The TweetSeeker Blog

I'm pretty sure that the fish doesn't want to be followed.

Trying to find Twitter followers, like “jumbo shrimp”, is a bit of an oxymoron.

They need to find you

You know this.  A follower is someone who actually becomes aware of your existence and then makes the conscious decision to include your Tweets in their Timeline by hitting the follow button.

This means that you need to make sure that they are aware of you.  The easiest way is by following them first.

Free followers for following

If you follow someone, they get an email making them aware of it.  This is the default behavior for new Twitter accounts and the only way for this not to occur is if the person you just followed has expressly removed the checkmark in their notification settings.  It’s free advertising for you.

Would you follow yourself?

Now that you have their attention, you need to lure them into following you.  Follow some of the tips at the end of this get Twitter follower fast post to capture their attention.

Then imagine if you were faced with your own Twitter profile page; looking at it as a new visitor that could either hit the follow button or not.  Would you follow yourself?  Why not?  Tweeting about your cereal again?  Disgusting photos?  If you wouldn’t even follow yourself, others certainly won’t be.  Fix it.

Now that your profile page is ready for the spotlight, go out and find some Tweeps.

How do you best find Twitter followers?

Since you want to follow and influence people who have similar affinities (interests) to you.  Use an advanced Twitter search tool.

Use very targeted keywords to search, but don’t just stop there.  Specify your language in the search.  Specify a city around which to locate Tweets:

As I always say, be picky about who you follow to keep your Timeline slimmed down and not full of Tweets that don’t interest you.

Save Searches, Set Up Email Delivery

Once you have your search fine-tuned, save it.  Don’t recreate the wheel every time you come back to search for people to follow.  Hit the save button then head over to the newly redesigned email alerts tab and get it emailed to you daily.

Setting up a daily email for your searches keeps a steady stream of Twitter accounts coming to your attention.  If you want it emailed to you immediately – hit the “Email” button and it will arrive a few seconds later.

Like I said at the beginning of this post – finding followers is about 1) awareness and 2) catching their interest.  Address those two things and you’ll have a steady flow of followers coming your way

Additional “Find Twitter Followers” resources

WeFollow

Pay to get yourself featured on TwitterCounter

Infographic at Twiends

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