Ten Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers:
1. Your bio is one of the first things people see. Your bio is displayed on most suggested Twitter user sites and people will pass you right over if you don’t have an interesting account of yourself. Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don’t mean much if they just pass right over your profile.
2. Retweet interesting tweets and explain to your followers what retweeting is. Most new users are not hip to the shorthand of Twitter such as RT, D, and # hastags. If you help them understand they are all the more likely to retweet your tweets. The more your @username gets out into the “Twitterverse” the more clicks back to your profile you will receive. Keep track of your Twitter stats with a site like Twitteranalyzer.com
3. Link to your profile. Create linkbacks to your profile everywhere. Link it on Facebook, LinkedIn, Digg, your blog, other blogs, anywhere it can be seen by someone. Make sure you put your @username in all of your signatures. Again, the more people that see your @username, the more hits on your profile you will get.
4. Use #hashtags. Tweet about interesting things in your life and make sure that people see them by using #hashtags. #hashtags allow users a way to find tweets that interest them on Twitter. Many people search Twitter trends for interesting tweets and if your tweets are included you have a better chance they will find you.
5. Ask people about Twitter. When you meet new people, ask them if they Twitter. Ask for their @username and give them yours in return. If they don’t know about Twitter, teach them. Put your @username on your business cards and give them out so people don’t forget your name.
6. Share pictures. People love looking at pictures from around the world. Pictures are one of the most retweeted items on Twitter. Use apps for your camera phone to tweet and upload to sites like TwitPic and yfrog.
7. Interact with your followers. NYT tech columnnist David Pogue, @pogue, often asks off the wall questions that are fun to answer with witty responses such as, “I need a cure for hiccups… RIGHT NOW! Help?” Instantly he receives replies such as, “check your 401K. That should scare the hiccups right out of ya!” This always starts a plethora of conversation.
8. Follow the top twitter users and watch what they tweet. Pay attention to the type of content they sent out and how they address their audiences.
9. Reply to/get involved in #hash tag memes. search.twitter.com lists the hot ‘trending topics. Look for the #hash topics and jump in on the conversation (see #4 for links to #hash instructions).
10. Track your results. TwitterCounter will show you how many new users you’re adding per day and Qwitter will email you when someone unfollows you after a tweet.
I hope this helps you in your Twitter experience. If you find this interesting please follow me @Rotilda
