I've co-hosted 30 days of Twitter Spaces, 70 more to go, AMA.
30 days ago a work colleague of mine (@erinmikail) half-joked that we should do 100 days of Twitter Spaces.
We just completed day 30.
We mostly talk community stuff, but sometimes mix it up.
We keep it super casual at the weekend too.
Today we got our first virtual lunch voucher sent to us as a gift.
AMA (or AUA, Ask Us Anything).
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What was the hardest part of the first 30 days? What do you think the biggest challenge over the next 70 days will be?
The hardest part was a shit show week we had where life got in the way. My husband had a double hip replacement. My daughter wasn't allowed to nursery (covid scare). Plans for my other kids got cancelled. 💩 And that was just my side.
We seriously chose a pretty bad time to start. Everything in comparison seems easy now.
I'd like to schedule some ahead of time from January onwards, mostly we've been decided when and what to talk about day by day.
oh yeah, @EmmettNaughton that was a 💩 week — featuring a gnarly migraine, work deadlines, and my husband and I caught covid — NOT a good week. 🙄
TL;DR life is really good at getting in the way.
How many followers did you have on the 1st day and how many followers do you have now?
How many ppl turn up on average?
Do you monetize or plan to monetize spaces? And what was the whole purpose of the 100 day challenge?
I don't think it's made much of an impact to my followers, I've had 500 new followers in the past month, which is pretty consistent with my average growth. We have 10-30 people turning up on average.
No plans to monetize, tbh it's more about practising talking about things. And Erin and I have agreed to start a podcast now.
It's more about where it leads, rather than the direct outcome.
Keep going.
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This is so fun! Did you have a goal going into it? (eg more followers, more engagement with other content, network, etc.) If so, are you seeing any results on that front?
No specific goals tbh.
If anything it's about getting more and more comfortable in our own voices and learning from other people.
We've had some really interesting conversations that will naturally feed back into our community building work.
What surprised you the most? What did you learnt?
I'm surprised we haven't failed! It's been great to have a buddy system, we won't let each other fail.
I was worried we'd run out of ideas of what to talk about, but I'm pretty confident we won't.
Congrats! It's great you have each other. It's a challenging project.
It's funny how ideas keeps rolling once you start. Beggining is the hardest. I bet you will finish the challenge and have enough ideas for the next round 🙂.
Hey @KamilaHerkova — I've been enjoying not only getting to know @rosiesherry
more, but also really learning to hone my voice and confidence in this all.
The amount of confidence I've gained in communicating my ideas or speaking up and even chatting on an audio format is invaluable. Also seeing the folks who are rooting us on is always a delight to learn more about.
You can learn anything if you never leave your comfort zone. Keep going!
I know how motivating is to talk to the folks who are supporting you. But how do you make sure you don't run out of energy 🤔?
I want tips. I love chatting with people but struggle to do it everyday 😅. Thank you for answering.
70 more days! Let's go! 💪
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I wouldn't do it alone. Erin and I back each other up.
As a confidence and idea booster I would recommend it.
As a challenge, maybe 30 days is plenty, lol
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