Subscribr · B2C · AI scriptwriting for YouTubers
Start a new X account, follow the niche, trade free tools for emails
Built an email list of 1,000+ people in a niche he was new to
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What they did
Opened a brand-new X account with zero followers and followed everyone in the YouTube creator space. Created small free resources of value using his software skills and distributed them via viral giveaways on X to collect emails. Also posted raw build-in-public stories of his thinking to build trust.
What happened
Email list of over 1,000 people
- Stage
- Pre-launch
“I signed up for X, I opened up a brand-new account with zero followers, and I started following everyone in the YouTube space. From there, I, you know, started finding opportunities to create things of value for people in that space using my skill set as a software engineer.”
“So I started putting together little pieces of content, and I would put it out there using viral giveaways on on X. And from there, I was able to build up an email list of over 1,000 people.”
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