Looking for some new Twitter fans?

The Team at CIS has a few pointers for those business looking for some new twitter followers.

Getting Twitter followers is half the battle. But hanging on to them is just as important – especially because it’s the most engaged tweeters (or tweeple) who are the most valuable for helping you get your message out. They’re the ones who are paying attention, and who will reply, retweet and favorite you. These are the people you want to hang on to, not the spammy types who will follow anyone and then never pay attention to them or their tweets.

Engaged people do choose to unfollow sometimes – after all, they are paying attention! Here are some tips for keeping your most valuable Twitter followers happy and un-annoyed, so they won’t want to unfollow you.

  1. Make sure your Twitter bio and tweets are on the same page.
  2. Don’t automatically DM (direct message) people when they follow you.
  3. Don’t have apps tweet for you, unless you think they’ll be interesting for your followers.
  4. Have some variety and good stuff in your last three tweets.
  5. Don’t just talk about yourself.
  6. Don’t tweet too often.
  7. Do tweet regularly.
  8. Be wary of politics and religion.
  9. Be mindful of your potty mouth
  10. Be consistent with your language.
  11. Consider having two accounts for different purposes.
  12. Don’t ignore @s (mentions).
  13. Don’t just auto-post from Facebook or another social network.
  14. Don’t get hacked. 
  15. See if your Twitter triggers any red flags.