Want twitter followers? Showcase yourself!{Tweet Me Tuesday}

So-you want more twitter followers?  Do you want followers who are relevant to you and what you are doing? You want to know how to get them?

C’mere.

Little Closer.

Just a smidge closer.  Let me whisper in your ear.

Put your best face on. Much of it is just that simple. Should I explain?

You know how people say “You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover”?  You know how (many times) you do anyway?  Same principle applies here.  If I look at your profile and all I see is that boring little bird I’m probably not going to follow you. If I look and your picture is some kind of logo then I’ll think twice-especially if you aren’t a well-known company.  Thinking twice on twitter means I move onto profile information.

Use your “Bio” space to make a statement. Whatever statement you want to make-that is the place to do it.  Here again-if your bio is blank or just contains a link to a site-I probably won’t follow you.  If you have no picture and no bio-you can pretty much forget me (and many other twitter users) following you.  Taking the time to put a real picture and some kind of statement shows that you aren’t (usually) there to spam me with irrelevant links.  It means you want me to get to know you better and that you took 5 minutes to fill this section out.

Don’t just take my word for it though-ask other tweeps (people on twitter) their opinion.  Chances are though if you have no pic and no bio you won’t get a response.  Take a hint. 

I’m going to give you examples of bios that make a statement. These bios tell you SOMETHING about who is behind the tweets. This is my opinion only so do with it what you will.

Mom. Passionate PMD Survivor & Advocate. Not afraid to tell you the good, bad and the ugly!(@unxpctdblessing)

Mom of eight, married to the military man I’m madly in love with. Exercise is my vice. I run the Homemaking Cottage and homeschool.(@pinkginghamom)

Life-long perfectionist finally living under God’s grace. Imperfect wife and mother of two. Freelance writer, mainly Christian parenting and children’s pubs.(@MelindaMeans)

and mine: (oh c’mon-you knew I was throwing it in there!) Believing the unbelievable. Learning how to best help others and trust myself. I’ve got big plans and an even bigger God. Wife, mom, social media enthusiast (@mamabytes)

My picture?  It’s me-with my pink wig on.  I hope that it grabs people’s attention.  That’s kind of the point.  I want to stand out.  Don’t you? {No-you don’t have to have pink hair-but don’t be afraid to be a little different.  No matter what you do it’s always nice to see a face.}

Twitter is a great tool for getting to know people better and for conversations you can’t have on a blog/website.  Like it or not-your bio and picture are the closest thing you have to a first impression on twitter and don’t we all like to make good first impressions?

That’s it for this week’s edition of Tweet Me Tuesday. Want to participate? Here’s how:

• Check out Melinda’s Blog. She’s the genius who came up with Tweet Me Tuesday!
• Tweet this post!
• Link up a post you’d like Tweeted using Linky Tools below. It can either be your most recent post or an older, favorite post you’d like to share with a new audience. You only have to put the link to your post at one of our blogs–we are both showing the same exact links. Link up here at Melinda’s blog-and grab a button at either place as well!
• Follow Melinda and myself on Twitter! (if you’re not already)
• Visit the links below and tweet as many as you can!!
• Follow as many of these bloggers as you’d like on Twitter. (You can also follow their blogs if you like!)
• If you tweet at us/about us/for Tweet Me Tuesday please use the hashtag #TMT . It makes it easier for us to find your tweets! Not sure about hashtags? See this post!



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