10 Tips For Getting New Twitter Followers

December 10, 2008

Picture 8 On Monday, I gave you my opinion on why who you follow is more important than who follows you on Twitter. That said, we all want people to follow us on Twitter.

So, why is it that some people attract a lot of followers and others struggle? Below are 10 quick tips to get new followers on Twitter:

  1. Leverage Your Network. If you already have a blog or a large network on a site like Facebook, leverage that resource to get your existing audience to follow you on Twitter.
  2. Be Active. Nothing sucks worse than a dead Twitter profile. So, be consistent and try to tweet a few times per day.
  3. Be a Person. It’s fine to use Twitterfeed to pipe your new blog posts into Twitter, but you need to be a regular person, too. A Twitter stream is supposed to be more than another RSS feed.
  4. Tweet value. Put stuff out there that is actually worth reading. This doesn’t mean you can’t post random things you’re doing throughout the day (you want to be human), but people will value you more if what you say is actually interesting.
  5. Follow others. If you follow other people, chances are they’ll follow you back. Don’t be random about. Find people who are actually worth following for your particular interests.
  6. Strike a conversation. Just following a person and sitting back accomplishes little if your goal is for them to follow you back. Strike a conversation with them! Talk back! Send a reply. That’s a sure-fire way to stand out to people who follow a lot of people.
  7. Retweet. If somebody you follow sends out a really useful or interesting tweet, retweet it to your own followers. Not only do you provide value to your own followers, but it shows up as a reply to the person who originally sent the message. Good on both fronts.
  8. Be Interesting. It helps, not only to be a real person, but to actually be interesting. Funny tweets are one example. Careful, though, don’t be fake!
  9. Be Interested. Take an interest in your followers. This goes hand-in-hand with several of the above tips, but at the end of the day, when you show interest in your network and the actual people who follow you, they’ll WANT to follow you. Acknowledge your followers publicly when they post something interesting, for example.
  10. Don’t Forget Photos. People like photos, so if you use TwitPic sometimes to tweet photos, people will watch and take a gander.

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  • Thanks for the info...been trying to use Twitter more!
  • Great tips David. I came in looking for followers, but now I'm off to read why it who you follow is more important :).
  • Great twitter tips David!!, thanks for the post, twitter really is a great tool to use, not only do you get to make great friends, but if you find the right people, you can also pick up great tips too:).
  • Thanks.... I am a n00b to Twitter, and I am just learning, but those seem like down-to-earth techniques that could work.
  • It all comes down to providing value to your followers. Provide value and they're retweet for you. Which in turn gains you more followers.
  • Thanks for the information. Trying to understand how twitter works and use it to it's potential.
  • A month and a half later of being on Twitter, I have been using your tips and they've been helping a bit.
  • Shelly
    Totally relevant info. Especially to us newbies to Twitter. Thanks
    Shelly

    Www.TheseAreTheSaladYears.com
  • I use a few great tools that follow people based on their conversations, so based on my specific areas of interest it will alert me to these people and then I can choose to follow them or not. Its also about leveraging the tools out there to make sure you can find the people worth following!
  • Vener M. Botin
    Thank you for the information Mr. Risley. I want to be like you generating money online through blogs and helping people at the same time. I salute you for sharing the knowledge you have and hope you continue that. Right now I still studying how to make money online. I don't have my own website right now but I strive hard to have my own one. I will read more of your articles! Thanks again.
  • Great advice David. I'm trying to develop twitter as a communications tool rather than Facebook.
  • Ten great Twitter tips. Thanks.
  • I am a twitter user myself. Great ways to use twitter. Will be retweeting this one. I like how you mention being a person. I hate getting people that just want an autofollow.
  • unoblogger
    great tips as usual, not been on your blog for long but Iam starting to like the way your posts are written. Great post, thanks.
  • Hey, this is pretty cool advice! I had been wondering, cause I'm a new tweetybird.
    I have lots to share and I need to meet others on this journey to stay connected, so these notes really helped!
    Questions: Anyone out there into self publishing?
    Love to hear your tips. For me it's the journey, not always the end result, what about you?
  • Well, these tips are especially for me! I am a user of facebook since 2007. I have almost 200 friends in my friend list. In recent years twitter has also become quite popular, so last week I opened an account in Twitter. But It takes time to capture a new thing. I just didn’t understand the whole thing about follower and following. So I stopped using it. I think it’s time to rejuvenate my twitter account!
  • Hey I'v been reading your blog from quite some time now and I just wanted to say keep up the good work.
  • Thank you sir for this Tips for Twitter. This is very usefull for me.. I will to try this tips :D
  • kaoscouplemurah
    thanks for share...keep posting..
  • Thank You David, I enjoy reading your articles, very inspiring information.
    Now let me work on my Twitter
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