The Hopefuls discussion

People have been unfollowing me on Twitter and I'm really upset. I take my book blogging incredibly seriously and I use my Twitter account for it. It feels like no-one wants to support me, first, anyone here on Twitter and second, what can I do to get more followers?

My Twitter account is @marriedtobooks3.

I will be sure to follow you!

I'm on Twitter @lewis1022 if want to follow me

Ayaan wrote: "I will be sure to follow you!"

Thanks!

Lewis wrote: "I'm on Twitter @lewis1022 if want to follow me"

Will do :)

From what I understand, by the random follows I get, if you want to get followers you need to do a search to find people who would be interested in following you. In your case it would be people who tweet about books a lot. You then need to follow them in the hopes that they'll check out your tweets and be interested in following you back. Try not to take it personally when people unfollow you, at the end of the day they are strangers and their opinions don't matter. I'll follow you when I'm next on twitter @chocfreek2001 :-)

Kristina wrote: "From what I understand, by the random follows I get, if you want to get followers you need to do a search to find people who would be interested in following you. In your case it would be people wh..."

Thank you :)

I'm on twitter @Classy7Friendly

Lissette wrote: "I'm on twitter @Classy7Friendly"

Awesome :)

I'm on twitter! @kaymarfar

Kayla wrote: "I'm on twitter! @kaymarfar"

Cool!

My Twitter is @//bxnd0bsessed for my fan account and my blog account is @//emthefangirl_

My Twitter is @//bxnd0bsessed for my fan account and my blog account is @//emthefangirl_

Emily wrote: "My Twitter is @//bxnd0bsessed for my fan account and my blog account is @//emthefangirl_"

Mine is marriedtobooks3

I'll follow you in just a minute!! Mine is @DuchessofDavey

Alice wrote: "People have been unfollowing me on Twitter and I'm really upset. I take my book blogging incredibly seriously and I use my Twitter account for it. It feels like no-one wants to support me, first, a..."

Hey, I just checked out your twitter and I thought I'd give you a bit of constructive criticism/tips.

First: make sure you have the right balance of tweets to retweets. People will follow you for your own voice and insights, not for who and what you retweet. I'd say a good rule of thumb is 4 tweets for every retweet.

Second: tweet content. When I follow a person on twitter, I do so because they have funny, original, or relatable tweets. Every day or so, post a tweet like that. For example, "I love it when..." or "This morning I realized..."

Fourth: I know people like to name themselves cute things on Twitter, but the best thing to call yourself is your actual name. It is totally my own opinion, but I would drop the "AKA MTB44 ;)" from your name.

Last: a good way to get your name out there and find new followers to to add trending hashtags to your tweets. With twitter, it is very important to be current and relevant. So, say your favorite author just announced a new book. You better tweet about it right away and add the author's twitter handle and the name of the book as a hashtag. Other fans of that author will see your tweet in the search and they just might check out your profile.

Best of luck. I followed ya.

Sara wrote: "Alice wrote: "People have been unfollowing me on Twitter and I'm really upset. I take my book blogging incredibly seriously and I use my Twitter account for it. It feels like no-one wants to suppor..."

Thanks for your points Sara, I'm just about to post some very exciting bookmail that arrived today from Bloomsbury Publishers so I'll be sure to use tags for that! :)

Hi! For all I know I might already have commented on this thread, but anyway... I have a YouTube account and a Twitter for that account. If you want to go check it out that would honestly be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

My Channel Name: MyNameIsKelly
My Twitter: @mynameiskellyYT