How to Get Followers on Twitter

 

By: Matt Bacak

Having a large twitter following is something that really help a business to garner more sales, get a larger audience for your messages and generally have better conversations. That being said, there are a few things you could do to get followers on twitter. They include:

1. Encourage retweeting

In order to get followers, you have to explain to what retweeting is to your existing followers and encourage them to do it. This will allow your tweets to be seen by more people and therefore increase the probability of getting more followers. You should also use services like retweetist to see whether your efforts are paying off.

2. Reveal details
You should reveal as much as possible on your twitter bio in order to get followers. A detailed bio will cause people to follow you because they’ll be able to associate your tweets with a real person. This is because people use social media for the conversation with other people meaning that they won’t add a user with a black bio page.

3. Market your account
You have to sensitize people on the existence of your twitter account in order to get followers. For instance, if you are a public speaker, you can tell the audience that you are on Twitter, display your twitter URL in your presentation, include it in your business card etc. You can also market your account on other social media sites, blogs, forums etc. Another viable option is buying followers from high traffic sites. This usually causes you to get followers interested in you, your business etc.

4. Join the conversation
You have to participate in all relevant conversations in order to get followers. Use the trending topics section to find interesting conversations and get involved. Witty and intelligent responses will get people to look at your profile and hopefully follow you. In order to get followers in that topic, you should also incorporate hash tags in all your tweets. This allows you to get followers looking for information, friendship etc.

5. Use media
Another good way to get followers in twitter is to use media. You find that interesting pictures get retweeted a lot because they offer a break from all the written content. This means that you should have your smartphone with you at all times in order to take and upload interesting pictures.

6. Contests
This is a very good way to get followers because it takes advantage of peoples’ need to acquire free things. Holding a simple contest that asks people to retweet a link or suggest your twitter page in return for a suitable prize will allow you to enjoy a sudden increase in followers. These prizes can range from gift cards to computers.

7. Follow other people
Look for people with many twitter followers and follow them. This will allow you to find out why they have such a large following and incorporate this information into your own endeavors. For instance, you can learn how to create conversation, stir controversy without annoying people etc.

In a nutshell, getting a large twitter following may require you to invest a lot of time and money but the benefits will be well worth the efforts.

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