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How to Get Followers on Twitter: A Savvy Girl’s Guide

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Understanding how to get followers on Twitter is like being at a business dinner. The purpose is networking and creating relationships that will be mutually beneficial.

If you are interested in answering the question, how do I get followers on Twitter, read on! We’ve got the top 8 tips that every savvy girl needs.

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How to Get Followers on Twitter

Below are practices that will help you shine and understand how to get followers on Twitter:

Don’t Be That Girl

When talking with someone at a business event you wouldn’t want to talk nonstop about yourself. Twitter is no exception. @ signs are key. Use Twitter to get to know others. Build relationships. Ask questions. Interact. Everyday I try and ask one question related to my brand. For me, I write mostly about tweens and teens. I might ask, “What is the one thing you find most frightening about raising teens?” Respond to everyone who takes the time to answer the question. This creates relationships.

Work the Room

Go meet as many people as possible. Getting others to follow you is about following them. Spend time each day going through your current followers and see who they are following. Follow those that are of interest to you. Do they seem like someone who would be great to know at a party? Do they have common interests? Follow them. If you have a goal as to the number of followers you would want to achieve, then break it down by day. I want this many followers by this date so I will follow this many people every day.

Wallflowers Go Unnoticed

How to get followers on Twitter is about sharing with people what you know. You write your posts because you want others to know something you know or to tell a story that might benefit them. As you would at a business event, talk about what you are good at. Tweet out your blog post a few times per day. When people take the time to retweet it, thank them. It’s polite and it will encourage them to do it again.

Give Unto Others

Share what others are good at. “Hey parents of tweens, Molly has a tween and wrote a great post about limiting his online time?” Creating business and Twitter relationships means following the old cliche, “I’ll pat your back if you pat mine.” If you want others to share what you have to offer, share what they offer.

Be Elmer

Gray elephants are boring, show your colors. Bring something other than business to the table. While talking business is interesting, you are only as valuable as you are dimensional. If you find something interesting on a news site that you think your followers would be interested in, share it. “Today I saw on CNN that one in three moms have a blog, do you think that’s possible and what does it say about blogging?” This creates conversation. The best part of Twitter.

80 Percent of Success Is Showing Up

Stay focused. You can’t possibly expect people to take you seriously if you don’t show up for most business events. Twitter is no exception. If you tweet two days in a row and then check out for weeks, people lose interest. The more you are in front of your audience the more they will trust you.

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

Get to know the higher ups. You can’t be expected to sit at the CEO’s table if it’s your first year with the company, but any chance you get to hear the intelligence they are willing to impart on you, the more savvy you will become and the better you will understand how to get followers on Twitter. Follow people who are doing it right and emulate them.

Dress to Impress

You wouldn’t go to a business event dressed in sweats and a t-shirt. Your avatar is no exception. Not using the egg as your avatar goes without saying. Make sure your avatar is well thought out and presents you in the best light.

Your value is in the quality of followers you have not the quantity. While I get the appeal of large numbers, it’s important to remember that unless they believe in you, they do you no good. Take your time and build a solid following of people who are interested in what you have to say and want to share it with their followers.

What tips do you have on how to get followers on Twitter? Let’s discuss! Leave a comment below or head over to our Facebook fan page and let us know your tried and true tips!

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About the Author:
oophStefanie Mullen is the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Girlfriend’s Soul and owner and founder of Ooph.com, a site devoted to the parenting of tweens and teens. She is the co-host of Your Family Matters on WSRadio.com. Stefanie has been featured in the New York Times and has appeared on NBC, Fox, KUSI and NPR. Connect with Stefanie on Twitter @Ooph.

About Francesca

Francesca has an extensive background in content marketing, public relations, and social outreach. She oversees all Operations at Sway Group, including our robust metrics capabilities. Prior to joining the online world, Francesca oversaw viticulture and oenology at various wineries in both California and Italy, and managed regulatory affairs and facility approvals at the biotech company, Genentech. Francesca has been featured on CBS Sacramento and Food Blogger Pro’s podcast. She has also hosted an AMA webinar and spoken at Social Media World.

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  14. Jenn says

    Thanks so much for this article! My blog is pretty new, so I’m still getting my name out there. I have almost 150 FB followers, but only 9 on Twitter, so this is a huge help.

  19. Marisa Anderson says

    Excellent tips. I have found your tip about 80 Percent of Success is Showing Up to, be very true. I’ve found that you need to tweet often, and constantly. Liked your tip about asking questions to engage your audience. Sounds like a great idea for building community.

  22. Christina Shoemaker says

    Great post! I see so many who just tweet and tweet about business but rarely ever talk to anyone! Feels a bit salesy (not a word but you understand). I love a good conversation! Thanks for sharing!

  23. Nicole says

    I’m about to participate in my first Twitter party tonight, I’m excited and a little overwhelmed. It should be interesting, being my first time and all. 🙂

  25. Kira says

    You’ve excellent suggestions and I’m glad to see I’m already on my way to being a twitter queen.
    So here is a toast – *to having 50k followers with 80% engagement*

  26. Chris Carter says

    It seems so overwhelming when I see all the tweets… like a sea of little notes of many I don’t even know very well. It’s hard to navigate through it all. Thanks for the advice!! I need to spend more time really delving into this social media.

  27. Jennice says

    I’ve started participating in more twitter parties within the last couple of months and I’ve started following more people and getting more followers. Even when I hashtag my fave shows on tweetchat, I get followers and I become a followee!!!

  28. Vicki M. Taylor says

    Excellent tips. I guess I’m doing okay as I’ve already been following most of them. I try to tweet throughout the day and I use Triberr to help with blog amplification. It’s a great resource for getting tweets and giving tweets. Have a blessed day!

  29. Kelly says

    This is a great post. I have been doing a lot of reading up about social media dos and don’ts. I used to think Twitter was this scary thing that just annoyed mature people, but now that I use it, I truly believe it is a god send.

    I participated in my first 2 twitter “parties” on this week, one right after the other. I think that is a great way to connect because everyone is online at the same time. Then people start to look into who you are and bam! you have new followers of your blog and twitter account.

    Thanks for the info!

  30. Laurali Star says

    This was a great article! I really do need to stop being a wallflower more. I use Twitter but I don’t really use it. Know what I mean. These are very effective tips. Thanks so much!

  31. Carli says

    Twitter is my favorite social media tool. I think it helps to use tools like Hoot Suite and also to build lists. I have certain people I follow in different lists so I can get to them quickly and not have to dig for their tweets.

  32. ThePearLady says

    Good tips…although, I have some trouble with the checking out for a while. There’s just so many social avenues, I’ve to vary the places (usually dependent on if I’m on the go vs. at home). Twitter parties can be a really good way to get followers, but one doe need to space them out, else risk inundating your current followers with a LOT of chatter. 😀

  33. Kelly (Constantly Crafting) says

    Hi,
    Thank you for this post. I literally just started on Twitter today. It is a whole new world I have to explore and learn about. It’s nice to find so many helpful resources on blogging since I just recently started that too. There is so much to do with it all it can be overwhelming. Posts like this help so thank you for them!

  34. Charlotte says

    These are some really great tips. I totally agree re: the egg. I tend to ignore people who don’t at least have a picture in their profile.

  37. Vivian says

    thanks for the tips! i just recently signed up for twitter. i know totally late to the game! i used to be one that refused to sign up for another social network… but alas i decided to try it out!

  39. Kristen says

    These are great tips! Thank you! I know I need to do a lot better with Twitter. It’s one of my goals this year.

  40. Paulin says

    Great tips!! I never follow people who talk about nothing but business. It’s important to come across as human on Twitter by talking about something other than business

  42. Kendra @kennyclaires says

    I’m so looking forward to trying these tips! I’ve been trying to build a twitter following for a while now and I’m finally seeing results, but so can not wait to put some of your tips I to practice and tweak what I’ve already done!

    • Stefanie says

      There is a tipping point on Twitter when you really start to see your following pick up. Sounds like you are either there or close. Thanks for reading and I hope these tips help you out 🙂

  43. zoya says

    Hi Francesca – So many work so hard to get a massive amount of followers. Then they get so overwhelmed that they never even tweet, they are too busy getting followers.