Tips for Getting More Twitter Followers

Getting more people to follow you on Twitter is all about creating connections and making it as painless as possible for people to find you.

The more links to your twitter profile you can generate, the more relevant connections you will be able to manufacture, and the bigger your network will grow.

Seek to connect highly relevant people.

The more genuine the people you connect with are, the better.

Advise your contacts to connect with you on Twitter.

Present an email to your existing contact list letting them know that you are on twitter, and that they could be following you.

Tweet during the busiest times.

Thursday and Friday from 3-5pm EST are the busiest times on Twitter.

Participate in trending topics.

Trending topics get heaps of exposure so participating in a trending topic can provide your tweet added attention than it normally would get.

Get hold of an existing twitter account.

eBay is a fantastic place to find twitter accounts for sale. Buying a existing account can provide you thousands of followers at once, and sometimes you can grab up an account for a good buy from someone who does not know the real value in a large follower base.

Get involved with Twitter Giants.

If you can engage with Twitter Giants, you can possibly get a large amount of exposure if they respond to you.

Create a awesome Twitter background.

Most people still use the web based version of Twitter, which means they will see your background when browsing to your profile. Check out the tool Themelon for millions of color combinations.

Get a catchy, short, Twitter user name.

Go with a name that people can clearly remember. The shorter your username the better, since a great number of people still use the classic style retweets.

Tweet Frequently.

The more you tweet, the more effective chance you have of your tweets being encountered by people who do not follow you yet. The more recent your tweets are, the more relevant it will seem for someone to follow you.

Add yourself to as many Twitter directories as possible.

There are directories like Twellow, wefollow, and a variety of others where you can insert your Twitter profile and get extra people to connect with you.

Use hash tags in some of your Tweets.

Hash tags can assist people find your tweets by way of trending topics, and Twitter search. The more people that find your tweets, the more people find and follow you.

Tweet awesome pictures.

Others like to see and share great pictures. Tweet some intriguing pictures and they will get retweeted, and you will get way more followers.

You really should get a copy of my Twitter Tools book and You really should also read my free article about 35 ways to get more Twitter followers