My Love/Hate Relationship With Twitter

How I Got Over 1,000 Niche Twitter followers In 10 Days

Why did I decide to try to get 1,000 Twitter followers in 10 days?

• I hated Twitter

• I didn’t understand Twitter.

• It bothered me that people who tweeted didn’t spell correctly.

• I wanted to force myself to use Twitter.

• This campaign would force me use Twitter a LOT everyday.

• I hoped I’d learn to use it…and even like it.

In the beginning…

• @WomenInBizRock

• Only 140 characters

• Hashtags huh???

Sadly, this was my first tweet:Do you know The Women In Biz? #WomenInBiz http://thewomeninbiz.com

Psst…What’s wrong (or right) with this tweet?

Sample tweets

• @womeninbizrock is on pace for 1,000 Twitter followers in its first 10 days! Will you be one of them?

• Help @womeninbizrock reach their goal of 1,000 followers in their first 10 days!

• Please follow! TheWomenInBiz on Twitter

• Only 99 more followers until @WomenInBizRock has over 1,000 Twitter followers in its first 10 days! #TheWomenInBiz

• Dear 24 people who haven’t yet followed The Women In Biz on Twitter. Go ahead & follow this awesome organization so they can reach 1,000. TY.

Pssst…What’s wrong with these tweets?

Once the goal was reached…

• Thank you to all of our incredible followers! @womeninbizrock achieved (and passed) our goal of 1,000 in our first 10 day! #Thank You.

Pssst…How could this tweet have been written more effectively?

Getting some help

• Hootsuite http://hootsuite.com

• Bitly https://bitly.com

I joined Hootsuite and used it to load tweets from two Twitter accounts.

9:00 am- 9:00 pm Tweeted every hour for days 1-5

Days 6 and 7

• Added Facebook, Google + and LinkedIn

• Posted 1-2 times a day on FB, G+ and LinkedIn

• Tweeted every ½ hour

• Still only asking people to follow @womeninbizrock

• Not posting or tweeting anything of value, no interesting or valuable info.

Day 8

• Panic

• Regretted the entire campaign

• Feared public humiliation

• More panic

• Still only continued with every ½ hour posting schedule.

Days 9 and 10

• Frenzy mode

• Round-the-clock every 15 minutes tweeting and posting schedule

• As of Jan. 29, 2015 my Twitter feed showed about 41 tweets per minute…

• How much is too much tweeting?

Better Tweets…

• Blogging is a lot like parenting…#blogging #parenting #LB2015 http://ow.ly/11MB2

• How to network successfully on Google Plus http://ow.ly/11Yaj #Google #networking

• #SocialMedia #Photography #BloggingTips Learn these & more at #LB2015! Tix on sale now! http://ow.ly/HVhAq

• Business need a boost? Attend #LB2015 in #StLwith @DixieDynamite @WomenInBizRock#socialmedia #biz fb.me/2ngKVqHq6

Who to Follow..? Podcasts!

• Biz Chix http://bizchix.com

• Blogging Betties http://bloggingbetties.com

• Bolder Business Women http://bolderbusinesswomenpodcast.com

• Lady Business Radio http://www.ladybusiness.biz

• The Solopreneur Hour https://solopreneurhour.com

Day 1

• Followed all of the interviewers and interviewees from my 25 podcasts.

• Thanked people who followed @womeninbizrock

• Tweeted and retweeted some of their tweets.

• Tweeted/retweeted at least 50x/day

• Some of my retweets got favorited

• Hundreds of my thank yous got favorited.

Hashtags

I used these hashtags in the search to find more people and organizations to follow!

• #entrepreneur• #women• #business• #marketing• #socialmedia• #inspire• #innovate

Helpful Reminders:

• Clearly define your niche

• Make a list of keywords and hashtagsto use to search for people/organizations to follow

• Choose an automation system

• Which other social media platforms will you use?

• Make an organized list of tweets/posts before you begin!

• Each day tweet out info. About your organization, fun facts, inspirational quotes, etc.

• Follow the leaders.

• Follow the people who follow the leaders.

• Thank EACH person who follows you.

• Retweet and favorite other people’s tweets

• Have conversations, form relationships, show you care!

Follow me!

• @WomenInBizRock

• @bonnielfrank