Isn't it Ironic - Twitter Tactics

Well, it's slightly ironic, anyway, as long as you take Alanis Morissette's definition of irony...

... my one-hundredth post on this blog is about Twitter.

Anyway, there are probably a thousand Twitter tactics I don't know about yet, but I've just found the limitations of one tactic that a lot of new tweeters employ, which we might call 'follow you-follow me'.

This is where we build a list of followers by following other people with the tacit understanding that they'll follow us back. Most people will follow us back, and so our list of followers grows almost as quickly as we can click the 'follow' button on all those profiles.

The problem is with the 'most people will' bit, added to Twitter's rules that say you can't realistically follow more than 2000 people (actually 2001). Because there's a percentage of people who don't automatically (or manually) 'follow back', you will always have fewer followers than you do 'followees' (people you follow).

And the ratio between the two is just a bit too much to get you past the 2000 limit that Twitter sets. Using this tactic will get you around 1600 followers. My list stuck on around 1650 each time I reached the magic 2001 followees.

So, what's the solution?

Actually, it's easy and I'm going to prove it! Post more valuable tweets. In other words, build a following because of your contribution to Twitter World rather than by trying to use it solely for your own ends. Then people will follow you first, before you follow them, because you're worth following. Your posts will also get retweeted because they're worth passing on.

And you'll be popular for all the right reasons: people will actually like you!

That will probably be better for your business, too.

You're welcome to follow me, of course, whether you like me or not!

https://twitter.com/Roy_Everitt

Roy

More Online Success

Take a look at Bury St Edmunds Online to see details of more online success for a local business.

This client took advantage of our limited-time offer to get her website onto page one for half the normal price - and it took less than a week.

Go to Bury St Edmunds Online to read more.

UPDATE and MORE DETAILS: After targeting the phrase 'wedding cakes', Jean Barker saw her Amazing Cakes by Jean website jump from page 5 to page 1 for wedding cakes in Bury St Edmunds. By concentrating our efforts on Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, we've been able to transform her results for wedding cakes Suffolk, in the last 7 days as well.

Roy

Multiple Streams of Income

Here's Ron Holland talking about the real secrets of multiple streams of income.

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I've known Ron for a few years now and he really is 'the real deal'. If you're lucky enough to have seen him speak before, you'll know that's true.

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New Multiple Streams of Income Blog

Hello again

If you're looking for ways you can create multiple streams of income, look no further than my new blog. To accompany Ron G Holland's Multiple Streams of Income Workshop and books, I've just started 'Ron Hollands Multiple Streams of Income' blog.

Here, you'll find regular ideas from Ron on business and cash-generating ideas that you can mostly start for less than ten pounds.

I'll probably mention his MSI workshop is passing, too ;-)

The new blog is at http://tinyurl.com/rh-streams and the first income-stream idea is waiting for you there.

Roy