Seven ways to improve your Twitter followers

Twitter is one of the major players among the various social media sites. As someone aptly said, “Facebook is about people you used to know, Twitter is about the ones you would like to know better”. As the community on Twitter is growing and increasing opportunities for participants, it is important to be a successful part of the network. Here are a few suggestions to increase your followers on Twitter.

Fill up your bio

Your bio comprises of your information, personal and otherwise that is available to your community. Leave it blank, and you will seldom attract anyone. Keep it interesting and you will attract the right kind of crowd. So take the first step of filling up your bio and you are all set for better Twitter success.

Advertise your twitter id

While you need not buy space to advertise your id, putting it up on your personal profile on different media can surely help. You can thus add it to your email signature or your forum signature. You can also post it on your FB profile or add a wall post for people to see. Make it a part of your blog signature or profile and you could soon be attracting traffic and followers amidst your community.

Choose followers carefully

It is important to understand the right group of people to follow. To do so, check out the lists of people online and identify those with common interests. Also check their activity, i.e. the number of followers they have and those they follow. While people with high number of followers may have good content, they will seldom follow you back. However they can give you good leads on the kind of tweets people like.

Maintain the regular habit

People like people who are regularly in touch. Maintain the regular habit of getting on to your twitter account everyday to post tweets, check what your community is doing and share your thoughts.

Comment regularly

People seldom like quiet company, and so is also true with Twitter. Try to read the posts of your community members and reply at every good opportunity. This will show you as an active twitter user and will increase the interest of others on your profile. Chances are thus high that they will read you and comment back on your posts too.

ReTweeting

ReTweeting involves reposting of others tweets. If you begin to retweet posts of your friends, soon they too will retweet your posts. This would mean providing access to your content across a wider network and increase your chances of getting noticed, and then followed.

Give the entire process some time.

You cannot become a Twitter diva or Guru overnight. So give the entire process some time. Give it three months to start with, and the first few months would surely be the toughest. Once you are established, provide quality content and soon you will gain the needed popularity.

Twitter is a growing platform, important for writers, social media personnel and for anyone who uses the Internet to broadcast his/her services. I can be reached at JayaMurty on Twitter, if you have any queries or need any information. You can also leave your comments here.