6 Tried and tested methods to increase Twitter followers quickly. Engaging with followers and sharing content is great but without a decent following non of that matters. And unless you're a celebrity or does something really crazy you'll never see a viral growth. Instead use these methods that successful business have used from the start of the business. Some like Twitter advertising is new but business and marketers have been using Twitter software for years to get Twitter followers based on keyword, geographical location and more. Utilize those methods to take your Twitter marketing to the next level.

1. Effective Ways to Increase
Twitter Followers
For small businesses and the not so
famous
By Nishadha Silva
http://rumblinglankan.com

2. What Everybody Suggests…
• Share great content
• Engage with users
• Use hash tags
• Show your Twitter profile in website / book /
business card etc.
Unless You’re Famous None of This Work

3. Here are Some That Works
• Twitter Advertising
• Twitter Software
• Twitter Contests
• Twitter Directories
• Effective Usage of Twitter Buttons
• Buying Twitter Followers

4. Twitter Advertising
• You only pay if people follow you via the
promoted account listing
• Because there is no incentive to follow you,
likely to get targeted followers
• You can control who sees your promoted
listing, increasing your chance of getting even
more targeted followers

5. Twitter Advertising…
• Might be costly based on the niche and target
location
• Try to find promo codes for some free credit
• Some case studies:
https://blog.twitter.com/advertising
• Get Started: https://ads.twitter.com/

6. Twitter Software
• Automated / Semi automated way to find and
increase Twitter followers
• Can target followers based on keywords,
geographical location, tweeting frequency and
many other factors.
• Automatically follow competitors followers to
expose yourself to a target audience

7. Twitter Software…
• Automatic direct messages
• Low amount of time spent on gaining
followers
• Cost effective compared to other methods
• Software
– TweetAdder
– Socialoomph

8. Twitter Contests
• A good price greatly increases chances of
getting lots of followers
• A relevant price will get your more targeted
followers ( A iPhone might be a bad idea
because everyone wants it )
• Use software like Rafflecopter to increase
followers and make it go viral

9. Setting up Rafflecopter Contest

10. Twitter Directories
• One time effort for long term value and free
most of the time
• Relevant and interested followers because no
incentive to follow you
• Use tags, categories etc to make it easy to find
you and to be found for the right things
• List of 14 directories

11. Effective Usage of Twitter Button
• Try to add the official Twitter button because
it shows via @your_handle by default
• If using plugins try to use a plugin that show
@your_handle
• Some plugins encourages follows after a tweet
by directly showing the follow after a tweet.
• If a plugin doesn’t work try to get it done via
the code. It isn’t that hard.

12. Buy Twitter Followers
• Very hard to get targeted Twitter followers
• Useful in the beginning to build some social
authority
• At most 1000 followers will cost around $30
• If you’re looking for targeted followers, for
example from US then will cost a bit more
• Don’t overdo it, and advisable only when
starting out

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twitter-followers-fast/
• And
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