Thursday, September 29, 2011

Perfect your Twitter Bio

Your bio is very important when attracting new followers. You want to give good information in your bio, keep it neat, and keep it short.

Your bio should be filled with rich information about your Twitter profile. You want your future followers to have an easy idea of who you are. Your bio should simply have a small explanation about your profile. Specifically what you do, why you do it, and why it benefits your followers.

Remember to keep your bio neat and tidy. You want your future followers to understand you as fast as possible. If your bio is filled with errors and useless content it won't be interesting to read. You also want to avoid excessive capitals. You don't want to annoy anyone!

In your bio make sure to keep it short. No one has the patience to read a large paragraph describing you. You want to shorten your bio as much as you possibly can. Make it easy for the reader. When you read it think of yourself as the reader. If you notice potential problems make sure to fix them.

Like other things on Twitter, your bio is very important and should be used to its fullest potential. Remember to have good information in your bio, keep it neat, and make sure it is short.




How to Add your Blog/Site to your Twitter Profile

If you have a blog or a site it is a great idea to add it to your Twitter profile. You can do this in just a couple easy steps.

First you want to click on your profile name at the top right corner. Then you want to choose settings. When you click settings you have many options, click profile then look for "Web". Then all you have to do is type in your blog or website and your all set. Remember to save at the bottom of the page. Your blog or website will appear in your profile for everyone to see. Great way to get your blog or website out there.

Here are the steps in a cleaner form.

  1. Click on your profile name at the top right corner.
  2. Choose settings.
  3. Click profile.
  4. Look for "Web" and type in your blog or website.
  5. Click save at the bottom of the screen.
  6. Your blog or website will now appear on your profile!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Choosing a Good Background for Your Twitter Profile

When someone views your Twitter profile they see you tweets, profile picture, bio, and your background. All these things are important to use.

When picking out your background for your profile remember it represents who you are. It makes you unique from others like your profile picture. It lets your followers remember who you are and get to know you better.

Your background should relate to your accounts purpose. It could briefly explain who you are or what you do. It could be filled with pictures that relate to your interests. Anything that relates to your Twitter profile will work.

Your background is just as important as your profile picture. If you treat them the same you will get the most out of them. Remember, use everything you can to get the most out of your profile. You want to benefit yourself as much as possible.

Using Hashes (#) in Your Tweets

Using hashes (#) in your tweets can help make the most out of every tweet. It enables other people to find your tweet easier. If more people see your tweet you are getting more out of your tweets. You also could get more followers too!

When using hashes remember what they are meant for. Use them  for important key words in your tweets. If you tweeted about a shopping deal you would use #shoppingdeal as a hash. Get creative, use hashes the way you want too.

When you use hashes you are exposing your tweets to more people. This can be very beneficial to you when you want to get noticed. More people will get used to knowing you and may even follow you. Hashes help you get more followers without doing much extra work. All you are doing is adding hashes to every tweet. Try to use 1-3 hashes on tweets, don't want to use hashes for every single word in your tweet. That is just annoying to see and read. Text is much easier to read compared to hashes. Remember that, you need to look at things from your followers perspective. This way you can get the most out of them.

Remember these key points:
  • Use hashes in every post.
  • Don't over use hashes, try to aim for 1-3 per tweet.
  • Make sure your hashes relate to your tweet.
  • Hashes get you more noticed and you can get more followers.
Hashes can be very beneficial, don't forget to use them!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Quality is Better than Quantity for Twitter Followers

You may think to yourself, having more followers is always better. This isn't always true, what if your followers share absolutely no interests with you? Your followers would then be like having no followers at all.

When getting followers they should enjoy some of your interests or your niche. You rather have 500 followers that like your niche then 2000 followers that don't care for your niche. Instead of gained tons of followers quickly, you gain them slowly and accurately so they will be unique and worthwhile.

When mass following remember to follow people within your niche. This will increase the chances of unique followers rather then low quality ones.

It is okay to have low quality followers with quality followers. If you have a large amount of followers, people will be more interested in following you. Just remember you can't have only low quality followers. They won't be worth your time, you rather have no followers at all.

When using Twiends you have the ability to choose your interests. Use that option so you can get quality followers. This is a very easy way to increase your quality follower count.

Don't treat your quality followers like nothing. They share your interests and don't need to be forgotten about. A good way to keep in touch with your followers is ask them questions. Ask for their thoughts on a topic or news etc..

Just remember to have quality followers, a very important thing when using Twitter!




Sunday, September 25, 2011

Use Your Twitter Profile Picture to Your Advantage

The most important thing about Twitter is to get the most out of it. A good way to do this is to pick a good profile picture.

When picking a profile picture make sure it represents your profile. If you create a unique profile picture you will be known well. When people see your profile picture they will know it's you. You make yourself unique from everyone else so you stand out. If you get yourself out there more you will get more followers and people will remember you much more.

Don't pick the wrong profile picture though. If you copy a common picture you will just be like many other people. Make sure you pick a unique picture, make sure you get the right one.

Remember to have a profile picture in the first place. You don't want that common egg picture. It's so bland and common you won't be unique at all. Try to get a profile picture as fast as possible.

Lastly make sure your picture represents your profile. If your profile picture is totally different from what your profile is about, you will confuse your followers. Try to make your profile picture make sense.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Make Your Bio Benefit You

When using Twitter you are able to have a bio. Your bio is very important to use. It will explain your account to other people. If you have a good bio you have a better chance to get followers.

When filling your bio remember to describe your profile. It will help your future followers decide if they want to follow you or not. If you have a poor bio, people won't be interested in your profile. Remember to base your bio on your niche. For example, if you tweeted about tech news you would describe your account as follows "Follow me for tech news". This is just a basic start though, you want to plan your bio carefully and make the most out of it. It could decide if you get a follower or not.

Remember to make the most out of your Twitter account. If you optimize it you will see results.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Focus Your Twitter Account on a Niche

Focusing your Twitter account on a niche can be very beneficial. It can attract followers that share the same interests. If they share the same interests then they will be interested in your tweets.

When deciding on your niche remember to think about the purpose of your Twitter account. For example, if your account is based on tech news. You would base all of your tweets, bio, etc on tech news. If you do this your followers will get what they came for. They don't want to see you tweeting about cooking if your niche is tech news.

Focusing on a niche can benefit you greatly if you do it right. Just think of the reason you made your Twitter account. Use that reason to create a niche for your account. Then your followers and future ones will get what they came for. Your niche.                                                             

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Become a Social Tweeter on Twitter

Twitter is a social network. You should use it for being social. If you commicate with your followers you are bound to have loyal followers. You want to get yourself well known to others on Twitter. This includes your followers and people you are following. If you are a social tweeter people will be interested in following you.

If you use Twitter and never communicate with anyone else you are missing out on potential loyal followers. If you never communicate with your followers they don't do the same. If you have talked to your followers there is a better chance of them checking out your tweets etc..

Being social is a very important thing to do on Twitter. Building a loyal follower base is very important. You want to get the most out of your followers! If you do this you won't have to have thousands and thousands in order to get promotion. You can do more for less.

Free Sites When Getting Followers and Managing

If you ever needed some great sites when managing followers, they can be found in this post! I found and used to sites for getting followers and managing them.

The first program is Twiends, a site which lets you follow people with your interests. Twiends is great when finding people with the same interests. This can be a great tool when finding followers in your niche. You are able to easily follow many people in a short amount of time. All you have to do is connect your Twitter account and you can get started.

The second program is ManageFlitter. This tool is great when you want to mass unfollow. It shows all your followers in groups. You can see followers that are inactive, not following back, have no profile pic, talkative, and quiet. These can be so convenient, you can simply unfollow all inactive people with a couple clicks.

These two sites are free. So you can use them freely and help you when managing followers.


Don't Scare Your Followers Away

Your followers are very important when using Twitter. If you do anything to scare your followers away you will be in trouble. This could be mass advertising, bots, or just being annoying.

If you have a welcoming Twitter account and you tweet every once and awhile and then suddenly start posting ads, you will scare your followers. No one wants to see mass ads being tweeted. You will make your followers unfollow you. This can be a serious problem for you. If you do ever bother using ads remember to use them once and awhile. You never want to bombard your followers with ads.

If you ever decide to use bots on your account be careful. Using bots with your account can make followers dislike you. They rather see a real person then a bot. So if you do use a bot make sure to tone it down and use it for small things.

Some common sense is needed here. Never be annoying on Twitter, that is the worst thing you could ever do. No one likes people like that. If you do this then don't expect anyone to like you or dare to follow you.


Remember to use these tips! They will help you when managing followers.


Care for Your Followers

When using Twitter it is important to care for your followers. If they like you they will keep an eye on your tweets. Keeping your followers happy means your happy. You will be able to get more from your followers if they feel noticed.

When caring for your followers you want to make them feel important. You can do this in many ways such as retweeting their posts. Now this doesn't mean you start retweeting any post you can, just retweet posts that interest you. You don't want to spam everyone with retweets.

Another great way to make your followers feel important is to talk to them. Comment on their tweets, but don't spam, you don't want to do the opposite effect. Just make them know you care for their tweets. They will then do the same for you.

Overall when using Twitter you want to be nice. If you make yourself known as a nice tweeter you will see the difference. People will care for your tweets and click them, comment on them, retweet etc..

If you follow some of these tips you will have an advantage over your followers. Remember to make the most out of your followers, they can be very beneficial.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Don't Rely On Twitter For Everything

If you use Twitter to promote your blog or website don't expect all of your traffic to come from it. If you rely on Twitter for traffic you are limiting yourself. You want to try ranking your site in search engines too. You also want to share your blog on forums and other sites.

Twitter can be excellent for traffic but you have to have followers that like your niche. If you have followers that like cooking and you base your account on exercising it will be hard to get traffic. You want to follow people who will be interested in what you share.

Try to use your Twitter account for more then simply promoting your blog. Tweet about things that are related to your blog. Get your followers involved by asking questions. You want to make your tweets unique so your account is worth following.

Twitter is a good way to promote your blog but never rely on it for everything. There is more out there to benefit you!

How Twitter Can Benefit You

Twitter can be a excellent tool for you but you just need to know how to use it. You can use Twitter to get your blog/website out there, you can express your thoughts, or you can just share things with people.

Twitter can be used to get your blog/website noticed. Twitter can be a great way to let people know you have a blog/website. You can use Twitter to give updates to your followers about new content from your blog/website. Remember to follow people in your niche so your followers will want to click on your blog/website.

You can use Twitter to express your thoughts. If you ever had something you felt like saying to other people Twitter can be beneficial for you. Just remember you don't want to anger your followers with hate and other tweets. The nice thing about Twitter is you don't have to tweet everyday. Say one day you had something on your mind and you wanted to share it you could login to Twitter and share it. If Twitter isn't for you, you could try blogging. When blogging you usually type a lot more then you would when tweeting.


If you ever just wanted to share something but didn't know how Twitter may be beneficial for you. Say you found a cool Youtube video and you wanted to share it. You could use Twitter to share it to your followers. This way many people can benefit from you when sharing.

If none of these three tips interested you then maybe Twitter isn't for you. If you aren't sure just give Twitter a try and if you like it continue using it. If you don't like it then you don't have to continue using it anymore.

Key Problems With Twitter

When you are using Twitter you may come across bots, advertisers, or just people that care about the amount of followers they have. These can be common annoyances in the Twitter world.

Bots are a common problem on Twitter. They are everywhere you go. When you follow them they instantly follow back and send a message to you with their auto programs. They don't care about your tweets. All they want is to be efficient. These bots are usually used to maintain the account and sometimes even used to advertise. Bots are a common annoyance and should be avoided at all costs.

Advertises are a horrible problem on Twitter. All they do is advertise products to earn money from their accounts. Bots and advertisers usually tie together to because a bot usually tweets these ads and maintains them. These accounts are just out for money on Twitter and should be avoided. They only care about you if you click on their links to products. Try to spot these accounts and avoid them. They are no good for you.

Another problem with Twitter are those people who are out just for followers. They will do anything to get them. They may even trick you just to get that extra follower. Now these can benefit you because you show up in their followers list at the top for some time but overall they are annoying. If you can I advise you avoid them and try to find people that actually use Twitter properly.

When on Twitter try and find people that will read your tweets and follow you for your interests. These followers will be more loyal then those people that are just out to scam you.

Strategies When Getting Followers on Twitter

Getting Followers can be a tedious task or just plain time consuming. There are key tips when trying to get followers.

First you want to find a niche. It all depends on what your account is focused on. This could be cooking, blogging, or just your life story. You want to focus on one niche. The more specific the better. After you find your niche you want to find followers that share the same interests. So if you liked cooking you would find people that like cooking. You can search "cooking" in the search bar on Twitter if you want to do the very basic method. But there are alternatives.

You can use programs to make the work easier. I recommend Twiends, I have had great success with them. All you have to do is link your Twitter account with Twiends and enter your interests(niche related). Then you simply start following people. Remember you can only follow about 1000 per day. Now you want to have many topics to work with. For example if you liked cooking you would also pick cooking tricks, baking, etc..

After you have followed many people expect to see many people start following you back. If you repeat this for a couple days you can get a lot of followers with ease. This is a much easier method then manually clicking on everyone you want to follow.

Now you might be asking yourself "What do I do when I want to unfollow people who don't follow back?" You guessed it, there is another program for that. I recommend ManageFlitter. All you have to do is connect your account with ManageFlitter. Then you are able to see all inactive people and people that aren't following you. First you want to unfollow all inactive people. Then you move onto the people who aren't following you back. Remember to wait 24-48 hours so they have a chance to follow you back. Wouldn't want to miss a potential follower!


If you keep at this strategy for a couple weeks you should see results. I myself did test this out and got 300 followers in a week with ease. I hope this strategy work for you too!






What Twitter Accounts are Bots?

When you log into Twitter and you notice someone has followed you do they appear to be bots? One way to tell if they are bots is to check  their posts. Do they appear to be unique or bland?

Another way to check if an account is a bot is to follow them. If they instantly follow you back and send you a message they are probably bots. Now these accounts are still used by its owner but it is maintained by a bot. You want to avoid these accounts because they don't benefit you. They don't care for your tweets or what you like etc..

Some bot accounts are used to advertise. They automatically tweet about products with a link. This is a way for the owner to earn money from Twitter. These bot accounts are useless to you. They may follow you but they don't read your tweets or share them.

When following new people try to avoid bots. They are one of the many problems with Twitter and you are better off avoiding it.




There are Twitter Zombies Among Us!

When you go on twitter you may notice that some accounts don't really act themselves. They are posting weird things such as ads and don't seem human. These accounts are zombie accounts.

They have no communication with others. All they do is do what they are meant to do. This can be advertising or just useless content. But it is usually based on making money. These accounts post links that are actually ads and the owner of the account earns a profit.

Another type of zombie is a dead account, say someone makes an account o try out Twitter then closes it. That account is now dead but still there. It has no communication with others but it still has its tweets. After awhile these tend to add up and eventually there are many idle accounts on Twitter.

Make sure to look for these kind of accounts, they will just be a waste of your time and should always be avoided when possible.