When using Twitter, you want to get as many quality followers as you can and the best way to do that is through interaction. You can’t create a business account, post a few tweets and expect people to follow you automatically. There are too many people using this social networking site for that to happen.

Instead, you have to put time and effort into it before you’ll see results. Here are three ways that you can interact with others on Twitter to help you build a loyal fan base.

Stay Active

Many people go through the effort of starting an account and then, for whatever reason, they don’t bother to post regular tweets. It could be that they don’t see immediate results so they lose interest quickly or it might be due to lack of time. Whatever the reason is for not staying active on your site the results are always the same. The followers that you do have will lose interest and they will look for someone else to follow.

If you’re slacking in this department, make some changes. Post several tweets every day, answer questions left by your fans and comment on important issues that are relevant to your business. Staying active will help you gain more followers.

Retweet Relevant Messages

When you see tweets from others that you find interesting and they are relevant to your business in some way, retweet them. When you retweet on Twitter, it can help to increase your fan base because the followers of the person you retweeted will see you and any comments that you leave.

It also encourages the person to retweet some of your posts. This makes retweeting a great way to interact with your followers and other professionals within your niche. When tweeting, keep your posts as brief as possible and it will be easy for others to retweet the messages they find interesting.

Become a Follower

When you follow people in your niche, many of them will follow you back. This actually has two benefits. One is that you’ll increase your fan base with quality followers. You’ll also have the opportunity to create a good business relationship with other professionals and that’s always good for business.

Do choose who you follow carefully because you don’t want to waste your time following someone that has absolutely nothing to do with your niche. Even if they follow you back they wouldn’t have anything to discuss that would be beneficial to your business, so read the bio’s and learn a little something about the person or company before you follow them and it will help you generate more quality followers.

If you’re having a hard time getting started, you can always invest in fake twitter fans. This will help generate an interest in your company from real users because people have a tendency of following businesses that already have a lot of followers.

Increasing your fan base will help build up your social media presence and interacting with your fans and other professionals in your niche, will help you increase the number of followers you have.

Author Bio: Judy Collins has years of experience using Twitter that she would like to share with you to help your business attract more quality fans.