How To Use Twitter Effectively

It seems like everyone uses Twitter nowadays – from your neighbor to your coworker to your friends to your favorite movie stars. And while some people are only interested in using Twitter to connect with their friends and find out what people are doing, many others want to use Twitter to grow their base of contacts and connections. After all, it is always useful to be connected to as many people as possible – regardless of whether you are involved in business, the arts, or just about anything else! If you follow these tips, you will be able to increase the number of people to whom you are connected by using Twitter effectively.

Know your purpose: If you spend most of your time on Twitter talking about what you ate for lunch, or what the weather is like, you are unlikely to rack up new followers. Instead, you should aim to pick a few specific categories – categories that are of interest to you, and that will be of interest to those you would want to follow you – and focus on these.

Know who you are following: Not only will people look at your tweets when deciding whether to follow you, they will also look at who you follow. You will need to make sure you are following people who others also have an interest in if you want to pick up loyal Twitter followers. When you follow people in this manner, people are likely to see names and faces they recognize when they browse the people you follow, and this will cause them to follow you.

Tweet often: The best way of all to grow your base of Twitter followers is to make sure you tweet often. If you are only stopping by Twitter once every few days, you will not pick up many followers who will want to stick around for the ride! You should make sure you are posting tweets every day, throughout the day – even if it means you are scheduling your tweets in advance.

Once you follow these tips, you will be using Twitter effectively, and you can effectively grow your base of contacts!