How to Get 1000 Followers (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc.)

You’re taking the dive into a new social network, or you’re itching to grow your existing profile. You’ve got a social media strategy in place and a
plan in mind. You’re raring to go.
What would be one of the most encouraging signs when you’re first starting off? I imagine it’d be gaining followers.
So how do new social media accounts do it? How do you gain your first 1,000 followers on social media or grow an account from dozens to hundreds?
Follower count is one of those metrics that has tons of meaning—both for the confidence of the social media manager and for the distribution of the content you share. If you want to grow your followers, there are tons of useful tips to try. Here are some key learnings I’ve drummed up about how to get that first initial batch of followers on each of the six major social media networks (specifically Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Google Plus, and LinkedIn.
Quick tips: The best general strategies for growing your audience
Regardless of the social network you choose , there seem to be some similar, high-level strategies that apply to getting new followers on every network—Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
If you’re looking to build your profile and add new followers, here are some of the standard best practices. Lots more detail on each of these below.
Fill out your profile completely
Share a link to your profile via your other networks and via email
Place follow links and widgets on your blog or website
Add your new social profile to your email signature
How to get your first 1,000 followers on Twitter
Step one : Fill out your profile completely
This includes:
Writing an awesome bio with one or two select keywords or hashtags
Adding your URL and location—URL is great for adding context, location is great for getting found via search and geographic tools
Uploading a profile picture and cover photo. Check out the image below for what it looks like when someone clicks your username from Twitter’s desktop site.
Seeding your Twitter account with five to 10 tweets
If you want to get your profile even more optimized, you can use the Pinned Tweet feature to pin a tweet to the top of your profile page. Choose a tweet that embodies what your Twitter profile is all about or shows a lot of social proof, i.e. one with a lot of favorites and retweets.
Step two: Share a link to your profile via other networks and via email
Share with your Facebook friends that you’ve started a Twitter account. Add an announcement to your next company newsletter or in an email to friends.
Step three : Include a Follow button on your website or blog
Twitter offers four types of buttons that you can use to help visitors connect with you on Twitter.
1. Share a link
2. Follow
3. Hashtag
4. Mention
The Follow button is the most direct means of gaining more followers. You can place it in a popular place on your website or blog. For instance, we’ve added the follow button to the author profiles on the Buffer blog.
Step four: Find relevant accounts to follow
Many users on Twitter will follow back those who follow them. This is a popular strategy for those just starting out on Twitter to help connect with others, and thanks to Twitter lists , users can customize the information they see on Twitter, which makes following tons of people all the easier to manage.
1. Sign up for a free tool like Tweepi or
Followerwonk so you can see a list of followers for other users in your niche.
2. Optimize this list of followers by sorting it by recent activity.
3. Follow up to 100 of these new folks per, whoever seems relevant and interesting to you (any more than 100 per day and you risk a Twitter ban).
4. Every so often, to balance out your follower/following ratio, you can check into a tool like JustUnfollow to unfollow any accounts that haven’t followed you back. JustUnfollow has a whitelist option, too, so you can skip over the accounts you wish to keep following no matter what.
Step five : Use relevant hashtags
When you use a hashtag , people outside of those you follow will be exposed to your tweet. To find the best hashtags to use, there’s a fun browser extension from RiteTag that tells you the potential reach of your hashtag.
Step six: Join a Twitter chat and contribute value
If you’re in the digital marketing space, we’d love to have you join a #bufferchat, which takes place every Wednesday at noon ET/9:00 a.m. PT. Other great resources for finding a relevant Twitter chat include:
Chat Salad is a great place to find chats that are currently happening or taking place in the near future.
Tweet Reports also has a great listing of Twitter chats .
Twubs, a website where you can register a hashtag, has an easy-to-read and thorough listing of chats .
This huge Google doc spreadsheet
includes hundreds of Twitter chats.
Step seven : Optimize your native Tweet This button to include your username
When someone shares your content from your blog, you can customize certain elements of the way the Twitter share button works. Add a snippet that includes “via @-username” at the end of the tweet text. You can also add your username as a recommendation, which will be shown to the person after they click to tweet.
Summary
Fill out your profile completely
Share a link to your profile
Place Twitter follow buttons on your site
Find relevant accounts to follow
Use relevant hashtags
Join a Twitter chat
Optimize your Tweet This button

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