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How Do I Get Twitter Followers?

I hope you had a chance to try out some of the Twitter Lingo. Probably one question I receive about Twitter is how do you get followers? Twitter will allow you to import people from your email contact list. This is a great place to start because it moves your conversation out of the inbox, which sometimes you need to do.

You can also search for accounts to follow.

You might have noticed some people are following 1,000+ people or vice versa. People can choose to follow you. It is a courtesy to follow people back. but don’t think that it’s a golden rule to follow everybody. The “following/followers” aspect depends on who you are trying to reach and how effectively you want to connect. There are also bogus/spam accounts out there that do more harm than good.

Some people likely to closely monitor followers by choosing to protect their updates. If you prefer this option and have time to selectively add to your followers, definitely consider setting up your account as protected. Does the protected updates help your purpose though?  There is a certain amount of “transparency” that comes with the using social media.

For @tywebbin and @tcblogtours, my two business accounts, I do allow a little more leeway with followers because these accounts represents my business. I do quite a bit of tweets about social media, my clients and online marketing.

Now for my personal account (@cookieaisle), my updates are not protected. I do purposely monitor new followers and decide whether or not I want to follow them or even if they should be viewing my tweets. With my personal account, I’m probably more likely to make connections and have conversations.

As you balance Twitter with your comfort level,  keep in mind, the ratio of follow : followers is really where you make Twitter work in your favor in terms of online networking. For marketing purposes, it’s a waste of time if you are only following 12 people or only having a 5 following you.

Here are some popular directories to search for people to follow. You can also add your profile so other “tweeps” can find you.

Mr. Tweet
A personal networking assistant for Twitter, helping you identify relevant followers, recommending you to other users and regularly computing your Twitter usage statistics.

Just Tweet It
Just Tweet It makes it easier for tweeters to find other tweeters with similar interests.

Twitter Search
Search Twitter is an excellent search engine that allows you to find out what’s happening in the world beyond your personal timeline

WeFollow
This is a user powered Twitter directory. You can add yourself with three tag words.