Recommend other tweeters to follow
You will come across people that you value on Twitter. Make sure that you recommend other people and say why. Again you will find that people will do the same for you.
Find several new targeted tweets to follow
You will see lots of adverts for ways in which you can add to the number of followers you have artifically. These are a waste of money. Add to your followers by linking to people who share your interests and start to engage with them on a regular basis.
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That Helpful Dude
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Excellent piece BIS! This makes me look at Twitter differently. Will be setting up a Twitter account for my new venture shortly.
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Kyle
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Great idea Beverley. Twitter can be a big time suck (like any social medium) if it used as a hangout...which is what you want others to do, but when it comes to business, you need to be efficient with your time.
If people have a schedule of Tweet tasks daily as you have laid out, I definitely think they will be able to spend 20 minutes during their day and forget about it (other than responding to @mentions).
An automation training piece would be a nice follow-up to this, using a service like Tweet Deck. It can become a quick "weekly" task if this is done correctly. :) Thanks again.
If people have a schedule of Tweet tasks daily as you have laid out, I definitely think they will be able to spend 20 minutes during their day and forget about it (other than responding to @mentions).
An automation training piece would be a nice follow-up to this, using a service like Tweet Deck. It can become a quick "weekly" task if this is done correctly. :) Thanks again.
BIS
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Thanks Marvin.. I think you're absolutely right, it can be difficult to know whether you are over doing it or under doing it. I think consistency is the key however limited your time it. It may take longer to grow a following if you only had 10 minutes a day, but it will still happen if you do it on a regular basis.
lionseye
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Hmmm, interesting stuff from this perspective.. IM and branding that is. Before this I thought Twitter and Facebook to be total wastes of time (I'm Old School). If going for a brand I can see applying this and gaining a following, as long as your content..140 characters, right? is quality and there really has to be a passion behind this or else they'll see that. I'll definitely look into this more.
