Attract More Followers With Your Tweets

There are some people who will follow anyone on Twitter. Hey, the governor of California follows me, along with 42,000 of his other closest friends.

But most of the people who follow you probably do so because they find your tweets of interest. So, be interesting! Share useful tips and links, recommend resources, introduce your colleagues, and comment on current events related to your topic or genre. Make some personal and humorous tweets too—just don't tweet about what you had for lunch!

One of the most important things you can do is try to write tweets that other people will love to re-tweet. Every time someone re-tweets your message, you are visible to their followers. You even get exposure when someone re-tweets a message that you had re-tweeted from someone else. So re-tweet interesting tweets that you think your followers would enjoy.

For more ideas on what to tweet about, see my article 21 Things to Tweet About on Twitter, excerpted from The Savvy Book Marketer's Guide to Successful Social Marketing.

Comments

[Shannon Nicholson]

Thanks for sharing this. I'm still figuring out the whole Twitter "thing", but enjoying the learning curve on building relationships in 140 characters or less.

[judy cullins]

HiDana,

I too am mastering the compelling tweet in 140 characters. We can tweet the 4 E's as I can them:
Educate, Entertain,
Encourage, and Entice.

You tip list is awesome too. I will share more twitter tips at July 30 teleseminar at
http://www.bookcoaching.com/twitter-learning.php