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10 Universal Ways To Get More Followers On Any Social Network

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There are plenty of social networks to choose from, and they are all unique in their own way. Twitter has a character limit. You need a photo in order to post something on Pinterest or Instagram. You can talk with friends on Facebook or create a business page. You can upload your own videos on YouTube in a matter of minutes. However, there are 10 universal ways to get more followers on any social network.

  1. Post frequently.
  2. Share stunning pictures.
  3. Have your own blog.
  4. Share the content of others.
  5. Engage in the community.
  6. Follow others.
  7. Be relevant.
  8. Look at your analytics so you know what works.
  9. Have a good bio.
  10. Take action (the hardest of them all).

3 Problems That All Newbies Face With Social Media (And How To Fix Them)

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Social media is powerful. With social media, small businesses and entrepreneurs are given a stronger presence than at any point in history. Social media is a powerful tool that can cause any unknown business to become the next big thing.

It is possible, and it’s easier than many people think. There are 3 top problems that people face on social media, and I will provide solutions for each of those problems.

  1. Getting more followers. You have to be patience in order to get more followers. There are plenty of ways to get more followers such as tweeting frequently, engaging in conversations, and so on. My next blog post will list 10 universal ways to get more followers with any social network.
  2. Quickly becoming overwhelmed. There are too many people who are thinking Competitor A has over 100,000 followers, Competitor B has over 50,000 followers, and I just started using social media. These people may not even know much about using their social network, yet. That last word, yet, is the most important word in the sentence. You will learn a lot about social media by subscribing to this blog, but I encourage you to explore other options as well. Business2Community, Social Media Today, and Techcrunch are some of the many places that you can find valuable resources and posts about all of the social networks. However, don’t try to do too much in a single day. Take social media one day at a time until you have learned a lot about your social network and others as well.
  3. No sales or clicks. What’s the point? You will start to see those sales and clicks when you get more followers and engage with them properly. However, people are worrying about their sales, clicks, and the ROI (return of investment). You’re not spending money in this investment. You’re spending time. After a couple of hours, there aren’t any sales or clicks. Remember that becoming successful on any social network requires a lot of patience. It’s my go-to piece of advice that I would give anyone about becoming successful on social media. If you have the following, but you still aren’t getting any sales, try the 80/20 rule. Tweet about other people’s content 80% of the time and your content 20% of the time. Better yet, when you tweet your content, tweet about your blog 15% of the time and one of your products only 5% of the time. People don’t want to see your product unless they trust and respect you. I finally bought Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow. I have been subscribed to his blog for more than a year, and I finally decided to buy the book. Some people will take months to build trust while others will take a year. You don’t get the return on investment right away. It takes time.

People Are Still Climbing The Vine

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Vine was a genius idea by Twitter which involved recording 6 second videos. Vine ended up becoming its own app and social network. Instagram jumped on the Vine video with an option for an Instagram video which records for 15 seconds and has more features than a Vine video. If you make a mistake on an Instagram video, you can take out some of the video. If you make a mistake on a Vine video, it’s time to start over.

Instagram videos are longer and have more features, but why is Vine still alive? In fact, the words ‘Vine Will Die’ were trending on Twitter when Instagram came out with its new videos. Some people were tweeting things like this:

“Vine (2013-2013).”

But people are still climbing the vine. People are still looking at Vine videos and sharing them with their friends. In fact, I was looking at my Facebook timeline and saw someone sharing a link to a Vine video.

There is a reason why Vine videos are still getting shared. Even though there are a lot of people now using Instagram videos, there is one prime reason that Vine videos are surviving. They aren’t getting shared as many times as Instagram, but when Instagram seems like the better option, why doesn’t everyone just move from Vine to Instagram?

The answer is that whether Vine is better than Instagram videos or not, Vine came first. The first option is the one that gets looked at the most. The second option, the Instagram videos takes time to get used to.

I don’t think Vine will be dying in 2013. The only way Twitter messed up with Vine was by making Vine its own social network. Instagram videos were added to Instagram which meant all 130 million users. Twitter has half a billion users which outnumbers Instagram..by a lot. If Twitter made Vine an application on Twitter, the conversation about Vine today might be different.

What comes first becomes habit. What comes second is different, and it takes time to get used to what comes second if it’s worth getting used to.

Tweet A Book

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I decided to request my archive of my tweets today. At the time, I had 9,727 tweets. I remembered hearing that with all of the blogging, tweeting, and emailing the average person does, that average person can write a book every 15 days.

I decided to see how many words all of my tweets had combined. I imagined that there would be able 50,000 or 60,000 words or something similar. The result of all of my tweets was a staggering 132,078 words. That’s about 13 words per tweet done 9,727 times (and counting).

132,078 words is over 300 pages on the Kindle. This blog is currently up to almost 50,000 words. If you send someone a really long text, the person who got the text might say, “This person sent me a book.” It’s an exaggeration, but if you combine all of the texts, or tweets in this case, you can actually write a book.

Take Out Your Magnifying Glass

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Chances are you have a Twitter account. Over 500 million people do. If you don’t have a Twitter account, you probably have a Facebook account. Over 1 billion people do. Maybe you have a Google+, LinkedIn, or another account that involves having fans and followers.

 

If you want to build on your fan base, you have to take out your magnifying glass. Take a look at the people who are following you. All of the followers who share your content, mention you, and favorite your tweets will have something in common. Maybe all of your followers are social media experts. Your followers might be sports fanatics. Most of the people who are following you will have something in common.

What does that tell you? Now you know what a majority of your followers want. The social media experts want articles about social media and the baseball fans want articles about the latest trades.

Know your audience. Knowledge is power.

The Greedy Erode Quickly

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There is always going to be a person who has more Twitter followers than you (unless you’re Justin Bieber). Even the people with over 10,000 followers may not be satisfied that their competition has over 100,000 followers.

Having 10,000 followers is a great accomplishment (if the followers are real). There are two attitudes that the person with 10,000 followers can have:

  1. Be happy and interact with their followers.
  2. Look more at the guy with 100,000 followers than their 10,000 followers.

 

The first choice is the best because the person with 10,000 followers is grateful. This person will talk with their followers, and this person will gradually get more followers as well.

The second choice is not the path that you want to take. It is good to set goals such as getting 100,000 followers, but don’t look at the other people who already have 100,000 followers. By looking at people with the 100,000 followers, the other 10,000 people will be seen as insufficient. The person with 10,000 followers will not interact with their followers. Instead, they will simply tweet out more content and follow more people until they have 100,000 followers. Once they finally get 100,000 followers, they will see someone with 200,000 followers. The quest to get more followers, tweet out more content, and avoid interaction continues.

It is great to see goals, but don’t get greedy. Greed leads to envy which turns you away from what you already have.