When getting started on Twitter one of the main questions that users ask is how do I get more Twitter followers?
First, they want more over 100 followers. Once someone gets 100 followers, they will want to have 1000 followers. Getting the first 1000 followers is more difficult than getting the first 100 followers because some of those 100 followers can be your friends and family. When you get your first 1000 Twitter followers, you are going to have hundreds of people following you who aren’t your family or friend.
Follower count is one of those metrics that has tons of meaning—both for the confidence of the social media manager and for the distribution of the content you share. If you want to grow your followers, there are tons of useful tips to try.
I followed few strategies and I got my first 1000 twitter followers within 10 days. Therefore, I thought to share the strategies that I followed with Woblogger readers.
How to Get Your First 1000 Twitter Followers?
Here are some of the methods that you will get you your first 1000 followers:
Step 01: Fill out your profile completely
Make sure your profile is complete with an avatar that shows your face and a solid bio. It’s important that people know who you are and what you’re interested in.
This includes:
- Writing an awesome bio with one or two select keywords or hashtags.
- Adding your URL and location—URL is great for adding context, location is great for getting found via search and geographic tools.
- Uploading a profile picture and cover photo. Check out the image below for what it looks like when someone clicks your username from Twitter’s desktop site.
- Seeding your Twitter account with five to 10 tweets.
Here is a screenshot of Darren Rowse’s Twitter profile.
Step 02: Share a link to your profile via other networks and via email
Share with your Facebook friends that you’ve started a Twitter account. Add an announcement to your next company newsletter or in an email to friends.
Step 03: Tweet quality content.
When people follow you, they will continue to follow you if you provide quality content. The spam accounts don’t have many followers because their tweets have no quality. Tweeting quality content will get you far. You can also try using a Twitter followers app to get more followers and engagement.
Step 04: Include a Follow button on your website or blog
Twitter offers four types of buttons that you can use to help visitors connect with you on Twitter.
- Share a link
- Follow
- Hashtag
- Mention
The Follow button is the most direct means of gaining more followers. You can place it in a popular place on your website or blog.
Step 05: Find relevant accounts to follow
Many users on Twitter will follow back those who follow them. This is a popular strategy for those just starting out on Twitter to help connect with others, and thanks to Twitter lists, users can customize the information they see on Twitter, which makes following tons of people all the easier to manage.
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Read: Top 10 Bloggers To Follow Right Now To Learn Blogging
Follow the followers of top bloggers in your niche. From this method you can build a targeted audience.
Sign up for a free tool like Tweepi or Unfollowerstats so you can see a list of followers for other users in your niche.
Optimize this list of followers by sorting it by recent activity.
Follow up to 100 of these new folks per, whoever seems relevant and interesting to you (any more than 100 per day and you risk a Twitter ban).
Every so often, to balance out your follower/following ratio, you can check into a tool like Manageflitter to unfollow any accounts that haven’t followed you back. Manageflitter has a whitelist option, too, so you can skip over the accounts you wish to keep following no matter what.
Read: Free Tools to Unfollow Non Followers on Twitter
Step 06: Tweet frequently throughout the day.
There’s nothing wrong with tweeting in the morning if people expect to see those tweets. However, if you tweet in the morning, afternoon, and evening, more people will see your tweets. Not everyone is going to be on Twitter in the morning. There will be people who log in during the afternoon. If you tweet frequently throughout the day, everyone has the ability to see your tweets. This will decrease the likelihood of someone unfollowing you.
Step 07: Build strong connections with the followers you do have.
The followers that you do have are going to be the followers that tell other people about you. They will tell people about you through word of mouth or by retweeting your tweets.
Step 08: Follow everyone who follows you.
It might seem counter-intuitive to do this when you’re focused on gaining followers, but it’s a good practice because people who notice that you didn’t follow them back might unfollow you. Like other social media sites, Twitter is a “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” type of environment.
Also, when you follow back, some people might respond to you publicly, which will give you some added exposure to their followers.
If you’re worried that you won’t be able to keep up with that many people, you’re right. Once you’re following over 100 people, it’ll be pretty much impossible to read all their updates. You’ll become more selective in who/what you read.
Step 09: Regularly unfollow people who haven’t followed you back.
This is especially important to avoid follow limits. The first limit you’ll probably hit is when you’ve followed 2,000 people. You won’t be able to follow any more until you have 2,000 followers.
When this happens, you’ll need to “clean-up” your list by unfollowing people who haven’t followed you back. Aim to unfollow people who don’t post that often, or whoose tweets you aren’t really interested in. Then you won’t feel like you’re missing out.
However, as the list of people you’re following grows, it will become more and more time-consuming to go through it and filter out the non-followers. Luckily, there are services like Twidium and FriendorFollow which can clean up your list for you.
Once your list is cleaned up, you’ll be able to follow a whole new selection of Twitter users, and – if you choose carefully – most of them should follow you back!
Summary:
- Fill out your profile completely
- Share a link to your profile via other networks and via email
- Tweet quality content.
- Include a Follow button on your website or blog
- Find relevant accounts to follow
- Tweet frequently throughout the day.
- Build strong connections with the followers you do have.
- Follow everyone who follows you.
- Regularly unfollow people who haven’t followed you back.
I’ve passed the 1000 Twitter followers mark. Now what?
Well if you’ve arrived at the 1000 fans, the story changes and you realize that you have developed a good community. Your community will begin to heat up and when you talk to them they recognize you and gradually they will read your Tweets, and other news that you publish on a regular basis. You’re building a personal brand and people recognize you for your words for your ideas, you are doing your part to make a name for yourself on the network. Now the task of managing your Twitter followers has become more complicated and you might want to use some Twitter management tools.
I hope this article will be useful and hopefully I can comment on how it went after applying this.
I love to have your comments and your opinion on your first 1000 twitter followers.
