TIPS ON HOW TO GROW YOUR TWITTER FOLLOWING

In the world of social media marketing, there’s one demand that never seems to go away: Get more followers/likes/etc. While more is not always necessarily better, there’s no arguing that increasing your followers with people who have expressed at least some interest in your product, brand, or service can only help your presence.

So today we are going to look at some new methods for increasing your followers on Twitter.

One great method is making use of Twitter Lists, which are lists of users that you follow or follow you that share something in common, like the face that they have liked one of your past Tweets. By using the IFTTT app and connecting it to your Twitter account, create a recipe so that when a new tweet is posted with a certain hashtag that you determine, that user will be added to a new list. This will result in some people following you immediately—which you should thank them for by sending out a thank you tweet—and reach out to the others.

Often, when using Twitter, it’s easy to get swept up in the trending topics of the day or go on a tangent that has nothing related to your brand. So when sending out Tweets from your account, they should all be tied together by a similar theme or message that relates directly to your brand. To get an idea of topics to write about, do a search into what topics are popular on Twitter that also apply to your vertical.

Another simple but highly effective way to gain followers quickly is to respond to tweets from large, influential accounts. By responding, your tweet is now attached to their original tweet so that their followers will see your response in the thread and if they find your response interesting, they might start following you. This is a great way to increase your Twitter visibility.

Finally, one of the most crucial practices you should get into the habit of is always engaging or thanking any user who engages your account in any way. Whether someone adds you to a Twitter list, favorites a tweet, follows you, or retweets something from your account, thank them. Not only is this a great way to engage with your new followers, but it also encourages them to post more content from your account to their network in the future, thus widening your reach.

There are of course numerous other tried-and-trusted methods for growing your Twitter following—these include tweeting individuals’ whom you quote and embedding tweets into blog posts—but by following the above four strategies, you should see a bump in your followers in no time.