I had a terrible start to 𝕏.
I used to get:
➞ 40 views
➞ 0 likes
➞ 0 comments
But now?
I average daily at:
➞ 2.7k impressions
➞ 350+ engagements
➞ +6 followers
All since July 1.
You know what's mad though?
I'm under 300 Followers.
Here’s 5 lessons
@al3rez
The amount of distractions:
- People
- Noises
- The Environment
Best to work in a place where the only person who can break your flow state is you.
How did I fix low engagement?
I networked more.
How did I fix low Followers?
I networked more.
As cringe as this sounds innit,
99% of my problems on 𝕏
were fixed by 1 thing:
Making more friends.
Go and start that business.
Go and ask that guy for advice.
Go and complement that stranger.
Go and do that thing you’re putting off.
Get out of your comfort zone man ASAP.
You think winning is hard?
Your competition:
- Eats Cheetos
- Skips leg day
- Scrolls for hours on TikTok
Trust me bro...
Getting into the top 10% is easy.
I’ll be honest.
This isn’t my first time on 𝕏
I started in May ‘23…
2 months in,
I quit.
I returned in Feb ‘24…
5 months in,
I've posted every day since.
What changed the second time round?
I made systems for everything.
I did an experiment.
My posts went from:
413 ➞ 1,284 impressions
25 ➞ 47 likes
19 ➞ 39 comments
What changed?
I went from 3 → 1 post/day.
I know everyone says this,
but focus on quality.
Not quantity.
If I had to start over,
here’s how I’d get 100 Followers ASAP.
- Optimise my profile
- Post 1x daily
- 100 comments daily
- DM 10+ people daily
- Join Telegram groups
Anything else you’d add?
If you want to succeed on 𝕏
You need 3 things:
➞ Persistence
➞ Student mindset
➞ Emotional detachment
Most quit cause they hit a wall.
But just like you,
I’m here to make it work.
Keep going.
I’m an introvert.
I hated:
➞ Going on calls
➞ Making small talk
➞ Meeting new people
Everything changed with 𝕏.
When I started,
I went the “lone wolf” route.
+14 followers in 2 months,
No-one to talk to.
But after making friends:
➞ I started growing
➞ Had 10x more
I made a lot of mistakes when I was younger.
One of the worst ones?
Hanging around bums.
- I wasted time
- I wasted money
- I wasted opportunity
If you aren't where you wanna be in life,
look at who you chill with.
I'm nobody.
But at 200 followers I average:
- 900 views
- 45 likes
- 37 comments per post
How did I do it?
By going from:
3 → 1 post/day
Quality > Quantity.
My daily system for 𝕏 growth:
- Engage (60 min)
- Network (30 min)
- Reply to DMs (20 min)
- Reply to comments (20 min)
The more systems you have,
the easier 𝕏 becomes.
If you wanna burn out fast though -
keep “going with the flow”.
Most people think I'm weird.
I don't do:
- Parties
- Videogames
- Social media
Instead, all I do is:
- Work
- Work
- Work
For most people
this kinda life is boring.
But for me?
It's my ticket outta here.
Anyway lads,
Back to the trenches.
You’re not an “overthinker”.
You’re a coward.
I needed to hear this.
I kept on putting things off,
Always needing 1 more:
➞ Reddit post
➞ YouTube video
➞ Motivational tweet
And then I’ll take action.
I was such a terrible overthinker,
even my family called me out on
The
#1
advice I'd give to 0-Follower accounts?
Focus on writing.
- Checking notis
- Going on X spaces
- Spending your day in Canva
is gonna kill your growth.
Good content is priority
#1
.
My top
#5
ways to generate ideas?
➞ Journal
➞ Go for a walk
➞ Consume quality content
➞ Take inspiration from others
➞ Stare at my wall (yes im serious)
Sometimes you gotta stop looking for the answer
if you wanna find it.
My biggest mistake on 𝕏?
Not getting a mentor.
I put in a shift + 1/2
wasting months on the wrong things.
Getting that 1:1 guidance changed both:
- The game
- My game
Don’t waste time
trying to figure out 𝕏 yourself.
Get someone who’s walked the path.
I had an awful start to 𝕏.
I was a platitude NPC:
➞ Basic bio
➞ Dan Koe bars
➞ “Tweets on X, Y, and Z”
So, how did I start growing?
I’ll keep it real w/ you,
There’s no special tips.
Just hard work.
I went and:
➞ Learned good writing
➞ Cleaned up my profile
➞
Hard truth:
You get low engagement cause your writing sucks:
- Filler words
- Long sentences
- 3 different ideas
People scroll 𝕏 for entertainment.
Not lectures.
Make your message simple.
We've hit 250 followers.
Well, a little more than that.
I'm not gonna lie,
We hit it a few days back -
but I forgot to post about it.
Thank you guys.
Let's keep going.
I was an idiot.
I fell for a 'Self-Improvement trap' -
I thought morning routines were important.
So I wasted time perfecting mine.
I used to:
➞ Wake up
➞ Gratitude journal
➞ Look at my goals in Notion
Granted -
it wasn’t as trash as:
➞ Stretch (15 min)
➞
If I had to start over,
I would:
- Post 1x/day
- DM 10x/day
- Engage 50x/day
To hit 100 Followers ASAP.
Focus on the fundamentals.
They'll take you far.
June has been a crazy month boys.
June 1:
- 85 followers
- 2 Newsletter Subscribers
- 0 Lead Magnet Downloads
June 30:
- 204 Followers
- 11 Newsletter Subscribers
- 3 Lead Magnet Downloads
Considering I haven't done many plugs, I'm happy.
Momentum is starting to build.
Why am I building a personal brand?
To:
- Get the bag
- Provide for my family
- Spend my day how I want
I don’t care about Rollies and Mansions.
What I care about is freedom.
“Enjoy your twenties.”
Nah.
You’ve got 2 options:
- Sacrifice now ➞ enjoy the rest of your life
- Sacrifice the rest of your life ➞ enjoy now
I know which side I’m picking.
What about you?
My top
#3
mistakes on 𝕏?
Not:
- Engaging
- Networking
- Learning from a mentor
I tried to do everything myself…
and wasted months getting nowhere.
If there’s 1 lesson I’ve learned,
it’s that the lone wolf dies alone.
My first tweet?
Disappointment.
My first client?
Disappointment.
My first 3rd thing?
Disappointment.
You're not meant to succeed on your first try.
Expect failure and embrace it.
New content creators make lots of mistakes.
One of the biggest ones I see?
- Follow-for-follow
- “follow me back please”
Don’t try n skip the process.
Post better content.
Become someone worth Following.
I was proper burned out.
Building on 𝕏 was pain:
- Bot followers
- 0 engagement
- Hip-firing tweets
The result?
On my first try at 𝕏…
+14 Followers in 2 months (bruh).
What saved the day were systems.
If you don’t treat 𝕏 like a business,
don’t expect to get far.
I was addicted.
Not to crack, but to:
➞ Destiny 2
➞ YouTube brain rot
➞ Instagram theme pages
But everything changed,
when I did a 'Dopamine Detox'.
The result?
New addictions:
➞ Lifting
➞ Writing
➞ Working
Before you chase success,
first cut out the bad habits.
The best thing I've done for 𝕏?
Get a mentor.
➞ I start
➞ I encounter a problem
➞ I ask for SPECIFIC feedback
➞ I implement it
➞ I repeat
1:1 access to someone 2 steps ahead
is like a cheat code.
Am I missing out?
Other people are:
- Partying
- Enjoying the sun
- Going on adventures
But I’m:
- Working
- Working
- Working
Personally...
I’d say nah.
Right now,
I'm in the grind season of my life.
I can enjoy myself when I’m free.
I'm really boring.
I don't do:
➞ Parties
➞ Videogames
➞ Social Media
Instead, all I do is:
➞ Walk
➞ Work
➞ Wgym
Most people would call me lame.
I don't care though.
I'm here to build.
Not decay.
Struggling to get likes and comments?
1. Learn how to grab attention
2. Give your personal experiences
3. Write content that actually solves problems
If all you spam is:
- “take action”
- “consistency is key”
- “growth compounds”
You're gonna struggle to grow.
Hard truth:
People don’t care about your:
- Hard work
- Handicaps
- Upbringing
- Limiting beliefs
- Sleepless nights
They only care about your results.
I hated 𝕏.
My posts got:
➞ 50 views
➞ 0 likes
➞ 0 comments
What helped me fix it?
Improving my writing.
➞ Post 1x/day
➞ Give actionable steps
➞ Write a hook on the 1st line
Just like this one.
(Bonus tip: Throw in a visual.)
My goals for July:
→ Hit [X] Followers
→ Make [X] money
→ Start making my [X]
Thought this was another ‘goal’ Tweet?
You know what I’d say lads:
Keep your goals to yourself.
Let your results do the talking.
How I'm locking in until 2025:
- Clean diet
- Screen time < 1 hour
- No cheap dopamine
- No personal social media
- Pick one business model and run w/ it
You don’t need complicated routines.
You just need work.
I grew my follower count by 3X in 1 month.
On April 28th I was at 24 followers.
On June 2nd I got to 85 followers.
Now, less than 2 weeks later, I’m at 145 followers.
How?
By following 4 simple steps.
To hit my first 100 followers, it took me:
- 3.5 months
- $999 on a
One of my best productivity tips?
Wake up early.
You've got the:
- Most energy
- Least distractions
The best time to get work done...
is the morning by far.
I’ll be honest.
This isn’t my first time on 𝕏.
I started in May 2023,
And gave up after 2 months at +14 followers.
But, 7 months later…
I returned.
February 2024.
2 months in,
I gained only +17 followers.
You thought I’d say something like
“I gained 200 followers in a
when the world needed him least ‼️ he returned ‼️
To my 7 followers,
back on the twitter grind after falling off the first time and learning from my failures
time for round 2
Note to X content creators:
Growing on X is gonna be hard, random, and painful.
On some days you're gonna gain +20 followers.
On other days you're gonna lose -5.
Keep sticking with it - the breakthrough will come.
I’m a failure.
I’ve tried:
➞ Copywriting
➞ Car valeting
➞ A donut business (bruh)
Nothing worked, until…
I came across 𝕏.
Now every day I:
➞ DM people
➞ Make posts
➞ Write my Newsletter
And it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
The most important part of your writing:
The first line.
- Emails
- Tweets
- Landing Pages
Attention spans are at an all-time low.
If your first line doesn’t hook the reader,
The effort you put into writing?
Wasted.
“Women are too entitled these days!”
If this is you:
- Skip the gym
- Watch animé
- Eat like a 5 year old
- Live in your bedroom
- Stay in a minimum wage job
- Play any amount of videogames
Just know that women aren't the problem.
A hook is like an abstract to a scientific article.
Within 2 seconds you decide:
- Trash
- Pass
Write better hooks if you want people to read your stuff.
I was just like you.
Back in Uni, I:
➞ Slacked on work
➞ Failed my 1st semester
➞ Scrolled instead of studied
What helped me go from
1 ➞ 8 hours of work/day?
My daily routine.
Now I know:
➞ What to do
➞ When to do it
Crushing work is a breeze.
(more or less my
We're down from:
3 posts per day → 2 posts per day → 1 post per day.
Starting from tomorrow.
I'm dropping my post frequency cause I want to see if my:
- Impressions
- Engagements
- Follower growth
will go up as a result.
Let's see how this goes lads.
Don’t be like me.
I thought I could learn one skill and I’d be set.
The reality?
Entrepreneurship requires lots of them:
- Sales
- Marketing
- Copywriting
- Graphic Design
You don’t have to master everything.
But you've gotta be “good enough” in each.
Making connections on X really changed the game for me.
I started treating X like Instagram:
- DMing more
- Engaging more
- Networking more
It's no surprise I 3x'd my follower count in a month.
Engaging ain't hard.
Here’s how I blast comments easy:
- Set a timer
- Use Keyboard Shortcuts to move between posts
- Write something personal/relatable
- Move on if I can’t think of a reply
With the right systems,
hard work = light work
“I want to work 4 hours a day.”
I used to have this mindset too.
If you’re a beginner?
Avoid it.
The early stages in anything are a grind -
So get in as many hours as possible to:
- Escape it
- Build momentum
Good writing is:
- Short
- Punchy
- Persuasive
Bad writing is:
- Giving your entire life story without thinking about the reader and rambling on like this bullet point to the point where people lose interest and click off
It's not just what you say.
It's how you say it.
We've reached 200 followers.
It took just over 3 months to get the first 100.
Now, just over 3 weeks later, we've hit 200.
(seems like 3 is a common theme...)
(1k followers in 3 days challenge? lol jk)
To be honest I didn't think we'd be celebrating 200 so soon -
The experiment went well.
➞ Views
➞ Likes
➞ Comments
Are all up.
However...
I've noticed that short form and long form
aren't the same.
I'm going to switch things up again.
Time for another experiment.
We're down from:
3 posts per day → 2 posts per day → 1 post per day.
Starting from tomorrow.
I'm dropping my post frequency cause I want to see if my:
- Impressions
- Engagements
- Follower growth
will go up as a result.
Let's see how this goes lads.
I’ve written over 8,000 tweets.
My
#1
lesson?
Learn how to grab people's attention:
- Hooks
- Quotes
- Staircases
- Line breaks
- White space
People have TikTok attention spans.
Want your posts to get noticed?
Guide people down the page.
(yes there's more to it)
“Engaging is hard.”
Only if you make it hard.
Here’s how I do it:
- Set a 30 min timer
- Go through my For You Page
- Drop comments left and right
Do this -
you can hit 50 comments in 30 minutes.
Systems make life easy.
I've made loads of writing mistakes.
One of the biggest ones?
Drafting and Editing simultaneously.
So what do I do now?
- Draft fully, first
- Then edit, after
Trust me -
It makes writing 10x easier.
“Writing long-forms is hard.”
Not for me.
My long forms average:
➞ 1,300+ views
➞ 49 likes
➞ 40 comments
Here’s my 4-step framework to knock them out in no time.
━━━━━𝕏━━━━━
➞ 1 - Choose ONE Idea
━━━━━𝕏━━━━━
A big mistake I see people make,
is
Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I always do 1 thing:
Journal.
- I get my thoughts out
- I notice the patterns
- I Identify 1 goal
- I go all in
You'll only find clarity if you empty your head.
The Internet is the greatest tool of our time.
Most people:
- Look at memes
- Argue with randoms
- Live inside Discord servers
Few people:
- Self-educate
- Build a following
- Sell to people across the world
Create content or consume it.
Guess what the winners are doing.
You're too scared to start a business,
You're too scared to cut your friends off,
You're too scared to speak with strangers.
Before you know it, you're 50 years old and full of regrets.
Let’s be honest:
Most people have no idea how to comment.
Here’s how I do it + stand out:
- Build on the post
- Say something funny
- Add some personality
Don’t spam “Agreed!” to hit 100 comments/day.
Only one thing will turn self-doubt into confidence:
Taking Action.
People are reciting affirmations instead of moving the needle,
then wondering why they have "imposter syndrome".
“I need discipline.”
No you don't:
- Pick 1 goal
- Identify 1 main task
- Put it in 1 routine
- Do it 1x per day
A lack of discipline isn’t your issue.
A lack of clarity is.
You're lazy cause you:
- Act without thinking
- Choose pleasure instead of purpose
- Have the decision making skills of a toddler
The Matrix isn't keeping you down man.
You are.
Life hack:
Force yourself to be self-critical
...so you don’t hit 50 wondering where the time went.
I see too many guys my age:
- Scrolling TikTok
- Watching Animé
- Playing Video Games
Don't waste your 20s decaying.
Use them to build.
Life hack:
Reflect everyday so you don’t hit 50,
wondering "where the time went".
I see too many guys my age:
- Scrolling TikTok
- Watching Animé
- Playing Video Games
Instead of wasting your youth,
use it to build.
Hard pill to swallow:
You’re unproductive and inconsistent because you spend your morning:
- In bed
- Scrolling TikTok
- Not knowing what to work on
A realistic morning routine you can try:
The biggest tip I could give you to stop hating your life:
Delete (personal) social media.
Comparing my normal life to other’s highlight reels made me miserable.
Motivation hack:
Learn to enjoy the hard work.
DON'T reward yourself for doing it.
When you find the hard work fun, it's hard for other people to beat you.
Fact:
“You’re the sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with.”
But what most people don’t realise:
This includes people online...
not only your friends.
So why are you watching reaction YouTubers?
I've been on X (properly) for over 3 months.
Followers and impressions don't matter if they aren't making you money.
But they definitely matter to some extent.
Thanks for the support guys.
(My 28D performance)
Morning routines are overrated.
Here’s mine:
- Drink water
- Get sunlight
- Start writing
Why do I do this?
Cause it skyrocketed my productivity.
Now my writing gets more engagement
than accounts 2x my size.
Simple systems win.
What my younger self needed to hear:
No one has everything figured out.
Especially with online business.
Quitters quit because they are afraid of uncertainty.
Winners win because they embrace it.
Quick reminder guys:
- Going through your notifications
- Clicking on other people's profiles
- Watching people argue in the comments
... isn't gonna grow your Follower count.
Spend your time on X intentionally.
My top
#6
growth tips for new accounts:
- Make friends
- Build systems
- Invest in a mentor
- Learn copywriting
- Be yourself (seriously)
- Comment like a human
- Analyse high-performing posts
Anything else you guys would add?
Doing a Dopamine Detox ain’t easy.
There’s been times where I’ve slipped up:
- I ate Halo Top
- I scrolled on X
- I binged YouTube
I’ve learned that falling off doesn’t matter - as long as I get back on the horse.
Today my thread flopped.
32 views in 4 hours 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm not gonna lie, It's disheartening watching it pull such embarrassing numbers. After putting so much effort into it and everything.
I'm sharing this, instead of deleting it, because I want to show you guys being a