Don’t make the mistake I did and be happy with 500 or even 1000 followers on Twitter, but instead have your sights set for 2000. Reach 2000 followers now to avoid slow down issues later. Why is this so important?
* Size does matter - Many experienced Tweeters will automatically follow you once you follow them. They will checkout your profile later and likely unfollow you if you look like you’re just starting out with 100 or less followers.
* Twitter constraints - Twitter requires that you acquire 2000 followers before they let you follow more than 2000 people. Twitter uses the 2000 follower as preventative measure from us users getting carried away following everyone under the sun for no reason other than to get return follows. I’m was guilty of it too when I started using Twitter.
* Proof of higher stature - One of the great uses of Twitter is to follow people you admire. But, if you follow someone with 50,000 followers, you probably won’t get much notice or attention when you have only 100 or 200
followers. True, you might get the follow out of it, but automatic following of new followers is a common setting among power Tweeters so don’t get too excited.
* Higher return - Look for 1 or 2 clickthroughs per Tweet where you supply a link to another Web page. Once you get to the 2000 follower mark, you can expect anywhere between 15 and 50 of your followers clicking on links you add to each Twweet.
* Incentive - When you see that 2000 follower goal draw near, with results improving, doubling your Tweets will be a welcome task. And, that’s what your 2000 or more followers will be expecting of you.
Twitter seems like such a waste of time when you have 500 followers or less, I know. If you’re in that category, hang in there, because you will start to see a difference once you hit 1000. Your Twitter efforts begin to pay off as your traffic builds and new contacts are made.
If you have less than 2000 Twitter followers, take the challenge right now to develop a plan to get 2000 and more followers on Twitter.
Marty Dickinson started his first Web site in 1996 and has assisted with more than 200 Internet projects to-date with his team at HereNextYear.com a Denver Colorado-based Internet marketing company. He is co-author of the recently published “Web Marketing All-in-One for Dummies” book available in bookstores everywhere and through Amazon.
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