I love Twitter and I find myself writing about it a lot. I often write about friendships I’ve made and on almost every article about this topic someone leaves a comment asking me to explain how a person could build meaningful relationships on Twitter.
If relationship building on Twitter is something you’ve struggled with, here are 10 tips that I hope will help you.

1. Rule number one: Follow good people! If you go to a party on Saturday night and it is full of losers, you leave, right? Same thing on Twitter, if you aren’t careful about who you follow, you may find yourself amongst a bunch of people you wouldn’t want to be friends with anyway.

2. Introduce yourself to people that have the same interests. I met my best Twitter friend, @Mistygirlph, because she was always tweeting great music. I introduced myself to her, she tweeted back and the rest is history. Don’t be afraid to make the first move.
3. Be happy and positive. You will attract friends to you like bees to honey if you are. I’m not saying to be something you’re not, of course you have to keep it real, but in every tweet you have a choice: Either tweet something positive and upbeat, or not.

4. Be trustworthy. This is huge. If someone tells you something privately in DM, never put that information out on the public timeline. Always give RT credit where credit is due. Once you betray that trust, it is very hard to get it back.

5. If you want to get someone’s attention on Twitter, RT them. It’s that simple. I learned from @Jason_Pollock that the best way to show someone you like their tweets is to RT them. You will get their attention faster by doing that than any other way.

6. Be available. Just showing up is a huge step towards building relationships on Twitter. You cannot build meaningful relationships if you are always doing the ‘drive by tweet’. Just like you share experiences with non-Twitter friends; it’s the same on twitter. When something exciting happens in your day, share it with others. Be there for them when they need you.

7. Release your expectations. Do you expect an immediate reply to your tweets? Do you expect a thank you for every RT? Open your heart a little and release your expectations. Give people room to breathe, you will develop Twitter friends much easier this way.

8. Don’t be a “me me me” tweeter. The best friends in real life are the ones that listen more than they speak. It’s the same on Twitter. Ask questions about the other person, be genuinely interested, be a good listener… err… reader of tweets. Be empathetic.

9. You have to give first and receive second. You will not suddenly have a bunch of people that want to know all about you the day you get on Twitter. You have to give of yourself first by reaching out to people, starting a conversation, sending tweets with valuable information, etc… and you will receive in return. Twitter friends are earned, just like non-Twitter friends.

10. Don’t try so hard! The thing about Twitter is that if you try too hard, you will look like a stalker. Above everything else, just be yourself and have a good time!

Sincerely, Igor B.
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Twitter Followers – Right now you need to decide what you are going to use Twitter for as it will dictate the type of followers you want. If you are just interested in conversing with a large number of people than it is fine if you follow everyone and anyone. However if your Twitter is for business than you need to be a lot more selective. There are a number of Twitter management tools that will enable you to put forward a Twitter search as specific as a user who lives in a Waco Texas who is interested in making money online. If you are looking for potential customers you need to make sure that is who you are following and that is who is following you.

Spamming Fellow Tweeters – Spam is not appreciated anywhere on the web so if you continuously run tweets that are trying to sell something your followers will not be following you for very long. I personally try to use a one in ten or even a two in ten where the majority of my links are interesting news and the others are specific to the product I am trying to promote. In order to stand out from everyone else you need to be unique and not send out the same message time after time.

3. Cold Selling Does Not Work – If you are thinking I am going to get 10,000 Twitter followers and than bombard them with sales messages which will lead to a massive increase in my bank account I hate to break it to you but this will not work. A bazillion different reasons but the main two being the economy is still struggling and people have become much more blind to ads. Twitter is like anything else you need to back up what you say and when your competing against so many other people your Tweets need to stand out to get attention.

4. Time – Twitter is like anything else online and it takes time to build up a loyal following and for whatever the reasons too many webmasters use Twitter as their only means of promotion which is a costly mistake. Twitter can pay off huge but it is dangerous to put all of your eggs in one basket.

In closing Twitter is an explosive tool that shows know sign of slowing down but it is essential that you realize from the start what your main objective is to using this powerful tool. Build up your Twitter followers, nurture the relationships and create a strong social network are the key areas to keep in mind.