Blake Emal — 0 to 28k on Twitter, Becoming a CMO, and Building In Public

05/18/21 • 84 min

On the show today is Blake Emal. Blake is the CMO at Copy.ai and a prolific creator on Twitter.

I wanted to bring him on because Blake went from 0 to over 28k followers in under a year. He’s created a number of side projects including his latest called Float that allows you to create courses right in Notion.

You'll hear about the unconventional way he became the CMO at Copy.ai, how to build an audience on Twitter, and why he builds in public.

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On the show today is Blake Emal. Blake is the CMO at Copy.ai and a prolific creator on Twitter.

You'll hear about the unconventional way he became the CMO at Copy.ai, how to build an audience on Twitter, and why he builds in public.

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