When it comes to Twitter, subscribers or “followers†are your key to building popularity. And popularity is a fundamental and very important concept to grab hold of. The idea is that by following someone, they’ll agree to follow you back.
The following are other ideas which can help with subscriptions:
1)Â Connect your blog or social network site to your profile. By adding a link to each of your social media profiles to your Twitter profile, and vice versa, you are making sure everyone you know is able to reach you in all the places they have accounts as well.
2)Â Ask others to recommend your profile. A blog reader could recommend your social networking page, or other members of your social network could recommend your blog. Word of mouth can go a long way, especially in the world of social networking. Although you may not get every person who hears of you on your Twitter page, you can easily raise the number with a few referrals from friends.
3)Â Purchase banner ads which in turn can be linked to your profile. This way, when your website banner ads are clicked on, the link is automatically established to your Twitter page. This will prevent anyone having to search far and wide in order to find you.
4) Use usernames and avatars which match either your business or other social networking sites. When you sign up for your Twitter account, use the same name you have on other social network sites. If this name isn’t available, try to use something as similar as possible. You can use the same avatar as well. Anyone who is familiar with you from another site will notice when you send out a tweet.
5) Avoid spamming your Twitter. If you constantly drop in silly and unproductive comments several times a day, people won’t take you seriously for long. Make sure you are adding something of value when you post. While it’s fine to post your own URL, joining into conversations will show people you are approachable.
6) Asking questions will show people you are not only looking for input, but you don’t consider yourself a guru either. Who knows – this may result in not only receiving an answer to your question, but with reciprocal following as well.
7) Be careful when posting URLs in Twitter. If the link is too long, it will be shortened with tinyurl. If this happens, it becomes impossible to see the source link to figure out what the page is before clicking through. Before you post any links, it’s recommended you write a short description or the title of the page.
8)Â Follow people from within your personal niche. Not only will you be able to understand what they are talking about, but you may be able to bounce some ideas off them when you get stuck. Having similar concerns and experiences means they are more likely to follow you as well.
9)Â The difference between bios and backgrounds is easy. Bios on Twitter are short and to the point, unlike an About Me page found on most blogs. People will get to know you from how and what you tweet, not from a novel written in your bio section.
10) If at first you don’t succeed, try again. The most experienced in the internet world make mistakes sometimes. It’s part of life. If you find you have made a mistake in one of your tweets, fix it. If you find you have chosen the wrong person to follow, stop following them.
Take the time to work out the kinks on your Twitter page, and you will see how quickly everything else will fall into place.
I can add rss feeds for individual twitter accounts, but cannot add the rss feed from my main twitter page. Every time I do, I get an error message from My Yahoo! saying there were some problems.
I have to say I still don´t see what´s so amazing about using twitter, I just don´t get it – why is micro blogging so popular? And as for shortening url /tinyurl etc., there are way to many sites offering it, here another one, shorter than tinyurl: http://0845.com
But not always the people that I followed are please to follow me back. People often pick something which is good for him nor not.
Twitter has become a great marketing tool nowadays than to be a social networking site. I used to brood with my Twitter account of how to usurp it to exhibit my entrepreneurial endeavor,but these tips are really worth a shoot. I am going to try that for sure.
I’ve been use twitter since 1 year ago and You have great point to sharing. I like point “Be careful when posting URLs in Twitter” and I think I will try to use this tips. Thanks Vera 🙂
I will try to use these tips for mine and my business accounts. Twitter is a great marketing tool as you said. I have noticed a major increase in spammers, causing it lose a lot of its credibility. What is your opinion on this?
I have noticed that some blogs have held contests to get more twitter followers. For a certain period of time, they enter all new followers into a draw for some kind of prize. It is easy enough to offer a month or free advertising or something similar since that doesn’t cost you anything.
These are some great tips for increasing your Twitter popularity. The comment above this one is a really good one too, I’ve seen blogs doing Twitter contests as well and it really works.
It’s unfortunate but I’ve let my Twitter account mostly die.. Twitter hasn’t quite taken off in South Africa yet and I guess I’ll start making a real mission of it when it becomes relevant over here
Thanks. I will go to try it.
I’m newbie at Twitter. I was looking for such tips on getting to know more people. Thanks for sharing!