7 ways to get followers on Twitter

At time of writing I have been tweeting for just over two weeks. I’ve posted 39 tweets and have 38 followers. Not too bad for two weeks – but I want more followers…

Here’s seven killer strategies to get more followers. Taken from Joel Comm’s Twitter Power book (www.twitterpower.com)

1. Look for people you already know. Load you outlook address book to google mail and then link this to Twitter. And ue www.search.twitter.com for a much better search engine to find people on Twitter.

2. Tweet your blog. Load your twitter feed onto your blog and website. Go to twitter.com/badges to download standard plug ins for type pad and blogger. For WordPress go to alexking.org/projects/wordpress.

3. Pay your followers! Give them something free if they follow you. Free ebook or report for example.

4. Respond to requests. Spark conversations. Ask questions, use the reply button and reply to others questions. But only on questions where you can add value.

5. Mobilize your social network. Place your tweets on facebook and LinkedIn.

6. Put your twitter address in your email signature. Easy hey!

7. Run a contest. Ask a question, give a time restriction and offer a prize for best answer.

I’m going to test all of these (already done 1,2,5,6) over the next few weeks. I’ll post the results, please post yours.