Twitter Followers: How to Get More Intelligently

On: February 11, 2011 | By: Seth W | In: Blog

Twitter’s a powerful social platform for building relationships with friends and even potential customers. Businesses are using Twitter to reach new audiences and keep their current customers happy through better customer support. The main challenge for businesses on Twitter is how to get more people to follow you.

Smart People use all 5 important tips below for getting more Twitter followers:

    1. Be Real. This might sound strange but a lot of accounts on Twitter are filled with spambots and people pretending to be someone they are not. Make sure if you get an account you build a profile around who you really are. You are always more successful when you act as your true self.
    2. Act as a Resource. Don’t just tell people about your day and what you ate for breakfast but also include resources for people that follow you. If you are a fitness buff then help your friends by sharing a tip that works for you or a link to a great article or video you just watched. Being a place that your friends can find resources is a great way for your current followers to share you with their friends.
    3. Everyone’s your Friend. If you treat people like followers you will have a lot less of them. Treat everyone like they are your friends offline and they will become your friends online too. A real friend is someone people want to connect with and also someone they want to introduce to others.
    4. Make Conversation. Don’t just retweet other peoples tweets or send out lots of links, have conversations with people. The best way to do this is by spending a few minutes every day talking with people on Twitter. I watch my incoming feed and then respond to questions, comments, and conversations.
    5. Use Search. Twitter has a remarkable search tool which is almost completely real-time (live). Using the search tool I look for people asking questions in a niche (field) I am an expert in. Then I begin responding to their questions. Instantly if I can answer their questions I become a friend and expert in their eyes. It is a fantastic way to build friendships and a large audience on Twitter.

Having a large Twitter audience is easiest to achieve if you are sincere and helpful. Following these 5 simple steps will help you improve your audience on Twitter and help you reach your goals.

6 Responses to “Twitter Followers: How to Get More Intelligently”

  1. Riley Harrison
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    February 28, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    I enjoyed your blog. I do have a question: do you think that those with huge followings (10,000+) and reciprocate by following all their followers are using Tweeter properly from a business standpoint. Thanks much.

    Riley

  2. Chelsea Thomas
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    March 3, 2011 at 11:12 am

    Hi Seth,

    I completely agree. Once you become a resource to your followers, they’ll spread the word and people will continue to come back for more.

  3. Annabel Candy, Successful Blogging
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    May 11, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    I’ve never actively tried to get more Twitter followers but I’d love to use tactic number five here because I love helping people and talking about my favorite topics of blogging and writing!

    Thanks for sharing your Twitter tips. I think we met there (or maybe at Blogussion) and I’ve hooked up with many cool people via Twitter. That’s why I love it:)

  4. ezra
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    October 30, 2011 at 8:22 am

    great tips! i really need to start this for my site

  5. Timothy Cody
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    December 4, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Thanks for the tips, it’s exactly what I was looking for. I built an app which helps to stop texting while driving by offering rewards for those who do NOT text & drive and I was wondering how to build a following of people against distracted driving for my app’s twitter account, @DriveAliveApp

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