How to Connect on Twitter
New Twitter followers are a dime a dozen.
Maybe even a nickel or a penny. (Blame it on all the spam accounts.)
Which means it’s not enough to merely follow somebody to get their attention.
You need to go a step further and begin to interact with that person. Send them an @reply. Or retweet something they posted.
But don’t stop there.
Send them multiple @replies. Retweet their stuff on a regular basis. This will definitely get their attention — even if they happen to be busy.
If you’ve looked at my Twitter profile lately, you’ll notice I don’t follow many people. And I’m fairly picky with who I choose to follow… because… if I follow a person, that means I’m reading what they post.
So for every 25-30 new followers, I may follow 1 back.
Recently, I followed back @DonnaBaierStein. Why? Because she’s retweeted my tweets and interacted with me. I checked out her profile and she has good stuff to say. So I followed her.
But for every Donna on Twitter, there are dozens of “fake followers” — people who follow you, but never read a word you say. Keep that in mind for when you really want to connect with somebody on Twitter.
-Ryan M. Healy
P.S. Connect with me on Twitter @HeyHealy.
