Are you tired of mass following Twitter users? Wouldn’t you rather build your Twitter Community into something that you can add value to. Here’s 5 great tips to build your Twitter Community:

1. Learn the lingo and etiquette. If you don’t know how to talk to people and don’t understand Twittering it is clear. People are patient but expect people to learn how to communicate within the realm of the community. Taking the time will show that you care and are interested in becoming a quality contributor.
2. Ask and answer questions. This creates a type of dialogue that is second to none. It gets people moving, acting, offering help, providing links. It also creates conversations that might never have been started and finds new people interested in the same topic, probably something you have in common, or at least a common interest.
3. Follow authentic people. Don’t be afraid to unfollow people on Twitter either. Quality is always the most important thing. It is a large and growing community, so there are always new people to find. Wouldn’t you rather have more people that are truly into your topic, it is after all micro-blogging. While cross functional followers is helpful, make sure they aren’t spammers or bots.
4. Change things up. Not only by time frame but also by the types of tweets. Different people will tweet at different times. You will have a greater reach if you schedule or tweet at a variety of times. It is also important to not just tweet links, but content, comments and retweet too.
5. Share Great Content! That doesn’t mean yours. Find content from your users and retweet it. Go to the best blogs and choose the best articles. When you find something that is synchronistic in your RSS reader share it. Look at the content your Twitter users are creating and retweet it. It will go a long way in building relationships and finding relevant and informative articles and tools.

That’s it. A short post but go out and do those things consistently and you will have a strong community of followers that you can rely on.

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