Twitter is growing by the minute. Here are 21 smart twitter tips for new users. If you follow them, people will follow you. Welcome to Twitter domination!

1. By AB SAM
www.techitricks.com
21 Smart Twitter Tips for
New Users
Follow Them and People Will Follow You

3. 1. Direct messages attract more attention
than those that are automated
2. Interesting tweets should be re-tweeted,
and you should thank others for their re-
tweets
3. If you post nothing more than information,
your followers will feel that you do not care
about them.

4. 4. It is best to talk about yourself no more
than 20 percent of the time.
5. You should take the time to reply to
others who tweet about you and
remember, mentioning people’s names
could make a lot of impact.
6. Twitter does not have threaded
conversations, so you should always
indicate what it is that you are replying to.

5. RE-TWEETING

6. 7. If your tweets get re-tweeted, your
Twitter name will be exposed to more
Twitterers, which will earn you
more followers. Re-tweeting can attract
many visitors to your blog, particularly if
the message contains a link to your site.
8. You should include “RT @yourname” in
your tweets to enable re-tweeting.

7. 9. Using hashtags will make your tweets
visible even to those who do not follow
you, but are searching for hashtags.
10. Obviously, if you wish to be re-tweeted,
your tweets should be interesting. Links to
news, useful guides, and bizarre or funny
things are more likely to be re-tweeted.
11. Asking to be re-tweeted could be of
benefit, and can be done by just stating
“Please RT.”

8. WHO TO FOLLOW

9. 12. If someone has 20,000 followers, most
will be either spammers or professed
experts seeking to increase their own band
of followers. Quality beats quantity.
13. Look for people who have no more than a
few hundred followers, as these are the
people who will read your tweets and are
more likely to re-tweet them.
14. Your ratio of followers to followed should
be approximately 1:1.

10. HOW TO GET FOLLOWED

11. 15. Complete your bio and include a
picture, ideally of yourself, as research
has shown that a bio will make you
eight times as likely to attract followers.
16. Create a blog or other website, as it
will demonstrate your personality in
more detail than is possible in 140-
character chunks.

12. 17. If there is a Twitter meet-up in
your vicinity, you should attend, as it
will get you more followers.
18. Tweet regularly, and every day if
you can manage that. If your profile
was last updated a week ago, people
are less likely to follow you

13. BIOS

14. 19. Most people read another person’s bio before
deciding whether to follow them. If you have no
bio or the bio you do have is not descriptive, you
will miss out on potential followers.
20. While tweets are 140 characters, you have 160
for your bio, and you should use every last one.
21. Your bio should include critical keywords that
will show up in searches. Never claim to be a
guru, as this marks you out as something bad.

15. CONCLUSION
There you have them: what to say, how to get
retweeted, who to follow, how to get followed,
and what to say in your bio.
Following these Twitter tips for new users will
make your Twitter experience considerably more
interesting and productive.
Happy twittering!