I see a lot of bullshit advices recently on my Twitter timeline.

• Write 2-3 Threads per week

• Engage with big accounts

• Take cold showers

That might work if you already got an audience that engages with you.

But I see a lot of people struggle to get their first 1000 followers.

We change that today.

Today I’ll show you how to get your first 1000 followers within 1 month or less.

Ready? Let’s go.

First of all: The algorithm is currently changing all the time. What might work today doesn’t mean it works tomorrow.

But currently there’s one way to grow your account with lightspeed.

You guessed it: Giveaways.

You can hate them or not, it’s the tool to grow right now.

And it’s nothing wrong with it, as long as you provide some value with it.

So, how to set up a proper giveaway?

1 - Your Foundation

If you don’t want your Giveaway to flop, you need a foundation of loyal followers and friends first.

Build your foundation with proper networking and 1-2 Tweets per day.

Make sure you make strong connections.

• Write meaningful DMs

• Show genuine interest

• Support their content and write valuable replies

Doing this properly takes some time, but you need it. Don’t lack on that.
Or your Giveaway might end up with 2 likes.

More important: This is the foundation of your Personal Brand as well, make sure to connect to the right people.

There are accounts out there with 200 followers and more engagement than people with 10k+. The secret? Proper networking.

You want and need this foundation, believe me. (Legends Community is the best foundation btw.)

2 - Create Your Giveaway

Now you got your solid foundation of loyal and engaging followers and it’s time to start preparing your giveaway.

There are tons of possibilities:

• Ebooks

• Courses

• Guides

• Swipe Files

• Databanks

• Resources

All this can be created for free.

Let me show you an example:

My first Giveaway was a Swipe File, made in Notion. (Steal it here for free.)

I collected 1000+ Viral Tweets & Threads and organized them in Notion.
Literally 0 skill required to do this. Took me 3 days to collect with Tweethunter.

Simple.

All you need to create a valuable product for a Giveaway is Notion, and Canva.

3 - Prepare Giveaway

Now you got your product, wonderful.

But you don’t want to just give it away for a few followers.

Something far more important is your goal:

To get their email address.

How you manage that? It’s fairly easy…

2 ways to do so:

1. Gumroad: Create a product, share the product link instead of the notion link. (People need to submit their email in order to purchase)

2. Convertkit: You can create a simple landing page people need to subscribe to your email list right away to get your goodie.

If you do it with Gumroad, you need to transfer your emails from Gumroad to your email list, but this is super easy to handle.

I’m sure there are far more ways to collect emails with a Giveaway, but those two are the most common and easiest ways.

4 - Launch It

You’re ready to launch.

Here are some general tips from me:

• Avoid auto DMs. (Your DM’s will get blocked)

• Prepare 2-4 message templates and send it manually.

• You can pitch an offer or question on the message

• Don’t give away worthless crap

• Make it relatable and helpful for your audience. (Or for the audience you want to attract)

• The Giveaway Tweet needs to be bold an catchy. Use a nice Visual of the product.

• Don’t do it too often. Once a month should be good.

My first Giveaway example:

How successful the giveaway will be is coming down to your foundation of loyal followers and the quality and presentation of your Giveaway.

If you have just 3 likes on your content, the chances are high that your Giveaway will fail, no matter how good your goodie might be.

But you know what your luck is?

You’re part of the Legends Community. You already got your foundation.

Go and create your giveaway Legend.

BONUS: 30 Product Ideas by Garry Flix

Legends Community

I want to focus more on Storytelling, Personal Branding, and Audience building in this Newsletter.

I want you to help to get your personal brand on track and start earning money on Twitter. With your story.

This is why I decided that the Newsletter will get a rebranding, I have no name yet, but the concept will be focused on the topics above.

There will be still a Community section in the Newsletter, where I keep featuring content and members. But it won’t be the main part of the Newsletter.

The home of the Legends is Discord, and we’ll improve and rework it in the next weeks, to give you the best experience there.

(Feel free to unsubscribe, no hard feelings, but you’ll definitely miss out!)

Alright, let’s go for some features.

Hall of Legends

Week Nr. 4 since the Hall of Legends opened it’s gates.

And this week Dylon will enter the holy halls.

Rocking it since day 1 with the Legends. You can learn a lot about finance and investment from this young man.

Go and Rambo his Profile, Content, Newsletter, everything!

Congrats Dylon - Keep winning Legend.

Story/Thread of the Week

This week we got a great story by Francis Perdo about the DoorDash delivery company.

Strong lessons in that story. Go and show some love Legend.

Alright, that’s it for today!

You can expect a lot of exciting changes in the Community and Newsletter.

But for now, have a wonderful week ahead and create your Giveaway. :)

Talk to you soon.

Your friend Marcel.

P.S.: If you struggle to create and grow your personal brand, I’m happy to help.
Contact me on Twitter or reply to this email.

I’ll help you to gain clarity and grow an engaging audience within 30 days.