Welcome to the second day “6 Day Twitter Traffic”.

Grow Your Network

Once you’ve got a feel for how Twitter works, it’s time to get it working to bring YOU traffic.

And for that, you first need people who read your Twitter posts (called ‘tweets’).

Twitter refers to people who read your posts as your ‘Followers’. It lists the people whose Twitter posts you read in a grid on the right side of your homepage - with the title ‘Following’.

Stats of how many people you follow and who follow you are on the sidebar too.

The first step is to get as many followers as you want. And like all social media networks, to receive, you must first give. So, if you want followers, you need to follow many people.

Often, when you follow someone, they will in turn follow you. Out of curiosity. To see who you are, what you say, and to decide if its worth continuing.

That’s why you should always try to post VALUABLE content on Twitter - even if most of the others you see may be posting silly or nonsensical tidbits.

Ok, so how to ‘follow’ someone?

You can start by following me

Seriously, though, if you’d like to, click to my Twitter page - http://www.Twitter.com/drmani - and then click on the FOLLOW button just beneath my photo.

If you know a person’s username (or even name), you can type it into the search box on the sidebar (it’s under the heading ‘PEOPLE’). Visit their Twitter profile page and click the FOLLOW button to join their network.

Twitter will send them a notification that you’re following them - and many people reciprocate by following you. It’s fun when that happens.

Set yourself a target.

Follow at least 25 people today. Repeat this for every day of the challenge - and beyond. If even one-third of them follow you, you’ll have 35 followers in the first 5 days and then grow bigger.

It gets viral fast. Once someone follows you, your tweets become visible on THEIR Twitter page! That means you’ll be seen by everyone who drops by THEIR page - and some of them may click through to your page and follow you!

One more thing you can do today to grow your network is to go OUTSIDE Twitter and tell people. Post to your blog and invite readers to follow you on Twitter. Send out email to your list. Include a link to Twitter in your email signature. Use it to sign off on your forum posts. Tell friends and family to follow you.

All of this can snowball, as every time you get a new follower, you automatically tap into their contact network and become visible on their Twitter profile page… leading to more new followers.

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