If you want to grow your social media accounts, then you should be actively looking for new ways to get extra followers. The more followers you get, the larger the number of people that each of your new posts will be automatically broadcast to. This is ultimately one of the primary objectives of social media and it’s what will give you a lot more reach and authority. Thus ensuring that all your hard work pays off.
But how do you go about growing your followers when you’re just starting out? Read on and we’ll look at some of the best ways to do so…
Add people
This is one of the simplest and easiest ways to get more followers – simply head onto your platform of choice and then go about adding people. Keep in mind the types of people who you want to follow and have them follow you back. Make sure you’re not just following anyone, remember you want them to engage with your content and vice versa. Otherwise the numbers you create are simply for vanity.
What you’ll find is that a large proportion of those people you add will respond in kind and immediately add you back. It can be slow going, but it’s an almost guaranteed way to extend your reach and influence. Go down the rabbit hole and look at the followers of people who you follow or the people these people follow themselves as chances are they will be similar people and might be interesting for you to follow aswell.
Reshare
Retweeting, repining or resharing is one of the very best ways to grow your following. Why? Because once again the people you help out will often want to do the same for you and that way you can expose yourself to their audience too.
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Team up
If you find the above strategy doesn’t work then you should try agreeing to team up before you go ahead. Give a shout out to your followers in exchange for someone else doing the same for you and you both will stand to benefit.
Use smart hashtags
Using the right hashtags and people will easily find your posts when they’re looking for related topics. Check what’s trending then post about that. Don’t use descriptive hashtags like #hair or #grass, as no-one is searching twitter for images in these sorts of hashtags. Fancy getting your hand on a huge list of fab hashtags for Instagram,? Check out Why you need to use these hashtags.
Encourage sharing
Some posts are simply more sharable than others. Amusing videos are always a good way to get a share or retweet – as is writing a positive review (as the company you are reviewing will often want to spread your message).
Cross promote
If you have a captive audience already then make sure you leverage that opportunity. Ask your blog readers to follow you, your YouTube audience, your mailing list – even people who you see in person!
Build followers
This sounds like a catch22 but the more followers you have the more followers you will continue to gain. The reason for this is simple: people like to join accounts that look popular, social proof. For this reason followers beget followers and once you build up enough, it will become self-perpetuating and really help you get more followers.
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- This might also be useful – 42 ways to grow your Facebook page.
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