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Build in public on Twitter so your tweets bring in client leads
Most leads now come from his tweets; no ad spend
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What they did
After the Product Hunt launch he started building in public and joined communities. He joined Twitter about a year before the interview (late, by his account), built a modest following, and now gets most leads whenever he tweets.
What happened
Twitter is the primary lead source today
- Stage
- Growth
- Effort
- About a year of tweeting
“Today, my primary means of getting leads is like basically anytime I tweet. So Twitter, you know, came on board for me about a year ago. I was very late to the scene, and I've built a a mild following on the platform, and, you know, that's basically where most of my leads are generated today.”
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