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Twitter Tip #2: Build a Dedicated Following

11/18/2014

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Twitter is all about the relationships. My Twitter Tip for today is how to build a dedicated following by building relationships with people. In regards to social media, Twitter in particular, when you talk to other people, encourage them, and interact with them, you're more likely to build a dedicated following. Like I said in my previous Twitter Tip, a lot of celebrities manage their own Twitter pages, however very few of them actually interact with their audience. What about the ones that do interact with their audience? Their fans LOVE them. When a celebrity or public figure interacts with a fan, it shows that they are human. The interaction makes the fan feel special. I can pretty much guarantee you that the fan will be spreading the word about the celebrity that interacted with them. What if you're not famous? Well, most people on Twitter aren't famous. However, whenever you build a conversation with another person on Twitter, your conversation will show up in all of their followers's feeds, which builds your brand and exposure. 

So how exactly do you interact with your audience? Talk to your followers. If someone follows you, they obviously respect you enough to have done so. Give them credit and shoot them a "Thanks for the follow" tweet every once in a while. You'll be amazed at how much less often you'll lose followers if you interact with them. Someone responds to your tweet? Tweet back. By creating engaging conversations and interactions with your audience, people won't just pass by your Twitter handle, they'll remember you, and they probably won't unfollow you. Trust me, there's nothing worse than gaining a few hundred followers in a day, and then losing fifty the next week because you didn't interact with any of them. 

Some people that are great examples of public figures that interact with their audience, and that I've been able to interact with, are Eric Hutchinson, Raviv Ullman, and Gary Vaynerchuk. Give them all a follow, because they post great content. 

In summary, don't just float in Twitter cyberspace with a profile that just sits and does nothing. Take advantage of the great social media tool that Twitter is, interact with people, get to know them, and in turn, you and your brand will benefit from it. Plus, it's pretty neat to know people all over the world through 140 characters. Have a good night, and have fun tweeting! 


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Angus Miller link
11/23/2014 05:20:08 am

This is great. I've found out a couple of things you've mentioned in this for myself and have just picked up a few new tips too. So thank you. Mine was a twitter account that did float around in Twitter cyberspace. Time for change! Thanks!

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Elysia Regina link
11/23/2014 10:06:26 am

Glad you found value in the post! Best of luck with your Twitter journey!

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    Hello! My name is Elysia. I've written since I was six years old, and I wrote my first novel when I was twelve. I'm from Maine, and now live in Charleston, South Carolina. As far as random happy things, I've ridden a Clydesdale on the beach in California, zip-lined and swum in caves in Mexico with bats and stalactites, and spoken to an audience of 1,500. I own an old typewriter and one of Pete Wentz from FOB's guitar picks. I love to travel, and have visited nearly every US state, Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, the US and the British Virgin Islands, Mexico, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, Switzerland, and Barcelona.  I also dream of one day watching the ball drop in New York City. I love to type (I know, I'm a weirdo), and can type approximately 140 WPM, nowhere close to Barbara Blackburn's 212 WPM record, ugh, the overachiever.

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