Strategic Content Curation

Saagar shares a strategy for building an audience through content curation rather than original creation, specifically focused on transcribing and sharing timely information from influential sources.

Key Points:

• Initial Growth Strategy:

  • Focus on transcribing live content from influential figures
  • Be first to share transcripts from important events/speeches
  • Package and distribute content quickly while it's relevant

• Target Distribution:

  • Identify key accounts that everyone in your niche follows
  • Provide content these accounts need but aren't getting
  • Get these accounts to retweet and share your content
  • Leverage their large followings for exposure

• Growth Milestones:

  • 10K followers is first major inflection point
  • 50K followers is where growth becomes more vertical
  • More followers make it easier to get additional followers
  • Early growth requires most thought and experimentation

• Content Strategy:

  • Focus on timeliness over perfection
  • Provide value through quick, accurate information sharing
  • Build credibility through consistent, reliable curation
  • Fill information gaps that existing sources aren't covering

• Key Success Factors:

  • Speed of delivery is crucial
  • Consistency in providing value
  • Focus on serving specific audience needs
  • Build relationships with key distribution nodes