Got a daily X routine plus 30 tweet templates and it told me to chase bookmarks not likes

# Twitter/X Growth Engine — "Indie Hacker Mara" (solo SaaS founder) Audience: aspiring solo founders. Voice: transparent, tactical, mildly contrarian. Goal: 5 tweets/day. ## Profile Bio: "Building @TaskNest to $10k MRR in public · ex-burnt-out agency owner · I tweet what's actually working." Pinned: the "$0 → first 100 users" thread. ## Daily system - **Morning (20m):** 1 value tweet + reply to 5 mid-size accounts. - **Midday (15m):** 1 hot take or question, engage replies. - **Evening (15m):** 1 BTS/build-in-public update + a thread hook draft. ## 30 templates (samples) - **Value:** "Cold email open rates, ranked by subject line length. Shorter wins. Here's the data." - **Hot take:** "Most 'MVPs' are just unfinished products with a buzzword." - **Question:** "What's the one tool you'd never give up as a solo founder?" - **Thread hook:** "I got my first 100 users with zero ad spend. Here's the exact playbook 🧵" - **BTS:** "MRR today: $2,140. Churned 2, gained 9. Here's what I changed." ## Reply strategy Be useful, not thirsty — add a real insight under big accounts within 10 min of their post. **Threads:** 5 structures (listicle, story, lesson, resources, case study). **Growth:** weekly Space, newsletter CTA in bio. **Monetize:** every thread ends with a soft "I write more of this here →." **Metrics that matter:** profile clicks, reply rate, bookmarks (not likes).