Grow 1%: Experiment. Learn. Pivot.
2023 Midjourney, "Thinking about how everything is always changing"

Grow 1%: Experiment. Learn. Pivot.

Pick one of these newsletters every day, spend 2 minutes reading and 7 minutes and 36 seconds implementing the lesson (1% of your waking day) and your socials will get 1% better.

Don't buy growth hacking classes. Save your money. Do this instead.

Prioritize brand advancement.

For the majority of creators, every single post is focused on getting as much reach as possible.

Also, the majority of creators will also hit a view plateau then inevitably start to shrink to obscurity.

Why?

They find one thing that works then they do it over. And over. And over. And over and over and over.

Even the funniest bit gets boring eventually.

But they're afraid to change too much and lose their audience who loved them for doing that one particular thing.

That's why I encourage the 'experiment, learn, pivot' structure with more pieces of content.

Experiment: find one small change to implement in your next post, one that both respects your brand and speaks to where you want your content to evolve to. Or play with a market trend. Or, every once in a while, take a big swing on a big idea.

Learn: Take a hard look at content and analytics. Did this improve or hurt the product? Can you ask your inner circle for honest feedback? Did views go up or down? Did you see a viewership drop off when this change shows up in your video? Is it worth trying it in further videos? Is this where you and your audience want your content to go?

Pivot: If it's a win, keep making small pivots in that direction. "If this, then what?" If you have a game stream and you tried a new dance when you get 10 subs in a stream, can you do an even bigger dance at 20? Can you try a smaller dopamine hit for your audience at 5? If something is working, explore what that can mean for further pivots. If the experiment didn't work, pretend it never happened. Drop it immediately.

This method, when implemented in every video, will force you to think about brand evolution not as an intimidating huge re-branding but a journey showing respect to your audience and the market.

For your content today, think about the one small experiment you want to try (new catch phrase? new editing technique? using a new platform feature?), define what you want to learn from it (will this increase retention? increase engagement?), and, once you get info back, figure out how you can either drop or keep pivoting in that direction!

That took 2 minutes. You have 7 minutes and 36 seconds left. Do this and grow 1% right now!

About the Author

Phil Ranta, is the COO of?We Are Verified, a digital talent management and influencer marketing company. A?2021 LinkedIn Top Voice in Innovation & Tech, Phil has been creating content for the internet professionally for nearly 20 years, starting on MySpace and riding trends to the present. He was the Head of Gaming Creators, North America at Facebook, the first network lead at Fullscreen, the COO at Studio71, and spent 10 years as a working comedian (including 2 years on cruise ships). He's a husband, a dad of two littles, and an insufferable digital media wonk.

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AAMIR KHAN

Full Stack Data Scientist ? Entrepreneur ? AI Researcher ? Consultant ? Performance Engineer

1 年

Phil Congrats on 3,700 subscribers! Thanks for sharing your tips on social media growth. I'll definitely check out your newsletter. ????

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Jim Louderback

Creator Economy Sherpa | Award Winning Curator, Moderator & Speaker | "Inside the Creator Economy" Newsletter | Board of Director | Geek

1 年

Great framework. I'm going to change one thing in Monday's newsletter and see what happens!

Pooja Goradia

Director @GKP Printing & Packaging Pvt. Ltd. (BSE listed) | Building Fitmor Peanut Butter

1 年

Your weekly newsletter sounds like an amazing resource for those looking to accelerate their social media growth. I appreciate the focus on brevity and providing actionable tips that can be implemented in just 7 minutes. Phil Ranta

Palak Tannaa

Saving brand's cost on Marketing | Boldly Redefining the Rules of Influence ?? | Empowering Brands to Reach New Heights ?? | Building GroomYourGram (Most trusted Influencer Marketing Agency)

1 年

Your dedication to providing valuable social media tips is truly appreciated. I'm excited to learn and implement your weekly 1% growth tip in just 7 minutes of my day. Your focus on content evolution and respecting your audience and vision is so important in today's digital landscape.Phil Ranta

Johnny Dahlberg

Content creator on YouTube /Medical Field OR

1 年

I have experimented with the pivot to one, not get stagnant in the same topic and two, too grow a new audience and to keep things fresh. I have gained and lost subs but it’s more of a shift of them. In the YouTube world most of your views, about 90% do not come from subs. Only when you launch a video the subs will see it first normally. Which this can be both good and bad for shift content.

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