How did Kyle Creek build his @sgrstk following on Twitter and Instagram?
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What the archive says
01Writing in Twitter's old 140-character limit trained Kyle to set up and land a joke fast, which directly improved his headline writing — and his ad copy work improved his tweets in return. source →
02Direct, confident outreach works — Kyle credits Ryan's blunt pitch for landing the interview, and credits a cover letter saying 'if you don't hire me I'm never going to try to work for advertising again' for landing his first agency job. source →
03Set hard boundaries on engagement: after a depressive episode in 2019, Kyle stopped replying to trolls, killed his newsletter, and now practices 'post and ghost' — publishing without reading the comments. source →
04A personal brand is creative insurance — Kyle takes only about half a dozen consulting contracts a year and can change subject matter or style between books because his audience follows him, not a format. source →
What was actually said
I didn't have my real name on social media. No one knew me as Kyle Creek. I was just as to your SDK.