How do you use Twitter?

[Butters]

For those of us who are on Twitter, how do you use the platform? I'm trying to use it for business but my home feed is still filled with random racism. 

Have you managed to build an engaged following in your niche? 

[Alex4]

Why not use Linkedin? It's more business oriented. 

[Schizophonia]

I don't use it anymore.

[Sabth]

Idk. It probably attracts hundredths of other female followers. Idk what I did in there. I have make it private and still had hundreds more following request from girls. I hadn’t use it for a while. Hadn’t opened it. There was a time when I make it and let it stay for a year without being active. X felt like everyone had their little opinion and I just couldn’t stand it. Really bad. Called a twitter for a reason. 
 

I hadn’t been active for a while so I’ve lost a lot of followers. 

[Michael569]

Depends on what you want to get out of it. With X, same as other platforms, consistency is a key. Daily tweeting, ideally about trending topics related to your business os rewarded more than irregular tweets. If you can post multiple times a day, even better 

Aim for short and consistent catchy titles, not long elaborate articles, that's more for LinkedIn. 

Reposting and resharing other people's tweets is what the algorithms reward as well. It's how you start growing network by having your post re shared by bigger accounts... obviously don't expect Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos to reshare so scale accordingly and find accounts that are slightly bigger but not massive. 

X doesn't like when you pull people away from the platform so it's all about engagement with a particular statement rather than having people, for example, click a link and download something or book a call. You're free to have that in your bio but it should not be the aim. X wants to maximise user's time on the platform so if you work against that rule, your posts won't be seen 

I think the best way to get started is to observe accounts you aspire towards, who do what you do but are larger.

Also spend some time practicing posting for Twitter. Maybe take an interesting article and practice writing about it in 60-100 characters focusing on engagement. Gpt can be pretty good for that to help you practice and give feedback but make sure to pay for premium.

Also, maybe this is more long term but don't forget about voice & tone consistency. It's not just about saying something but about how you say it and how consistent you are saying it this way. It's part of your branding - voice & tone guidelines. Throw it into GPT as well and he'll tell you more about it. It is what builds credibility with your audience and what makes your brand recognisable and trustworthy, people like being able to predict your behaviour in a way. Think of successful businesses, podcasters, they all do this in some way and when they don't, you're like "wait, that's weird, why do you say it like that" 

Good luck

Edited September 26 by Michael569

[Butters]

@Michael569 great advice thank you! 

5 hours ago, Michael569 said:

X doesn't like when you pull people away from the platform so it's all about engagement with a particular statement rather than having people, for example, click a link and download something or book a call. You're free to have that in your bio but it should not be the aim. X wants to maximise user's time on the platform so if you work against that rule, your posts won't be seen 

I started today and I did put a link in my pinned tweet to a Google form. I've seen others do this as well, using their pinned tweet for lead gen. 

Also found this video helpful. He uses Notion to keep track of accounts he engages with and I'm copying his method:

Another thing I heard people do is simply run ads. One guy claimed to  gained 10k followers for $1500 in less than 36 hours. Depending on your niche and offer I could see that being worth it, though not sure how targeted those are. 

 

Edited September 26 by Butters

[The Chosen One]

There are 5 key elements you need to optimize to have a killer bio.

1. Profile Pic
2. Banner Image 
3. Catchy Handle
4. Pinned Tweet
5. Text and Emojis in Bio Box

The better the bio the more likely it is you will get followers more quickly. I tweet daily using hypefury to schedule my tweets and I use tweetai to help create tweets or rewrite other successful tweets. I also use images and video when possible. I also comment a lot and like other people's comments to get more exposure. It is hard to grow in the beginning because Twiiter/X will recommend new users to big accounts. If you're new yourself then the algorithm won't push your content as much. I use hypefury to do auto DMs to help grow my account as well. While I am working on Twitter I also do YT and Instagram as well. If you have your own product/coaching program you can slide into people's DMs and start a convo, ask them what they are struggling with, and say you can help them. Show testimonials, social proof, and pitch. You don't need any following for this strategy. There are a lot of intelligent people on Twitter and I have learned a lot over the past 2 1/2 months. My brain feels like it's getting bigger by the day.

[Thought Art]

Isn’t that platform a dumpster fire?

[Javfly33]

5 hours ago, Thought Art said:

Isn’t that platform a dumpster fire?

yeah.

@Butters Use Linkedn or even Instagram.

X is evil 😵‍💫

[Ayham]

porn


just kidding