SOCIAL MEDIA FOR FESTIVALSFirst steps on Twitter – Finding people to Follow

FIND SOME PEOPLE TO FOLLOW

A few things you need to know before you follow anyone

People will be more likely to follow you back if you have completed your Twitter Profile

Don’t worry if people don’t follow you back immediately

Everyone is different – so they make up their own rules about how many people to follow

Don’t follow too many people too quickly as you will look as if you are “Spamming”

WOULD YOU FOLLOW THIS TWEETER?

OR THIS ONE?

OR THIS ONE?

LET’S START WITH THIS ONE

BUILD A FOLLOWING BY FOLLOWING

Think about your interests, and then pick some key people in your area of interest to follow

Look at who they’re following, and follow some of their friends

If someone follows you, say hello! Strike up a conversation Don’t follow too many people too quickly Following/follower ratio 1:1 until you reach

2,000 Set aside a few minutes each day to find 5 –

10 new people to follow

DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW BACK?

No, it’s up to you to decide Watch out for odd followers – you can block

any you don’t like the look of Only follow people you want to hear from You can build lists of people WITHOUT

following them

USING TWITTER SUGGESTIONS

THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE STARS

SEARCH FOR YOUR SUPPLIERS/SUPPORTERS

USE ADVANCED SEARCH

OPERATORS FOR ADVANCED SEARCH

ADD YOURSELF TO TWITTER DIRECTORIES

http://wefollow.com http://www.twellow.com/ http://justtweetit.com/

DIRECTORY SEARCH

WHERE CAN I GET HELP?

https://support.twitter.com/ - there is extensive help text on the Twitter Help Center which should answer many of your questions

https://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics - this has links to all the basic information which you’ll need to get started

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