10/01/2025
How to get your first 10,000 followers in 2025-26:
(On any social media platform)
1. If you don't know what to create, figure out what your ideal audience wants. Take note of their wants, pains, desires, and frustrations.
2. Make a list of FAQs your ideal audience asks. Answer each one and post them. Make sure your answers genuinely help them.
3. Want to go viral? Hit the pain points and evoke emotions that compel people to engage with and share your content.
4. Don’t just sit on AI—use it for research, finding hooks, creating visuals, identifying angles, and more. There’s a lot you can do with AI if you’re savvy enough.
5. Understand lighting, B-roll, cinematography, color grading, and current short-form trends to maximize views and engagement for your content.
6. Share content that might not seem ideal, like behind-the-scenes bloopers, fun moments, gossip, and mistakes that happen off-camera.
7. Master carousel crafting for LinkedIn and Instagram. Each platform has its own vibe, but if you create engaging carousels, the potential for virality is huge on both.
8. Don’t just see your followers as numbers—chat with them. This builds trust and strengthens your connection.
9. Take your followers on a journey so they’ll also invite their friends. Short content like stories and tweets are great for building hype.
10. Want to create viral hooks faster? Model what’s already working, then add your own twist. Develop the skill of crafting viral hooks.
11. Don’t leave a single comment unanswered. Reply to every comment and let people know they’re being heard.
12. No matter what you’re selling, make relatable content by addressing universal problems and desires.
13. Tell a story. People are overwhelmed with information—share something real that’s happening to you or to them.
14. Learn how to leverage current trends. With so many people watching trends on their phones, nothing’s more relatable than creating content on what’s popular.
15. Become the face of your brand. Creating content for your brand is fine, but building a strong personal brand is even better.