Now that you have set up an inviting Twitter profile, it is time to start getting what I call a “followers base”. A followers base is a certain amount of Twitter users that will follow you back for sure. These users are not targeted for you but having a decent amount of followers will build your credibility among Twitter users looking at your profile, and it will increase your chances of being followed.

People give a lot (too much) importance to the amount of followers you have. It’s some sort of social proof: “hey, come see how cool I am, I have 43,639 followers”…

Needless to say that before creating a followers base, you should send a few tweets. Try to find articles relevant to your industry and tweet links to them.

There is a very easy way to create your followers base but it’s going to imply you spend a little time on it. A few weeks ago, I created a list of 1001 Twitter users that will follow you back.I did an experiment and came up with this list of users that will follow you back all the time.

Go to this list and start adding half of them (about 500). Go back the next day and add another 500. You can obviously do this over the course of several days. It’s all up to you.