Reprinted from a blog post of Phyllis Zimbler Miller as a National Internet Business Examiner.
Here’s a comment posted on my MillerMosaicLLC.com blog:
I guess I am just not interesting enough to be followed on Twitter.
This is such a sad comment because it’s not true. Anyone who learns how to effectively have followers (and not by means of software that automatically adds tons of followers to your account) can be interesting enough to be followed on Twitter.
The secret behind getting followers on Twitter is a) sharing links to information of interest connected to your brand and b) participating in conversations connected to your brand.
One such way to get followers is to participate in tweetchats, such as the weekly #smallbizchat at 8-9 p.m. Eastern on Wednesdays. Melinda Emerson (@smallbizlady) features a guest each week on a specific topic of interest to small businesses. And if you participate with interesting tweets during the tweetchat, you will get followers from that participation.
Another way is to use tweetbeep.com (similar to Google alerts) to notify you of people on Twitter using keywords you’ve tracking. Then reply to people asking questions related to those keywords.
One more important point – using a clear headshot photo instead of a company logo is better for getting Twitter followers. Drew Gerber of
If you want to learn more about getting followers on Twitter, check out Teach Me to Use Twitter Now. And you can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ZimblerMiller.
Check out the roundup of my blogs about Twitter stategies
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For more information, read these posts:
Internet Business 101: What is a basic company Internet policy?
Company Internet policy: Do you know what your employees are saying in your company name?
Internet Business 101: How to decode the symbols in tweets (Twitter updates)
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