Why l Stopped Chasing Followers (And What I Do Instead)

You don’t need millions of views to make 6 figures online

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Let me ask you a bold question:

Would you prefer having 100,000 followers on social media or $100,000 in your bank account?

I don’t know about you, but I prefer the latter.

Listen: There are two types of content creators. Those who look at their follower count and those who don’t.

And I see some skeptics coming:” Yeah, but YOU Matt Giaro don’t have a lot of followers. This is probably why you spit on your follower count…”

And you know what? That’s probably true.

Vanity metrics are always good for the ego. I doubt that anybody would deliberately spit on a huge social media following. But we all agree that humans are not created equal. Some people have the charisma, the body, and the traits to federate a large group of people. And other poor fools like me don’t.

What I’ve learned from successful people and mentors is this: You could either try (and fail) to be somebody you aren’t, or you could simply be yourself and bet on your strengths rather than your weaknesses.

So let me tell you this: After building two six-figure online empires over the past decade…