To turn on auto-follow, you’ll need to use an external service, like Twollo or SocialOomph .

Note: This is a fairly controversial amongst marketers. Some people can’t stand this, some people swear by it. I use it because I try to automate as many aspects of my marketing as I can. I save time by auto-following people who follow me. If someone starts sending me spam, then I’ll go unfollow them.

Go find your favorite bands and artists and follow their Tweets.

One of the easiest ways to make a connection with fans is to share things – news, updates, other bands, etc.

In order to ease this effort, create a content plan that outlines what type of information you’ll share. The plan doesn’t have to be complex, but it should be fairly detailed. Use this plan to guide your communication with your fans. You can also share the plan among your band mates so you are all sharing the same type of information.

Having multiple accounts allows you to not worry about things like changing band members and personal comments versus band comments

Also, if each of your band mates builds up a following, you have the potential for more than one Twitter audience to hear about your band.

If you aren’t constantly checking messages and updating yourself, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. And, if you are recording, writing, or some other non-Twitter activity, it’s hard to break away to keep updating Twitter.

And, because of this, you sometimes neglect your Twitter audience for days, weeks, months, and sometimes forever.

The way to prevent this is to allow multiple people to post to your band’s account. That way, you can divide up the responsibility for interacting with your audience among all the band members, lessening the burden on a single person and providing more interaction for the audience.

Hey!! – Buy my CD!

Hey!! – Come to my show!

Hey!! – Buy a t-shirt!

When you start this type of conversation, you immediately turn off your crowd. There are ways to sell stuff (which we’ll discuss later), but this direct method of yelling isn’t it.

Start out by talking with others and just having conversations. People like people who are nice.

I translate that into musician speak: Just be cool, man.

I’m going to post 50 Twitter tips for musicians in regards to promotion and finding fans. I’ll try to post one a day, depending on my schedule. The ideas will range from basic information to more advanced techniques. There will be no order to them, I’ll write them out in the order I’ve collected them.

If you have a good tip, I want you to send it to me. If I post your tip, I’ll include your Twitter account, name, and website. (Use this email: twittertips@infinitefanbase.com )

First post tomorrow.

When I have 50, I’ll put them into a single PDF for easy viewing. If you’ve made a contribution and your Twitter Tip gets posted, I’ll make sure you get a copy of the PDF in your email. Again, the email addr is ‘twittertips@infinitefanbase.com’ .