I'll show you what I learned in the past 6 months.
Hey everyone!
Hope you had a great start to the week.
Six months ago, I started my Twitter journey.
I never thought I would reach 1000 followers.
When I found the right people there, everything changed.
So 4,000 tweets later, I made it.
It was hard, challenging, and cost me nerves.
This is no flex.
I want to share my failures and gains that you can learn from them.
5 things I have learned so far👇
❌ The follower number stands for nothing
💪 Everything is possible
✅ Show your work & mistakes
🤝 Give value
📅 Stay consistent (+Bonus point)
❌ The follower number stands for nothing
You might be thinking:
"1,000 followers in 6 months? That's low."
Sure, many other accounts grow much faster.
But I'm thrilled with that and thankful for each one.
The follower number is not everything.
I don't like people who brag about how much they work.
I'd instead show the work than talk about how much it is.
I managed 4,000 tweets and replies and am incredibly grateful and pleased with the result.
I see many large accounts that offer no value. So many small accounts that put in much more work and time.
And these give 100x more value.
Please don't rate accounts by follower count anymore.
💪 Everything is possible
Another point I learned is that anything is possible.
Half a year ago, I didn't expect to get 1000 followers at all.
If you stick with it and go through the time between the motivation at the beginning and the reward, it's unbelievable.
It's hard, no question about it. And it will get a lot harder too. But if it were easy, everyone could do it.
Believe in yourself and be at peace with yourself.
Then anything is possible.
✅ Show your work & mistakes
The best way is to show your work.
What is meant by this?
I am reading the book: "Show your work" by Austin Kleon.
It's about showing your work by showing what you are learning.
Your mistakes
Your successes
Your story
People love storytelling.
I’m still working on this on Twitter. Building trust and a relationship with your followers is essential.
I'm trying to improve that more and more.
🤝 Give value
It doesn't do you any good to host countless giveaways and only do engagemant farming.
It's a quick dopamine hit. Yes, I've tested it too.
Therefore, I would like to tell you a concise story:
I saw an account that started with me, and we always supported each other.
At one point, he suddenly had 2000 followers. I congratulated him.
Shortly after that, it was 5000, although he was on a short break, as he said.
When I congratulated him again and asked how he did it, he said he would comment on large accounts.
He makes great content. So I asked me why does he only get two likes on his tweets with 5,000 followers?
It was obvious that something was fake. He is no longer active now.
This has shown me again that it's no use buying followers or engagement farming.
This is the follower counter of his account:
For comparison, this is mine:
You have to give, give and give again before you get anything.
So much time people invest in threads, tweets, newsletters, and hundreds, thousands of hours of work.
At some point, it pays off.
And that brings me to my last point.
📅 Stay consistent
This is the key.
I am constantly thinking about how I can improve my skills.
I was reflecting on what was good and what was terrible.
Don't point fingers at others, and certainly not at the algorithm.
You can focus on improving your writing style and test things out.
For example, I changed my entire profile last week👇
Just keep at it and don't give up, no matter how hard it gets.
You can change your entire life with Twitter within 1-2 years if you want to.
Don't blame anyone but focus twice as much on your tweets, skills, and strategy.
🔶Bonus point
Be positive. Trust me.
Do not lie.
Be who you are.
Don’t discuss with haters.
Do not feel offended by haters.
Stay away from negative people.
Don't shoot against anyone but help.
Don’t go ahead and drag anyone into the mud.
But be open to feedback and criticism.
That's it.
Thanks for reading.
I wish you a productive week.
See you next time!