24:50How To Grow An Audience If You Have 0 Followers
From My First Million · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Watch on YouTube
TL;DR
Speaker Sean, who has built 500k+ email subscribers, 400k+ Twitter followers, 500k+ YouTube subscribers, and 100M+ podcast downloads in four years, delivers nine counterintuitive lessons for growing an audience from zero.
Key insights
- Ignoring follower counts and view numbers is a competitive advantage because most creators chase those metrics, so you can focus on attracting the right high-value audience (e.g., Davos members vs. 10
- The best product is yourself – your unique set of desires, experiences, opinions, and delivery style – because nobody can compete with you at being you.
- Unleashing your inner nerd (obsessions) eliminates competition and guarantees daily success because you enjoy the process regardless of long-term outcomes.
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