What to do as a new creator on Twitter?

Hello my friend, welcome to a new issue of our conversation, you might notice, I have not been much active on Twitter lately, I have been posting tweets and threads, but not getting time to engage much with others.

Why?

End semester exams.

Maybe you know, I am in the pre-final year of my undergrad, exam season is here, late nights, 6-hour sleep schedules, no working out, sigh.

But here I am, going strong with the newsletter game, to discuss a question I get frequently in my DMs:

What to do when starting as a creator?

We talked about starting out as a new creator on Twitter, treat this as an extension to it, but a more in-depth talk and I also have some tricks that might be helpful for you, especially at the beginner stage of your journey.

Without wasting any more time, let’s get started.

The entry point:

After reading the recent issue, you finally have started with creating a profile, following some people in your niche, and engaging with people on a regular basis.

But you know what? That’s not enough.

I did this too, I was posting some tweets daily and had a personal picture as my profile header(lol), but still, it felt like there was a missing piece in the puzzle.

There are 2 types of people on Twitter:

1. Who have no personal brand and only post content like bots to get likes and followers

2. Who have genuine connection with their audience and have a good reputation, which makes an impact on other people.

Here’s a choice: You need to choose one, don’t come into my DMs saying…

But Atharva, I am posting daily, writing threads, and still not growing by 100 Followers overnight?

This is the exact reason you are not growing.

You are doing this for numbers, not connections.

I remember when I was starting, I used to fantasize about having 20-30K followers, pumping out content like a bot and not focusing on my personal brand, posting a thread every day, and wondering why wasn’t I growing.

But upon some research, I improved my approach and have the results today, what did I do differently? Let’s dive into it:

1. Start building friendships:

   • Nobody is going to give a damn about you if you left Twitter today forever, understand this?

   • But the only ones who will care are the friends you made. Interact with people, provide some value, and vibe with the ones you vibe with, simple.

2. Find a problem:

   • What is the problem I am solving? Building a personal brand as a developer alongside coding, and sharing my journey with you, similarly, find a good reason you are here.

   • It can be anything, you want to build a business, become a great developer by learning in public, get more opportunities etc.

3. Talk about it daily:

   • Now this is an action step, go to my Twitter profile, read the last 10 TWEETS/THREADS I have written, and reply to me the observation.

   • If you do this, I will share the 3rd secret with you personally in DMs.

Why am I sending you to do this? Because 90% of the people who read stuff like this will forget about it after some time, not taking action and just procrastinating.

I don’t want you to become one of them, everything takes effort to achieve, and no one is going to spoon-feed you success, remember that.

TLDR;

1. Find friends and people with common interests

2. Find a problem and try to solve it yourself

3. Talk about it daily

Well, I gotta go now, in a bit of a hurry because of exams, but trying my best to provide you with some value about what I know.

No plugs today ;), take care, bye!