With the rising influence of Twitter in popular youth culture, a lot of people would love to become famous and establish robust followership on the platform as a means of getting renowned attention and reverence. However, they ultimately fail to realize that no one even the most popular celebrities dominating news headlines all over the world became famous over night and just like they did work their ass out to get to where they are, you must also work real hard to cultivate robust followings on Twitter.
In this article, we shall examine 5 things which when you do them right can begin to put you ahead of your peers and stand you out from the crowd. Be sure to apply them properly and enjoy the perks that comes with the popularity.
- TWEET MEANINGFUL CONTENTS: As much as Twitter is a social media and as such primarily for fun engagement, you would notice that people who tweet useful and meaningful contents get their content shared much more rapidly. It could be motivational, humour, factual contents etc but as long as it adds REAL VALUE you will begin to take notice that you will start cultivating robust following.
- MAKE MEANINGFUL USE OF HASHTAGS : Twitter actually viralizedthe use of Hashtags. It’s an effective way to start up conversations and create ripples all over the Twittersphere. If you really want to be popular then you have to be doing this regularly. If you are able to Trend often then that becomes a BIG plus for you because it means you are able to start up conversations and maintain the tempo with multitude of ideas and contributions. Participating in hashtags created by other people is also important. When you add meaningful tweets to your hashtags, it enhances your visibility and thus impacts on your followership.
- ALWAYS FOLLOW BACK
You may dismiss this as UNimportant but the truth is that the more you follow people who follow you the more others are likely to follow you. It is just that simple. I mean i would NOT bother following someone with 300,000 followers but follows only 3 back even if their content is superb. Follow back is good practice which shows mutuality and reciprocity that interactions ought to be. So if you are doing it well then you will surely get there someday.
- REMEMBER TO DO SOCIAL GOOD
What do I mean by Social good ? I mean doing something impactful online and doing it for free. There are lots of struggles in the nation that you can lend your ‘voice’ to. A good example was the case of Debby Idiagbonya who was diagnosed with stage 4 malignant cancer back in 2012. There were a lot of people who took it upon themselves to raise the money needed for her treatment using Twitter as the platform of choice. Even though she passed on earlier this year, the massive awareness created on Twitter and the amount of money generated in donations only shows just how powerful doing social good can be. Doing social good helps your followers understand that you are not about money but also want and really do give back to the community.
- USE QUESTIONAIRES WISELY
It is now the worst kept secret on Twitter that an easy way to increase engagement is via questionnaires. Even though this has been thoroughly abused, it still works and as long as you ask meaningful questions you will get replies and trust me they will always be funny. Your account gets noticed easily and lots of mentions and followers on a consistent basis.
So there you have it, tips on how you can get popular on Twitter. Do you have any tips on how you can become popular on Twitter. Do you have any contributions to the above mentioned topic? Kindly share your thoughts below. I look forward to hearing from you.