Tweet My Blog

Just two days ago I broke the 1000 followers milestone on Twitter. I wasn’t able to witness the actual event live cause I was sleeping. By the time I woke up, it was already 1,008 followers. Anyways, here are just a couple of tips on how you can increase your follower count:

1. Follow Others – That’s the simplest way (and the most often used way by spammers). Just follow others who share similar interests, and if they find your bio or website or tweets interesting, they will follow you back. But don’t over do it otherwise you will end up in the twitter blacklist (or even suspended in some cases)

2. Promote Your Twitter – I promoted my twitter everywhere, from my blog to my email list to forum signatures. Do whatever you can to send tons of traffic to your twitter page.

3. Engage In Conversations – If people don’t see you actually engaging in conversations i.e. replying to other people’s tweets then they will see you as unsocial and simply unfollowing you. Twitter is about interaction and relationships. Just think of it this way: will you still continue following someone who just simply ignores you? Unless he or she is a celebrity or thought-leader, probably no. One-way communication just doesn’t work to well on Twitter.

4. Become An Authority – That way you’ve already got an established following so you aren’t really building your twitter base from the ground up…

5. Tweet Useful Content – Simply tweet stuff that are interesting or useful and people will follow you. If all you do is tweet “at work” or “at home” or “at school”, you probably won’t get too many followers.

6. Tweet Often – Not tweeting is one of the biggest turn-offs to a follower. It’s just like not updating your blog for a couple of months. People will simply not come back to your site (or unfollow you in this case) Make sure to tweet at least once per day. Of course don’t over do it.

7. Read StanleyTang.com – No kidding. You’ll learn plenty of tips on traffic generation and building a following

I definitely agree that Twitter is a great tool to build relationships with your prospects as well as your joint venture partners. Will definitely come into a big play for my book launch.

Remember to follow me on twitter – http://www.twitter.com/stanleytang (sidenote: which tactic did I just use?)

Enjoy.

7 Ways To Get 1000 Followers On Twitter.