Two years ago I had 500 followers on Twitter. Today I have over 6,000 and am adding hundreds more every month. No, I'm not buying followers, and never have. The first key to building a following on Twitter is to have a complete profile. Here's how to fill in all those blanks on Twitter, quickly and easily, inspire confidence in your audience, and get people following you. To get the more complete version of this, view the accompanying blog post at http://www.joshsteimle.com/marketing/how-to-create-a-rockstar-twitter-profile-in-5-minutes.html.

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How to Create a
Rockstar Twitter
Profile in 5 Minutes

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Theproblem

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Thesolution
(in7easysteps)

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Step1:Full name
(otherwise, peoplecan’tfindyouusingit)
EventhoughI follow
Dan,his profiledoesn’t
show upwhenI search
forhisfull namebecause
hedidn’tuseitinhis
profile.

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Step2:Profilephoto
(peopledon’t trust “theegg”)

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Step3:Bannerphoto
(useittosay something aboutyou—
makeitpersonal)

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Step4:Bio
(makesureitcouldn’tbewrittenbythisthing)

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Twitter bio basics:
• Haveone
• Notypos
• Don’tusethesewords; guru,visionary,
expert,maven,driven, passionate
• ThinklikeanSEOandusekeywords
• Includecredibilityfactorstodifferentiate
• Includehobbiesto beauthentic

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Goodbios:

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Step5:Otherinfo
(location,link,etc.)

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Step6:Makeiteasyfor
others to findyou.
(changethesesettingsunder “securityandprivacy)

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Step7:Follow,beuseful.
Unless you’reacelebrity,theeasiest
waytogetfollowers istofollowothers.
Thebest waytogetfollowersistopost
usefulcontentpeople love.

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Twitter: @joshsteimle
Blog:joshsteimle.com