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✓ 3 Little-Talked About Growth Tips for Twitter/X

✓ 3 Little-Talked About Growth Tips for Twitter/X

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Sep 05, 2023
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Hi friends

I am nowhere near an expert on Twitter/X growth and strategies. But if you observe a few things closely, you’ll see patterns of successful accounts.

The biggest three (in my mind) are no-brainers, hardly surprising, and yet little-talked about.

Let’s talk!

It’s going to be quick!

  1. Using visuals. Images, GIFs, and videos. Large creators getting millions of impressions on each post use one of these content formats. Images with funny captions, GIFs, or videos. Now, the important thing is to make these visuals stand out. You can’t just pick the first GIF from GIF search, or a basic Unsplash image. What’s trending is images side-by-sides with funny captions, compilations that mean something, or charts and drawn pics with a message.

  2. Asking questions. Asking questions is a great way to start a conversation, but it also seems to be the non-plus-utra growth tactic on X. To be honest, I don’t know why. Might be just a temporary trend. B…

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