@rich-brooks As yet, I am  following leaders in the space, re-tweeting good articles, and tweeting things I find useful (mostly) which ar usually links to another article. Once I have my blog launched, I will do more with comments and linking.

I don’t view it as looking to amass large numbers–looking for quality, so I look at who follows me before I randomly follow back.

@rich-brooks Bonjour Rich!

You pretty much summarized the techniques I use, as I like to tweet and retweet using relevant hashtags. My favorites themes: travel, marketing, mobile, customer service, loyalty, social media.

I tend to follow folks who tweet along these themes. Before following though, I make sure there is a picture & bio in the profile, it’s a pet peeve of mine when neither are there…

Here’s the link to my twitter handle: https://twitter.com/#!/gonzogonzo

Cheers,

@rich-brooks I learned from volunteering with Social Media For Nonprofits (@SM4NP) that you follow the influencers’ followers. It was a marketing tactic for spreading the word about the conference but I have applied it for my personal use as well.
@joanmuschampfagnani I also like to retweet (and comment) popular topics. I strike up conversations and attend TweetChats too. This week I was chatting with someone at WTOP about singing in the shower and another series was about the DC Auto Show (we’re now following each other). Quality over quantity is right. I police my followers as best I can to keep the spammers out (or accounts that don’t fit my vibe).
http://www.twitter.com/KC_Kreative

@rich-brooks  Greetings, all.  I am still a Twitter infant but slowly learning this “social media”.  After someone follows me I watch their tweets and who they follow to see if it meets with my values and morals.  My business is named after my Momma and I use her pic as my logo.  So if anything would embarrass me, I know it would do the same to Momma is she was still here.  So I look for quality over quantity.  Followers with quality tweets and content helps me with the bottom line.  Just my 2 cents worth.  I do the same with Facebook.  Peace, Robert.

@joanmuschampfagnani People are too unique and have too many good qualities to squeeze everything into a 160 character profile.

@rich-brooks After following the influencer, take a peak into their follower list. Then select active and relevant accounts to follow. More than likely, these individuals and organizations will follow you back, esp. if you have a solid profile and decent tweet stream.

This method works the best when you are doing it in your chosen field(s) vs. randomly. I followed nonprofits, associations and marketing-related folks. My tweets are in this realm as well (with weather and horses thrown in for good measure). I gained a number of followers by adding people from the SM4NP conference speakers’ follower lists, such as Beth Kanter, Peter Corbett, Katya Andresen, Michael Smith, etc.

Does that help?

@melissaagnes I took like to retweet to worthy causes such as the Somaly Mam foundation and theJustice for Mumia Abu Jamal association. We should all use these powerful technologies for the good of all.

I have two twitter accounts.  @roundpeg which was my original account.   I typically follow any real person who follows me.  As my company has grown, i transferred this account to a company account and started using @lorraineball for personal use.  This account only has a few hundred followers, about 5% of @roundpeg, but has a higher klout score, because of the engagement,  

Lots of people follow you, it doesn’t matter, unless they notice you.  

How did you make the landing page for your twitter acct? @debbielynnavaI have my blog post auto send the short link to my twitter acct. I did find leaders in my interest field and follow them and their followers. However, I don’t read any tweets (sorry, I know, bad girl)  @travelwitheva @lisagrover @lorraineball @fredericgonzalo @robertbaker @rich-brooks

thanks @debbielynnava

@joanmuschampfagnaniThanks for sharing!

@Rich-Brooks when I do take time to gain more followers on Twitter, I use the following strategies to locate meaningful connections.

1) I look to see who in my LinkedIn network is on Twitter and then follow.2) I follow people who are in organizations that I am a member of.3) Twellow.com is a great resource to drill down and search by a specific demographic.4) I watch the #FF (Follow Friday) that people in my Twitter network suggest. I peek at their profile and then decide whether to follow or not.5) I added the Tweets to Pages app (see my video on how: http://youtu.be/w62CpS2Kw78 ) to my Facebook business page.6) I strategically use Twitter hashtags to gain visibility.

While I know that Twitter search is another source, I haven’t used it very much. Time is always my issue, so I look for the quickest routes that will lead me people I would want to follow. 

I believe that building a quality Twitter network is important. You want people who are your advocates and vice versa.