Tweeting with new followers can be one of the most important things you do with your Twitter account. As people make the decision to follow you, you will have an opportunity to develop a relationship with that person. Here are some things to consider:

1. Make sure you are sharing some basic information about yourself. One of my biggest grips are with people who think that personal information is a waist of time on Twitter. Granted, people may not want to know that you just brushed your teeth. However, they do want to know that you are human, and have to do the mundane stuff also.

2. Personal information does not have to equal private information. There are aspects of everyone’s life that can be shared. You don’t have to give out DOB’s, phone numbers, age, etc. just to be considered a true social media buff.

3. In terms of timing, you need to tweet some personal information once a day for the first 30 days you have new followers. I do not always do this for all new followers, because I get around 25 new people a day to my Twitter account. I do this during times when I am intentionally adding a lot of new people. Otherwise, I try to share some personal stuff 5 times, for every time I share one piece of business info.

Take time to get to know your new followers. Tweeting with new followers to pay off over time. You just have to be willing to put in the upfront work.

Ray Province
Celtic Ozark Solutions

Ray Province is an IT Programmer by trade, and owner of Celtic Ozark Solutions, an IT company that specializes in website development, website content, and social media marketing and integration. You can reach Ray at celticozarksolutions@gmail.com or @celticozarkian onTwitter.

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