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Flickr CCI’m reluctant to plug any one set of people on Twitter’s #followfriday only because I’d have to broadcast hundreds of Tweets for all the interesting people and what they do.

Rather than do that, here’s a compendium of #followfriday tips that you can use to find the conversations you want to participate in.

1. Sync up your existing social networks on #followfriday. Try Synchronizing Social Networks Guide for more details.

2. Find people mentioning your URL. Follow them. Here’s an example for this web site.

3. Follow people who recommend you using Twitter search, especially on #followfriday. Example.

4. Follow people local to you so that you can actually meet up for coffee. Here’s an example of people within 5 miles of Boston, MA.

5. Follow people who are following you. Try out SocialOomph.com for this.

6. Follow people in your area talking about your topics. Example using Google.

7. Follow people using very specific industry jargon in your niche. For example, if you were looking for World of Warcraft players, chances are you could look for ICC10, which is short for 10-man Icecrown Citadel, a dungeon.

8. Follow people who reply to you all week long. Example.

9. Follow people who have job titles or bios you’re interested in. Here’s an example of CMOs on Twitter, using Google search.

10. This above all else: follow who you want to follow. There is no right or wrong way to decide who to follow. Follow people who will make your Twitter experience more interesting, more information, more powerful – NOT just who the crowd suggests, because in some cases you have excellent personalities and people talking about things you have no interest in, and you’re just burning time and bandwidth.

Follow who and what interests you. That is the sum of Twitter. Everything else will fall into place.

What are your #followfriday tips?


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71 responses to “10 Follow Friday tips for Twitter”

  1. Great stuff. I'd add this…

    My #followfriday tip — if you're recommending people to follow, tell us why! Don't just say “follow @bob, he's cool” — say “follow @bob b/c he has great things to say on the corporate real estate market in texas.”

  2. Great stuff. I'd add this…

    My #followfriday tip — if you're recommending people to follow, tell us why! Don't just say “follow @bob, he's cool” — say “follow @bob b/c he has great things to say on the corporate real estate market in texas.”

  3. Great stuff. I'd add this…

    My #followfriday tip — if you're recommending people to follow, tell us why! Don't just say “follow @bob, he's cool” — say “follow @bob b/c he has great things to say on the corporate real estate market in texas.”

  4. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

  5. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

  6. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

  7. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

  8. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

  9. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

  10. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

  11. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  12. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  13. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  14. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  15. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  16. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  17. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  18. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  19. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  20. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  21. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  22. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  23. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  24. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  25. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  26. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  27. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  28. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  29. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  30. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  31. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  32. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  33. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  34. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  35. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  36. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  37. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  38. Great stuff. I'd add this…

    My #followfriday tip — if you're recommending people to follow, tell us why! Don't just say “follow @bob, he's cool” — say “follow @bob b/c he has great things to say on the corporate real estate market in texas.”

  39. Do you adhere to the eight tips, Christopher, or you merely suggesting others might? I agree they are useful suggestions, but I personally don't adhere to many of them, e.g. if someone retweets a url of mine, I wouldn't necessarily follow that person; but I would tweet a thanks.

    1. I follow a lot of them because they’re fairly easy to follow, and following someone does very little harm and potentially a lot of good.

  40. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  41. good list. an alternative to #2 is backtweets.com because it will automatically re-lengthen any shortened URLS before doing the search

  42. I recommend giving a little context on #followfriday suggestions – 1 or 2 words as to why you recommend them. I tend to group together a few people with common company or area of expertise.
    @stu

  43. I try to make at least one tweet regarding #followfriday. I often forget a lot of people… But I do think that it is having some positive impact on the community of Twitter by exposing you to users that you may not have heard of.

  44. I have been told that it is important to keep your ratio of followers to following as close to 1:1 as possible. If you follow a lot more people than follow you you come off as a spammer – is that true?

  45. I have been told that it is important to keep your ratio of followers to following as close to 1:1 as possible. If you follow a lot more people than follow you you come off as a spammer – is that true?

  46. I have been told that it is important to keep your ratio of followers to following as close to 1:1 as possible. If you follow a lot more people than follow you you come off as a spammer – is that true?

  47. I have been told that it is important to keep your ratio of followers to following as close to 1:1 as possible. If you follow a lot more people than follow you you come off as a spammer – is that true?

  48. I have been told that it is important to keep your ratio of followers to following as close to 1:1 as possible. If you follow a lot more people than follow you you come off as a spammer – is that true?

  49. I have been told that it is important to keep your ratio of followers to following as close to 1:1 as possible. If you follow a lot more people than follow you you come off as a spammer – is that true?

  50. For the most part, yes. When you hit the API limits, it lets you know, rather vociferously.

  51. For the most part, yes. When you hit the API limits, it lets you know, rather vociferously.

  52. For the most part, yes. When you hit the API limits, it lets you know, rather vociferously.

  53. For the most part, yes. When you hit the API limits, it lets you know, rather vociferously.

  54. For the most part, yes. When you hit the API limits, it lets you know, rather vociferously.

  55. For the most part, yes. When you hit the API limits, it lets you know, rather vociferously.

  56. David Clark Avatar
    David Clark

    I have been told that it is important to keep your ratio of followers to following as close to 1:1 as possible. If you follow a lot more people than follow you you come off as a spammer – is that true?

  57. For the most part, yes. When you hit the API limits, it lets you know, rather vociferously.

  58. DebbyBruck Avatar
    DebbyBruck

    Christopher ~ excellent advice. I've retweeted this blog. Lately, I have not been keeping up with #ff #followfriday so religiously. Interacting all week with peeps we find out what's new, how the day has been going, send inspirational thoughts. Just this communication back and forth are enough to coast through Friday. I've always put a special note about who I like to follow on a regular basis and look forward to seeing their avatar. I'd like to know if other people automate there twitter in any way, because I do not. It's very time consuming. Have a beautiful day, Debby

  59. DebbyBruck Avatar
    DebbyBruck

    Christopher ~ excellent advice. I've retweeted this blog. Lately, I have not been keeping up with #ff #followfriday so religiously. Interacting all week with peeps we find out what's new, how the day has been going, send inspirational thoughts. Just this communication back and forth are enough to coast through Friday. I've always put a special note about who I like to follow on a regular basis and look forward to seeing their avatar. I'd like to know if other people automate there twitter in any way, because I do not. It's very time consuming. Have a beautiful day, Debby

  60. DebbyBruck Avatar
    DebbyBruck

    Christopher ~ excellent advice. I've retweeted this blog. Lately, I have not been keeping up with #ff #followfriday so religiously. Interacting all week with peeps we find out what's new, how the day has been going, send inspirational thoughts. Just this communication back and forth are enough to coast through Friday. I've always put a special note about who I like to follow on a regular basis and look forward to seeing their avatar. I'd like to know if other people automate there twitter in any way, because I do not. It's very time consuming. Have a beautiful day, Debby

  61. DebbyBruck Avatar
    DebbyBruck

    Christopher ~ excellent advice. I've retweeted this blog. Lately, I have not been keeping up with #ff #followfriday so religiously. Interacting all week with peeps we find out what's new, how the day has been going, send inspirational thoughts. Just this communication back and forth are enough to coast through Friday. I've always put a special note about who I like to follow on a regular basis and look forward to seeing their avatar. I'd like to know if other people automate there twitter in any way, because I do not. It's very time consuming. Have a beautiful day, Debby

  62. DebbyBruck Avatar
    DebbyBruck

    Christopher ~ excellent advice. I've retweeted this blog. Lately, I have not been keeping up with #ff #followfriday so religiously. Interacting all week with peeps we find out what's new, how the day has been going, send inspirational thoughts. Just this communication back and forth are enough to coast through Friday. I've always put a special note about who I like to follow on a regular basis and look forward to seeing their avatar. I'd like to know if other people automate there twitter in any way, because I do not. It's very time consuming. Have a beautiful day, Debby

  63. Christopher ~ excellent advice. I’ve retweeted this blog. Lately, I have not been keeping up with #ff #followfriday so religiously. Interacting all week with peeps we find out what’s new, how the day has been going, send inspirational thoughts. Just this communication back and forth are enough to coast through Friday. I’ve always put a special note about who I like to follow on a regular basis and look forward to seeing their avatar. I’d like to know if other people automate there twitter in any way, because I do not. It’s very time consuming. Have a beautiful day, Debby

  64. My biggest FF tip is tell me why I should follow someone.

  65. My biggest FF tip is tell me why I should follow someone.

  66. My biggest FF tip is tell me why I should follow someone.

  67. My biggest FF tip is tell me why I should follow someone.

  68. My biggest FF tip is tell me why I should follow someone.

  69. My biggest FF tip is tell me why I should follow someone.

  70. My biggest FF tip is tell me why I should follow someone.

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