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Microsoft Excel.
Spreadsheets.
Google Sheets.
To some, these words may yield a yawn. To others it may yield extreme excitement. (I’m being serious)
While Excel (and spreadsheets) has been around for years (I think even before Captain America was stuck in ice), a lot of data tasks have moved on from Excel spreadsheets to apps like Tableau or Power BI.
But somehow, spreadsheets still maintain a warm & fuzzy place in people’s hearts.
I don’t know if I would describe it as “fun”, but one creator has done something we all wish we could achieve…
…go viral with a boring topic such as spreadsheets.
Enter, the story (and future legend) of Kat Norton (a.k.a. The Miss Excel).
In our own business, we used to sell a course on Financial Modelling in Excel. It did well for a while until the market became entirely saturated with low-priced courses on Financial Modelling in Excel.
Kat Norton’s success is pretty genius though.
She’s leveraged the medium of TikTok and Instagram to build a successful B2B creator-business (in a boring topical area too).
This thread breaks down her success into five simple (actually, it’s never simple is it?) steps.
*Sidenote: The Miss Excel uses Thinkific to sell her Excel courses.
How to Get More Twitter Followers
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You can gain much more organic traction than channels like Facebook.
Here’s ten tips to get more Twitter followers.
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