Building a 7 Digit Social Media Following Is Easier Than You Think:

Jack Martin
4 min readJun 19, 2023
Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash

I took a hiatus from writing.

That’s my half-ass attempt at telling you all to CHILL if this doesn’t flow — I’m a little rusty.

I’ve spent the past 3 years building a 1.5 million+ following on social media.

Crazy, I know.

To make a long story short, I got laid off during the pandemic, said fuck it, and figured I’d goof around on the internet. But the plan wasn’t to goof around for the sake of goofing around. No — this was goofing around with intention.

Building a career as a writer came down to three things: be consistent, be authentic, and listen to feedback. I did, and got published in Forbes, Business Insider, and tons of other publications.

If I wanted to build a career as a content creator, I’d have to commit to the same three content principles. But I figured as long as I did that, the rest would work itself out.

It did.

I’ve worked with McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Budweiser, Pepsi, Liquid IV, and dozens of others as a content creator. I was invited to be part of Major League Baseball’s 2022 Creator Class, where I was contracted to make content throughout the season for one of my favorite past-times…

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Jack Martin

Writer, marketer, and semi-famous on TikTok || contact: dolanmjack@gmail.com || Published in @FastCompany, @AppleNews, @BusinessInsider