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How to get started with build in public?

Hey,

I'm curious to learn about your build-in public journey.

The most popular posts that I see in build-in public are revenue updates. Apart from that, what do you post? Recently I've seen someone posting a video on their mock-up designs. Are such posts for people who have already built some audience? Is it just about milestones or everything in between - the failures, small wins etc?

How did you "build in public"? How did you get started, and what are some lessons learnt? What are some things that worked for you, some experiments etc?

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Building in Public
on April 12, 2023
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    Building in public requires consistency, so it's important to make sure you have a plan for how often you will share updates and stick to it. This will help you build momentum and keep your audience engaged.

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    I think it helps to build an audience first for sure. Otherwise, there's a good chance no one will see your tweet at all and you won't get the first few linkes that get the ball rolling.

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    just as some other comments pointed out success stories are important, but even when you are just starting out you can see some success stories unfolding. Think of everyday challenges you are facing and how you over come them. Make that your success stories and you got what you need. Like a little bug that I chased for hours on end and it came out to be just a line missing here.

    Even the small success can be great stories. it is mainly how you tell the story in an engaging way that makes or breaks it.

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    Step 1: Buy one of those annoying Twitter bots that retweets your own tweets so more people see them.

    Step 2: Get unfollowed by me because those people annoy me

    Step 3: Break your tweet into multiple lines and fill it with inane emojis

    Step 4: Make no money.

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    Very good point about the typical popular posts. People like success stories but it is hard to post one if you are just starting. Share whatever you find. Thanks!

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      Yeah, exactly. It's super hard to have some "win" stories initially.

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      Ahah yeah.

      I haven't had success yet but I have a lot of failures.

      I'm just thinking of sharing what I've learned from those failures.

      I don't know who said that "Chess is the springboard to success.".

      But I completely agree.

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