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4 Ways to Grow a Twitter Following That Matters

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:04 AM PDT

Is Twitter working for your business?

Are you looking to grow a larger and more relevant Twitter following?

This article will show you four actionable steps you can take to improve your Twitter experience.

Why Twitter Is Not Just a Numbers Game

Many brands, businesses and marketers have already discovered how powerful Twitter is for finding and engaging their audience.

Its low cost, immediacy and viral nature make it a favorite tool for everyone from news organizations to celebrities to small businesses.

Yet when marketers jump on Twitter for the first time, they wonder why they don't get an overwhelming response to their initial tweet. Soon they learn that they must develop a following.

They see others with followings of 500, 5,000 or 50,000 and they want some of that. So they start to Google "how to get more followers on Twitter" or falling for tweets like this one:

twitter team follow back

If it sounds too good to be true…

Well, I'm here to tell you that it's not too difficult to build a following on Twitter if you're willing to partake in some shady, bad-karma tactics—from following and unfollowing people to creating hundreds of bogus accounts that follow you and retweet everything you say to buying followers on the black market.

But few if any of those followers will provide you any value for the time you put into Twitter.

So I'm also here to tell you that it's not how many followers you have, but how many relevant followers you have. Having 20,000 followers who don't respond to anything you share is equivalent to shouting from the top of the Empire State Building and claiming all of New York City as your audience.

Yes: more engaged followers are better than fewer engaged followers. So, let's focus on getting more engaged followers.

Building a relevant Twitter following comes down to four core concepts:

  • Find and follow relevant people.
  • Tweet content that will be interesting to your target audience.
  • Engage with your audience.
  • Promote your Twitter account through other channels.

With that framework in place, here are some tips, tools and tactics to attract relevant followers on Twitter.

#1: Find and Follow Relevant People

Your audience is out there… Now, how to find them?

Start with a strong profile.

Because most people will check out your profile before following you, it's important to put your house in order and present yourself in the most engaging way possible.

This includes:

  • Profile photo: Make sure you're using a photo of your face for your personal account or a logo for your business account. Research has shown that people trust faces more that they've seen multiple times, which is why a photo of your smiling face works best.
  • Detailed bio: You've got 160 characters, so get creative! Let people know why they should be following you.
  • Location: Because so much of business is local these days, make sure you include your location as appropriate. It can be the make or break for follows. 
    twitter bios

    Strong profiles increase your followers. Blue hair doesn’t hurt.

Discover new people with third-party tools.

One of the first places to start your search for relevant people is at one of the many Twitter directories out there.

In a discussion around Twitter tools in Social Media Examiner's Small Business Networking Club, everyone seemed to have a favorite tool or tip.

Social media marketer Paul Wylie recommends Twellow (for the clean interface) and WeFollow (for finding influencers). You can search by industry, location or keyword for starters.

wefollow-personal-trainer

WeFollow has many categories. Thus, whether you’re targeting personal trainers or WordPress trainers, you’ll find them here.

Karen James, a social media coach from the UK, likes Tweepi to check out people before she follows them. Karen Black, a digital marketer also from the UK, uses ManageFlitter to do bio searches, as well as keep an eye on her followers.

Use these tools to search for your own industry and the industries of your ideal customers.

Leverage other people's Twitter lists.

A great source for new people to connect with is other people's curated Twitter lists.

mashable pr

Whatever your interests are, you can find well-curated lists and subscribe to them.

Twitter users often create lists or subscribe to other people's lists to improve their
signal-to-noise ratio. As long as people make their lists public, you are free to subscribe to them, quickly getting access to dozens or hundreds of vetted Twitter users.

bald guys rock

Some lists are more serious than others.

Use Twitter's search functionality.

You can use Twitter's search functionality to find relevant people and engage with them.

For example, let's say you had a product or service for NASCAR fans. Start by doing a search on #nascar within Twitter.

twitter nascar

Searching on #nascar will help you find passionate NASCAR fans whom you can then follow.

You could then join the conversation by @ (mentioning) them, answering their questions and otherwise engaging them.

If your business is more local, like a restaurant, you can find out who's hungry and in driving distance.

twitter hungry

Filter your search by geography to find local people on Twitter to follow.

You could then reach out to those starving denizens on Twitter and offer them a discount or free drink if they come in now and mention "Twitter" as they place their order.

For more ideas on finding and following the right people, be sure to check out 7 Twitter Strategies for Growing a Great Following.

#2: Tweet Interesting Stuff

Easier said than done, right?

How do you find interesting content? Here are some ideas.

Use Google Alerts.

Set up Google Alerts (or a similar service) to get daily email updates about all of the things that are of interest to your audience—from "vegan recipes" to "grilling product reviews"—and share them through Twitter.

Share media.

Photos and videos are a proven way to engage your audience. Use photos to share your activity or events so your business will get click-throughs and comments.

A real estate agent might share a video walkthrough of a new house and ask "what do you think?" A retail shop may share photos of some new additions to their display window. A travel agent might share pictures from a beach vacation and ask, "Are you ready for your getaway?"

beadin path

Photos engage, especially if you tie them into a giveaway.

Talk to people, not at them.

Chances are, what is of interest to your audience is what they're already talking about! Rather than trying to get the ball rolling, why not keep it rolling? See what your audience is talking about and engage them in that conversation. Ask questions, answer them, retweet and respond.

For more ideas on how to create more interesting tweets, check out 26 Twitter Tips for Enhancing Your Tweets.

#3: Engage

People on Twitter who don't talk to other people are significantly less engaging and less likely to get followers.

Just because someone didn't immediately follow you back doesn't mean that you can't engage them. Check out their conversations and see if you can jump in with relevant comments, or retweet some of their links.

Also, being part of conversations will get you in front of more people, increasing your chances of being followed.

Get involved with #chats.

Anyone can start a chat on Twitter by using a hashtag. You can find a long list of chats in this Google doc, along with days and times.

By joining the conversation at appropriate chats, you can quickly build your relevant followers… Assuming you have something valuable to add!

twitter chat

If you’re looking to engage bloggers, you could chime in at the #BWEChat.

Schedule chats to reach a wider audience.

While there are many marketers who hate scheduled tweets—I'm looking at you, Unmarketer—many others embrace the tactic.

Using a tool like HootSuite or Buffer, you can schedule out a day's, week's or month's worth of tweets. I would recommend you use a scheduling tool to supplement your regular tweets rather than replacing them.

If you're going to schedule your tweets, try to be aware of when people respond to anything you share. When people respond to your tweets and you're not there to respond to them, they're less likely to engage you in the future.

#4: Promote Your Twitter Account Through Other Channels

Leverage the following you've built elsewhere by promoting your Twitter account.

Talk up Twitter at your website, blog and through email.

At flyte, we include our Twitter handles—with clickable links—next to all of our bios. We also include links to our Twitter handles from all appropriate blog posts.

crew page

People can follow you without having to leave the page they’re on.

You can also include a "follow me on Twitter" call to action in your email signature file, email newsletter and all other correspondence.

Leverage your social media outposts.

Likewise, include links (and calls to action) on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and YouTube.

You may be tempted to sync all of your updates and tweets together using a tool like Ping.fm, HootSuite or TweetDeck. While there's nothing wrong with this, use this technique judiciously.

Certain platforms may not be as "chatty" as Twitter, and if we're already connected on LinkedIn and you're syncing all of your tweets and LinkedIn updates, what's the value of getting the same content on Twitter?

Get more visibility with a Paper.li newspaper.

Paper.li is a free service that allows you to create "newspapers" out of your Twitter feed (as well as some integration of Facebook and Google+).

Your daily paper.li can pull from the people you follow, your lists, or specific keywords or hashtags you include. Paper.li can also tweet out your daily paper, including which people contributed your "top stories."

I've found that these tweets often get retweets from the people mentioned, and suddenly they're sharing your content with their network, elevating your brand.

aoc daily

Promoting the people you’re following encourages more follow-backs and engagement.

In this video you can see how to create your own paper.li daily:

One caveat: I no longer recommend including hashtags to pull in new people to your paper.li. Turns out some disreputable people might be using the same hashtags, populating your paper.li with spam.

So how do you bring in fresh content from new people to your paper.li daily? Here's what I did: find people you respect and look at the targeted lists they've created. Then you caninclude their curated lists to help round out your paper.

twitter list on paperliUsing others’ lists can greatly improve your own paper!

Now It's Your Turn!

What do you think? What tips, tools or tactics have you been using to build your own relevant Twitter following? Share something in the comments box below and include your Twitter handle and you'll be sure to pick up a few new followers!

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How to get a lot of followers on Twitter

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:25 AM PDT

Quinny Robbins


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So my friend, since Tweetadder is no longer efficient, I use Manageflitter, how run online and provide FREE UNFOLLOWS
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Why ManageFlitter?

ManageFlitter provides you with a set of easy to use tools to empower you to work smarter and faster with Twitter .

Sort your followers/following lists by a range of criteria
Find new people to follow with our comprehensive search facility
Find out when most of your followers are online and schedule tweets appropriately with our PowerPost feature
Answer “Who unfollowed me on Twitter”?
Track who unfollowed you
Easily manage multiple Twitter accounts
Track keyword mentions on Twitter with our Analytics feature (coming soon)
And much more!

http://manageflitter.com/try/GaIXo7Jl/connect

To date they have assisted 2,160,417 users with their Twitter accounts… so they have been around for a while and plan on being around a whole lot more.

There system is super fast and built on rock solid reliable architecture. The team behind ManageFlitter have many years worth of experience developing robust online systems that help people lead more productive lives.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/Boost4Social
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How To Get Rid of Twitter DM Spam

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 01:53 AM PDT

how-to-get-rid-of-twitter-dm-spam

When you use Twitter Marketing Software or are simply networking aggressively you may find that your inbox becomes filled with DM spam.

Don’t worry, in just a few minutes you can re-claim your DM box and stop many of the spammy direct messages you get from happening again!

How to Stop Auto DM’s

Auto-DM’s suck.  All to often this automation setting is used by spammers to send DM’s for every offer under the sun.

If you want to get rid of automated DM’s you can eliminate most of them with a few simple steps.

Most auto-DM’s come from Social Omph and here is how you can stop them:

socialoomph-dm-opt-out

  • Go to http://twitter.com/optmeout and follow this profile.
  • Minutes later you will notice they are following you back.
  • Send a DM to @optmeout – Send anything (I used the DM “abc”)
  • Go back to http://twitter.com/optmeout and Unfollow

140 games

Home to many of the quizzes, games, and yes, they have their own Mafia game.

Click this link http://lolquiz.com/optout

It will redirect back to Twitter and ask for you to “Allow LOL quiz access”

Click the allow button and your good to go.

Poll Pigeon

Home to many of Twitters top polls and another big offender of the DM box.

Click this link http://pollpigeon.com/optout/

Click the “Don’t send me any Direct Messages” button and you’re good to go.

In 5 minutes or less you can get rid of 90% of the spam you get now by doing the above steps!

Clean Your Twitter Inbox

The tool inbox cleaner enables you to clean out your Twitter inbox, however the free version only allows you to clean 10 DM’s per day.

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10 #Awesome #Twitter #Analytics and Visualization #Tools

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 01:12 AM PDT

twitter-analytics-and-visualization-tools

After researching over a thousand Twitter Tools for the Twitter Tools Book I came across many Twitter analytics and visualization tools.  These Twitter tools were designed to add value by presenting a different way to visualize or analyze your tweets, the people in your network, and the tweets from the people in your network.

Many tools tried to add value and failed.  At least they tried.

The following tools, however, stand out in my mind as exceptional or entertaining and I recommend you check them out if you want to analyze and visualize your activity on Twitter.

1. The Archivist

The Archivist was built by Mix Online, an opinionated group of designers and developers at Microsoft.
the-archivist

Some of the cool features of this tool include:

  • Top Users
  • Top Words
  • Top URLs
  • Tweet vs. Retweet Ratio
  • Sources (Tools) Tweets are sent with

2. SocialBro

SocialBro is a powerful platform that enables you to analyze and visualize your network in a variety of ways.

In addition to analysis SocialBro also enables you to grow your network and schedule tweets for Hootsuite or Buffer directly within their platform.

Here is a snapshot of their homepage:

build-your-influence-with-socialbro

Some of their other features include:

  • Explore Your Twitter Community
  • Determine the Best Time to Tweet
  • Identify Influencers
  • Target Your Audience with Precision
  • Discover and Easily Follow Targeted Twitter Users
  • …and more!

3. MentionMap

MentionMap is a cool network exploring tool.  The interactive nature of this tool is very neat, although sometimes awkward to navigate.  Test it out for yourself with the embed below.

mentionmapp-dot-com

4. Twitonomy

Twitonomy is a powerful Twitter anayltics platform that I discovered after it’s founder @MattFyot reached out to me on Twitter.

This free service is actually very robust, and I am impressed with all of the different methods of analysis it offers.

To give you a better idea here is a screen capture of my Twitonomy profile:

twitonomy-profile

5. 5K Twitter Browser

5K Twitter Browser is a very cool way to explore the followers of your followers.  The only downside to this app is that there are no links to the profiles, you need to enter the usernames into Twitter directly to check people out, and longer usernames cannot be entirely seen. 5k-twitter-browser

6. Twitter Counter

Twitter Counter is  a way to visualize and track the growth of your own followers, and even compare your growth to the growth of other users.

Below is a graph they generated showing my follower growth during the last month.

twitter-counter-screen-capture

7. Visible Tweets

Visible Tweets is a way to view tweets based on keyword or username.

This Twitter visualization Tool is basically a screen saver featuring your tweets.

Here is a video I recorded with a quick demo of this tool.

8. Tweetstats

Tweetstats is, you guessed it, statistics for Twitter. And robust statistics at that. Check this tool out for a glimpse into your tweeting style and tendancies.

tweet-stats

9. Twistori

Twistori is an elegant way to view a scrolling stream of tweet containing the emotive words: I love, I hate, I think, I believe, I feel, and I wish.

This is a pretty interesting way to get a feel for the pulse of Twitter.

twistori10. Tweepsmap

TweepsMap is a cool tool that shows you where your followers are in the world.

With this tool you can map the effectiveness and distribution of your following.

Below you can see a screen capture of the map TweepsMap generated of my following, which has the greatest concentration in the US and Canada, but is also widely distributed throughout the world.

tweepsmap

Bonus Analysis Tools

Twenty Feet

Twenty Feet is a powerful analytics platform that tracks and graphs stats like Twitter mentions, followers, retweets, and more.

Twenty feet also integrates with other services like Facebook, bitly, Google Analytics, YouTube, and more.

You can track your Twitter and Facebook with Twenty Feet for free, and if you want to track other services beyond these they have paid packages as well and offer a free 30 day trial.

twenty-feet-twitter-analytics

Portwiture

Portwiture is definitely one of the more unique visual Twitter apps that you'll find. Rather than tag clouds or graphs, Portwiture allows you to visualize your tweets in photographs.

portwiture

Foller.me

Foller.me is a cool free Twitter analytics tool that enables you to quickly analyze important stats about any Twitter user.

My favorite features of this tool are the topics, hashtags, and mentions analysis.

Other cool features of foller.me include the times of day you usually tweet, the breakdown of your last 100 tweets and more!

foller-dot-me-twitter-analytics-tool

How To: Rapidly Build Your Twitter Network

The Twitter Marketing Software Tweetadder is a major reason why I now have over 406,000 followers on Twitter.

Check out a video demo of this powerful Twitter Marketing Software to see how it works.

Feedback

How do you analyze and visualize your tweets and Twitter presence?  Let us know in the comments below!

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4 Ways Growing a Twitter Following That Matters

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:34 AM PDT

Is Twitter working for your business?

Are you looking to grow a larger and more relevant Twitter following?

This article will show you four actionable steps you can take to improve your Twitter experience.

Why Twitter Is Not Just a Numbers Game

Many brands, businesses and marketers have already discovered how powerful Twitter is for finding and engaging their audience.

Its low cost, immediacy and viral nature make it a favorite tool for everyone from news organizations to celebrities to small businesses.

Yet when marketers jump on Twitter for the first time, they wonder why they don't get an overwhelming response to their initial tweet. Soon they learn that they must develop a following.

They see others with followings of 500, 5,000 or 50,000 and they want some of that. So they start to Google "how to get more followers on Twitter" or falling for tweets like this one:

twitter team follow back

If it sounds too good to be true…

Well, I'm here to tell you that it's not too difficult to build a following on Twitter if you're willing to partake in some shady, bad-karma tactics—from following and unfollowing people to creating hundreds of bogus accounts that follow you and retweet everything you say to buying followers on the black market.

But few if any of those followers will provide you any value for the time you put into Twitter.

So I'm also here to tell you that it's not how many followers you have, but how many relevant followers you have. Having 20,000 followers who don't respond to anything you share is equivalent to shouting from the top of the Empire State Building and claiming all of New York City as your audience.

Yes: more engaged followers are better than fewer engaged followers. So, let's focus on getting more engaged followers.

Building a relevant Twitter following comes down to four core concepts:

  • Find and follow relevant people.
  • Tweet content that will be interesting to your target audience.
  • Engage with your audience.
  • Promote your Twitter account through other channels.

With that framework in place, here are some tips, tools and tactics to attract relevant followers on Twitter.

#1: Find and Follow Relevant People

Your audience is out there… Now, how to find them?

Start with a strong profile.

Because most people will check out your profile before following you, it's important to put your house in order and present yourself in the most engaging way possible.

This includes:

  • Profile photo: Make sure you're using a photo of your face for your personal account or a logo for your business account. Research has shown that people trust faces more that they've seen multiple times, which is why a photo of your smiling face works best.
  • Detailed bio: You've got 160 characters, so get creative! Let people know why they should be following you.
  • Location: Because so much of business is local these days, make sure you include your location as appropriate. It can be the make or break for follows.
    twitter bios

    Strong profiles increase your followers. Blue hair doesn’t hurt.

Discover new people with third-party tools.

One of the first places to start your search for relevant people is at one of the many Twitter directories out there.

In a discussion around Twitter tools in Social Media Examiner's Small Business Networking Club, everyone seemed to have a favorite tool or tip.

Social media marketer Paul Wylie recommends Twellow (for the clean interface) and WeFollow (for finding influencers). You can search by industry, location or keyword for starters.

wefollow-personal-trainer

WeFollow has many categories. Thus, whether you’re targeting personal trainers or WordPress trainers, you’ll find them here.

Karen James, a social media coach from the UK, likes Tweepi to check out people before she follows them. Karen Black, a digital marketer also from the UK, uses ManageFlitter to do bio searches, as well as keep an eye on her followers.

Use these tools to search for your own industry and the industries of your ideal customers.

Leverage other people's Twitter lists.

A great source for new people to connect with is other people's curated Twitter lists.

mashable pr

Whatever your interests are, you can find well-curated lists and subscribe to them.

Twitter users often create lists or subscribe to other people's lists to improve their
signal-to-noise ratio. As long as people make their lists public, you are free to subscribe to them, quickly getting access to dozens or hundreds of vetted Twitter users.

bald guys rock

Some lists are more serious than others.

Use Twitter's search functionality.

You can use Twitter's search functionality to find relevant people and engage with them.

For example, let's say you had a product or service for NASCAR fans. Start by doing a search on #nascar within Twitter.

twitter nascar

Searching on #nascar will help you find passionate NASCAR fans whom you can then follow.

You could then join the conversation by @ (mentioning) them, answering their questions and otherwise engaging them.

If your business is more local, like a restaurant, you can find out who's hungry and in driving distance.

twitter hungry

Filter your search by geography to find local people on Twitter to follow.

You could then reach out to those starving denizens on Twitter and offer them a discount or free drink if they come in now and mention "Twitter" as they place their order.

For more ideas on finding and following the right people, be sure to check out 7 Twitter Strategies for Growing a Great Following.

#2: Tweet Interesting Stuff

Easier said than done, right?

How do you find interesting content? Here are some ideas.

Use Google Alerts.

Set up Google Alerts (or a similar service) to get daily email updates about all of the things that are of interest to your audience—from "vegan recipes" to "grilling product reviews"—and share them through Twitter.

Share media.

Photos and videos are a proven way to engage your audience. Use photos to share your activity or events so your business will get click-throughs and comments.

A real estate agent might share a video walkthrough of a new house and ask "what do you think?" A retail shop may share photos of some new additions to their display window. A travel agent might share pictures from a beach vacation and ask, "Are you ready for your getaway?"

beadin path

Photos engage, especially if you tie them into a giveaway.

Talk to people, not at them.

Chances are, what is of interest to your audience is what they're already talking about! Rather than trying to get the ball rolling, why not keep it rolling?See what your audience is talking about and engage them in that conversation. Ask questions, answer them, retweet and respond.

For more ideas on how to create more interesting tweets, check out 26 Twitter Tips for Enhancing Your Tweets.

#3: Engage

People on Twitter who don't talk to other people are significantly less engaging and less likely to get followers.

Just because someone didn't immediately follow you back doesn't mean that you can't engage them. Check out their conversations and see if you can jump in with relevant comments, or retweet some of their links.

Also, being part of conversations will get you in front of more people, increasing your chances of being followed.

Get involved with #chats.

Anyone can start a chat on Twitter by using a hashtag. You can find a long list of chats in this Google doc, along with days and times.

By joining the conversation at appropriate chats, you can quickly build your relevant followers… Assuming you have something valuable to add!

twitter chat

If you’re looking to engage bloggers, you could chime in at the #BWEChat.

Schedule chats to reach a wider audience.

While there are many marketers who hate scheduled tweets—I'm looking at you, Unmarketer—many others embrace the tactic.

Using a tool like HootSuite or Buffer, you can schedule out a day's, week's or month's worth of tweets. I would recommend you use a scheduling tool to supplement your regular tweets rather than replacing them.

If you're going to schedule your tweets, try to be aware of when people respond to anything you share. When people respond to your tweets and you're not there to respond to them, they're less likely to engage you in the future.

#4: Promote Your Twitter Account Through Other Channels

Leverage the following you've built elsewhere by promoting your Twitter account.

Talk up Twitter at your website, blog and through email.

At flyte, we include our Twitter handles—with clickable links—next to all of our bios. We also include links to our Twitter handles from all appropriate blog posts.

crew page

People can follow you without having to leave the page they’re on.

You can also include a "follow me on Twitter" call to action in your email signature file, email newsletter and all other correspondence.

Leverage your social media outposts.

Likewise, include links (and calls to action) on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and YouTube.

You may be tempted to sync all of your updates and tweets together using a tool like Ping.fm, HootSuite or TweetDeck. While there's nothing wrong with this, use this technique judiciously.

Certain platforms may not be as "chatty" as Twitter, and if we're already connected on LinkedIn and you're syncing all of your tweets and LinkedIn updates, what's the value of getting the same content on Twitter?

Get more visibility with a Paper.li newspaper.

Paper.li is a free service that allows you to create "newspapers" out of your Twitter feed (as well as some integration of Facebook and Google+).

Your daily paper.li can pull from the people you follow, your lists, or specific keywords or hashtags you include. Paper.li can also tweet out your daily paper, including which people contributed your "top stories."

I've found that these tweets often get retweets from the people mentioned, and suddenly they're sharing your content with their network, elevating your brand.

aoc daily

Promoting the people you’re following encourages more follow-backs and engagement.

In this video you can see how to create your own paper.li daily:

One caveat: I no longer recommend including hashtags to pull in new people to your paper.li. Turns out some disreputable people might be using the same hashtags, populating your paper.li with spam.

So how do you bring in fresh content from new people to your paper.li daily? Here's what I did: find people you respect and look at the targeted lists they've created. Then you can include their curated lists to help round out your paper.

twitter list on paperliUsing others’ lists can greatly improve your own paper!

Now It's Your Turn!

What do you think? What tips, tools or tactics have you been using to build your own relevant Twitter following? Share something in the comments box below and include your Twitter handle and you'll be sure to pick up a few new followers!

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Build a #Powerful #Twitter #Network

Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:03 AM PDT

Quinny Robbins

build-a-powerful-twitter-network

Having a million followers means nothing if none of them pay attention to you.

The more responsive you can make your Twitter list the more valuable it will be for you to spread your tweets.

With a responsive Twitter list you can get many more retweets, and you will develop an audience that is more likely to engage and interact with your content.

A more responsive audience means that your content will get more shares, and more comments, and achieving your online goals will become easier overall.

If you want a more responsive Twitter list the following 10 tips will help you achieve that goal:

1. List People Often

A "follow" does not have the significance it once used to.  For people who have thousands of followers a single new follower may or may not be important, especially since there are many marketers who use Twitter Marketing Software to auto-follow people.

Twitter lists, on the other hand, are usually hand picked by people.  People are more likely to pay attention if you list them.

If you want to make sure you get the attention of the person you are listing tell them you added them to one of your lists!

The more you list, the more the law or reciprocity will kick in and cause others to list you back.  List and be listed.

2. Tell your Facebook Friends about Twitter

On Facebook you can let your friends know that you are on Twitter in a variety of ways.  The more ways you tell your Facebook friends you are on Twitter, the better your odds are of getting them to follow you.

You can post a status update saying: Are you on Twitter?  If so post your user name below and let's connect there as well!  When I posted  status update like this it got huge response from my friends and helped me build deeper connections with my network.

Another way you can tell people you are on Twitter, without directly saying so, is to import your tweets using a Twitter application, like Selective Tweets.  Selective Tweets automatically imports tweets with the hashtag #fb.

Another thing I do on Facebook is include a link to my Twitter account in the "Websites" section of my info tab.

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3. Connect with Your Existing Contacts

Using the Find Friends feature of Twitter you can quickly connect with your friends who are already on Twitter.

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As you can see from the image above there are about five different ways that you can find your friends on Twitter.

4. Follow Highly Targeted people

By following highly targeted people on Twitter you greatly increase the chance that they will follow you back.

One strategy I use to build highly relevant connections is to use TweetAdder to follow everyone on a Twitter list.

You can learn more about TweetAdder here, or check out my video review of TweetAdder.

5. Unfollow Unnecessary People

The more inactive and irrelevant people you can unfollow, the better.

Why follow people who have not tweeted in a month, or who use the default Twitter avatar?

The free tool Manage Twitter makes it easy to unfollow people who do not follow you and have not tweeted in 30 days or more, or taken the time to change their default profile picture.

6. Engage With Your List!

Getting people to follow you is really just the first the first step in connecting with them.  The real connections happens through conversation, and engagement.

Retweet your followers and reach out to them, and they will be more likely to do the same for you.

If you look at many of the Twitter Giants like @BrianSolis or @ChrisBrogan you will notice that many of their tweets are conversational, and this is why their networks are so powerful.

People are much more likely to pay attention to you if you pay attention to them.

7. Be a Trust Agent

I'm not saying don't have a business, I'm just saying it's going to work out best for you if you do not sell directly with your tweets.

Try to build trust with the people you interact with, and if you do this they will consider your products and services on their own.

8. Time Your Tweets for Maximum Responsebuffer-app

There is a cool Twitter Tool that I recently came across called buffer that simplifies this process.  When you add a tweet to your puffer it will automatically schedule at pre-determined time.

Buffer streamlines and simplifies tweeting, and you can have up to ten tweets in your buffer for free.

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YouTube Live Streaming: This Week in Social Media

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 11:22 PM PDT

Cindy King

social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

What's New This Week?

YouTube Rolls Out Live Streaming for All: "Now, all YouTube channels that verify their account and are in good standing will be able to live-stream video to the world."

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"To give you even more ways to connect with fans, you can now launch a Google+ hangout on air directly from the YouTube Live Events manager."

Facebook Updates Custom Audiences to Advertisers: The "update to Custom Audiences lets retailers measure sales lift, analyze their campaigns and as a result, allocate budget to where they're seeing the most success—all without the need to work with a third-party measurement partner."

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"These reports provide advertisers with overall information about sales lift from their Custom Audiences ad campaigns, but do not provide information such as purchasing profiles or data on individual customers."

LinkedIn Introduces a New Way to Search for Influencer Content: LinkedIn introduces "a new and easy way to discover Influencer content—directly from the search box."

Twitter Announces Promoted Accounts in the Timeline: "To help make it even easier for users and businesses to connect," Twitter has "been running a test that displays account recommendations on iOS and Android devices. These recommendations leverage tweets as a call to action and display natively in the home timeline."

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"This option is available in addition to the existing promoted accounts format that runs within the Who to Follow section."

Facebook Rolls Out Donate to Nonprofits: "A new feature called Donate that lets people contribute directly to nonprofits through Facebook. The Donate feature will appear beside posts in the news feed shared by participating nonprofits and at the top of their Facebook pages."

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"When people click Donate Now, they can choose the amount, enter their payment information and immediately donate to that cause."

Tumblr Introduces Improvement to Mobile Apps: "Now you can sort your search results. You can download for iOS or Android."

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"Now you can take control of your life."

Facebook Tests a New Way to Watch Promoted Videos in the News Feed: "This week, a small number of people will see video ads for the new film Divergent begin playing as they come into view in the news feed on mobile and desktop."

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How to Use Twitter to Sell

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Twitter Might Remove @ Replies From Its Service

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 10:45 PM PDT

Prasant Naidu

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This may not be a good news for Twitter lovers. The 140 character platform is experimenting with a new version of its Android app that removes @ replies entirely. There could be a great possibility that Twitter might phase out the very popular @ symbol from Twitter completely.

Earlier report by BuzzFeed states that Vivian Schiller, head of news at Twitter, gave a hint of this development while addressing a crowd recently at the Newspaper Association of America's mediaXchange conference in Denver. During her talk, Schiller called at-replies and hashtags "arcane" and hinted that Twitter might soon move them into the background of the service.

The message from Schiller echoes similar sentiments of CEO, Dick Costolo who earlier stated that,

"By bringing the content of Twitter forward and pushing the scaffolding of the language of Twitter to the background, we can increase high-quality interactions and make it more likely that new or casual users will find this service as indispensable as our existing core users do."

Meanwhile changes are already taking place, Twitter is already phasing out at-replies in its Android alpha test group app. The below screen shot reflects the change where conversation is happening without the @ symbol, something similar that we see in Facebook and Google Plus.

Twitter Might Remove @ Replies From Its Service image Twitter @ Replies

This isn't the first time when Twitter is getting rid of with old features when the product was more community driven. We saw the same happening with RT or manual retweet on the platform. While age old Twitter lovers might find it offending, the platform is simplifying itself to attract more growth. Twitter has been in the news for its slow growth and tumbling stocks, these features might get more people on board.

The idea is to make Twitter more and more intuitive as Schiller says in her Tweet:

https://twitter.com/vivian/statuses/446340058568613888

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15 #Awesome Small #Business #Twitter Tips

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 10:13 PM PDT

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If you use Twitter the wrong way or ignore Twitter it can harm your brand and cost your small business customers and sales.

However, if you apply the Twitter tips and tools in this post I am certain you can significantly accelerate the success of your business on Twitter!

The key to successful Twitter marketing is to focus on building strong relationships with your customers and prospects.

Rather than just trying to sell and promote seek to help and engage and you will build a network of people who want to learn more about you and will choose to do business with you above the competition.

 

The best way to get new followers for your Business and get your business started on Twitter is to follow the people and businesses you already know. If these accounts are active on Twitter there is a great chance that they will follow you back.

Once you follow people you already know the next step is to follow highly relevant people to your business.

These people that are most relevant to you are the most likely to follow you back and to re-tweet you. Don't be afraid to search Twitter and engage with people who are already talking about your business and topics that matter to you.

From my experience managing Twitter accounts for several different businesses I can say without a doubt that there is a correlation between the amount of personality a Twitter brand has and the success it achieves.

People simply connect better with other people than they do with brands, so make sure it is apparent who the people are who are tweeting on behalf of your brand.

Twitter Tips to Help Small Business Owners

1. Use Twitter Directories to Promote Your Business & Network

Add your business to categories related to your niche and find other people to network with in your niche.

2. Optimize Your Avatar

Many business owners want to use the business logo as their Twitter avatar, and this is understandable, but you should consider using a picture of your team or of the person managing the account and including the logo in the corner of the image.

3. Customize your Twitter Background

Include pictures of the person or people who manage the account on your background. The more personal you can make your Twitter brand, the better.

A cool free tool for creating custom Twitter backgrounds is Themelon by Colour Lovers.

4. Use Twitter Marketing Software

Rapidly build a targeted network of followers by using the tool TweetAdder.  With TweetAdder you can build connections with people based on specific keywords in their bios, keywords they have tweeted, location, and several other .

Although following people is a great strategy for creating new connections you don't want to follow more people than follow you.  One way you can avoid this is by using the tool Manage Flitter to remove inactive accounts (users who have not tweeted in 30 days) by up to 100 people at a time.  See the image below for a better idea of how this app works.

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5. Integrate Twitter with Linkedin

Twitter and Linkedin recently reached a deal so that Twitter tweets could be imported as a Linkedin status and tweets can be exported to Twitter from Linkedin.

Updating Twitter from Linkedin is simple.twitter-and-linkedin

Once you click the Twitter link from your profile you can setup a Twitter account in a few steps. After this you will be able to click the more tab, then Tweets and that will take you to a page that displays your twitter feed and has the status box (pictured above) which you can use to send a tweet. By checking the box above the "Update Twitter" button you can also assign a tweet as your linkedin status.

Updating Linkedin from Twitter

Making this connection is simple. All you need to do is specify on the Twitter settings page of Linkedin if you want to either import all tweets, or only the tweets that contain the hashtag #in.

6. Check out the Twitter Business Portal

Business.twitter.com is a newly developed resource guide for businesses getting started on twitter.

This resource is essentially a 101 guide that seeks to answer many of the common questions business owners may have about Twitter.

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Topics discussed include:

  • So how does it work?
  • So how do businesses use Twitter?
  • So what does Twitter do for businesses?
  • Getting Started
  • Increasing Sales
  • Connecting with customers

7. Build Rapport with Retweets

Especially when trying to network with influencers you will have a greater chance of getting a response if you first retweet some of their content first.

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Use classic style retweets (ie: RT @username) rather than the new style because this will get you into the mention stream of the person you are retweeting which means they have a better chance of noticing you.

If you have retweeted someone a few times before you try to engage them in a conversation there is a better chance that they will respond since they don't want to risk alienating you and not getting any more retweets in the future.

If you want to learn how to get more retweets check out this article I wrote with 35 tips about how to get more retweets.

8. Time Your Tweets for Maximum Effect

Focusing the timing of your tweets on Twitter is a great way to increase your reach, and get more traffic to the links you share.

Check out this post to learn the stats about peak twitter times and my best strategies about timing your tweets for maximum reach.

9. Get More Twitter Followers

The more followers you have the easier it will be to spread the word about your business far and wide.

If you want more followers there are plenty of options, check out this post I wrote with 50 tips about how to get more followers if you want to discover my best follower getting secrets.

For those interested in investing in more Twitter followers I recommend the service Grow My Twitter Network.

10. Search for Terms Related to Your Biz

I recommend using a Twitter management application such as TweetDeck or Hootsuite so that in addition to viewing your new mentons you can also scan live tweets about terms that matter to your business.

The name of your business is one search term to keep on your radar, and monitoring keywords that are related to your niche is important as well.

There are free Twitter tools such as tweetbeep and nutshell mail that can send you daily updates so that you are always in the loop about tweets that matter to your biz.

11. Tweet Photos

Pictures get great engagement and retweets on Twitter and they humanize you brand.

Some cool tools to consider using are listed below. My favorite tools are emboldened:

  • TwitPic - TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter
  • FlickToTwitt - Post a photo to flickr and announce it right away on Twitter
  • Twitsig - Your tweets as images
  • Twiddeo - Twitter with video
  • Flittr - Picture your words
  • Twi.tt – Anything and everything
  • TwitnGo - Quick photo posts to Twitter
  • TwitImg - Keep everyone up to date by using your latest Twitter status, displayed in the form of an appealing image
  • Twitgoo - Share your pictures on Twitter
  • SnapTweet - Send your Flickr photos to Twitter
  • 2Tweet - Tweet multiple photos and videos
  • Zannel - Instantly share your pics, videos and text to Twitter
  • ScreenTweet - ScreenTweet shares videos, pictures, screen shots, and images on Twitter
  • Greetter - Share photos and videos on Twitter
  • img.ly – Photo sharing service for Twitter
  • Instagram – iPhone photo sharing service. Won app of the year from Apple.
  • Tweetphoto - Photo sharing made simple
  • TweetMojo - Share your videos, webcam, photos, docs and more on Twitter
  • Twittergram - Send your Flickr pix to Twitter and show people what you're up to
  • Twitpickr - an easy way to upload your TwitPic images to Flickr
  • Yfrog - Share your images and videos on Twitter

12. Don't Bother With DM's

Personally my DM inbox is 90% spam so I don't bother checking it for days at a time. Many people don't check their DM inbox at all so if you send someone a direct message there is a terrible way to connect.

Use @ mentions to spark conversation, or send a message to the person on Facebook. These ways your chance of getting a response is significantly better.

13. Analyze Your Progress

There are several powerful free Twitter Analytics tools that can help you measure the progress you are making on Twitter.

When you analyse and visualize your activity on Twitter you can get a better idea of what is working and what is not so that you can optimize your actions to create a bigger network and a more engaged following.

14. Engage the Influencers in Your Niche

The largest twitter directory wefollow organizes people from most to least followed. You can use this organization to identify the people in your niche with the largest followings.

By focusing your networking activities on engaging with people who have large networks you stand to benefit from their reach as they engage with you as well.

Wefollow allows you to add yourself to up to five interest categories in their directory. By strategically choosing and adding yourself to long tail terms that have members with fewer followers than you, you will be seen as an influencer in that niche by everyone else who checks out that directory category.

15. Leverage Twitter Lists

If you include someone on a Twitter list this is far more effective for getting their attention than simply following them.

Even if you create a simple list called "cool people" or something like that, which is not subject specific, the fact that you took a few extra moments to include someone in that list shows them that you have them on your radar.

Listing people is also a great way to get listed since some people feel inclined to return the favour.

Bonus Tip

If tweeting in a team use cotags to identify who it is that is doing the tweeting.  Cotags are initials that identify who is tweeting when multiple people manage one account.  For example, if I was tweeting as part of a tweet I would end every tweet with my initials like so: ^GK.

For best results include pictures with names and cotags of the different people who tweet for the account on the Twitter page background for that account.

Next Level Twitter Tips

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How do you use Twitter in Your Small Business?

Let us know how you use Twitter in your business in the comments below!

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#Managing #Twitter #Followers with #ManageFlitter

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 09:38 PM PDT

Quinny Robbins

 

 

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So my friend, since Tweetadder is no longer efficient, I use Manageflitter, how run online and provide FREE UNFOLLOWS
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Why ManageFlitter?

ManageFlitter provides you with a set of easy to use tools to empower you to work smarter and faster with Twitter .

Sort your followers/following lists by a range of criteria
Find new people to follow with our comprehensive search facility
Find out when most of your followers are online and schedule tweetsappropriately with our PowerPost feature
Answer "Who unfollowed me on Twitter"?
Track who unfollowed you
Easily manage multiple Twitter accounts
Track keyword mentions on Twitter with our Analytics feature (coming soon)
And much more!

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To date they have assisted 2,160,417 users with their Twitter accounts… so they have been around for a while and plan on being around a whole lot more.

There system is super fast and built on rock solid reliable architecture. The team behind ManageFlitter have many years worth of experience developing robust online systems that help people lead more productive lives.

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