1 Month of Taking Twitter "Seriously"

Context

I've been tweeting every day of 2022 and here are the results: 📈

• 51.8K impressions 🔼 48,306.5%
• 11.7K Profile Visits 🔼 9,650.8%
• 139 mentions
• 68 Followers 🔼 45

I shared a post two weeks ago and these were my stats then:

• 20.2K impressions
• 4,565 Profile Visits
• 19 Mentions
• 33 Followers

Most metrics have more than doubled...not a great feat considering how low they were 😅

1. Solo tweets don't work 🛠

When you're a small account with < 500 followers, no one really cares what you think and no matter how amazing, your posts are very unlikely to get traction. Simply because not many people are even going to see it.

Here's my only solo tweet that did 'well' (10 likes lol):

2.5k impressions and 10 likes

But that was because I linked it in a reply to a post that was going viral...

What I've found is, the only way to build an audience is replying to the tweets of other people.

Here's my most popular reply:

4.9k impressions and 40 likes

🔑 The key is in the mentions...to grow 2x I had to increase my replies 7x.

2. Find your Community 🛠

You need to find a community and engage consistently with them. The IndieHacker community is very active and provide useful tips.

Here are a few recommendations to get you started:
@dagorenouf
@tonydinh
@threehourcoffe
They all tweet about growth as an IndieHacker and @dagorenouf has some great memes.

3. Reply Consistently - Every Day ✅

The only way to grow is to keep tweeting consistently. The more you tweet, the more opportunities for people to find you and become familiar with you.

4. Timing ⏰

I've found that the communities I engage with, usually tweet between 3pm - 4pm UTC.

Replying to tweets while they're new means people are more likely to see your reply. Otherwise your tweet will get buried in hundreds of other replies.

In Conclusion

Those were just my thoughts, let me know if you have any other tips!

You can find me building in public on Twitter @selvarajashish 🚀