#FollowFriday #FF – You’re doing it wrong!

It’s Friday, yay!

Friday on Twitter is “Follow Friday”.

The idea is that you suggest to your followers who else they should follow by tweeting their names and putting using the hashtag #FollowFriday or the shorter #FF.

But more often than not #FF tweets are useless and don’t result in any new followers for the person/people you’re recommending.

This is because most people will just tweet a list of names of “great people”, but with no reason WHY they’re great or why anyone would be interested in following them.

A useless FF tweet:

#FF these great tweeters @danversbaillieu, @RACarter, @10Yetis, @alansmoore

A useful FF tweet:

Essential #FF if you’re a UK tech entrepreneur: @danversbaillieu (Lawyer) @RACarter (Ops & Finance) @10Yetis (PR) @alansmoore (Accountant)

Do your #FFs a favour, give reasons why they should be followed!