The more people who follow you on Twitter, the more networking opportunities and influence you have. So you have to try and build a follow and here are a few tips on how to get people to follow you.

Follow them: There’s this instantaneous reaction to follow people who follow you. But there is a backlash against people who follow pretty much anyone just to get followers.

Post some tweets before following someone: If you don’t have any tweets on your page, you won’t seem real or personable. Or if you’re uninteresting no one will follow you.

Complete your bio: People hardly ever follow strangers, so complete the bio right underneath your web URL, name, and picture. (Definitely include a URL if you have one.)

Add your Twitter feed to your blog or to your other social media profiles: If you have a good following on your blog or a lot of connections on Facebook or LinkedIn, you can use this audience to increase your followers on Twitter.

Reply to people, especially if they aren’t following you yet: That’s a perfect way to engage someone and get them to follow you, even if they don’t follow you immediately.

Use Twitter search: If you use this tool to find matters of importance or relevance to you or your company, you are bound to find followers that have a lot in common with your values.

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