How to Grow an X (Twitter) Account: 9 Practical Tips from Melvin Vivas

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-09-26 · Open on X

Topics: Resume, Job Search & Interviews · Level: beginner

Summary

Melvin Vivas lost his original X account and rebuilt a new one. Three months later he had a four-digit creator payout for a two-week period. He shares tips for growing an audience on X: get verified, stay in one niche, post original content, use X Pro to follow what's happening, be authentic and don't use AI to write replies, post often, engage in the first hour after posting, and check your analytics every day. It's useful for AI engineers building a public profile, but it doesn't teach AI engineering.

Key points

Get verified. People trust a blue checkmark more. He uses Premium+, which also comes with Grok.
Stick to one theme or niche. Don't post random things.
Post original content. The new creator program penalizes accounts that copy others.
Use X Pro (pro.x.com) as a dashboard to keep up with what's happening on X. He stays up late in Singapore to catch US AI announcements.
Be authentic and kind. Saying nasty things hurts your account.
Never use AI to write replies. People can tell, and he blocks accounts that do it.
Post things even if you don't expect them to go viral. You can't predict which posts will take off.
Watch each post's views in the first hour and reply to people who engage. Check your analytics every day.

Resources mentioned

X Pro · tool · pro.x.com · paid
X's multi-column dashboard (formerly TweetDeck) for following timelines, lists and searches in real time.
X Premium+ · tool · help.x.com · paid · open in a browser to verify
X's top paid subscription tier. It includes verification (the blue checkmark), creator monetization and Grok access.
Also in: Grok access: X Premium+ isn't enough, you need SuperGrok (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
Grok · tool · x.com · free
xAI's AI assistant. Here it is used as a terminal coding agent that also runs with the 'agent' alias.
Also in: OpenAI Dots: Agents Inside ChatGPT That Debug, Fix, and Open PRs (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Grok Team Bots: Shared AI Teammates in Slack and Grok (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Cue by Manus: A New Rival to the Grok Bot on X (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), A Cheaper Voice Option Than ElevenLabs, Credited to @thorwebdev (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 14 more
X Analytics · tool · x.com · check price
X's built-in account and post analytics: views, engagement and follower growth.
X Creator Revenue Sharing · other · help.x.com · paid · open in a browser to verify
X's program that pays verified creators based on engagement with their posts.

Try this

Get verified on X (Premium or Premium+).
Pick one niche (for example, AI engineering) and keep your posts on it.
Post only original content. Don't copy other people's posts.
Set up X Pro to track AI announcements and news in your niche.
Write your own replies, without AI, and keep them kind.
Post regularly, even when a post doesn't seem viral.
For the first hour after posting, reply to everyone who engages.
Check X Analytics every day.