How to write better Twitter threads - My thread formula

Hello fellow thieves, and welcome to the 66 new members of the club since last week.

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In upcoming issues, I will explain why I chose this route, but for now, know that I will only work with brands, companies, and creators I know and trust.

But let’s get to the meat: In today’s heist, I’ll show you how to write better Twitter threads 🧵.

Threads are how most Twitter growth happens.

Can you grow on Twitter without posting threads? Yes.

Can threads help you do it faster? Also yes

Today I’ll share with you one of my biggest Twitter secrets: my Twitter thread formula.

This is the exact same formula I use to craft threads that got me thousands of impressions and hundreds of likes like the ones below👇

Most people decide whether or not to read your thread based solely on your hook. If they’re not convinced, you’re done.

You should spend most of your writing time on the hook. Seriously.

From what I’ve heard from top Twitter creators, they usually write 10-15 versions of the hook before publishing.

I cannot emphasize this enough: our attention spans are short. If the hook doesn’t catch people’s attention in under 2 seconds, they won’t read it. Even if it’s the best thread on the planet.

Some tips:

Honestly, there is so much to unpack on hooks that I could write an entire issue about it. In fact, I will. Watch this space.

This is the tweet that goes AFTER the hook. There are two things you can do with it:

This step is optional. You could get started with the “meat” of the thread right away, but depending on the topic, I think it’s a good idea to give a little bit more context.

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It’s a bit more difficult to structure this part. Depending on what you write, one format may make more sense than another.

For now, let me give you some pointers:

This tweet format is useful when you use your thread to present things like tools, people, ideas…It’s also suuuper easy to replicate. An example, using a what, who, where structure:

Once the audience goes through your thread, they will leave…

…UNLESS you tell them what to do next.

A call to action is how you prompt them to do something after they are done reading. You can use the CTA to ask people to:

Ideally, you should limit yourself to 1 or 2 asks max, otherwise you risk losing the reader’s interest. An example 👇

The way Twitter shows threads on the timeline is by compressing them by only showing the first and the last tweet or two last tweets.

A CTA is not that attractive for the audience, but a TL;DR is.

But what is a TL;DR? It’s internet jargon for Too long, didn’t read.

It’s often used by Twitter pros as a summary of your thread. Use it to recap the main ideas on your thread, and it will gather a good amount of likes 👇

(See what I did here? 😉)

Hook → context tweet → content → CTA → TL;DR

And that is it for today. Now get out there and start writing threads! And tag me if you do!

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Thank you and see you next week!

PS: if you want to learn to write threads that get hundreds of likes and, in general, build a strong personal brand on Twitter, my cohort course is starting out next Monday. There are still spots left! Join us!