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Twitter is the next best thing after Facebook according to me. Not only is it short and crisp, it can serve as also the fastest news source in the world. With people joining the Twitter bandwagon, it isn’t easy to get followers. So here are some suggestions and tips on how to get started.

Making your Twitter Account ‘Visible’ Among People – Okay. This is one of the most basic things you have to do in order to make people believe you are a person.

1. Complete your Twitter profile and give it equal attention like you would give it to your other accounts on various sites. Add an appropriate display picture.

2. Submit your account to Twitter directories like Justtweetit.com and also include Tweet this or Retweet buttons in your blog posts if you own a blog. Its one of the best ways to share information.

3. Interlink your Twitter profile with your other social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, orkut etc.

4. Try to bring stuff in the top trending topics so that your account will be displayed in search results.

5. Remember, follow people first and respond to their queries/views. Only will then they know of your existence.

How To Tweet And What To Tweet – Okay, all the above you do will be useless if you don’t tweet stuff that are actually worth reading. Sure it can be wacky but it also depends on the users you are targetting.

1. Don’t only tweet articles or tips or just news. Try to put in your personal views as well or people might think you are a bot.

2. Try using #hash tag wherever you can. A #hash tag displays your tweets in the search results related to the word you used after the hash tag.

3. Tweet stuff for less than 130 characters so that there is more chance of retweets rather than exceeding of characters.

4. Tweet stuff that are new and interesting. Breaking news, funny pictures and other relevant stuff should do.

5. Keep responding to tweets that you think are worth responding.

Some Useful Apps And Sites For Twitter – Here are some apps that might help make your twitter life easy.

1. GroupTweet – Send direct messages only to a select bunch of people. You don’t have to click on them one by one.

2. MyCleenr – How do you if people have stopped logging into their Twitter accounts and whats the point in you following them? MyCleenr is your answer.

3. TwitPic – Tweet your pictures and videos using this website.

4. Ping.Fm – Update your social networks all at one go with this service.

5. TwitBacks – Get free better looking backgrounds than the average ones by using this site which offers unique backgrounds.

Pushkar