I’m doing a #digitaldetox starting tonight & hopefully all weekend for my birthday at-home-spa-day (please, still send me notes, b/c I’m a child & I still https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz">my b-day!)

But it’s also on a Friday & I still want to do #FF tips, so you get them early this week!

#FollowFriday

I love #FollowFriday b/c I’m a dork & b/c it gives me a chance to talk about why people follow each other (or maybe they don’t & you don’t understand why...)

Answer:

The best way to get #followers is to engage. This means typing words & thoughts as a response to others’ tweets.

While liking and retweeting other people’s posts is just fine, (I do a lot of that) it’s not the same as engagement. So if you want to increase your followers try these tips:

1. Respond to tweets with your thoughts as a “comment.”

2. Then RT the post to share in your feed.

Liking posts is great. It warms my heart to see that https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> in my notifications b/c it says someone gets me.

But it is not “engagement.”

Some people beg for followers. I look at their feeds & there’s no comments, thoughts, ideas.

Maybe that’s why they’re begging for followers?

About profiles: When someone follows me I notice & I check out their profile. If it’s just RTs of news or memes, I assume it’s a https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤖" title="Robotergesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Robotergesicht">. People like to follow people, so please act like a human having real convos. If you have few followers this is super important.

#FollowFriday

Now it’s ok to just scroll & scroll & scroll—I do it—I think everyone does it. However, that does not boost your following. It may calm your nerves but scrolling is not a strategy.

Happy almost #FollowFriday!

I’d love for you to share your #TwitterTips here too!