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How did you get your first Twitter followers?

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Whenever I create a new profile on a platform - as I did with Twitter over ten years ago - I go straight to who I already know that's on the platform, friends, acquaintances, etc. Then I'll look for notable folks who work in a space I'm interested in. I also used to do things like follow-for-follow years ago on Twitter, but I found that I'd be following folks whose feeds I wasn't very interested in. Now I get told often by folks I mentor: 'I've set up Twitter to network in tech but I have no followers.' How did you get your first followers?
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Ryzal Yusoff 🇬🇧🇲🇾
By following some close friends. For my products, I just followed people that seems related and interested in the product i made by searching around Twitter and follow them
Charles Forster
I joined about 8 years ago when tweeting felt like yelling into the void. Most of my first followers were friends and family. Recently, I had a couple tweets go viral, and I've been more active in the community by replying to threads and adding to conversations. That's made the biggest difference in terms of engagement and follower growth.
Abadesi
@chazthetic lol @ yelling into the void
Abadesi
@chazthetic thanks for talking about viral tweets: do you find you get a surge in followers after you do that? Do they stay?
Charles Forster
@abadesi Yeah, it was funny going back to my original posts years and years ago, and got absolutely zero engagement
Charles Forster
@abadesi Interestingly, you get fewer followers than you'd think when a tweet goes viral. I find I'll get the same results more consistently by tweeting regularly and contributing to conversations. I find it puts my name out there in front of people that may not have encountered my profile otherwise, plus it puts me in front of my tribe.
Abiola
Started with friends and immediate network, and then started to following interesting people/funny people at first. These were the days of #nowfollowing (when it wasn't cringe), but then the combination of having a strong bio, appealing profile pic for your target audience and interacting with people so they follow you back is a winning formula. Of course, having relevant tweets for what you're trying to grow/do
Abadesi
@abxola yes interacting is key!
Michael
#MGWV
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