Twitternomics - or how I attained over 1000 followers in just one week
Twitter - Over 60% of Twitter users quit after the first month. Most say they just “didn’t get it” Yet big celebrities (think Ashton Kutcher, Oprah and even Rainn Wilson), big media (CNN, NPR, FOX) have realized what a power house this social media site can be for their brand. Yes, I know, you are not a celebrity or a major media outlet…and you don’t want to spend all day on Twitter, either.
You don’t have to be famous or develop a new addiction to make Twitter work for you. There are plenty of people on there who have 5,000-45,000 real, targeted Twitter followers who are not famous or a part of the media - and they don’t spend all day on line to get there.
How do they do it?
Tip 1: Follow users who have a large amount of followers AND follow others back. You can find this out by looking at the ratio of followers to those they follow.
Tip 2: Use services like Tweetlater to send out automated, value-added messages that link back to your site
Tip 3: Reply, Retweet, Repeat. You don’t have to come up with original or mundane details about your every moment of your own life. Find a few cool things other people have mentioned and retweet it for them. They’ll thank you, your subject will come up in the searches and you’ll have easily gained a new friend all in 5 seconds or less.
Trust me, these things do work. I went from 300 or so followers to about a thousand in just one week with them (and a few others I’d be happy to help you with).
For more great tips like these I recommend following the user I got them from @tweet_fu (or click this link http://twitter.com/tweet_fu and hit “follow”)
Blog