Comments on: 5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence

By: Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:50:20 +0000

Great post. I like how you actually focused on the value of your interactions and followers. I see too may people that jump on twitter and want a million followers, just for the fact that they have a million followers. If you have a million followers and no one cares what you are saying, the guy with 10 followers is kicking your ass. Check out my video blog post about this topic http://thederekjohnson.com/2009/04/21/twitter-followers/

By: Jon Mac

Jon Mac — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:44:56 +0000

Hi Darren

Thanks for the tips. You nailed it. Some great points I wouldn’t have thought of like tweeting when the most people are on tweeting, so simple and obvious it just never occured to me thought.

Thanks
Jonathan Mac
Social Focus VP
Social Networking Software

By: Emma Lee

Emma Lee — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:52:08 +0000

I learnt a lot of things about twitter while reading the comments :)

http://twitter.com/iLikefatkids

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:41:19 +0000

Cheers for the tips

The mojitos are on me next time you’re in Barcelona.

http://twitter.com/Barcelona_Life

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:34:56 +0000

Great tips! Who knows where twitter will take us!

I welcome you to follow me! http://twitter.com/dianekolar

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:17:23 +0000

Thats some great advice. I think I wasn’t giving value to any followers. I’ll start linking in any good blogs I write so followers can get something useful from me!

By: Nik

Nik — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:13:01 +0000

Great tips. It’s definitely more helpful to be more interconnected with other twitterers. And also strike a good balance between personal and value added tweets.

Http://twitter.com/nquo

By: rellz

rellz — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:11:09 +0000

i love twitter, it allows me to just say whats on my mind at any time of the day and update people on what im doing, no matter what. I can update from my BlackBerry, my PC or by text. Twitter rocks. Follow me!

http://www.twitter.com/rellzny

By: Murray

Murray — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:21:05 +0000

Very good advice. I’m gonna come back to read coomenys on my Mac, as it takes a bit too long on iPhone.

By: krissy knox

krissy knox — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:56:12 +0000

Tweet giving complete information in each tweet. You’d be surprised how many tweets I’ve read that have merely said “Yes.” or “I like that.” I scratch my head and think, “Like what?” Another thing that is important is to give references. If you have a link to go along with your tweet, provide it, preferrably in tinyurl form!

krissy knox :)
http://www.twitter.com/iamkrissy

By: Britt Phillips

Britt Phillips — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:04:51 +0000

I was not getting any followers and my accounts were dormant. I started looking at people with lots of followers and made a simple discovery. People with lots of followers are also following those people back. I also discovered a great app that lets me auto follow and unfollow people who unfollow me, plus create Tweets to tweet in the future, track keywords in tweets to generate more targeted people to follow in my niche. Great example is my flip_video_tips account. I have as of this post 2,619 followers. This account is pretty new so it just goes to show what can happen if you focus. BTW here’s the tool I used to make it happen and also I should mention I have some other accounts which also all have between 2.000 and 3,400 followers each.

http://tinyurl.com/acpc25

By: Lane Burdett

Lane Burdett — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:04:19 +0000

I love the 5 tips! I’ve just started to get into twitter and this has been really really helpful!

http://twitter.com/BusinessDIY

By: Helen Grant

Helen Grant — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:56:05 +0000

Great article Darren, thanks! I’m a showbiz writer and always looking for new ways to network. I’m finding Twitter useful for this, but still have a lot to learn.

http://www.twitter.com/helengrant

By: deb

deb — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:00:30 +0000

Yes… they can see your @reply even if they aren’t following you.

I agree that it helps to be a popular blogger or celebrity to increase your follows to a great degree. To be a popular blogger, 1) a good topic 2) some expertise and 3) dedication.

http://twitter.com/debmarkham

By: eve

eve — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:05:37 +0000

if you are following someone and they are not yet following you, but you do an @reply to a twit they ask, can they see it? (((newb alert!)) thanks!!!

By: Brad Fells

Brad Fells — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:09:44 +0000

This is like the tips that Kevin Rose from Digg gave about Twitter.

What you both fail to mention is that it helps if you have a website where you already have thousands of readers – most people don’t, so the tips come across as kinda redundant. Auto-follows takes away the interaction a bit, no?

By: Peter B. Giblett

Peter B. Giblett — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:10:52 +0000

Thank you for these great tips – good job we are connected. I have been doing each of these and traffic to my site has grown, as has my following. I am still new to twitter, but learning fast.

Happy to connect http://twitter.com/pgiblett

Look at my eMagazine http://cio-perspectives.com/ if you are interested in IT issues.

Keep up the good work

Peter B. Giblett.

By: luis

luis — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:39:41 +0000

I have to say that I have found Twitter very useful and it is a great way to get information and feedback quick.

I have found a lot of useful tips and tools just by following the tweets or various people on twitter.

I’m increasing the number of people I follow gradually and have found that my followers are also gradually increasing.

Best thing to do, is be yourself and provide quality information when you can.

http://twitter.com/lant2005

By: Margey Lowery

Margey Lowery — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:14:45 +0000

Twitter scares me and I’m not sure why. Thank you for making it less so and something that I now want to take on.

By: seodoz

seodoz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:41:12 +0000

Thanks for sharing your viewpoints about Twitter. I think contribution is the best part to get good no. of quality followers. Once we participate in good conversation then it actually create a authority & can give us a good number of followers. Also, frequency & quality of updates are very important.

http://twitter.com/seodoz