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How to build a Twitter following that contains the audience you want to reach.? How manufacturing marketers can reach the right audience.


While I don't advocate amassing thousands of followers on Twitter, I do believe in consistently cultivating quality followers - and my list of followers has grown slowly but consistently over time, since I got serious about using Twitter.? A quality follower to me is someone who meets any of the following criteria:

Potential or current customer Potential strategic business partner Vendors Various marketing communications experts, some could be competitors Social media expert Source of industrial business news or other news in personal areas of interest (for instance Cheap Soccer Jerseys , politics) Industrial companies that have a Twitter presence (these companies are blazing the trail) They're just fun or interesting people (these are a minority, since I primarily use Twitter for business)

I'm sure with the exception of "potential or current customers" YOUR perfect list of followers will be different from mine.? Think about the various types of people you might possibly want to connect with on Twitter so you know who you're looking for. ?Once you've determined that, there are plenty of ways to find them.


There are lots of articles and blog posts (and even books) out there that claim to tell you ways to gain "hundreds - even thousands of Twitter followers each day."? Avoid them like the plague.? It's an absolute waste of time to add thousands of followers to your Twitter account who bring no knowledge, sharing of information, potential business relationship Cheap Jerseys China Free Shipping , pleasurable (entertaining) chats, or any other benefit at all.?? Twitter is for building networks and relationships, self-edification, and if you're on Twitter for business: increasing brand recognition.? Don't waste your time with people who do not "fit" within the scope of your network (no common interests); who you have no interest in building a relationship with; and who could care less about your brand.? OK, off the soap box.


The first thing you need to understand about building your Twitter following is that it is proper etiquette to automatically follow someone back when they follow you.? (You may choose to "unfollow" someone at any time Cheap Authentic Jerseys , and this is also perfectly acceptable.)? You can instantly start building a following by following others.? They will most likely reciprocate and follow you back.? Whether or not they continue to follow you is another story. It is also perfectly acceptable on Twitter to "unfollow" someone, especially early on in your "Twitter relationship."? To keep quality followers, you will need to be active on Twitter and providing something of value to your followers.


There are many ways to find quality followers on Twitter, but following are my top ten:

Use the Twitter People Search function to find commonalities in other peoples' profiles. If you manufacture valves and want to find other component manufacturers you could search the word "valve," "manufacturer Cheap Jerseys Wholesale ," or "equipment."? If you're a marketing director for a valve company and you want to connect with other industrial marketers, search for "industrial marketing (or marketer,") or "B to B marketing."? Just play around with different word combinations till you find some people that look like they have the right profile. Use Buzzom to do more in depth "bio" searches. Again, just play around with key words and different phrasing to find people and companies with which you want to connect. Use one or more of the main 3rd party Twitter clients (web based applications) like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck Cheap Jerseys Online , DestroyTwitter, or Seesmic to save and monitor searches. As new people who meet your search criteria appear on the Twitterscape, you'll have them coming up instantly on your radar.? These clients are not only for searching; in fact, most people use them because they help organize your social media information and automate many tasks.? They're all slightly different in the features they offer.? You'll just have to test drive each one to see which suits your style and taste. Use Twellow to search different business categories. Twellow is the "Twitter yellow pages" and you have the ability to search broad categories in order to identify people who are in your industry, field Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping , or discipline. Enter your information in the JustTweetIt directory. ?JustTweetIt is a Twitter only directory in which you enter information about yourself and your areas of interest. ?People interested in a particular category can then find and follow you. Go to tweetchat and engage in Twitter "chats." First, search for hashtags in the posts of people you follow or who follow you.? (A hash tag is a word that begins with "#" - like "#manufacturing.")? Hashtags are a way of grouping tweets within a community of people who are interested in the same topic.? You might see a hashtag before the name of a big event, like a trade show or conference, #OTC; an industry, #refining; a profession Cheap Jerseys From China , #engineering; a country, #Brazil - if you can think of a topic of intere