there are newer accounts who grew fast successfully. some of it may be luck, some might be off-platform advantages. but if you really want to grow you actually need one more thing - talking to people
get outside of 1-to-many writing echochamber and start sending DMs to people
yes. it honestly took me years to fully understand it. everyone talks about word of mouth being the most powerful marketing right? well that means your whole goal is to get word of mouth
Damn, Dave, you just put into words what I have always suspected.
Never knew there was a name for this.
Thanks for speaking the truth, now wonder why so many creator get caught up in this whole pyramid scheme of "If I did this, you can do this to with the exact same strategy."
Great article! I got here after that wave, so I’ll just keep plugging away and staying consistent
tldr: successful accounts started earlier
kinda true, but not the whole story
there are newer accounts who grew fast successfully. some of it may be luck, some might be off-platform advantages. but if you really want to grow you actually need one more thing - talking to people
get outside of 1-to-many writing echochamber and start sending DMs to people
You’re actually so on point. Do things that don’t scale — Paul Graham
yes. it honestly took me years to fully understand it. everyone talks about word of mouth being the most powerful marketing right? well that means your whole goal is to get word of mouth
so start talking, make it personal
100000000% the biggest growth gurus with the biggest accounts started a few years ago and the algo and everything was super different back then!
Damn, Dave, you just put into words what I have always suspected.
Never knew there was a name for this.
Thanks for speaking the truth, now wonder why so many creator get caught up in this whole pyramid scheme of "If I did this, you can do this to with the exact same strategy."
So glad you enjoyed Csabi. We have to keep our eyes peeled for these cognitive bias we’ll have :)
Very insightful read, Dave. It explains so much!