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How To Create A Twitter Following - Top 10 Tips


  1. here are 4 different places you can go to learn something from the twitter masters. Watch what they tweet about and learn why they have a huge fan base: www.twittercounter.com/pages/100, www.twitterati.alltop.com, www.egos.alltop.com
  2. Consider sending @ messages to snores
  3. Tap into your creativity, dream up a stunning avatar. You want your avatar to stand out. Many top twitter experts say that it is better to put a real picture of you up as opposed to a cartoon or not even put an image up at all. Don't be shy, let people see the real you. An example of a good avatar is: twitter.com/clutterdiet.
  4. It is good form and practice to follow the people that follow you. Focus on direct, private and public messages. If someone has tweet you 10 times that day, tweet them back at least once to acknowledge them.
  5. Make it a practice to link to interesting stories, pictures. Kind of think of yourself as a one person del.ico.us. Again follow top twitter pros, see what they are tweeeting about. Don't just send people to your sales landing page that is 60 pages long. If you offer people hard to find tips and act as their tech support or dear abby, not only will they start recommending you to their friends where their friends will come back and purchase something on your site, the will be your loyal evangelist. The days of the hard sell with flashy banners is the way of the past. Because we are in a recession and people have fewer resources to spend, they will want a relationship and gain your trust before they will buy from your site.
  6. It is also smart to establish yourself as a subject expert. Don't be afraid to express your opinion, but don't say the same thing over and over again, look for fresh ideas and tweet about it.
  7. Repeat your tweets. Post your most interesting tweets 3 times a day at least 8 to 12 hours apart.
  8. Use these tools: Tweetdeck, Tweetie for the Iphone
  9. Ask people to follow you.