Ok, yesterday I used the script Tim Linden developed to amass followers through Twitter. Today, I spent most of my free time going through my 50-some-odd new follows to decide who I should follow back. Say what?
I used to blindly follow everyone who followed me. I have over 500 followers now, thanks to Tim Linden. Five hundred tweeters translates into a lot of tweets to read.
I use Twitter as a link to the world outside of traffic exchanges. I have met some awesome web designers, copywriters, artists, bloggers, mental health advocates, inspirational speakers, political commentators, as well as marketers. I have learned so much about so many things since joining Twitter in May. I’ve picked up some great SEO tips, found some fantastic WordPress templates, gotten all kinds of information on branding and copywriting, and made some great friends. Hopefully, I am getting on some people’s radar, but if not, who cares? I am learning an awful lot about advertising and marketing on the internet. I can become a mover and shaker in my own right someday.
Twitter won’t make me, or you, famous, but it can get your name out there. Followers get your tweets in their personal timelines, so you want lots of followers. But people, or “tweeps” get selective after awhile, so you have to give them something worthwhile to follow.
How to use your Twitter profile to get me, and probably a few others, to follow you back:
- Use your real name or company name in your profile
- have a website, not a splash page or lead capture page in your profile
- use a picture or logo
- make the most of your bio and introduce yourself
- tweet once in awhile, and I don’t mean the automated kind
Twitter is a great tool. Use it responsibly and you will be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams.
Now join Twitter and go check out Twitter Me Fun from Tim Linden.
