Get 1000 Followers On Twitter
August 20th, 2008
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by BobTheTeacher · Filed Under: Bob The Teacher Training · Business Building · Social Networking · Twitter · Web 2.0
This weekend I gave the attendees of the IM Success Workshop an inside look at how I’ve built up a following of almost 1000 people on Twitter.
More specifically, I got to show my parents how they could use it to promote their Ellicott City Maryland Bed & Breakfast for increased reservations of their awesome rooms as well as their new conference room that we used for the workshop.
In a matter of minutes, @WaysideInn was Twittering away and connecting with new people around the world.
Here’s what I taught them…
First, you need to get a Twitter account. They’re free at Twitter.com.
Second, you should get to know how to use social networking in general. For example, what should your username be? What should you put in your profile? All of this is explained for free in my Discover Social Networking Part 1.
Third, you should connect with people who have similar interests and markets as you do. For example, for my parents, they should connect with travelers, event planners, wedding planners, and other B&Bs around the world.
To do this, Twitter has a nifty search feature at the top of the page. Just type in the best keywords for your market, and see who has those terms in their profile.
On Twitter, you’ll see a Follow button next to that person’s name to the right. Click it once, and you are now following them.
The cool thing is they get an email automatically from Twitter letting them know that you are following them – with a link back to your Twitter profile so they can follow you back.
The fourth thing you need to do to get to 1000 followers on Twitter is to avoid annoying all your followers. Send out too many promo links or useless info and they’ll unfollow you fast! So don’t use every Tweet as a chance to promote your business or an affiliate link directly. Contribute to the conversation and share relevant links when it really counts.
Follow these steps and you’ll be on your way to 1000 before you know it!
Bob Jenkins
p.s. For more Twitter tips, and lessons on how to use Facebook, Ning and other social networks to promote your business, head over to Discover Social Networking where you’ll find audio and print resources to
help you out.
p.p.s. If you post a comment below, please include your http://Twitter.com/username linked so we can start following you, too!
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| Bob Jenkins is an internet business marketing teacher, with ten years experience teaching teenagers and teachers. He is the creator of several online training courses that teach you how to get better customers and increase your profits. Specializing in social networking strategies for business and creating information products from teleseminars, Bob can help you use internet marketing tools and strategies to promote your business online. |
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Good post Bob. If I am ever in Maryland I will spend a night at your parents B&B. I think Twitter offers great potential. Here is my Twitter URl to follow me….
http://twitter.com/jeffschuman
Thanks.
Great tips, Bob. I’ve been getting some followers on Twitter but focusing them and having relevant ones is very important.
My Twitter profile – http://twitter.com/bigjimj
Please check out my Add Your Profile lens if you can too. Lots of people there.
http://squidoo.com/add-your-profile
Good stuff, man. It took me a while to warm up to Twitter, but now that I have I’m glad I did!
Scot McKay
http://www.thechickwhisperer.com
Twitter: @scotmckay
I think twitter is definitely a good way to build a list, but you just have to be careful to not let it turn in to a huge time suck. If you end up following a lot of people and have a desktop twitter tool you can easily find yourself distracted and not getting any work done!
You can follow me at momtohanna ;)
Good points Bob.
You may want to check your new theme in IE7 as it is splitting apart for me just an FYI.
This is great stuff. While I’ve been a Life and Business Development Coach for nearly 20 years, I arrived at Twitter without a clue as to how to do what when. Fortunately NicheProf and TrafficMechanic have been really helpful to me. They are, however, so advanced in social marketing that I sometimes don’t get it. Your information is exactly what I needed to get to square one.
Many thanks,
J.Sewell Perkins
Success Coaches Institute
You can follow me at http://twitter.com/TheSCICoach
Good heads up Bob, I agree with IM Strategy it can be a time suck if you let it. But the “real time” benefits are addicting. Also yeah the blog template is distorted in IE6 Too. Looks fine in firefox. Blogi360 is a powerful blogging platform but very give and take on the visual. I have been making a shift lately to Leads and I am thinking of a way to combine CPA and sites like twitter and plurk.
Bob,
This is a great article. I’ve been Twittering for just about a month now and it’s a great way to keep in touch.
I’ve taken you up on the Discover Social Networking offer because I really need to take hold of these new technologies to get my business going better.
Thanks for allowing me to put my Twitter link.
Please follow me at: https://twitter.com/CharlesBurleigh
It was great meeting you at JV Alert in Philly.
Regards,
Charles
As always, relevant info shared in your effective easy style. Thanks Bob.
Best regards.
http://twitter.com/DrTodd
http://TheAptitudeDoc.com
Excellent tips Bob. Sidenote: I may visit your parents B&B “The Wayside Inn” if I’m in the Maryland area sometime.
I love Maryland and this post Bob. I’ll give their B&B a try.
You can reach me on twitter here –> http://www.twitter.com/supergirl
Always excellent information Bob! I now have over 300 followers with your suggestions and it builds at least 5-10 new people everyday. It has also been driving many people to my blog everyday as well.
You can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/davekettner
Nice article.
Please Follow Me!
http://twitter.com/ChadVanNorman
Thanks,
Chad Van Norman
http://www.ChadVanNorman.com
Hi Bob, Great Info for beginners to find their way around Twitter, important is the balance between private posts and those with biz links….nobody wants to get the feeling youre pounding them with offers and besides that nothing to say…
Maryland is beautiful…spent my summer vacations there close to Cambridge on the Choptank River…the best crab finshing imaginable!!!
greetings from Germany,
Will
ps: Happy to make new friends and have followers at http://www.twitter.com/WillDonnelly
I love Twitter, and have been using it for just
under 4 months. I average at least 1 new follower
a day.
The Twitter community is made up of TechSavy
individuals that are more that willing to help those
who ask, converse about the latest and greatest, and
are generally just good people.
As far as someone claiming to be an expert in
Social networking with regards to Twitter, I
personally don’t think that anyone has mastered it,
it hasn’t been around long enough. There are people
like @BobTheTeacher, @MassControlKern, and a
select few of other marketing maniacs are helping to
bring to light Twitter, and other social networking,
social marketing, etc.
I can’t remember why or how I came across Twitter,
but I’m glad I did, and the to thosewho are helping
Shed light on such a wonderful way to connect with
different individuals from all walks of life.
It’s simply Twitteriffic!
Cheers,
@iPhoneDevForum
http://Twitter.com/iphonedevforum
As someone who still hasn’t sent a text message, getting the hang of Twitter is a slow process. So thanks for this advice. David
Follow me at http://twitter.com/david365
Hi Bob,
Great article! Twitter is so Hot for Business right now, I heard of web 2.0 marketers with over a Millions Friends on Twitter. Now that is taking friendship and marketing to a new level!
Best Regards, Anteek
PS, My Twitter link is http://Twitter.com/anteek/ I would love to hear from people interested in Web 2.0 and Internet Marketing.
Good stuff for anyone new to twitter, Bob. Don’t expect anything less from you. I would only point out that following to many people all at once is frowned on by Twitter. If you do build your followers by following others you may need to go back and stop following those who didn’t choose to follow you back.
As usual, Bob your the man.
Great job, Bob—as usual. You are always a source of great information and tips whether it is for Squidoo or other social networking sites. I just found someone who did a tweet about updating her Squidoo lens and she is in the same niche as mine so now we can share some posts…. sweet tweet!
http://twitter.com/missylol
Thanks for the great comments coming in!
I’ve been following those of you who weren’t already on my radar on Twitter. Hope to see what great things you are up to.
And if you already picked up your copy of Discover Social Networking (free 101 or the 201 advanced lessons) – enjoy and let me know how it helps you out.
@MikePaetzold & others – are you still seeing the IE7 problem or did we fix it? I can’t duplicate the problem on this side.
Bob
Hi Bob ~ Thanks for the great article and the motivation to keep plugging away with Twitter! I really enjoyed your Discover Social Networking lessons and look forward to more great products. *SmiLes* Suzanne
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wahmsuzanne
I love making new friends so stop on bye and introduce yourselves! ;)
Great blog Bob!
Always providing great value to people! This is especially useful in such a condensed way for people to understand the ease and the etiquette to Tweeting!
My Twitter Link is http://www.twitter.com/TimothyCarter
Keep up the incredible passion Bob!
Timothy Carter
Hi Bob
Great stuff .. enjoy what you are writing and learning a lot
Thanks for following me on twitter — appreciate that.
http://www.twitter.com/kiwichamp
Hi Bob
i too am still trying to get my head round this new way of posting comments, but it is addictive and i am also building my contact base.
Thanks for your constant support and very useful information
David
http://www.twitter.com/koolkatonline
Hi Bob
Thanks for the simple instructions. It does give one confidence to know that there is an easier way to do something as opposed to those who complicate simple matters. Newbies just need to write their username and password and make sure they follow the steps consciously, otherwise much time will be wasted in unregidtered usernames and passwords – twitter accepts partial information and then refuses the same information when one tries to redo the sign in.
A little about my online work: I am working on a proven online money making blueprint.
http://www.twitter.com/poundmill
Thanks Bob, Twitter is absolutely a Great tool for everyone.
& thanks for all the info on your Great blog..
http://twitter.com/raffimax
Thanks Bob.
Twitter is very cool. I have been paying attention to your tips.
Twitter, MySpace, Squidoo, Hubpages, all can be used if you listen
to a pro and don’t get overly promotional. Hubpages seems really strict.
I like the 140 character limit. Actually teaches you how to write more, saying less. Very civilized.
Twitter: wpat007
Hey Bob,
This is great information but you left out the most important part. You know, the one about how addicting this can be once you start participating with all the comments. This is really a great way for everyone to get involved and keep in touch and with the 140 character limit it makes you be to the point. I too enjoy your post. Keep up the good work.
Thanks,
Andre
http://twitter.com/askarnett
I agree with Andre Arnett above, Bob you didn’t say how addicting Twitter is. Suddenly you have friends who can go with you anywhere. Then you find yourself convincing all your real world friends to join.
Thank you for the article,
MJ Schrader
http://twitter.com/MJSchrader
As always great helpful information from Bob.
You can follow me, I’m in the world of music.
http://www.squidoo.com/Subrosa
Thanks as always Bob.
http://www.twitter.com/mcappiello
Bob, you know I adore you and think you are an awesome teacher! I took your Squidoo course and learned so much. I love Squidoo.
And, now, Twitter. I love Twitter! What a way to build relationships. I can say so much about Twitter. I am sincerely grateful for what my Twitter friends have come together to do for me.
My biggest tips about Twitter are these three things:
**Give tremendous value (way more than you receive in return);
**What you put into your relationship building on Twitter or any other platform, is directly proportionate to what you will receive in return; and finally,
**Treat the people you befriend on Twitter as if they were your walk in customers at a brick and mortar store – show them your personality and treat them with respect and a desire to continue to know them!
Thank you for the wonderful post.
My Twitters are:
http://www.twitter.com/WendyRoan
http://www.twitter.com/PowerMarketing (this one’s fairly new… need to start using it! It’s lonely and needs friends.)
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the article… Nice one. I’m just exploring Twitter now… I can see it holds some pretty fantastic potential. It’s like you can get a fly-on-the-wall view of people who you admire and respect. My feeling is that we can learn a LOT from using it carefully. I’m looking forward to learning more.
Keep up the good work and feel free to follow me too. :)
http://twitter.com/martinhurley
Thanks,
Martin
Hi Bob,
Not only do you give us great information and tours of Poland, but now a great opportunity to twitter with you! I appreciate that, too.
Thanks much for your help.
http://twitter.com/KathrynMerrow
Kathryn Merrow
The Pain Relief Coach
Hi Bob,
Great twitter lesson. I’m teaching Web 2.0 to my daughter and will be sure she reads this.
Debbie Wood
http://twitter.com/candledeb
Hi Bob,
Have been so busy since returning from the IM Success Conference at your parents Bed and Breakfast in Maryland. One of the tools I came away with from your teachings was to use Twitter. Yes I have had twitter for the last two months, but was not using it properly. And yes time management is one of the keys to using twitter properly.
Since leaving your conference, I have been twittering daily, at least once.
Thanks for reinforcing what you taught us during the weekend.
Glenn Seymour
http://twitter.com/glennseymour
Hi Bob…
It took me a few weeks to work out what twitter was all about… once I got the hang of it I have found it incredibly useful also because you can link your blog to twitter as well as facebook.
My twitter link:
http://twitter.com/JeanneMay
Warmly
Jeanne
Wonderful post as usual Bob!
http://www.twitter.com/bpollina
Thanks for another great content rich article Bob. Just by using the search function as you described I have 20 new followers today, and it only took me about ten minutes to find them. Look forward to putting the rest of your suggestions to use.
Cheers Adam
My Twitter link
http://Twitter.com/beanie72
Good pointers here Bob, thank yoU! :)
http://www.twitter.com/MattDetrick
Bob thank you for the information. I am just now trying to figure this stuff out as I sit out on my great adventure. this will be helpful on that journey.
follow me at http://www.twitter.com/botip
Hi Bob
Again you have provided us helpful tips and info. All this info and things to do when you are just starting out is quite daunting. You do however provide the information in a really easy to understand format. By the way I am loving my Discover cPanel Diamond Membership…this is something that I highly recommend to not just newbies but everyone. It has already saved me quite a bit of money.
Thanks again
Viv Deighton
http://macroaction.com
I will tweet you and hope you tweet me back. http://Twitter.com/viv10
Great information Bob ! It’s nice to see value in your information. Regards Alfred
http://Twitter.com/BigALMarketing
Thanks, Bob! I’m an OIF Vet wife looking for way to reach out and offer support and info to other Veteran families struggling with PTSD and other post-combat issues. Have started a website (http://www.familyofavet.com) and have used your recommendation on Squidoo and Twitter. Thanks for the insight!! It’s a BIG world and I need all of the help I can get :)
Here’s my Twitter link: http://twitter.com/familyofavet
Why I Don’t Want Robot Friends…
With C3PO apparently losing its will to communicate as a human-cyborg public relations expert, I count on R2D2 to keep me up to speed on his life and passions. (R2D2 is a male robot, right?)At least R……
Thanks Bob; lots of great news and views there! I’ve been using Twitter for several months now and have Barack Obama following. Surely he wouldn’t have the time to spend micro-blogging!? Perhaps an aide? … Tweeting is addictive!
Thanks for your email and recommendation of Reed Floren!
Regards,
David Braybrooke.
http://twitter.com/Fatherspirit69
Great info as always Bob – thank you!
http://www.twitter.com/lorionmaui
http://www.LoriOnMaui.com
Brilliant as usual, Bob!
And because the conversations are all happening in
real time, you get clued in quickly about a variety of
events and tools… like Dan Hollings sharing secrets to
using twitter at http://twittinsecrets.com
I’d also add that it’s a great idea to send a message of
appreciation to your followers to move your relationship forward. ;-)
You can follow me at http://twitter.com/marykw
–Mary K
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Great advise, I will certainly implement. New to twitter,but learning. Here is my Twitter link http://www.twitter.com/diane55
lots of great advice, all this new technology to catch up on
Funny thing is I said to my daughter 5 years ago, why do you need
500+ friends on messenger
Now I KNOW…
She is now helping me come to grips with social networking
keep up the great work..
http://twitter.com/ebay_success
I have been struggling online as everything is new to me. I just figured how to search for people to follow. Thanks for your info. I now know that I am on the right track.
http://twitter.com/puppydazzles
Bob,
You mentioned someone can be an affiliate with your program, do they have to purchase your program 1st to be an affiliate?
Devin
Bob, cool article on how to add 1000 followers on twitter and how you were able to help your parents with their b & b too.
Will have to check out your other social media stuff also.
Feel free to add http://twitter.com/DougBarger
(I follow whoever follows me)
That’s great tips. Thx for sharing. Love quality over quantity though :)
http://twitter.com/ShriNagesh
So which is more important niche or name recognition? I have heard people speak on using both now. Thanks very much on the targeting tips.
You can follow me at:
http://www.twitter.com/claire_koch
http://www.lazyliving.com
You can work on both at the same time. The key is to market within a niche that you can credibly claim some level of expertise. You can then continue to learn even more as you go.
When I taught history, I learned more by teaching it than I ever did just studying it, for example. I was good when I started and I became even better through honing skills and developing my own style.
Same thing goes for what you do in business. Do good things, help people, and continue to improve on how you can deliver that knowledge as it expands.
Bob
Great advice–and timely, too for me as I just joined Twitter last night!
My info is: http://www.twitter.com/spiritedstrider
I haven’t been with twitter that long. I can’t imagine having over 1000 followers. Great advice and tips.
You can follow me at: http://www.twitter.com/sandyspiderbite
I started twitter last month after I received the stompernet bonus and read about it. In the article it talked about using a free service to automate your follows with http://www.tweetlater.com. Just make sure you uncheck where it will post new followers on twitter because I was told that it anulled people who follow you.
You can follow me at: http://www.twitter.com/JackieTulos
Hi Bob,
A good post. I’m just getting into Twitter, largely
because of the stuff I’ve learned from you.
All the best,
Laurie
Follow me at: http://twitter.com/LaurieLacey
Wow this is outstanding promotion and serious from bob. Then I’m thinking about buying his product but right now I cant because I’m not good in money in my pocket. Lol~. But to who is serious about social networking buy this product from bob. I recommended.
Like a few other people who have commented here, it took me a little while to warm up to Twitter. I’ve noticed that I get several follows just after posting. I suppose that’s because all recent posts show up on the main page. Having 1,000 followers would be great. I find it difficult to keep up with all of the social networks, though. I guess I should decide which ones are most responsive for me and concentrate my efforts on those.
Whoever would like to can follow me at: http://twitter.com/marcycoate
Hi Bob,
Thank you very much for the lessons!
It is cumbersome to gt a grip on this social marketing and you are very helpful as usual. I still don’t see the whole picture, using Facebook, Stumbleupon, Squidoo and several others and get them to “work together”. Finding a good username was tricky enough but then this one should do for now.
However, I have several areas of interest and business and they are not related to each other so tweeting about one area would not make sense to all.
So maybe it is necessary to have a separate id for each area then.
I would be very interesting to see info on how to integrate the mobile phone into marketing. Sending sms and mms would be very interesting. Most people where I am have a phone with them everywhere, even in the bathroom …:)
Best Wishes and Happy Thoughts
Rolf The Finn
http://twitter.com/RolfTheFinn
Thanks for the Twitter tips, Bob. Happy New Year!
http://www.twitter.com/gallerysites
Bob
Great tips another one is to link your twitter account to Facebook, Myspace and other social networking sites so that your tweets are automatically posted on the other sites.
Richard
T o improve yoursocial web popularity you can try too http://www.SocialClan.com!, SocialClan members Read, Follow, Flave, Mark, Subscribe, Vote… YOUR site or blog!
Thank you for the very valuable information. Bob the teacher is well worth paying attention to.
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Thanks Bob. I think the light bulb is finally coming on!
http://twitter.com/heavenlydw
Hi Bob,
Hey thanks for the great info. I like Richard Moloney’s idea of linking to each site.
http://www.twitter.com/1bigjohn
You coined the perfect title, Bob : you really are a fabulous Teacher.
Thank you for sharing so much so clearly.
http://www.twitter.com/holisticwealth
Thanks Bob,
It’s overwhelming, all the info available.
Makes you become aware to be so FOCUSED on your own plan & not become hijacked or kidnapped by SNOD or SNOS…shiny new object syndrome/disease!
Regards,
Mary
I haven’t tried this before, but here goes…http://www.twitter.com/marymclean
great read. although it takes alot of skill and effort to get targeted followers in a certain field.
I noticed that for my followers to increase I have to follow a lot of people too.
So that means a 1:1 ratio between “followers” and “following” is the rule?
http://twitter.com/JeffreyPineda
Hi Jeffrey – this is not a steadfast rule at all. For your followers to increase, you need to tweet interesting things that others will want to pass along (retweet), or recommend you to others. Also, remember, don’t try to focus too much on getting a large amount of followers just for the sake of having the numbers. Try to focus instead on providing value and making connections.