50 lessons after >300 days of tweeting nonstop

(including personal hacks)

Here goes ⤵️

1. Inspiration is irregular: some weeks you have tons of ideas, others you have zero.

2. Tweeting constantly helps a little; interacting constantly helps a lot.

3. It’s easier to get started with tweets if you have prompts ready.

4. The best way to come up with tweet ideas is simply to write tweets.

5. The second-best way is to read books about topics that have NOTHING to do with your niche.

6. Twitter/X has a huge turnover rate. Lots of people show up, but few stick around long term.

7. You SHOULD repost successful old tweets. New people love them; the old ones don’t even remember them.

8. You don’t need to be ultra-original: repeat the same message in different ways.

9. A tweet with personality > a tweet written by ChatGPT.

10. A tweet with data and numbers >>> a text-only tweet.

11. A tweet about money = guaranteed views 💸

12. A tweet about a boring project in progress = crickets 🦗

13. You make incredible friendships with complete strangers.

14. Controversial tweets about unrelated topics don’t really help you grow.

15. Copying is fine as long as you cite the source and add your own angle.

16. Hashtags are useless (seriously).

17. Likes barely matter.

18. Comments and retweets are PURE GOLD.

19. Twitter is mediocre as an acquisition channel for SaaS, unless your audience is a really good fit. SEO wins by a mile.

20. Twitter is like the school playground, except it’s full of CEOs, presidents, and 15-year-olds fighting for attention.

21. Engagement strategies do work (even if they’re a little cringe).

22. WAY more people have DM’d me than I expected.

23. Having 1,000 followers doesn’t change your life much compared to having 10.

24. The accounts that always comment and RT are worth more than Bitcoin at €1.

25. Twitter is a mine: there’s gold and there’s trash. The game is learning to tell them apart.

26. It’s surprisingly useful for keeping up with current events without turning on the TV.

27. 90% of your followers have no idea who you are or what you do.

28. There’s always an infinite horde of sexy girls (bots) liking your posts to boost your morale.

29. Users with anime profile pics code better than Google engineers (and they’re still in school).

30. Accounts desperate to make quick money are easy to spot from a mile away.

31. Liking, commenting, and being nice is free, and people really appreciate it.

32. Want viral tweets? Look at what your 10 most successful tweets have in common.

33. Picking the right emoji is a complex art (and I still haven’t quite mastered it 🤷‍♂️).

34. The HOOK in your first tweet determines whether someone will read your whole thread or not.

35. Half of FinTwit stop eating kebabs so they can invest €20/month in the S&P 500, thinking they’ll retire rich at 60.

36. If you have less than 10k, the best investment you can make is reading a book or starting a business. Forget the stock market for now.

37. You can have a civil debate without insults or blocks (sometimes they even follow you afterwards).

38. There are hidden cliques that trade RTs and comments. Run if you see “10 ways to get rich in 1 month” pinned.

39. Long tweets are cooler than people think.

40. The only useful way to use Twitter is with the “Following” feed. The “For You” feed is trash 99% of the time.

41. Everyone here has a course, a membership, or an ebook to sell you.

42. A carefully crafted thread gets 3 likes; a random tweet sent while drunk at 3 AM gets 3 million.

43. I’m sure my bosses don’t read this, because with this much financial transparency they would’ve called me out months ago.

44. Funny enough, I now know who the early risers are based on your interaction times 🤔

45. Amid all the BS, there are genuine geniuses giving away information that could be worth thousands of euros.

46. Posting time matters (a lot)

47. Don’t dilute your brand: be yourself. Say what you think the way you think it.

48. A tweet written in 2 minutes can do better than one you overthink for hours.

49. If you’re unsure whether to post it, post it. Authenticity usually makes the risk worthwhile.

50. Instead of chasing followers, try to start real conversations.

👇 What would you add?