HOW TO GET MORE FOLLOW BACKS ON TWITTER!

If you’re on twitter you’re probably familiar with people
tweeting at you, “pls fbk! Pls fbk! Now following please follow back!” And they
always use exclamation marks!!! I liken it
to walking on the street and poking strangers 
saying “be my friend! I’ve just befriended you, friend me back! LOL. Would you do that in “real life”? Then
why would you do it online? It’s real people behind handles, real emotions, so
you need to be strategic about it.

You can get follow backs without hounding or bullying people
into doing so. Since I started my , ahem, twitter career, I nor  dey do am. If I follow you, it means; I’m
interested in your tweets, I like your bio and I want to interact further with
you. I knew I was doing good getting follow backs when celebrities like Ali Baba followed me. In
fact, when Rita Dominic followed me, I knew I had arrived in twitterville! I’m
waiting for Oprah, Mo Abudu and so many others to follow me and may my bia bia
not grow grey before that happens.

So what do you need to do?

BIO: Re-write your bio. Your bio is that space twitter allows you
to fill in a summary about yourself. Some bios are creative, funny and some are
rude! LOL. I enjoy going through people’s bio. From your bio someone can
quickly get quick information about you, your passion, your business. If you
dey sell akara, put am there. If you get website, put am there. If you hate
bios, put am there! Just make sure it’s not empty. People follow back not
mainly because of the number of followers you have but because of the content
of your bio. Some guy once tweeted fbk, fbk,fbk till I had to go and look at
his bio to decide, when I got there it read “ I HATE BIITCHEESS, PISS ME OFF!!
HATE ME LOVE ME!”  Emi follow eleyi? Lai
lai!

CONTENT: Your tweets make up your content. What are you tweeting
about? Some people will randomly follow you, others will follow after going through
your timeline. If all you tweet is “fbk pls/I hate men/God is not real”….errr I
will not be following. Some people na only konji matter dem dey talk day and night!  Twitter is a place with influential opinion, whether
wrong or right. In as much as there is abundance of free information, I choose
what I see because I do not want the wrong things to influence my judgement/lifestyle. Don’t join twitter and  forget what your mother taught you, don’t let peer pressure erase your good morals. What are you tweeting about? Emi o ni follow eni toba’n sepe! 

INTERACT: Twitter is awesome for networking! That is the purpose, you
can’t be ghost-following

someone and expect automatic follow back. Tweet at
them, if they ask for opinion, respond. Ask them questions too. Wish your TL a
good morning, or goodnight. Anyone you like. Make sure you participate positively. Some people transfer aggression, all others know how to do na twit-fight and cause quarrels. They will cc you for fight. Some na so so gbagaun dem dey see.  I
rarely go through my followers list and I mostly follow back when a handle
keeps interacting (positively) with me. I’m tempted to click on their bio, then
I go through their previous tweets and If I like what I see, click! O tan!

Twitter is not hard! If you’re not on twitter, you’re missing out on a lot! It’s fun! You can meet awesome people, you can make money, YES! I always encourage people to join the conversation! You can start by following me. OYA FOLLOW ME NOW, BY FIRE, BY FORCE!  @Sisi_Yemmie