The GetCrate blog
Articles for people who find and share good work on X and elsewhere. Each one is practical, plainly written and links to the tool that helps.
Topics: Marketing (11) · Social Media (9) · Products & Launches (7) · How-To & Productivity (10)
- Products & Launches
When a Side Project Ends: How to Sunset a Product Gracefully
How to shut down a product or side project well: deciding, giving notice, letting users export data, handling payments, keeping links working and saying thanks.
- Marketing
What Early Social Media Builders Got Right
Lessons from people who built audiences in the early days of online video, blogs and Twitter: consistency, a clear format, replying, and patience.
- Social Media
The 60-Minute Twitter Audit: Fix Your X Account in an Hour
A one-hour audit for your X (Twitter) account: profile, posts, network, security and a 30-day plan, with time per section and what to look for in each.
- Social Media
The 280-Character Limit on X: How It Works and How to Use It
When Twitter moved from 140 to 280 characters, how X counts links, emoji and CJK text today, and how to write posts that use the space well.
- Social Media
How to Get Engaged Followers on X, Not Just More
How to build an engaged X (Twitter) audience: post for one reader, invite replies, answer everyone, share others' work, use Lists and measure conversation.
- Products & Launches
How to Filter Noise Out of Your Feed: Muted Words and Minus Operators
How to hide unwanted content on X: muted words and their durations, mute and block, minus operators in searches, and keeping curation searches clean.
- Social Media
20 X (Twitter) Marketing Ideas for Small Teams
Twenty practical X (Twitter) marketing ideas for small teams with little time: curated threads, customer questions, behind-the-scenes posts and more.
- Marketing
Where to Find Content Ideas When You've Run Dry
Eleven reliable sources of content ideas: customer questions, search data, X searches of your field, your own curated links, old posts and more.
- How-To & Productivity
How to Have Fewer Meetings (and Better Ones)
Practical ways to cut meetings: write first, set a purpose and owner, shorten defaults, protect focus blocks and turn status meetings into written updates.
- Marketing
Headline Swapping: Share the Same Link With a Fresh Angle
How to share the same article on X several times without repeating yourself: rewrite the angle each time, space posts out and compare which version worked.