First goal is simply to comment on your Dream 100’s posts.
You want to comment ASAP on their new posts so I’d recommend having notifications turned on. This helps you be on their first, get likes and replies and stay at the top of their comments. This is particularly important if it’s a large account.
What to comment? Something valuable. Do not just say “great post!”. That means nothing. Instead read their post and comment as an expert would.
Here’s a prompt:
Act as a Twitter expert.
Write an insightful and humorous comment in response to this post.
No hashtags.
No emojis.
Post begins:
Here’s an example post I could respond to:
I simply copy and paste the post below my prompt and hit go.
Not bad! I’d manually adjust to better fit my style but the core metaphor of silent suffering is great.
I trimmed it to “we might be expert swimmers in the sea of silent suffering, but chuck us in a puddle of difficult dialogue and suddenly we're drowning”
The results:
This is 1 hour after posting - there are 805 views, 6 profile visits and 3 new followers. This will increase over time as this is a top comment on the post and will continue to be shown at the top.
Maybe by the end it’ll have picked up ~10 followers. Great! Small but it’s something.
You need to do this on as many posts as possible. It takes time but this primes you for growth.
By commenting on the accounts of the Dream 100 you will start to become visible to their followers. These followers will start to recognise your name and profile icon. They’ll begin to check out your profile. And, if you’ve optimised the profile correctly and have solid content, they’ll follow you.
Your next goals are to:
Get the Dream 100 target to reply to your comment.
Get the Dream 100 target to follow you back
Get the Dream 100 to give you a shout out or share your content
For small accounts you’ll be able to move through these steps very fast. They’ll also be looking to make connections and friends on the platform.
For larger accounts though it’s a matter of repetition - put in your reps!
This means continuing to comment and interact with their content until you become un-ignorable.
This doesn’t mean spamming them. This means consistently showing up and making valuable comments that their audience finds valuable. Don’t sell, don’t even mention your account. Just give value.
Remember that you are dealing with people here. If you were at a party you wouldn’t go up to someone and try to sell them.
Just be cool like the Fonz and play the longer game until you are noticed.