Do you want 4 tips on how to get more followers on Twitter? I created this video for my Halifax social media workshop participants. You can learn from it as well. https://www.youtube.com/embed/seTirTsC_7E?rel=0 Here are the 4 tips broken down: Add a good photo or avatar. No one wants to follow and egg. Make sure it's [...]
Friday is Follow Friday on Twitter. You will see #FF hashtags in your Twitter news feeds. Follow Friday is your chance to recommend some to your followers to follow. This is a great way to get someone noticed and for you to make new connections on Twitter. Who will you recommend? I am of the [...]
There is a lot of speculation around social media numbers. Many are of the opinion that the greater the number of social media followers or fans a business has, the better the social media account and the increased business. But at the end of the day, it's not how many followers or fans you have as [...]
Every Friday on Twitter, you can recommend someone for your followers to follow on Twitter. This is a great way to give someone a boost on Twitter and make new connections for them. If you want a recommend, don't just wait there. Go and recommend some one first. But instead of recommending a bunch of [...]
We cannot ignore it, but most people like numbers. People are swayed by large numbers in social media. They think in means something. Perception is reality in the minds of our peeps. Now, I prefer quality over quantity. I would rather build my Twitter account with real people who are being real. I am not [...]
My Twitter friend @MarkShaw says..."Stop thinking you want followers.. What you want is Listeners... huge difference.." And Mark is right. Right from the start, you need to decide what you are going to build on Twitter. Is it going to be for play or for business? What is the purpose of you being on Twitter? [...]
As I went for a walk this morning, I met someone who told me that her friend gave up blogging because they did not get 1000 people following their blog. Is a blog really worth it? The fact that someone would give up blogging if they did not reach 1000 followers seems strange to me. [...]