Wireless Wednesday for 5/7/14: With Mitch Evans - OBX and Getting Twiter Followers

* TOPICS -  Rick is in the Outer Banks of North Carolina this week playing his usual golf and has visited the site of the Wright Bros. first flight in Kitty Hawk.

www.outerbanks.org

It's the question I'm asked often.   How do I get more Twitter followers?

There are 241 million active users on Twitter each month, according to the social media site’s own reports. This statistic alone should be enough for social media marketers and content managers to recognize the value of Twitter.

The problem is not whether or not people are using Twitter. There’s no question that they are, to the amount of 500 million tweets a day worldwide.

The problem is how to communicate your message to someone who actually cares about it. That’s where your followers come in.

Twitter followers are people who choose to subscribe to your messages. And, regardless of how many people you choose to follow, everyone wants more Twitter followers

Not all of us are like Mitch and are are on the radio and can get Twitter followers.

Have a listen:

listen to ‘Wireless Wednesday for 5/7/14 on 92.9 The Game Part 1’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Wireless Wednesday for 5/7/14 on 92.9 The Game Part 2’ on Audioboo

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1.  Don’t be an Egghead

Part of setting up your Twitter account is replacing the automatic egg avatar with a professional close-up of yourself or your company’s logo, depending on the account’s purpose. I discourage you from posting funny profile pictures, unless you don’t want people to take your personal brand seriously.

 

2.  Write a Great Bio

Your bio should tell who you are and what you’re interested in. You also should consider including a fun or interesting fact about yourself.

3.   Interact with your followers and others...

Start up conversations and answer questions

4.  Tweet consistently

There are almost 10,000 tweets sent every second. This means you have to tweet frequently to get noticed. You can’t assume that you can send a message a single time or tweet once a day and build a following. Tweet throughout the day.


5.  Search #hashtags

Search hashtags related to your industry to find people to follow, conversations to join and points to retweet. This allows you to network with others who share your interest, creating following/follower opportunities.

 

6. Participate in chats

I love Twitter chats, as my followers undoubtedly know. These online, topic-based conversations are a great way to meet people. In addition to participating in chats, hosting or being a featured guest on chats also are great ways to build your following. There are Twitter chats on just about any subject.

7. Retweet others

Retweeting people’s content and their tweets helps you build a relationship with them while providing your audience with information of interest.
 

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