7 Ways to Grow on Twitter

February 28, 2023

Welcome to Actionable Insights, a newsletter exploring health, mindset, and productivity!

In This Issue:

  • How to grow on Twitter

  • Tool of the week - Bird Stash for Twitter Growth

Reading Time: 3 minutes

7 Ways to Grow on Twitter:

Twitter's algorithm changes and conflicting advice can be confusing for new creators.

How do you actually grow on Twitter while maintaining high engagement?

I built an audience of over 600 people in 60 days. 

Here's how I would do it again.

1) Optimize your profile

First impressions matter. Your profile is often the first full impression that potential followers see. 

Banner essentials:

  • Visuals

  • Your niche

  • Brand colors

Bio essentials:

  • Social proof

  • Target audience

  • What you can offer

  • A/B test with birdy.so

Profile picture essentials:

  • Smiling

  • Clear image

  • Facing forward

2) Create valuable content

A lot of people say similar things on Twitter. To stand out, make your content highly actionable.

If your tweet can be broken into multiple high quality tweets, you're on the right track.

3) Engage with others

Reciprocity is the name of the game. If you comment on people's tweets, they'll do the same for you.

Comment at most 30 times per session to avoid a shadow ban.

4) Send personalized DMs

DMs allow you to build relationships with people who can become friends or mentors.

Send a mix of cold and warm DMs to develop new relationships and nurture existing ones.

5) Avoid external links in your original tweets

External links can tank your tweet's reach.

Put external in a second tweet after the first tweet has gained traction.

6) Add a pinned tweet

Your pinned tweet or thread should be one of your best performing pieces.

Choose a tweet or thread that gives profile viewers an idea of your niche.

7) Analyze your tweets

Twitter Analytics is a good place to start. Make note of topics and hooks that performed exceptionally well. 

You can use those topics and hooks for future tweets after a few weeks.

Twitter Growth TL; DR:

  • Optimize your profile

  • Create valuable content

  • Engage with others

  • Send personalized DMs

  • Avoid external links

  • Add a pinned tweet

  • Analyze your tweets

Tools of the Week — Bird Stash:

Bird Stash is a set of 22 Twitter Growth tools curated by Syed Huq (@thesyedhuq).

Here are some of the capabilities of Bird Stash's tools.

1) Make a profile picture

2) Craft a bio

3) Find tweet ideas

4) Schedule tweets

5) Hide Twitter metrics

Final Note:

I'm excited to start this journey of writing a newsletter that aims to improve your life. I look forward to sharing valuable insights on health, mindset, and productivity every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Stay consistent,

Simrun