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Nick Huber

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

I love to hire salespeople who are paycheck to paycheck, but drive $120,000 white Escalade. Because they're super motivated to sell and they are highly determined to make it rain and they'll work super hard because they're cash strapped. And it's just funny because we all know a lot of salespeople like that.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

I actually workshopped that with Marshall. So we worked on that one together because it's a promotion for somewhere.com. But I think that it's the same structure that we are talking about at the beginning. We have a line at the top is just the wow factor, right? I'm like, I should read this. It's catchy. It's the hook. I sold my company for $52 million earlier this year.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

I actually workshopped that with Marshall. So we worked on that one together because it's a promotion for somewhere.com. But I think that it's the same structure that we are talking about at the beginning. We have a line at the top is just the wow factor, right? I'm like, I should read this. It's catchy. It's the hook. I sold my company for $52 million earlier this year.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

I actually workshopped that with Marshall. So we worked on that one together because it's a promotion for somewhere.com. But I think that it's the same structure that we are talking about at the beginning. We have a line at the top is just the wow factor, right? I'm like, I should read this. It's catchy. It's the hook. I sold my company for $52 million earlier this year.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

That's the first line that says, hey, drop what you're doing and read the rest of this tweet. Because in reality, somebody scrolling Twitter, you get an eighth of a second of their attention. You have to realize that like they are selfishly scrolling Twitter being like, what can you do for me? What can you do for me? What can you do for me? Are you going to make me laugh?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

That's the first line that says, hey, drop what you're doing and read the rest of this tweet. Because in reality, somebody scrolling Twitter, you get an eighth of a second of their attention. You have to realize that like they are selfishly scrolling Twitter being like, what can you do for me? What can you do for me? What can you do for me? Are you going to make me laugh?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

That's the first line that says, hey, drop what you're doing and read the rest of this tweet. Because in reality, somebody scrolling Twitter, you get an eighth of a second of their attention. You have to realize that like they are selfishly scrolling Twitter being like, what can you do for me? What can you do for me? What can you do for me? Are you going to make me laugh?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Are you going to make are you going to strike my emotion or are you going to teach me something? Those are the three things are going to make me laugh or be entertaining in some way. Or are you going to are going to teach me something? So you're trying to stop them in their tracks with that very first line. Just like my advice to every 25 year old.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Are you going to make are you going to strike my emotion or are you going to teach me something? Those are the three things are going to make me laugh or be entertaining in some way. Or are you going to are going to teach me something? So you're trying to stop them in their tracks with that very first line. Just like my advice to every 25 year old.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Are you going to make are you going to strike my emotion or are you going to teach me something? Those are the three things are going to make me laugh or be entertaining in some way. Or are you going to are going to teach me something? So you're trying to stop them in their tracks with that very first line. Just like my advice to every 25 year old.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Oh, I might want advice because I might be, I might have a kid who turns 25 or I just might be interested in this. Boom, Marshalls. I sold my company for $52 million. Not very many people have done that. I'm going to read. I'm going to give it more than an eighth of a second. I'm going to give it four seconds. So now you have four seconds. And it's the controversial part, right? My secret weapon.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Oh, I might want advice because I might be, I might have a kid who turns 25 or I just might be interested in this. Boom, Marshalls. I sold my company for $52 million. Not very many people have done that. I'm going to read. I'm going to give it more than an eighth of a second. I'm going to give it four seconds. So now you have four seconds. And it's the controversial part, right? My secret weapon.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Oh, I might want advice because I might be, I might have a kid who turns 25 or I just might be interested in this. Boom, Marshalls. I sold my company for $52 million. Not very many people have done that. I'm going to read. I'm going to give it more than an eighth of a second. I'm going to give it four seconds. So now you have four seconds. And it's the controversial part, right? My secret weapon.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

I had two Americans on my team and 150 plus international folks at a time of the sale. Wow. Not only was this a remote company... But 1% of his employees were U.S. based and 99% of his employees were overseas. Finance, ops, sales, and then the rest of it we're selling, right? We're telling people what somewhere offers. Finance people, operations people, sales people, developers, even executives.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

I had two Americans on my team and 150 plus international folks at a time of the sale. Wow. Not only was this a remote company... But 1% of his employees were U.S. based and 99% of his employees were overseas. Finance, ops, sales, and then the rest of it we're selling, right? We're telling people what somewhere offers. Finance people, operations people, sales people, developers, even executives.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

I had two Americans on my team and 150 plus international folks at a time of the sale. Wow. Not only was this a remote company... But 1% of his employees were U.S. based and 99% of his employees were overseas. Finance, ops, sales, and then the rest of it we're selling, right? We're telling people what somewhere offers. Finance people, operations people, sales people, developers, even executives.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

And then bang, this is the catchy one, all for 80% less than U.S. talent. You can do this too. Here are seven people ready to hire today. That tweet got 1.4 million impressions and it drove a hundred plus leads to somewhere.com and it was worth a quarter million dollars of marketing for us.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

And then bang, this is the catchy one, all for 80% less than U.S. talent. You can do this too. Here are seven people ready to hire today. That tweet got 1.4 million impressions and it drove a hundred plus leads to somewhere.com and it was worth a quarter million dollars of marketing for us.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

And then bang, this is the catchy one, all for 80% less than U.S. talent. You can do this too. Here are seven people ready to hire today. That tweet got 1.4 million impressions and it drove a hundred plus leads to somewhere.com and it was worth a quarter million dollars of marketing for us.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Yeah, we made it so that these people can see and hear the voice of who they could potentially hire. Because a business owner thinks, oh, I might hire somebody abroad. And they think of what they get on the phone when they talk to a Filipino who works for Bank of America. And they're like, damn, I really hope this person can actually help me. But it's unlikely.