[I:http://trevorweir.com/SocialNetwork/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/AsafStanger1.jpg]As we see the beginning of a new year about to emerge, we know that there is one social media service that has made a huge impact in the past year Twitter started as a niche online IM/chat service to one of the most powerful sources of social media in the world. If 2008 was the year of Facebook, then 2009 was definitely the year of Twitter. Now that people are seeing the power of Twitter, they are starting to gravitate towards it for business purposes.
One of the hardest things to do for a new person that’s joining Twitter, is to get people to follow them. We will tell you several ways that have proven to be successful in getting new Twitter followers.
The first step when you want to get people to follow you, is to of course follow them first. How can you expect anyone to be interested in what you have to say if you are not interested in them. Show your interest in them by following the person.
You will have to be selective in who you follow though. You don’t want to just follow anybody because you can start to look like someone who is a just spammer. Follow people that have similar interest as you. If you are a business then follow people that your business tends to cater to.
If they are interested in you or your product they’ll follow you back. Also make sure that you interact with the people that both follow you and you follow. Once people that follow the users that you are talking to see the interaction, if they are interested in what you are saying, they will follow you to. The 2nd step to get people to follow you is to use third party services such as wefollow.com. This step can be tricky since there are a lot of third party services that are scams. Web site such as wefollow.com allows people to go through the site and find people that matches their interests. This is a nice, easy way to use twitter effectively for the average person starting out. It is free to list yourself on the service. You will have to make sure that you put the proper keywords in place. The keywords is how people that are interested in your topic will find you. Last but not least, put a Twitter button on your web site. Of course, this is advice is for people that have their own web sites. If you do not, you can place a link to your Twitter account through other social media services such as facebook or myspace. Also place a link to your twitter account in real life places such business cards and inside your store if you own one. Place a link to the account anywhere that people will most likely see it. These are a couple of ways that have been proven to get Twitter followers. You will have to remember that you can not be very aggressive in your attempt to find followers. People on twitter get followed by a large amount of spam accounts everyday. If they see just the smallest thing suspicious with your account, they will not follow you and just assume that you are a spammer.
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