32,000 Followers – 5 Things I Do to Grow and Nurture My Twitter Network
30. Aug, 2010 
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Big Tree Growth Chart item 30015 | By: byrdiegraphics
Social media can be a powerful marketing tool for for your Etsy business. The heavy hitters like Facebook and Twitter can bring in traffic and a increase your sales, but your social network has to be treated as a relationship and there has to be some give before the take.
When I first stared using Twitter, I randomly followed a tech person for a software company. I was using a 30 day trial of their software and it was ending. The tech person saw some of the videos I was making with their product and we started chatting. Lon story short I wound up getting the expensive video editing software for free all because of a connection on twitter!
Here are 5 things I do to grow and nurture my social network on Twitter.
Twitter:
Is Twitter really all about the number of followers? The answer is yes…. and no. I have 32,000 followers @timothyadam. I have had this Twiiter channel for over 2 years, and if you are not giving to your followers they will leave.
So what does giving look like on Twitter?
- Sending out RT thanks when your followers are retweeting you.
- Retweet things that your followers say…. ( make sure it fits with your over Tweet theme)
Check screen shot below. Notice how I send out a thanks to those who have retweeted me. I also retweeted a few things my followers have said.
- Create a list and try to add to it everyday.
Here is my personal Etsy sellers list. I like to add new sellers I run across on a daily basis.
To add a new person to an existing list you can search for new people in the Find People tab at the top.
I like to search for Etsy, handmade, jewelery, art, and vintage.
Beyond giving:
- Hold a conversation, ask questions, and engage your followers. Questions like : What are you making today? What is your newest item in your shop? Make the question be about them, and then you can make them be about you. Questions like: What item from my Etsy shop do you like best? What do you think about this new necklace in my Etsy shop? You get the picture. The most important aspect to asking questions is to make sure you respond back. The conversation can not me one sided.
- The last thing that I do on a daily basis is find new followers. Find targeted followers to follow to grow your following. I like to use a few different sites to find my targeted followers. First is Tweepi.com, and this is by far the best twitter tool I have found to manage your Twitter followers. Lastly is Wefollow.com, and this is another great place to find those targeted Twitter pages you will want to follow
Be sure to stop by Handmadeology on Twitter!
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Very well post
If we want take care from other, we have to care them.
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So true!
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Hey, thank you for turning me on to tweepi and wefollow – very helpful post!
- Rachael Brooke
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Wow I wasn’t even aware that you could do some of those things on Twitter. I guess I have some work to do. Great article as usual!
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Thanks for this post, Tim. My Twitter account has been so neglected, I may not have any followers left! I have a hard time keeping up with tweeting and re-tweeting and seeing how it benefits my business.
I’ll go back and clean out the cobwebs of my account and see if I can jump start it again.
Thanks again for all information you share!
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You are welcome Laura!
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Great post, once again. Thank you.
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Thanks for the advise.
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Ah, Twitter is one big question mark for me… but at least the question mark has gotten a little smaller now. Thanks for the article!
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Thanks for the post Tim! You are always so helpful with what seem like small things to you or others, but to someone like me that is new to all things techi, it is one powerful tool! So thanks again!
Off to tweet!
Hugs,
Gina
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You are welcome Gina! Nice to see your avatar!!
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And look! My picture is on here thanks to your post from the other day! See I am learning!
Hugs,
Gina
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Thank you Tim! I am new at tweeter and I’d like to know how do I know one of my tweets has been retweeted?
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There is a link on the right side of your twitter page that will say @Lunaticart. all of your retweets will show there.
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Thank you for the information as I am new to trying to use Twitter as a marketing tool. So far I am getting views and am thinking how I can turn those views into “sales.” Your ideas will help me focus.
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As always, thanks for the advice!! I’m needing some new ways to utilize twitter. Seems most of my hits come from twitter, but most of my sales are from facebook. Hmmm.
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Hey Tim,
Question: How many times a day it a good idea to TWEET?
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Elsie… I would say 2 or 3 tweets promoting your work, and 2 to 3 retweeting others.
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With 31,000 friends how can you see which tweets are worth retweeting, at 2 to 3 each that’s 60-90,000 tweets to read!?
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I create lists that help divide my followers.. there is no way to read all those tweets.
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this is very very useful information thanks for shering it keep doing this type of work
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