Killer ways to increase Twitter followers by Kevin Rose

Twitter is a good source of free traffic. It suppose to but I haven't notice it. People tend to follow you on Twitter if your Twitter profile is powerful (just like the rich getting richer). They will not only follow you but will share links all across the Twitter to generate free traffic for you. Below is a quick guides by Kevin Rose that talks about 10 ways to increase Twitter followers.

Retweeting - Explain to your followers what retweeting is and encourage them to retweet your links. Retweeting pushes your @username into foreign social graphs, resulting in clicks back to your profiles. Track the effectiveness of your retweets using retweetist. What is Retweeting

Twitter Bio - Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don't mean much to someone that doesn't know you. Your bio is the only place you have to tell people who you are. Your bio is displayed on Twitter's Suggested Users page. Leaving it blank or non-descriptive doesn't encourage people to add or follow you. Your bio should include who are you, what do you do, where are you, link to find more information about you (link to your website) and have a nice personal avatar.

Include Twitter Username in your online signature. - Make it easy for people to follow you on Twitter. Link it up by putting links to your Twitter profile everywhere. Link it on your Digg, LinkedIn, FaceBook, blog, website, email signature, forum signature and everywhere else you live online.

Quality tweet - Tweet about your passions in life and #hash tag them. Quality content coupled with an easy way to find it never fails If others enjoy your content, they'll add you.

Promote your Twitter Username offline - Bring your Twitter account into the physical world. Figure out a way to broadcast or display your Twitter account during discussion, talk, slide presentation or hand out business cards.

Tweet your pictures - Take pictures, Pictures are heavily retweeted/spread around. For mobiles picutures use iPhone apps such as Tweetie or Twitterific, both which support on the go uploading.

Start a Twitter contest - Start a contest. @jasoncalacanis offered a free MacBook Air if he reach the #1 most followed spot. That never happened, but Jason added thousands of followers (for free).

Learned from Top Twitter users - Follow the top Twitter users and watch what they tweet. Pay attention to the type of content they sent out and how they address their audiences.

Get involved in Twitter trends - Reply to/get involved in #hash tag memes. Twitter Search lists the hot trending topics. Look for the #hash topics and jump in on the conversation.

Track your Twitter performance - Track your results. TwitterCounter will show you how many new users you're adding per day. Qwitter (http://useqwitter.com) will email you when someone unfollows you after a tweet. To help others and benefit from Twitter, you need to monitor your progress and learn continuously.

Adapted from Kevin Rose's 10 Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers presentation:



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