Finding people to follow and encouraging followers on Twitter

1. SOCIAL MEDIA FOR FESTIVALS
First steps on Twitter – Finding people to Follow

2. FIND SOME PEOPLE TO FOLLOW
 A few things you need to know before you follow
anyone
 People will be more likely to follow you back if
you have completed your Twitter Profile
 Don’t worry if people don’t follow you back
immediately
 Everyone is different – so they make up their
own rules about how many people to follow
 Don’t follow too many people too quickly as you
will look as if you are “Spamming”

3. WOULD YOU FOLLOW THIS TWEETER?

4. OR THIS ONE?

5. OR THIS ONE?

6. LET’S START WITH THIS ONE

7. BUILD A FOLLOWING BY FOLLOWING
 Think about your interests, and then pick some
key people in your area of interest to follow
 Look at who they’re following, and follow some of
their friends
 If someone follows you, say hello!
 Strike up a conversation
 Don’t follow too many people too quickly
 Following/follower ratio 1:1 until you reach 2,000
 Set aside a few minutes each day to find 5 – 10
new people to follow

8. DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW BACK?
 No, it’s up to you to decide
 Watch out for odd followers – you can block any
you don’t like the look of
 Only follow people you want to hear from
 You can build lists of people WITHOUT following
them

9. USING TWITTER SUGGESTIONS

10. THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE STARS

11. SEARCH FOR YOUR
SUPPLIERS/SUPPORTERS

12. USE ADVANCED SEARCH

13. OPERATORS FOR ADVANCED SEARCH

14. ADD YOURSELF TO TWITTER DIRECTORIES
 http://wefollow.com
 http://www.twellow.com/
 http://justtweetit.com/

15. DIRECTORY SEARCH

16. WHERE CAN I GET HELP?
 https://support.twitter.com/ - there is extensive
help text on the Twitter Help Center which
should answer many of your questions
 https://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-
basics - this has links to all the basic information
which you’ll need to get started

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