Alex Turnbull, a virtual unknown in 2013, used this four-week to-do list before launching his blog in an effort to network with influential people from all over the world.
1.
Learn who the key opinion leaders are in your target market.
2.
Pick only those who can truly benefit from what you have to say.
3.
Add them as a Twitter follow.
4.
Reply to 2 tweets.
5.
Please comment twice on the blog.
6.
Send an individual an email containing links to two separate blog posts.
7.
Send a personal email pitch (https://www.groovehq.com/attachments/blog/1000-subscribers/anatomy_email.png ) with a question at the end “… do you mind if I send you a link?”.
First Result:
He got positive responses from over 85% of influential people he emailed.
Reason No. 2:
Twenty people, including some very famous people, commented on his first blog post.
Third Observation (5 Weeks Later):
He amassed over 5,000 paying customers, 535 trial users, and $3,425 in sales.
Source: https://www.groovehq.com/blog/1000-subscribers