How to Create a Community of Engaged Followers #TweetLikeAPro

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engage with you on Twitter if you're new to Twitter building your audience can feel overwhelming the good news is that when it comes to Twitter followers it's all about quality not quantity quality followers care about what you offer and interact with your content in a consistent way they're the ones who comment on your tweets offer suggestions or ask you to bring back a specific product it's important to engage with these quality followers the relationships you build with them are likely to be a great foundation for your business to get started here are five things you can do now to begin growing your followers today first and foremost reply to content as much as you post original tweets or at least almost as much why because if you're just beginning to leverage Twitter for your business your main objective should be to build your community of followers and establish yourself in the conversations that are happening around you keep the replies authentic and genuine and share comments that contribute to the overall conversation next tip engage with your followers but what's the best way to engage to start visit your timeline and interact with tweets about your company establishing a good dialogue in the comments can lead to Quality followers especially when they see your active and responsive a great example of Engagement comes from cute camera company an independent film shop from Texas check out the way they show appreciation to a follower spreading the word about their business you can also learn about authentic engagement from Amoeba Music when customers alerted amoeba to an issue entering a contest the company went above and beyond to offer a solution all within Twitter lastly take a look at the way sweet green and GT's living food leverage a followers comment to show their gratitude the businesses even added some personalization to create a stronger connection with their audience as these examples skillfully demonstrate having engaged followers opens doors to building your community that leads us to our third tip engage followers lead to

more exposure when you build a following of quality engaged followers you can expect to see them replying to your tweets and creating more meaningful conversations not only do these conversations strengthen your business's timeline what the exchanges will also appear on your followers timelines for their own followers to see that means even more exposure for your business a great example of this comes from grammarly definitely used a follower's mention and the conversation it generated to assist a new user in installing the grammarly app the skillful strategy gained grammarly a customer while simultaneously amplifying grammarly's presence on their followers timeline one post accomplished two goals tip number four is all about taking the

conversation from Twitter into real life when you build communities off platform it can actually lead to new followers on the platform for instance if you promote an event taking place at your shop customers might tweet about their IRL experiences thereby sharing your business with their followers a Dutch Bros coffee location did this very thing when they leveraged an in-store event for Dutch love day to raise money and awareness for local food banks their followers enthusiastically took to Twitter to help spread the word our final tip is something All Brands need to hear not every tweet needs to

contain a link or call to action creating content just to connect with your community can also deliver long-term positive impacts for your success on Twitter look at how classic shirts a soccer brand specializing in vintage jerseys shared a rare jacket Design This tweet was a great reminder that at the end of the day classic shirts are fans too just like their followers by implementing these five useful tips you can take your first steps towards building a community of engaged followers and remember while it might take some time to start seeing results the payoff can be huge ready to learn more visit business. twitter. com for more resources to help grow your business on Twitter