Shared Their Work on X, Then This Happened…

Sahil Vhora tweets…

Last month, my tweet gained significant attention, achieving:

48k+ views
350+ likes
200+ bookmarks
4k+ profile clicks

This has resulted in over 75 new project inquiries so far! It’s unbelievable!

Here’s the tweet in question, where he shares design work he did for a client whose startup got acquired.

75 leads from one tweet… that’s the power of “building in public” or “showing your work”

Another example of this comes from Lera Clipwing, who tweeted a 20-second video and wrote…

Guys at @lmsqueezy have a great [podcast] but they don’t post short clips!

so we took their raw episode and added:

effects & filters to make it catchy
sounds & zooms for dynamics
purple background & yellow captions to match the brand

To which the CEO of @lmsqueezy replied…

This is so good! Can we hire you?

That led to a shoutout in a popular marketing newsletter (130k subs).

Which resulted in even more exposure and inquiries for Lera…

I just had a call about our video production service with a person from a multi-billion dollar company.

Two great examples there of people creating big opportunities for themselves.

Sahil leveraged the success of a project he worked on, showed off how he contributed, and got a lot of inbound as a result.

Whereas Lera did some free and unsolicited work for someone with a big audience, posted it online, and reaped the rewards

It’s a good reminder that there are 2 main parts to success in business…

Doing the thingSelling the thing

You can be great at #1 but that’s useless in isolation.

#2 is what gets people knocking on your door, eager to give you money

With that in mind, ask yourself…

What work are you proud of?What if you shared or talked about it online this week?