I love it when I can bring my favorite things together — in this case tweeting and blogging.  Have my cake and eat it too?  Awesome!  The ideal scenario would be to use both channels in tandem to reciprocate interest in one another.

You should tweet to get readers, blog to get followers.  If your blog’s build using WordPress, there are some especially nifty tools you can tap into.  The key to getting Twitter followers – I mean besides, of course, signing up for an account?  Make it easy for for people to follow you.

So keep doing what you’re already doing and incorporate just these 3 tips to get the momentum going:

How can they follow thee?  Let us count the ways:

1.  Add Twitter’s widget to your blog (the right rail is a great spot for it) – show your readers what they’re getting themselves into before they take flight.

2. Add a Follow Me button — Sometimes all you have to do is ask.  Add the request to all your posts and every page on your blog.  Your “profile” and “about us” pages are especially good spots.  Seriously, that little bird is soooo cute, who could say no?

3. Install the Twitter Tools plugin to sync up your activities across both channels.  With features like automatical tweeting of every new post and the ability to tweet from within your WP dashboard, this is a must-have!

Happy Tweeting!

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