Key tips on attracting and retaining Twitter Followers

1. How to Increase Followers on
Twitter
Tips Businesses and Individuals
Hammad Siddiqui
http://hammadsiddiquiblog.com
http://twitter.com/hammads

2. Remember……
Twitter is engaging, its viral, its
effective and it can also be lethal!

3. Attracting customers takes time
and commitment
Attracting twitter followers also
takes time and commitment

4. 10 Tips for Attracting Followers
 Post original thoughts on your topic, industry
and business
 Follow #hastags related to your interest
 Feed your tweets into other social networks
like Facebook and Linked-in
 Participate in Twitter chats related to your
interest or business
 Follow influential people in your interest area

5. 10 Tips Continued…..
 Use keywords on your profile and a fun fact to earn
trust, add personality and enable you to be found
 Help and advise your followers
 Spread your tweets throughout the day
 Respond to tweets which relate to your industry
 Publish your Twitter ID on all marketing
collateral, including business cards, email
signature, email newsletters, web sites and brochures, so
prospects can learn more about you

6. 7 Bonus Tips for attracting
followers on Twitter
 Compliment someone
 Retweet someone with a nice comment added
 Ask for a Retweet
 Initiate conversation on hot and trending topics
 Use decent humor
 Ask a question and answer when asked
 Tweet #FF plus a few user names, t makes people
feel special

7. 12 Mistake to Avoid on Twitter
 No profile picture
 No profile or poorly done profile
 Not checking your mentions
 Irregular presence Twitter
 Unfocused tweeting
 Negative tweeting

8.  Avoid taking part in conversations
 No hashtagging
 Making it difficult for people to follow you
 Not tweeting with interest
 Not uploading pictures, slides, videos
 Not retweeting

9. Remember….
Attracting and retaining
influential followers is the key to
success on Twitter!
http://hammadsiddiquiblog.com
http://twitter.com/hammads

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