Social media is a powerful tool to connect with your target audience and build a community. In 2023, a new and contemporary social media platform is fast becoming the talk of the town – BlueSky. The platform is a lot like Twitter and is an exclusive invite-only app at the moment.
London-based entrepreneur James Buckley-Thorp is already making it big on BlueSky under the username of @jamesbuckleythorp.com. He is the founder of Bequest, a fintech life insurance company aiming to revolutionize the way people interact with life insurance decisions. His company is recognized as the Best Life Insurance & Wills Company 2023 at UK Business Elite Awards for SMEs.
James Buckley-Thorp was also the founder of Rupert and Buckley, an international fashion brand that he led from scratch to make it one of the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 retail powerhouse! He scaled the clothing brand across the United Kingdom with retail presence in more than 120 locations. In 2016, James exited the company and moved to Sans Francisco. Three years down the line, in 2019, his current venture Bequest was born.
Being a serial-entrepreneur with a proven track record of successful business ventures, James has managed to connect with the audience on BlueSky with his practical insights on entrepreneurship, startups, insurance, and career with a mix of humor and funny stories. He regularly sends out ‘skeeters’ on BlueSky (Skeeter is a Tweet on BlueSky) to his followers.
His followers on BlueSky are growing rapidly due to the positive content James shares, his industry knowledge, and friendly persona on the platform. BlueSky is also catching momentum among elite celebrities and politicians such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chrissy Teigen, Dril, and more. So far, only 40,000 people have been invite to the exclusive BlueSky social media app while hundred thousands are on the waiting list. Major chunk of this exclusive audience that has started using BlueSky is already following James Buckley-Thorp.
If you are one of the invited users to BlueSky, not checking out James Buckley-Thorp would be a MISTAKE! His skeeters on BlueSky are guaranteed to make you think, learn, and grow. Follow his account now on https://staging.bsky.app/profile/jamesbuckleythorp.com