3 Important things to know when building your twitter following for free

The positive thing for a business looking to improve their advertising efforts is that many of today's top tools are free. Twitter, Facebook, and various other social networks offer massive possibility to help get the word out about a business. The dreadful news is, unless you have been diligent in keeping up with all of the latest advancements of the internet, you might find yourself uneasy at even the mention of a TWEET or FAN PAGE. As we all imagin the reality is far less scary then thought.

Twitter, for case in point, can be incredibly useful in promoting your brand and it is incredibly simple to use once you get your feet wet. The point here is to get people to FOLLOW you who are interested in what you offer…and it is actually just about as easy done as said. Below are the 3 neat effortless steps to gaining targeted Twitter Followers:

1. Identify your competition-No matter what you do, chances are there is someone else out there doing the same thing. Find out who your competition is in your niche. If you only market to people in a local area, then only list those businesses that are in that area as well.

2. Locate their account on Twitter-By visiting the businesses website you can often times find their Twitter account,, however if its not listed there, you can use the Twitter search function to find them. There is a chance a business does not have a Twitter account, simply move on to the next business on your list.

3. Follow their followers!-Now that you have found your competition on Twitter, getting targeted followers to your account is as simple as following THEIR followers! What you offer and have to say I am sure those same followers will be interested in. The fact is, there is a strong chance you can get some of them to use your services instead of doing business with your compatition. To do this, simply look on the top right of their account where you can see the number of followers they have and the number of people they are following. Now click FOLLOWERS. This will show you everyone following your compatition. Just go down the list and click on follow for each of them(or as many as you want.) Keep in mind that Twitter does impose limits on how many you can follow depending on how large your account is. After you have done this, a certain percentage of people WILL follow you back…VOILA! Targeted followers! The better quality your account is (interesting info in your bio, interesting tweet, and entertaining/informative background) the more people will follow. It really is that uncomplicated.

There it is…3 simple steps to gaining more Twitter targeted followers. Get some yourself and rememebr to communicate with them. There is no amount that will guarantee you success, but by having a number of new eyes veiwing your tweets, you can increase the chances that some of these will be interested in your products and services. When used effecently, Twitter truly is one amazing effective tool for promoting you and your business to new prospects.