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Are you building your online audience?

I'm wondering if you're building an online audience guys.

I started to build my Twitter audience last year at the end of February.

Currently, I have 58K+ followers which is great and I would like to go to other social media platforms like Instagram.

I found this approach great because of a few factors:

  1. It's much easier to validate your idea

  2. You get feedback right away

  3. You get supporters for the project in its early stage

  4. You don't have to add features nobody requires.

on January 28, 2022
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    I'm 100% focused on Twitter

    I've tried LinkedIn and Instagram in the past, but even though I grew a good size audience on those platforms, nothing compares to the experience of networking on Twitter.

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      Great to be connected Roberto!

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      It feels like the only people active on Linkedin are consultants/recruiters. Actual customers do not seem to be active there at all.

      I am surprised Insta did not work for you. If I may ask what kind of audience did you build on Insta?

      BTW just checked your Twitter, interesting product you have. I have been looking for an affordable SEO tool. Will have to give it a try.

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        Honestly, I did not have a strategy for Instagram, maybe that was the problem.

        Thanks! katlinks.io is really cool. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with!

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    Good points, community is always the best start for any personal branding or business :)

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      It makes things so much easier over time.

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    I agree with you. Virtually everything can benefit from having an audience somewhere. For me the best place is Twitter. I've started being active on there this month and have already been seeing some results.

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      I definitely agree with you on this.

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    Failing to build one mostly. I find Reddit much easier to get into than Twitter. I don't know if making popular posts on Reddit really translates into a following though. On the other hand some communities are open to anyone asking for feedback or offering a product. So I'm not sure Twitter is the best place for that anyway?

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      Reddit is mostly anonymous without any strong connections between people. Twitter is much more about stronger connections and you get much more support from the community.

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    Hi Csaba!

    I agree, Twitter is an amazing resource. In 2020, when I launched my first product I realized the value of having an audience.

    This year, I've decided to build an audience on Twitter and have documented my journey here:
    https://www.indiehackers.com/post/1-month-of-taking-twitter-seriously-fa9bfa16f5

    It's amazing that you got 58K followers in less than a year 🔥🔥🔥

    Ashish

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      Hi Ashish, good to see you here. Good luck on Twitter!

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    I am currently focused on building my Twitter audience, both for my account and my company - Sociomata.com 's account.

    What I have learnt so far:

    • You need to give engagement to get engagement
    • Initially, Quality Replies >> Original Tweets
    • Speaking in spaces increases your followers
    • Hosting spaces from company page is a good way to gain visibility and followers. You can invite micro-influencers to talk in these spaces.

    I started this 2 weeks ago and let's see what happens after 3 months of consistent audience building and content creation.

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    Yes, I do. Publish newsletter to over 2,200 other entrepreneurs and investors.

    It helps me keep going the business ☺️

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    I'm focusing on building an audience on Linkedin. However I'm mainly relying on LinkedIn's groups and communities, it allows you to segment your audience.

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    Trying to grow on Twitter as well.
    I have been inconsistent lately...

    If anyone's interested in seeing No code, automation and overall personal growth content give me a follow :)

    https://twitter.com/ViceCaz

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    Yeah i tried it's going very well and i suggested you to see here https://partopia.ca/.

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    I agree, the community should be the ultimate vote to understand if your product:m/content is satisfying their needs or if it is just another brick in the wall.

    Btw since we are on the topic - do you find this website helpful in understanding NFTs?

    https://nftportal.co/