How I built my best twitter thread and earned 100,000+ views

I'd been hearing some twitter friends talk about the power of threads but didn't really believe them. I even tried a couple of mine but didn't have much luck.

Earlier this week, I read an inspiring article from Sahil Bloom and decided to try summarizing my favourite points into a 20 tweet thread. I thought it'd be way too long, no one would care and it'd get looked over, but I was wrong.

Here's exactly what I did:

1. I took the article and summarized it into 20 tweets.
2. I made a nice intro tweet and exit tweet to ensure Sahil was given credit
3. I spent no longer than 10 minutes putting everything together
4. After I posted, I DM'd Sahil as we'd messaged before

Here's how people responded:

1. Sahil liked and commented on the post within minutes
2. The thread blew up within the hour and was being shared and RT'd
3. Got a couple DMs and comments about it
4. I pinned the tweet for more exposure.

The thread ended up getting over 100,000 impressions, 271 likes and 52 RTs.

I wanted to share this as an easy template anyone can use to test out threads.

Key takeaways for me:

• Find someone's content you like
• Try to break it down and key bite sized points
• Send them a note letting them know you posted it
• Test, reflect and see how everything works

Don't over think trying a thread. Test this out and let me know what works for you.

Any other advice / thoughts / opinions from other twitter wizards on indiehackers?

Here's the link to check out the thread: https://twitter.com/joel_hansen_/status/1402747057421512704?s=20