How Do You Get More Fans, Friends and Followers? Does It Really Matter?
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By Stephanie Foster
One of they key things in social media marketing is having an audience follow what you’re saying as well as to interact with. If no one sees your tweet, it won’t make a difference that you tweeted. The same goes for on other sites.
Now where are those fans and followers?
How you find them will depend on the site you’re marketing on. Some people treat Facebook as a more personal site for example, and so they may be reluctant to add someone whose connection to them is more about business.
Start with People You Already Know Online
The easiest people to get to follow you may be those you already know online, especially if they are interested in your niche. Request to follow them and many will return the favor.
On some sites, going through the people they follow and seeing who you might like to follow as well can be a good choice. As I said above, Facebook isn’t always the right choice for that, but use your best judgment. The nice part about sites such as Facebook and Twitter is that if someone doesn’t want to read what you’re posting, they have only to not follow you in return.
That said, don’t go overboard in your early efforts. Add too many people too quickly and you’re likely to be labeled as a spammer and banned. There’s no point in wasting your efforts.
Find People Interested in Your Niche
There are a number of ways to find people interested in a particular niche. There are Twitter directories. Facebook groups. You can see who liked particular links on StumbleUpon.
Look around and figure out how to meet other users on the social sites you’re using. Find the people who might be interested in what you have to say.
Retweets on Twitter can also be useful. People retweet things they find interesting. If they like the kinds of things you’ll be posting, give following them a try.
What If They Don’t Follow Back?
Many people stress about who follows them back, especially on Twitter where there are rules about how many people you are following versus being followed by. They don’t want to use up all their following ability on people who aren’t interested in them.
You’ll have to give some thought to this one. Are you following to get followers or are you following people you think might be interesting? How much time and effort do you want to put into interacting with people and reading what they’ve posted?
The more people you follow on any given site, the harder it’s going to be to keep up. It’s not like you can interact online with people all day and get other things done too. You’re going to have to find the right balance for you.
I personally don’t worry about who follows me back. They do or do not. But then I also only follow back people who interest me when I check their link when they follow me.
Let’s face it. Not everyone is going to be saying interesting things to you.
Some people you’ll want to follow because they’re your target market and keeping in contact with that is always good. Others because they’re in your niche or something closely enough related to it that you want to keep up with them. Still others because, frankly, they post neat stuff.
What About Follower Adders?
Some people like to use software to automate the process of adding followers. This isn’t something I would consider a good idea.
Use it too fast and get banned. That’s the first problem.
But even if you use it slowly enough that you don’t get banned, is it getting you the kinds of followers you need or is it just adding clutter?
Numbers don’t do you any good in most ways. It’s the same as with page views on a website. Who cares about getting a million visitors if not one of them buys from you, signs up for your list or does whatever your goal for them was?
About the author: Stephanie Foster blogs at about earning money working from home. Get more tips on social media website marketing at her site.
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