Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

Is There A Secret To Growing Your Twitter Following? #shorts #venturecapital

11 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief conversational clip, two speakers discuss practical approaches to expanding a Twitter audience. Speaker A emphasizes sharing useful, authentic content and referencing notable figures—such as Mark Cuban—to attract attention without appearing intrusive. Speaker B shares a personal anecdote about discovering that his most-followed follower was the celebrity John Cena, illustrating how genuine, self‑expressive content can lead to unexpected visibility and validation. The dialogue underscores the importance of authenticity, strategic mentions of high‑profile individuals, and the motivational impact of surprising analytics when building a social media presence.

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If I just give away all the things that work or all the things that I see, I just end up interacting with really dope people like yourself or like the founder of Morning Brew back when it was starting. Or— Yeah. You know, just like things that you would kind of like sit in a room and be like, all right, how do I get Mark Cuban to respond to my email? Oh, if I put out cool content and then reference it, you know, he might see that as a sign of like, oh, okay, this kid is not a crazy stalker.
It's so funny too. It's like across different industries too. I feel like one of my most One of my most bizarre moments on Twitter was like, I was looking at my analytics and it was like your most followed follower, it shows you, and it was John Cena. And literally all I could think of is that one prank call where it's like, John Cena. And I feel like that, things like that never would happen if you weren't putting yourself out there and just making design or like making content that's authentic to you.