Learn how to build an audience and how to monetize your social media channels like a pro. On this show, we interview successful people who've created a living online by building a following on Twitter and other social media. Our guests talk about their path to success and how you can grow your business too. Hit subscribe and get ready to grow! Your show host is Yannick Veys, co-founder of Hypefury.
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Listeners of Hypefury Presents that love the show mention: twitter,Today I talk to Kevon Cheung. Kevon ran a startup during COVID. He had to pivot multiple times but it failed anyway.That was the moment he started building in public. He created a lot of free courses before he finally started charging money.In this episode, you'll learn how you can build in public and get your first products out quickly.
Today I talk to Kieran Drew. Kieran started his career as a dentist but actually hated it. He thought if he worked hard he would get rich and have the life he always dreamed of. Just before starting a new job at a dental practice he got the break he wanted. They called him to say they needed more time to open the practice. That was the moment he decided to go a different route. He started writing online and building an audience.In this episode, you'll learn how to make your first internet Dollar and what you should talk about to build an audience and build your own brand.
Jay might be just another teenager but he has tens of thousands of followers on Twitter and Instagram. When he was 15, he started posting self-help quotes and fast-forward a few years, building a nice little empire for himself.In this episode, you'll learn how you too, can build an audience on social media without overthinking it and with the help of a few systems.
Today I talk to Chase Curtis. Chase has been on the pod before. He laid low on Twitter for a while but now he's back in action in a hot domain. AI.In this episode, you'll learn how you can get good at a totally new subject and go viral every other day.
Alex was an illustrator when he reached out to other illustrators and designers. He wanted to coach them, and he made sure they got more clients.Fast forward to today, and Alex helps other entrepreneurs stand out online and build their own brand.In this episode, you'll learn how you yourself can stand out and build your own powerful personal brand.
Erica was an English teacher who didn't want to go back to a day job so she started as a freelance copywriter.She applied to 80 jobs per day on Upwork when she first got started. One client stood out, and Erica took a job there. Her boss challenged Erica to build a personal brand. Her first post was on LinkedIn and immediately went viral. In this episode, we talk about how Erica finally found her voice on Twitter and you'll learn how you can find it too.
Dagobert is the Twitter meme king in our little Startup and Founder scene. But not only that, he's a Master at creating visibility for himself and his tweets in the timeline.In this episode, you'll learn how to get the same results as Dagobert. He reveals his biggest secrets from the Twitter Growth course he recently released. Even I learned a lot from him!
Pauline has done what most Twitter noobs envy: she built a ghostwriting business without having thousands of followers.In this episode, we discuss how you can attract customers when the odds are not in your favor. Listen to this episode to find out how to get inbound ghostwriting clients without having thousands of followers and testimonials from previous clients.
Niharika found out that ordinary people can also build a writing business. You don't need to be famous. She started writing on Medium and wrote hundreds of articles. She's built systems for her content creation that are ideal for lazy people. In this episode, we'll discuss her journey and how you can create a thriving writing business and grow a large LinkedIn audience.
Shreya caught a lucky break by meeting (the now former) LinkedIn's CEO Reid Jeff Weiner and wrote about that experience on LinkedIn.The post blew up and went instantly viral. Most people will think the meeting with the CEO was the reason, but Freya was writing all her life. The story about meeting the CEO was just the vessel of the story. She would've made it anyway.In this episode, we talk about tactics you can get your writing career off the ground and how you can build a content marketing agency a.k.a. a ghostwriting business.
Sohaib is an aviation engineer who works at ICAO as a marketer. He raised his hand while he was still an engineer, and they hired him as a marketer.These days he's on fire on Twitter, and in this episode, we discuss exactly how he grew his Twitter audience quickly and how you can do the same.
Janis's life changed when he read the 4-hour workweek by Tim Ferris. He started experimenting with different side businesses and knew he needed to rearrange his work-life balance. About a year ago his wife actually told him they had enough money from him to quit his job. He never looked back. In this episode, you'll learn how to create a different type of content. With different angles besides logic and knowledge. Janis also talks about a great way to think about keeping your audience's attention. That's especially useful when you don't have any credibility yet.
Insha wasn't even on Twitter a year ago and now she has over 50.000 followers. She started being vocal on LinkedIn until one of her coworkers mentioned she should start a Twitter account as well. In this episode, we talk about how you can get started sharing content as a developer and how you can grow your audience on Twitter.
Alex started a social media agency straight out of college. He used his experience promoting his self-made gym equipment to market other brands. When the pandemic hit it was a moment where he could reflect on things and he decided to apply for a job at the Hustle. He got hired of course. In this episode, you'll learn how to scale your newsletter and what kind of tests you can do to know what resonates with your audience. You'll also learn a great trick how you can get 1% better at marketing every day.
Dickie committed himself to publish one newsletter every week for a year. After dozens of published editions, he barely had any subscribers. It was time for him to pivot. That's when he started writing on Twitter and everything changed. In this episode, you'll learn about the power of consistency and writing daily. You'll also hear insights on how to collect ideas and churn out more content because your first tweet might be shit but your 100th tweet will be infinitely better.
Carl started as a simple financial planner in Nevada and ended up working for the New York times for a decade and publishing multiple books. In this episode, we'll go through the surprisingly simple steps to becoming a content creator. You don't need a big set of tools. Just set up a couple of smart things and you can rock and roll.
Alex was fired from his job during the pandemic. He knew he had to do something to make a living. Luckily he had a little bit of savings and found Twitter. In this episode, you'll learn how to differentiate yourself on Twitter to grow your following faster and how to make money without advertising your business.
Zon has a Twitter following at the time of this recording of about 165k followers. His engagement stats are off the chart. So I wanted to know how he did it. In this episode, you'll learn some amazing new angles to grow your account. It's not as straightforward an episode as normally and I kinda like that. You'll hear that Zon brings a different energy to it. And that's one of the reasons I loved recording this episode because it helps you see a different perspective where you thought there was none.
Wes had the honor and pleasure to work with Seth Godin where she developed the AltMBA. Probably one of the more well-known cohort-based courses out there. She's currently heading Maven which is a platform where teachers can host their CBC's. In this episode, you'll learn what acquisition channels work great to onboard new students into your courses. We also talk about how you can become successful as a cohort-based teacher.
A lot of people overcomplicate success. That's one of the reasons I wanted to talk to Donvesh. He's a 17-year-old kid who basically one day decided he was going to try something and make some money. In a matter of days, Donvesh created an agency and is now making a ton of money with it. In this episode, we break down what Donvesh's system was to starting his cold outreach agency and how you can do it too. He didn't want to mention it on the podcast but he is making some serious cash in a Red Sea. Many people would think there are no more opportunities to start a lead gen agency. I think you couldn't be more wrong.
Chris just graduated from Yale and is killing it on Twitter. He gained over 50k followers from scratch in little over a year. In this episode, you'll learn how to get on people's radar and what you have to do to see massive growth on Twitter. We also talk about Chris's writing process and how he churns out 1 or two great threads a week.
Oliver spent a nice chunk of his life in the corporate world making good money. But he had an itch and needed to scratch it. As soon as he landed his first agency client, he quit his job and burned his boats.In this episode, you'll learn how to position yourself to get better agency clients and build a reputation that will land you more clients. We also talk about the perfect way to get people into coaching programs and having them complete it as happy campers.
Shaw studies engineering but didn't want to get a career doing that. So what do you do when you completely overhaul your life? You start doing blackhat stuff on eBay. The margins were thin but with 40 simultaneous PayPal account, Shaw could sell a sh*t ton of products. Just before the eBay police was gonna crackdown on this he started an agency because he wanted to learn marketing and sales. In this episode, you'll learn how to set up your own Facebook ad agency with a step-by-step guide. You'll also hear about great insights on how to book appointments and get people on the phone.
Fiona hated her corporate job and knew she had to get out of there. Fiona saved some money so she had a bit of runway and did a lot of research on what to do next. She quit her job with a full bank account and knew exactly what to do. Fast forward 12 months and she now runs a successful blog and Twitter account. In this episode, you'll learn why it's so important to get your mindset right and how changing your Twitter profile can make a night and day difference in growth.
Aaron Is a bloke from Wales who got drunk every single day while being in university. When cover hit he could no longer go out and party. That was the moment that he saw he needed to change his life. Fast forward about 18 months and this guy has over 60k followers with insane engagement. In this episode, you'll learn exactly how he did it.
Waju is a Nigerian Prince who never screwed over any Western. He fled his country and had a stutter all his life. That's how he discovered the written word. He slapped me on Twitter after I celebrated our 20k MRR milestone and said: gimme an email list and 5 weeks and I'll quote unquote impregnate that bitch. Referring to Bronn from Game of Thrones. I told him to put his emails where his mouth is and DM me. He had the balls to and now I'm talking to this Nigerian prince with 41 followers on Twitter. In this episode, you'll learn some great insights on how to sell things on your email list and you'll hear a lot of interesting stories from Waju.
Tom is a WordPress Developer who decided to go freelance when he was literally waiting for his first job interview. He got paid a couple of beers for his first gig but quickly started making some real money straight out of college. In this episode, you'll learn how to market yourself as a freelancer and how to set pricing. We also talk about how to build an audience on Twitter.
Leon is an architect who couldn’t find a job and was in a dark place in life. He was invited to work at a VC company and he knew he needed to change his life. He’s now a walking encyclopedia on increasing your performance by mastering yourself. In this episode, you’ll get a masterclass on how to improve your cognitive performance. We talk about how you can find and use leverage in your life and how you can transcend your own self-image.
In this short episode, Yannick talks about threads and how to get maximum results out of them. Enjoy!
Nick started a business when he was still in college. Student storage. He started off slow but is now rapidly expanding his business which is already worth 8-figures. In this episode, you’ll learn how Nick built his 8-figure business and how he just sold over 300k in a digital masterclass on real estate.
Sam was born in Italy and lived in 25 different places all over the world. She organized expensive trips for the rich and famous before she started doing agency design work. In this episode, we talk about tips on how to exceed expectations, interesting angles to land customers, and how giving people a certain feeling can lead to Twitter growth.
Sean started a successful LinkedIn lead agency in 2018. He mastered the agency work and created a product out of everything he learned from his lead gen business and sold that product many times over. In 2020 he started a YouTube channel and just reached about 15,000 subscribers. In this episode, you’ll learn how to create a successful info product and how to grow your YouTube audience even in competitive markets.
Eddy left his comfy investment banking job to start the millennial nomad lifestyle and has never looked back. He now lives a comfy life in a low-cost country while still doing high-paying jobs and moving in the right circles on Twitter. In this episode, you’ll learn the pros and cons of running an anon account.
Justin is a former submariner for the US military and became a speechwriter for the top of the US military. He has some great insights to share on what he learned during his speech writing career. In this episode, you’ll learn how to improve your writing techniques and how you can keep people's attention by not only focussing on the argument you’re making.
Joey is a software engineer that started focussing on self-improvement. After reading 30 - 40 books about it he decided to teach others about how to improve their lives. He started his daily walks and his psychology fact of the day and is now expanding his coaching business. In this episode, you’ll learn how to improve your life as an entrepreneur, how to get better at prioritizing, and planning and you’ll also hear about interesting ways to grow your audience on Twitter.
In this episode, Yannick talks about the dark side of Twitter growth. Disclaimer: this episode contains tactics that are strictly against Twitter's ToS. We do not advise you to do any of these things as your account could get suspended.
Ryan started with side hustling over 13 years ago. The job market was bad and he knew he needed to supplement his income. By being just a little bit ahead of the pack he landed jobs where others from his class didn’t. In this episode, you’ll learn how important it is to have a side hustle and how easy it is to get started. But even more important how it lands opportunities in your life.
Steve and his wife built a net worth of over 900k when they decided they were going to quit their job and live a free life. In this episode, you’ll learn what you need to do to create more freedom in your life. You’ll also learn how to build a big Twitter account by being smart about how you spend your time on Twitter and what you tweet about.
Art of Purpose grew his Twitter account to over 31k in less than a year. He looks at his Twitter account like a product and has accounts he secretly uses as his mentors. In this episode, you’ll learn the tips and tricks he used to skyrocket his growth. Surprisingly that doesn’t start with tweeting but with listening and watching others.
Todd is a software engineer turned serial entrepreneur. He quickly launches small projects to large audiences with the help of influencers. In this episode, you’ll learn how you can launch a successful business without having a huge audience. We also talk about the power of Facebook and how to grow your followers thanks to those Facebook groups.
Todd is a software engineer turned serial entrepreneur. He quickly launches small projects to large audiences with the help of influencers. In this episode, you’ll learn how you can launch a successful business without having a huge audience. We also talk about the power of Facebook and how to grow your followers thanks to those Facebook groups.
Justin Welsh is hired to educate businesses on how to get more sales. He digs through the entire sales process to see where it can be improved. In this episode, you'll learn about a technique that you can use to increase sales for your course or business. We also talk about ways to grow a huge LinkedIn following.
Like many people. Samuel Thompson wasn't fit to be an emploee. He's been founding businesses since his teenage years. He recently started a business where he helps founders grow their business faster. In this episode, you'll learn how to build your own profitable business and what levers you can use to increase the growth of your business.
Matthew Paik is a software engineer who loves marketing and finances. He puts that into practice by helping people build successful agencies. In this episode, you'll find out exactly how to set up your agency. We go through all the steps and at the end of the show you should be ready to get started!
Blake started his career in a digital marketing agency with no skills at all. The only reason he was hired is that he was great at French. Over the years he learned a lot of different facets in the digital marketing space. These days he's launching one side project after another. In this episode, you'll learn how to get massive engagement on your account and get massive amounts of DM's on Twitter.
Ty Frankel made hundreds of thousands of Dollars in the music industry with an agency by creating top-notch music. A few months ago he set his sights on teaching people how to start their own agency. Since then, he's grown his following on Twitter by the thousands and is taking on a lot of coaching clients. In this episode, you'll learn how to make genuine connections with people and how to create an outreach system that will help you reach your goals and get more clients.
Chase Curtis has been experimenting with online marketing for years. He started with dropshipping but lost more money on ads than he gained in revenue. He kept experimenting until he found his niche: YouTube. In this episode, you'll learn how to domeinate YouTube without thousands of subscribers by using the power of SEO.
Ryan Felman aka PathToManliness was stuck in life. When he realized that his 5 to 9 wasn't improving the way he wanted, he started on a path to getting his life back on track. In this episode, you'll learn how to get fit both mentally and physically. Ryan also shares interesting learnings on how to grow your Twitter account.
When James made his first $1 online he was intrigued and immediately jumped into the black hat world to find ways to get traffic to his offers and make a lot of money. In this episode, you'll how to quickly drive traffic to your website and how you can make money flipping websites.
Wise Connector started his Twitter account in February 2020. It's now less than a year later and he's almost at 60,000 followers. In this episode, you'll learn what he did to see this kind of growth. You can replicate this too!
Niti is 15 and is probably ahead of most people in their thirties. She set herself the goal to reach six-figures in 2021 with her Instagram consulting. She started her entrepreneurial journey when she was still in junior high at the age of 14. In this episode, you'll learn how to grow your Instagram account and how to monetize it.