What can I do better to grow my Twitter page?
I've been running a Twitter page for the past month and a half or so - www.twitter.com/mustseepics
Over that time frame, I've managed to gather almost 1,400 followers which isn't bad for the first month and a half-ish of the page. That being said, I (like many others) have set the lofty goal of hitting the magical 1,000,000 Follower mark on Twitter.
I've been averaging about 25 new followers per day. The hope is that, with time, more followers = more people engaging = exponentially more followers. That being said, at my current growth rate, it would take me over a century to hit my goal.
I've been doing a lot of digging, reading and forum posting (like this) across the internet lately, and every page I'm finding seems to be the same re-canning of the same advice:
- "Follow relevant people"
"Post often"
"Retweet others"
"Be consistent"
"Provide content people want to engage with"
Other than a couple I'm forgetting, that's essentially what the hundreds of articles out there syndicate. There's other routes where you can just be very spammy on twitter (i.e. "RETWEET THIS NOW #TFB #TeamFollowBack #FollowBack #FF #500daily blah blah) or you can buy followers which just raises the number (which can often fall back down) without raising engagement.
Now, again, I know that there's no magical formula and that any real effort to hit that million mark will be very, VERY difficult to achieve. Are there any tips or things I should try that I'm not?
For context's sake, I'm posting about 2 dozen times per day via Buffer in 30 min / 1hr increments, all images (public domain or w/ legal permission from photographers for legal reasons) for max engagement, aggressive following (just trying to not get caught by Twitter) with relevant users (I go to other page sharing websites and follow users who engage with their pics and have a high amount of followers themselves) and periodic individual engagement with users.
Maybe I should go back to the drawing board and try with a new topic. It's far too early to throw in the towel, but maybe my topic is too broad? Maybe I should hone in on a more specific subset of images (animals as opposed to general pics, dogs as opposed to animals, puppies as opposed to dogs, etc.)? I'm not really sure. I'm a big numbers guy, and it's a bit depressing when I see it clearly laid out how difficult of a task I'm trying to accomplish here.
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