How to get more followers on Twitter – 10 Aweomse Tips from Experts !

You know what’s funny with this question ? Its one question everyone asks on Twitter..yep everyone ! Right from the guy who just started off on Twitter to the guy who’s sitting there right on top. “How to get followers..more followers on Twitter ?”

Followers are like money.

The guy who has a couple of them wants hundreds while the guy with thousands wants to beat Mr.Kutcher!

Now, don’t tell me that Twitter is all about good karma, bliss and living happily ever after ! Everybody knows that everyone is looking for more followers. Period.

But of course, things get nasty when you do things really over the top. Some people get obsessed with follower number and that’s when the whole chemistry goes wrong.

Anyway, here are some realistic, working tutorials that I found interesting. No magic wand stuff here, but practical examples from people who really made it. So nothing wrong in taking a tip or two from them. Here goes.

How to get more followers on Twitter ?

1.  Digg CEO Kevin Rose’s tips on how to get an awesome lot of followers on Twitter

But Kevin, being the CEO of the most successful social media company on the internet, didn’t help you at all huh ?

2. Mack Collier’s tips on growing your Twitter follower number

A little old article, but fits well to the current times as it covers the basics strong.

3. Some strategic tips on increasing your follower number on Twitter – Maki

Nice article by Maki, insists why you should remain genuine on Twitter.

4. How to win Twitter followers and influence people – Ars Technica

Great title, even better article by Ars Technica. Deals with how to manage your followers and even trouble times on Twitter.

5. Get as many followers as you can! – Alister Cameron

Alister Cameron writes whole heartedly about how efficiently you can gain followers on Twitter.

6. 10 Proven Tips To Get More Twitter Followers – Lee Munroe

Nice write up by Lee Munroe. Honest one, but I don’t quite agree with No.4 but otherwise nice tips.

7. How to get more followers on Twitter – Ryan Carson

Ryan speaks about how he managed 8k followers and adds up 37 per day. Now, that’s talking out of experience.

8. 16,000 Followers in 90 Days without steroids – John Cox

John Cox writes about his experiments and results. how he managed to get 16k followers within 90 days.

9. How to get more followers on Twitter – John Chow

John Chow shares his tips with us how he managed to keep a steady growth of twitter followers during the early days.

10. 5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence – Darren Rowse

Darren speaks about how to grow your twitter presence and thereby improving your twitter follower count.

You might also be interested in reading these two articles on Twitter.

11. How not to get Twitter followers by cnet

Some guidelines on what to do and what no to do in the follower race on Twitter.

12. More Twitter Followers Don’t Always Mean More Clicks – Amit Agarwal

Labnol posts interesting facts about why the whole twitter follower race may not be as interesting as it sounds.

Hope you enjoyed the articles ! Let me know through comments your tip to get more followers on Twitter !

And here’s my two cents on getting more followers on Twitter.

Twitter is essentially a communication tool, it has been modified to so many different ways by usage, so everyone has their own idea of using Twitter. Some think that its a marketing tool so they go around posting affiliate links to their  tweets, while some think that Twitter is a communication medium so they use it as an alternative for their IM client.

However you use Twitter, there are some common things every twitter user agree on. Everybody needs a valid reason for following someone else on Twitter and that is the only thing that you should worry about.

What will you give to others if they follow you ? Ask yourself that question and do what you can. Nobody wants to follow you just because he’s your friend. If he doesn’t follow you he can save on some API’s at least. So give people a reason to follow you. Here are some tips that ay help you.

1 – Share value with people

Give them links to interesting websites – Like funny pics or resource lists to free download googies. If you know them, share it with your followers. Most people like such stuff, there’s nobody who doesn’t.

2 – Communicate well

- Reply to interesting people, get in to discussions and make your point. Don’t just sit there watching the tweets flow, if you see opportunities in them, pounce right away, grab the opportunity and prove your point. It all adds up to your reputation.

3 – Do favours for others and get them in return

- There are lot of good things you can do people on Twitter. Retweet them, answer their questions, help them find and answer to questions, follow them on #followfriday. These are all things that will get you noticed and people will like. Do it in plenty and you are definitely going to get it back, if not all.

I’ve written two other popular posts on Twitter, check those out too.

1. 10  tools to effectively manage your followers on Twitter

2. 9 Tips that will help you earn reputation on Twitter like Zaibatsu

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