I received a question from a business owner who asked me “how do I get listed on Twitter?” I told her that I would put the answer on my blog, since the answer would help many others as well. When you look at the question, what it really is asking is this: “how do I get others to like me so that they will pay closer attention to me and put me on a Twitter list?” Both questions arrive at the same result: “Likability”.

Now anytime someone goes and manually puts you on a Twitter list, they are making extra clicks with their mouse and putting extra thought and effort into it. The question now is this: “How do I make this happen?” Let’s look at what could get you on their list:

  1. Great content: people want good information to follow that will help them and their businesses. If you can provide good content that will help them, this might get you listed.
  2. Connection: people put people on their Twitter lists so that they can connect and keep up with what is going on in their lives. If you are a great connector, and someone who builds great relationships, this could get you on a Twitter list.
  3. Good at what you do: if they think you are an expert at what you do, this could get you on a list. They want to keep up with all the great things you are doing.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the things that could get you on someone’s list; but it is a good start.  Start with those three points and work away at them. I hope that by doing this, you will get someone’s attention and get yourself “Listed”.

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