One of the most common topics that Ginny Vee (www.ginnyvee.com) gets asked is "So how are you so successful on
+Twitter "
Ginny Vee has over 50,000 #followers now on Twitter and has a hugely active following. She often gets followed by new users of Twitter and they message asking "How can I get more followers? How can I get more interaction."
This is especially important for Music artists like Ginny.
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Twitter is an unusual type f social media, but it's really important - that and
+Facebook - especially if you are a music artist that wants to engage with fans. But it's also a great part of social media for anyone. What's hard about any social media is actually getting going - as when you start you have a small social network.
Starting Out
One of the most important things to do before you get going on Twitter is to create a clear and catchy PROFILE PICTURE. This is what people will see when they see your ICON and it influences a lot of people to click on you and check you out. If you just have the colored background and egg #icon most people with think you are a Twitter Newbie and skip right by you. People are visual on Twitter.
Next make a banner - any banner - but try and grab something interesting that speaks about what you are really interested in. If it's #football then add a football image - if it's +apple then add an apple image - whatever it is don't leave the colored band or people will skip you.
Make sure you set a good name for your profile. If you're a fan of Ginny Vee then call yourself GINNY VEE FANS (already exists by the way). Don't put phone numbers or emails - again people will think you are a newbie or worse a spam account and you will be ignored.
This is obviously a new account-- if you leave it like this you will always look like a new account (Go Follow them and show them some love).
Make sure your profile description says something interesting -- tell people all about you - at least what you are interested in. This will impact if people follow you back or not.
Get Following
Twitter has strict limits on how many people you can follow initially, and that is a ratio of Followers to Followed. Cross that limit and you can't add more people.
The biggest mistake people make is to follow only MEGA accounts such as
+Ariana Grande` or follow just small accounts with only one other follower.
On the big accounts your replies - Tweets or messages will be lost in the other 30 Million followers all screaming for attention.
On the small accounts they will Retweet you to 2 people - who may not see it on their Timeline.
Follow the big names you really love to get their updates, Follow your friends that you know and then use some of your 1000+ follows strategically to follow medium sized accounts between 10,000 and 100,000 followers -- why?
Well they will still be able to read messages, see tweets and retweets - and they will be able to interact. BUT if you make a cool tweet and they see it - they could RETWEET and that means 40,000 people will see your cool tweet.
Also try to Follow people that have interests that you like. If you hate
+PopMusic then don't follow pop music people or your timeline will have pop posts all day.
If you like
+Grand Theft Auto V GTA 5 then go follow people that like that or have user names similar. To find out who use the SEARCH function for keywords or for names.
You need to Follow and be Followed to have any fun on Twitter. But don't spam. Or churn.
Churning is Following and then Unfollowing - people HATE IT and Twitter can ban you for it. So follow people you really like - and do not Follow Churn.
Also use your email contacts address book - you will be surprised how many Twitter users you already know !! Use this option in Twitter to get a close group of Followers.
@names
The twitter name is really important as it can direct a tweet at someone. So for example you want to appear on my timeline then do a new tweet and add at the beginning @ginnyveemusic to the tweet. this will tag me and put it on my timeline so I have a better chance of seeing it. It will also notify me (via Notifications) that someone tweeted to me.
This is a great example of someone getting in my notifications by tagging me with @ginnyveemusic. And see I acknowledge with a Favorite. And I added her back. She clearly likes +music so I added her. Easy.
Remember mega names may never see your tweet to them -- but you can try.
#Hashtags
So some words can be important in your tweet - and you can highlight them with a hashtag. Hashtags can trend - and people will search for them - so adding #ginnyvee to a post will tag that word. Anyone searching #ginnyvee would maybe find the tweet in a list of all tweets using that word. It's important - so if you want to find people interested in MUSIC - search for #music with a hashtag - and you will find them easier.
Pictures speak a thousand words
Want to get noticed? Add a nice picture - a RELEVANT picture - or a saying in a picture...
Bright pictures grab attention and people grab even more attention. If you send naked or vulgar pictures then people will BLOCK you or REPORT you and your account will get suspended.
Add a picture, @name an account #tag some words and even TAG the person in a picture - and your tweet stands a better chance of being seen among the hundreds of tweets passing every hour.
RETWEET
In the early days, Retweeting gets you noticed, drives content and can get you seen. But be selective - don't do the Retweet drive.. i.e. retweet every thing you see on your timeline. It upsets people - and looks like spam. The idea of Twitter is to drive content that people like, or care about or want to reshape (because it's funny, or meaningful). But retweet - it's important.
If you like something but don't want to retweet it, then FAVORITE it and show your appreciation. It gets a notification and adds you to the list of people that liked it.
HOW OFTEN
There is no hard and fast rule about how often you tweet. And it depend what you tweet. if it is just the same thing 100 times and hour - people will UNFOLLOW you fast. So tweet with passion and space your tweets so it is not the "YOU" show that might upset people.
Try to reply to tweets as well - the interaction is very important and it also gets people to reply to your tweets.
DO NOTs
Okay the above are some basic things to do -- here are some things I suggest you DO NOT do on twitter.
Firstly - Twitter is not a Dating site. If people follow you it does not mean they want to date you. This needs to be clear. if you want to date, sex cam etc go to an adult site. You will get blocked and reported very fast if you do this. But more important you do NOT know the age of the recipient - and many Twitter users are underage and you could be committing a criminal act. Do Not sex message or send naked pictures. It is also highly offensive.
Do Not harass people -- twitter has clear terms of service on Harassing people and you will get banned. Besides - add positive energy to the world if you can.
Do Not believe much of what you read- Twitter is full of BOTS, SPAMMERS and Fraudsters - so BEWARE and read everything with caution. If in doubt - don't respond.
Do Not give out personal numbers or details (for all of the above reasons.) There are many scammers that try to get email - phone numbers - pets names-- why - Phishing !!!!
Do Not buy Followers. They are useless fake accounts with no value, no interaction and will just waste your money. Also Twitter frowns upon this and can ban your account-- Get REAL FOLLOWERS by spending the time - following the right people, interacting and being creative - posting great content.
Do Not be nasty -- it may seem easy to do at a distance - but you will just get blocked. Most people do not want drama, they want to read your tweets - follow what you do and what you find interesting. The minute you are offensive -- it's over for you on Twitter.
BE PATIENT
It has taken me nearly 2 years and a lot of interaction and hard work to get to 43,000 followers -- and it will not happen over night. But when you get followers going, Twitter can be really great fun - and interesting and if like me - a POP SINGER - it can allow you to get really close - real time interaction with fans and music lovers.
Hope you find this useful and Follow me on twitter at
@ginnyveemusic and I will Follow you back.
Kisses Ginny
