Celebrate the small victories in life, or in this case quite probably a big one because my tweet machine following just surpassed 3000 and that’s an achievement!

This special post is two things:

A thank you, a huge tip of the cap sized thank you. Seriously if it wasn’t for the Writing Community and Blogging Community this wouldn’t have happened, and everyone else who has joined me since 2013 – cheers…

And…

How the hell did I do it? 

(A self help seminar that will help you get more tweet machine followers…)

Pull up a chair my friend and let me tell you how I did it. Now some of ya’ll might have way bigger followings than 3k but even if you have more this is some solid and proof tested advice for tweet machine success.

Apart from stumbling my way through a series of trials and errors there is a formula to getting people to support you even if it is ‘just a follow’. These ‘just follows’ eventually total up to something much more and so here’s what you got to do…

1. Get yourself a human looking profile picture. People like real people. It’s genuine and honesty is probably the key to all of this. Don’t hide that pretty face of yours…
2. Bio – Be honest, be friendly, tell the world what you are about and what you stand for. Be inviting and convince folks you are likely to follow them back just out of politeness…
3. Pinned Tweet – You must have one of these. Again it needs to show what your jam is and what you stand for. My current pinned tweet is asking the writing community for book recommendations and so it’s a celebration of what I stand for. It’s also okay to have your blog link, or your own book link – celebrate yourself!
4. Engage productively. Every day I consistently comment on other folks posts with something friendly and productive or something I can contribute with. I also Like and Retweet that post – trust me this is huge for engagement and people will follow you for it!  
5. It’s okay to unfollow. You want to keep who you are following and people who follow you in the same ballpark. Try and keep it even and folks that aren’t relevant, just unfollow them…

Everything else, is up to the tweet machine God’s to decide.

But just be genuine and friendly – that’s what social media should be used for.

Profile Picture, Bio, Pinned Tweet, Engage, Consistency and it’s okay to unfollow. Remember these steps and you’ll be on your way to Tweet Machine success! 

Peace out, thanks for following, rock and roll man!