how to get more followers on twitter?

[David]

Whatever you do, don't ask that question on Twitter! There's plenty of 'dodgy' sites selling fake followers.

If you want to get real followers it takes time. You have to work for them. I'd recommend doing the following:

1 - find people who are relevant to your interests/subject matter and follow them. If you're tweeting about similar things, they'll probably follow back.

2 - advertise your twitter account on your blog/website.

3 - keep an eye on #hashtags and latest trending events and see if you can comment on them with funny/interesting/relevant remarks/tweets.

4. build real world followers by using a Twitter rubber stamp to stamp your envelopes, compliments slips, and anything/everything else you can think of. (http://www.stampsdirect.co.uk/twitterbrr...171-c.asp)

5. Post plenty of tweets with videos/images - people LOVE images and video.

6. Experiment the best times of day to post on Twitter. Some reasearch shows 3pm on Wednesday is the best time of week for Retweets. Others say it's weekends. It depends on your target market, so be sure to do your research.

7. Do beg for more followers - you risk losing current ones.

8. Do a competition with an interesting prize. Encourage people to Retweet and follow to win. These sorts of things are big business at the moment.