Build in Public Tweet Examples - Copy & Post

day 47 of building in public. followers: 234. revenue: $0. users: 12. things I've learned: too many to count.

sharing your failures publicly is marketing. just not the kind most people are comfortable doing.

the moment you start worrying about looking smart instead of being honest, your build-in-public content dies.

shipped v1 today. it's not good. putting it out anyway because 'not good with feedback' beats 'perfect in a drawer.'

MRR update: month 1: $0. month 3: $47. month 6: $480. month 12: $3,200. this is what it actually looks like.

everyone wants to see the $1M moment. nobody wants to watch the part where you wonder if $1M is even possible.

launched 4 months ago. 47 paid users. $2,300 MRR. churn is 12%. posting this because I'm proud of the 47 and embarrassed by the 12%.

build in public rule: share the number before the narrative. the narrative can wait. the number earns the read.

posting my churn reasons publicly. top 3: too expensive for the value (31%), forgot to cancel (24%), found a better alternative (19%). all fixable. none comfortable to share.

the thing I underestimated about building in public: how much it holds you accountable. you can't quietly give up.

week 8 update: almost quit twice. didn't. traffic up 23%. still not making money. still going.

if you're embarrassed to post your early numbers, you're not ready to build in public. the embarrassing numbers are the interesting ones.

built in public for 60 days before anyone DM'd me. built in public for 90 days before I got my first customer from a tweet. the timeline is longer than you think.

sharing your process is more interesting than sharing your success. success is an outcome. process is something people can actually learn from.

stopped trying to make my updates look good. started trying to make them useful. engagement went up 40%.

five things I got wrong in my first 6 months. 3,000 impressions. 47 new followers. 2 direct sales. the honest post always outperforms the polished one.

if you're only posting wins, you're not building in public. you're doing PR.

the person watching your build-in-public journey 6 months ago just became your first paying customer. the timeline is longer than it feels.

nobody reads your first 50 posts. write them anyway.

building in public forces you to articulate why you're making decisions. which forces you to have reasons. which forces you to make better decisions.