How To Go From 1,000 True Fans → 3M Followers with Quinn Slocum

At just 25 years old, Quinn Slocum has built an empire of over 4 million followers across Instagram and TikTok, with zero paid ads.

He’s the founder of @BestCelebrations (nearly 3 million) and @Culture (100k+), two of the internet’s most viral and community-driven social pages. In this episode, Quinn shares the exact systems, frameworks, and mindset that took him from editing Vine clips as a teenager to running multi-million-follower brands today.

You’ll learn:

→ How to grow from 0 → 10K followers

→ The “1,000 True Fans” framework that every creator should master

→ How to build teams that don’t burn out

→ Why defining your niche deeper (not wider) drives sustainable growth

This is one of the most tactical episodes yet, a must-listen for founders, creators, and marketers building long-term audience brands.

Timestamps

00:00 — Quinn’s background: from Vine editor to brand builder

07:00 — The origin of @BestCelebrations and @Culture

10:00 — How he grew his first 10K followers

12:30 — The early “shoutout-for-shoutout” growth strategy that still works

15:00 — Buying and flipping social accounts as a teen

18:00 — Why brands plateau (and how to break through it)

20:00 — Redefining your niche: what “celebration” really means

23:00 — The “1,000 True Fans” framework that changed everything

25:00 — Quinn’s 3-step strategy to grow from 0 → 10K followers

28:00 — Doing the things that don’t scale (and why it matters)

35:00 — Building high-performance social teams that don’t burn out

39:00 — Turning down $100K brand deals to protect authenticity

45:00 — How to turn followers into business opportunities

47:00 — The future of content: community over algorithms