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I am building a million-dollar personal brand on Twitter from the ground up.

Here's my exact playbook (feel free to copy).
Audience.

Nothing in this thread will work if you don't have an audience.

The more people who follow (and TRUST) you, the better you'll do (and more fun you'll have).

Here's how to build an audience:
You have 10 seconds to convert someone from a reader to a follower.

To do this, your profile must be:

- Clear
- Direct
- Simple

Starting with your banner.
Your banner is your business card.

Include only the crucial elements you want people to know.

- Limit words
- Center the text
- Cut the cutesy fluff

Here's @thejustinwelsh's banner.

Clear, direct and actionable banner, but it doesn't stop there.
@thejustinwelsh Your thumbnail is what people notice first.

People are attracted to faces. Include them, even if it's not YOUR face.

Don't use logos, landscapes, or the default Twitter "egg". Make your thumbnail bright, clear, and easy to recognize.

@iamclintmurphy's is spot on.
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy Your bio is the most important element of your profile. Write a great bio and it'll be a magnet for growth.

Great bios include three elements:

- Selling prop
- Social cred
- Call to action

In that order.

Here is @OhHaiAndy's excellent bio:
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy Nobody follows you without looking at your profile first.

Half-ass your profile and people won't follow. Get it right and it'll be a magnet for growth.

I didn't add 130,000 followers in 2022 by accident. My profile sells.

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@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy Email list.

Social media is like renting a room in a fancy hotel, but email is like owning your own mansion.

The mission: Get people off of a rented space (like Twitter) and get them onto a platform that *you own*.

That's email.
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy My email list is growing by 10% every week. By the end of the year, I should have close to 100,000 email subscribers.

Social media is the funnel.

Email is the income-producing asset.
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy Make it easy to sign up.

- Put a form on your blog
- Plug your list on Twitter
- Create a free giveaway

Email them every week

Your email list is your income.
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy Courses.

My primary course, FI/Accelerator, is a huge money-maker. People love it. I earn $2,500+ every time I send an email about it.

From my last sale:
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy The best way to sell courses:

- Run sales periodically
- Make them time-sensitive
- Send one email a day during sale
- Send two emails on the last day, one 3 hours before the sale ends

Don't hard sell. Tell a story.
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy Sponsorships.

The bigger your email list (or website), the more money sponsors will pay.

I've sold sponsored emails/posts for over $3,000 a pop. Sell 10 a month and that's $360,000 a year.

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@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy A lot of bad companies out there want to exploit your audience.

I say no to about 99% of companies who want to be a sponsor. I value my audience and have extremely high standards for sponsors.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy Building a big audience on Twitter is no small feat, but with the right strategies in place, it can be done.

Remember:

-> Build an audience, then
-> Get them onto a space you own

Then, email them weekly with high-value [free] content. Yes, make it free. Make it GOOD.
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy Then, consider other avenues for income, such as:

- Sponsorships
- Podcasts
- Affiliates
- Coaching
- Courses

There's limitless potential to earn a lot of money from your personal brand.

Million-dollar brands are more common than you think. ;)
@thejustinwelsh @IAmClintMurphy @OhHaiAndy If you need help, I got you.

I'm starting a 28-day live cohort in February that will teach you exactly how to build your million-dollar brand.

Join us and learn in person.

Use promo code Steve100 to get $100 off.

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Matt Gray @matt_gray_ Jan 14, 2023
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