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Twitter Tutorial Part 4 - The Followers...

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Kenna Real Estate ER40035749

TWITTER TUTORIAL 101  - Part 4

I was going go over how to set a twitter background in Part 4 but after reading a post by Liz Moras I decided to switch gears and go over more about Followers.

If you missed the previous Parts, feel free to visit the posts (links below)
Part 1 - The VERY Beginning click here Step-by-Step guide
Part 2 - What Next? Reply, Direct Message
Part 3 - Find people to follow that can help you and your business


PART 4
Followers
They (people) are following you. How do they find you? There are several ways people find you.

twitter followers1. They see your tweet
Your "regular" tweet or update
Your automatic update via ActiveRain
Your reply to somebody they are already following

- they click on your photo or your @username and if they like what the see - they click to follow


2. They do a search
You/your tweets can come up in variety of searches. Any words that you use on your tweet become searchable, e.g. you tweet - it's cold in Denver - somebody does a search for the word "Denver" - your tweet shows up. (Note. see part 3 for searching twitter)
twitter followersor somebody searches by location (see part 3 - Twellowhood) - If you have your Location: Denver, CO - you will show up
or search for realtor or other keywords
- they click on your photo or @username and become followers

3. From links you have created elsewhere
Of course one of the places can be from Activerain blog.
link on your website, business card etc.
Or if you visit Castellum Realty's post - you will see A LOT of twitter users and their links.
I went through the list and clicked to follow those that I wasn't already following.

twitter followers4. From Everyone Button
Just a few days ago I discovered this button - thanks to Jason Crouch (of course). This is where you see every tweet. It will be an eye opening experience.
Here anyone can see your tweet and they can click to see what you are about and choose to follow you that way. 

Twitter Everyone

Notes
Sometimes you get spammer followers. How do you know? A person is following 3218 people, yet only have 16 followers. Plus you can see what they tweet about. I do not follow back. You decide who you want to follow. You can also block people if they become a pain!

I am sure there are many more ways people can find you and follow you. These are just a few examples.

If you are getting overwhelmed by @iamfollowing you e-mails I will cover in Part 5 how to deal with that.

Coming soon! Part ? Make the most out of your Twitter background
 

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Copyright 2008.© Kenna and Co. Rita Burke. Denver Luxury Homes and Real Estate. All Rights Reserved. Dec 27th 2008. "Twitter Part 4 - "

Comments (8)

Mara Hawks
First Realty Auburn - Auburn, AL
Inactive-2012 REALTOR - Homes for Sale Auburn Real Estate, AL

This is a wonderfully organized tutorial...Thank you! (how do you get such a readable and colorful font???)

Dec 27, 2008 12:52 PM
Brian Lee Burke
Kenna Real Estate - Lone Tree, CO
Broker & Advising Expert-Kenna Luxury Real Estate

Mara - I use a program called Kompozer which is FREE! you can download it at www.Kompozer.net (I don't know if the link will work?) This is a newer version of a program called Nvu - very handy for writing blogs.

I increase the size of the font by 1 click - this is just because the regular size is sometimes really hard to ready (depending on monitor, settings etc.) You can pick any colors you want as well.

 

Dec 27, 2008 12:56 PM
Justin Ukaoma
Vizion KC - Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Real Estate Investments

Excellent tutorial.  Most the people I follow I've found from @replies, AR and from searching Kansas City.  I'm always surprised when people find me.  This new site Twellow.com looks like it could be huge.  Its like a twitter yellow pages.

Dec 27, 2008 01:21 PM
Brian Brumpton
Keller Williams Boise - Boise, ID
Boise Idaho Real Estate

OK, I've avoided Twitter so far but after reading this I'm going back through your other posts as you've intrigued me.

Dec 27, 2008 01:33 PM
Marlene Pellegrini
Norwich, CT

I just found this post on Twitter... Love how we can link AR to Twitter.  I wrote a post about this very topic not to long ago. (Also love how we can link AR and Twitter to Facebook and LinkedIn).  Cool.

Dec 27, 2008 01:40 PM
David M. Childress
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services - Akron, OH
I would love to be your Realtor® in Akron Ohio!

I also found your post from Twitter, which is very cool. Thank you for the lessons.

Dec 27, 2008 02:06 PM
Jeremy Blanton
Myrtle Beach Homes Blog - Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach REALTOR®- myrtlebeachhomesblog.com

You surely are getting good at these twitter tutorials!  Keep it up!

Dec 27, 2008 03:27 PM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Brian & Rita, Twitter is one area where I need to bone up. So much going on with that site. Thanks for the post and all the information. Cool series...

Wishing you and yours a

Safe and Prosperous

New Year...

Dec 27, 2008 07:36 PM