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How To Increase Your Twitter Followers

December 12, 2015 By in Beauty, Blogging Tips, Fashion Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , 30 Comments

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I initially found it extremely hard to increase my Twitter followers. Twitter was once a social media platform I didn’t understand, but not anymore. I am now a Tweetaholic, if that is even a word, and I am loving it.

It took me a couple of months to get use juggling the various social media platforms especially Twitter. I struggled with managing and growing my Twitter followers because I just didn’t understand the whole Twitter thing, I found the hashtags confusing, I didn’t bother engaging with the few followers I had, and I just followed celebrities, instead of following people I was genuinely interested. Unlike Facebook where I grew my fan page quickly, I struggled to build up a loyal following on Twitter in the early days. It is still a struggle, but I now have over 7,000 followers and I will tell you how I did it.

 

Follow People

I follow a minimum of 10 people a day, but usually around 30 people a day.  I follow people I am genuinely interested in, so brands, bloggers, PRs, writers and few celebrities that rock my boat. Following people regularly helps you get more followers as Twitter recommends your profile to others to follow as well. So it has a domino effect which is perfect.

Unfollow Inactive Accounts

I usually have a spring clean once a month. I unfollow people who haven’t tweeted in months, as there is no point following inactive accounts.

Use Buffer

I schedule my weekly tweets using Buffer. I use the free service, which allows me schedule up to 15 tweets a day during the week. I find this so useful, as I can have my tweets published while I am busy doing something else. Buffer also recommends the best times to publish tweets for maximum clicks, likes and retweets, which I find really helpful.

Using Buffer means I can promote my new posts more often, which means more clicks and more followers, but it also means some may find my continuous tweets (every 2 hours) annoying and unfollow me, which is fine. The few who find the tweets too frequent usually follow few followers, so my tweets would always appear on their timelines. There is nothing I can do about that, they need to grow their Twitter account.

With Buffer and scheduling Tweets in general, I find that the pros outweighs the cons massively so I will recommend it or a similar service. Scheduling tweets in advance means I can focus on other things, knowing my Tweets are taken of. It is like having a free personal assistant.

Engage

I engage with people I follow. I reply tweets, retweet, and favourite tweets I am genuinely interested in. This has a domino effect as well, as I find I do get a lot of retweets and likes in return. Twitter is all about having a conversation so as long as you are not spamming your followers, keep having that conversation.

Twitter Display Picture

Have a Display Picture

I still see a few Twitter accounts without a display picture and I can’t understand why. People want to place a face to the name, so you are doing yourself a disservice if you don’t have one. I personally won’t follow anyone without a display picture, even if it is a logo, there has to be a picture on it, or I will think it is a spam account.

Twitter Chats

The Twitter chats give you the opportunity to meet fellow bloggers, and also you gain a lot of knowledge from the chats. You need to find the group chats in your niche but some of the popular Twitter group chats at the moment are #BlogHour, #Bloggersdoitbest #bdib and #crazybloggers. I have not participated in a Twitter chat in ages, I need to get back into it in 2016.

Be yourself

Tweet interesting tweets, personal to you. Tweet something worth telling a friend, or tweet about a movie/show you are currently watching using the program’s hashtag (which you can search for), and the followers will come.

Host Giveaways

Host giveaways asking your readers to follow you and retweet the giveaway on Twitter. This tip alone has grown my Twitter following massively, and I have discovered that majority of the people who follow me, continue following me after the competition is over, so you don’t lose them.

Have an Interesting Bio

Your bio is a snapshot of your life, so keep it short, sweet and catchy. Be sure to include anything worth saying, like my bio below:

Freelance Writer, Blogger, Huffington Post Blogger, Aspiring Author. All emails are welcome – fashionandstylepolice@gmail.com

As you can see above, I kept it short and sweet, but covered the basics.
So these are the ways I have grown my Twitter followers this past year. Try some of them, and see if you notice an increase in your Twitter followers.
Do you have any tips to share? Leave me a comment, let’s talk. Also free feel to follow me on Twitter – @fashionstylepol
Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.

My Ladmiration

December 4, 2015 By in Fashion Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , 33 Comments

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When last did you tell your man how good he looked? When last did you give your father, brother, son or boyfriend, or any male figure in your life a nice compliment? Some of us women think the fashion industry is all about us, and we sometimes tend to ignore the men in our lives as far as fashion is concerned. Wearing the right clothes and accessories could do wonders to anybody’s confidence. Clothes have the power to give us all an instant boost, improve our moods, and make us feel good. I guess that is why the fashion industry is doing so well, most of us spend a fortune in the shops instead of spending it at the doctors.

A research recently carried out by Jacamo, reveals that almost half of British men experience ‘Manxiety’, due to an increase in body confidence issues. 40% of men suffer from manxiety, with the top reason being teasing from friends. Almost half (48%) desperately want to lose weight, with 16% seeing unrealistically attractive men with good bodies in the media as the reasoning behind lack of body confidence. Almost half are not happy with the way they look, 61% of guys agreed that wearing the right clothes makes them feel more confident, while 35% of men say being complimented gives them a confidence boost.

Our men can go around looking so good, but without us telling them, and them continuously getting teased by friends, they may have no clue, how good they look. Check out the video below featuring Freddie Flintoff and Jack Whitehall, as they talk about male body confidence issues (Jack’s big nipples and heartburn during sex) and how guys can help each other deal with their ‘manxiety’.

 

 

 

This video has made me aware of how much the men folk need to receive more compliments. I mean, I am so guilty, I don’t tell my husband how good he looks half of the time, I pay more attention to myself and expect to receive compliments, but never actually give him compliments. So today, I dedicate this post to M, my Ladmiration, you looked really sharp in your suit today, and I think you have got great style and charisma.

What are your thoughts on this subject? Do you dish out compliments enough? You can read more about this issue and join in the conversation using the hashtag – #Ladmiration on Twitter, a lot of people are airing their views o this subject. You can also check the Jacamo website for examples of bloke approved compliments, and help fight manxiety.

Thanks for reading.

 

*This is a collaborative post.

 

Celebrate Your You-niqueness

October 14, 2015 By in Blogging Tips Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 44 Comments

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Most bloggers complain about how the blogosphere is such a saturated industry, and how difficult it is stand out or get noticed. Some bloggers wonder how they would ever get noticed with new blogs popping up every minute, with new bloggers thinking they could be the next Zoella. I kind of understand where this ideology is coming from. I mean, all you need to do is to go through the #prrequest, #bloggerswanted or #bloggersrequired (I use these hashtags too) on Twitter to understand this point of view. The blogging world is a lot noisier now than when I set up Fashion and Style Police, three years ago.

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Call me crazy, but I don’t see other bloggers as competitors, I see them as colleagues, and I don’t see any other blog worthy of me copying. I believe every blogger has something new to offer, a story to tell. We all go through life and have different experiences which influence our blogs, and that is our you-niqueness. It could be through how we style our outfits, our writing voice, our photographs, what we photograph, the critical eye we use in reviewing products or anything, every blogger is unique and every blog has the opportunity to shine.

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The problem really is bloggers not setting up blogs to stand out, not bothering or wanting to offer their readers something different. They want to go down the ‘safe route’, which they believe is guaranteed success, so they publish tried and tested posts like ‘this month’s empties’, ‘outfit of the day’, ‘product review’ and so on. They go for blog content that they believe is guaranteed to get them noticed. There is nothing wrong with this post ideas (I feature some of them), or getting inspiration from other blogs or magazines (we all do that), the issue is bloggers taking inspiration a little too far by copying other blogs, and not bothering to put their own spin on their posts.

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The issue is bloggers not being confident enough to celebrate their voice, they feel they have to write what everyone else is writing, wear what every top blogger is wearing, but the question is how do you stand out when you follow the pack? How do you make a name for yourself when you have nothing that sets you apart.

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You copy other bloggers’ poses, writing style, tweets, outfits and you want to get noticed?

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Everyone else is taken so I rather do ME. I celebrate my blog and all it represents, and I make sure I keep it a 100 every time I hit publish. I am not afraid to stand out. All the pictures in the post are from my early days of blogging in 2012 with my good old point and shoot Fujifilm camera, and my style being all over the place. My pictures are a lot better now with a Canon DSLR, and I have twerked my style as well, but sometimes I like to look back to where I started, so I can appreciate where I am, and keep my eye on where I want to be, and just ignore the noise.

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Fashion and Style Police will be 3 in few weeks and I will be featuring a big giveaway soon so keep your eye out for that. In the meantime, enter my current competitions here and here, if you havn’t already.

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Do you struggle to blog the way you want? Do you struggle to stand out from the noisy blogging pack? Drop me a comment, let’s chat.

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