1.
Take a look at the top Twitter accounts on twitterholic.
com - what are these people doing that you aren't? 2.
Explain to your Twitter following what re-tweeting is and encourage them to retweet your posts or links.
Retweeting pushes your @username into foreign social graphs, resulting in clicks back to your profile.
Track your retweets using retweetist.
3.
Fill out your bio with interesting facts about your band or yourself.
Your latest tweets and replies don't mean anything to someone that doesn't know you.
Your bio is the only place you have to tell people who you are.
Also, it is displayed on Twitter's Suggested Users page.
Leaving your bio blank does not encourage people to add you.
4.
Promote your Twitter on other social media platforms.
Put links to your Twitter profile everywhere.
Link it on your Facebook, Digg, MySpace, LinkedIn, blog, email signature, and everywhere else you live online.
5.
Tweet about your passion for music and #hash tag the posts.
If others enjoy your content, they'll add you.
6.
Bring your twitter account into the real world.
When you have a show, be sure to tell fans "add us on our twitter page!" 7.
Take pictures.
Pictures are heavily retweeted and looked at.
Take them at shows, on the road, meals, wherever - it doesn't really matter.
Content is king.
8.
Start a contest.
The 10th person to retweet this gets free entry into our next show! 9.
Engage with your followers.
Twitter is not a one way street - you have to reply back to your fans! 10.
Don't just promote your shows or albums.
Nothing wrong with promoting yourself, but show some personality.
No one likes being constantly spammed.
Tell your fans what you're up to that day or your plans for the weekend, random quips about what is going on in your life at the moment.