The Good, The Bad and Good News, My Tweeter Experience

I had to close my twitter account @victoriavorel, I had computer problems. I opened a new one with my name @solmullersch.
Victoria Vorel is my pen name. On my former account I had more than 5000 tweeter followers.
This post is about my experience on this social media. You will probably think that 5000 is not a big number; nonetheless it is to me, since nobody knew me before I started tweeting. I had wonderful people following me; some of them were beginners like me, others are known and some others very well-known and have huge tweeter accounts.
The Good
People follow you because they find something you have in common with them, but mostly because they see you retweet and this is the important thing for the majority of tweeter community. What do you get? Lots of friends, lovely people, exposition to your work and you will not be anonymous anymore; many people remember your name and also your work.

Why outstanding, exceptional, bestselling people follow or follow back. The answer is very simple: Most of successful people are very supportive, kind and generous, much more than you can imagine; I would like to mention them all, to give a clear reference, although they are too many, so I will just introduce you to some of them.
Robert Shaw @OzBritUS, whose Bio on Amazon would highly impress you and his books are very well rated.
Millie Tiffany @MillieTiffany, her book “Tips On Your Personal Injury Claim” should be on the side table of all USA citizen.
Philip Catshill @PhilipCatshill, as his description on tweeter says, he is the #artist #author #poet who tweets to #support fellow writers & artists. He does for sure! You can download free “For all eternity” and enjoy his writing, then you will want more.
Tamara Ferguson @Tammysdragonfly, she is a member of the Romance Writers of America and Author of the Tales of the Dragonfly Romantic Suspense Series.
Daniel Kemp @danielkemp6, Author of “The Desolate Garden”, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Intrigue, Murder and a coming $30,000,000 film.
Taylor Fulks @TaylorTfulks20, Author of Award Winning Novel “My Prison Without Bars”.
David P Perlmutter @davepperlmutter, Author of a true story “Wrong Place Wrong Time” 163 five stars Amazon uk and his last book “My Way” 32 five stars already.
Wilma Conley @ConleyWilma, Nurse, Avid Reader, Enjoy Classic Rock. Love her Family, Friends and Mom to Three Rescue Pups. She is one of the most supportive people I’ve ever known.
I also want to mention in random order: Rebecca Scarberry @Scarberryfields, Paul Cude @paul_cude, Teodor Flonta @TeodorFlonta, Sandi Krakowski @sandikrakowski, Garrard Hayes @garrardhayes, Jan Romes @JanRomes, Kate James @KateJamesBooks, Melodie Ramone @Melodie_Ramone Philip Mayes @ptmayes, CP Bialois @CPBialois, Elizabeth Marx @emarxbooks, Lilo J Abernathy @Lilo_Abernathy, John Needham @JohnNeedham7, Marie Drake @MarieDrake72, Rob Fasone @cigar150, Jacqueline Rainey @BlueHarmonie, Doug J. Cooper @crystalseries, Micheal Rivers @Micheal_Rivers, J.P. Carter @JPCarter47, John Rose Putnam @JohnRosePutnam, Tamie Dearen @TamieDearen, Brenda Chaput @BuggyChaput, Dianne Astle @bendragonborn, C.M.Gray @cgray129, Paddy Cummins @paddycummins, JC Brennan (Author) @JanetCBrennan, Aidan Stone Author @Lourack1, Lelani Black @lelaniblack, Karl Wiggins @HoboKarl, Wayne Zurl @waynezurl, R.C. Davis @sirboring, Melinda Matthews @M_P_Matthews, Mark Swain @MarkSwain4, LauraTaylor @AuthorLTaylor Tima Maria Lacoba @TimaMariaLacoba, Joe Eliseon @JoeEliseon, Boogie Underground @alhanda, J.R. Wright @jrwrightchd, Olga Guseva @OllyGuseva , Joe Leslie joeleslieauthor, Fiona Quinn @FionaQuinnBooks, Kevin Swarbrick @KevinSwarbrick, John Buchanan @jbboats, Mike Friedman @mckbirdbks, Pearl (Bea) Cannon @pbeacannon, Uvi Poznansky Author @UviPoznansky,
Chavdar Mihov @ChavdarMihov, Jenny Burnley @JennyBurnley1, Sylvia Valevicius @Jtosnest, Felicia Mires @FeliciaMires, Laurie Vincent @mnnovelette, Niki Savage @nikisavage, VR McCoy @VRMcCoy, Jane Bled (Jayne) @janebled, Bobbi Dixon @MisterSalesman.

The Bad

If you are thinking that you will have huge sales while tweeting, then you are wrong. People will support you to expose your work or product and just 0,1% will buy it. Even if you buy most of books or other products your tweeter friends offer, this doesn’t mean that they will buy yours. It happened that some people told me that they have bought my book, I felt very grateful and bought their books and post reviews; after a time I have realized that not all did.
Reciprocate in tweeter land means that if you retweet, then they will retweet you, at least most of people do that.
So, you need to know that tweeter is not the best sale marketing plan you can have, it is like a display where you have the opportunity to show what you are offering and your tweeter friends will help you to have more exposure, they really do.
Another bad thing is that some people push you very hard to buy their stuff. Sometimes you will feel uncomfortable, because you don’t want that they see you as a customer, but a friend who could help them to get attention, to promote their work.

Good News

Below you will find more tweeter accounts which you have to follow as a must if you are a writer or want to be one; they will give you enormous support always and they will recommend you people to follow, do it!. Normally they have a hashtag you can use that is like a magic word, because it will make people, that are not following you, to retweet your posts; follow them and always retweet people who retweet you, check your notifications every day and reciprocate.

Indie Author RTG @IARTG, probably will not follow back, but if you use the hashtag and RT others, they will RT you always.
Book Love @iBookLove, will not follow you, but if you use #IARTG, then will RT you.
goodreads @goodreads, The largest site for readers and book recommendations, you can get good tips and most of the followers are writers or readers.
Voice Of Indie @VoiceOfIndie, will follow back, so please RT as often as you can!
IndependentAuthorNet @AuthorNetwork, will follow back, so do the same as above.
RaveReviewsBookClub @Rave_ReviewsBC, will follow back and it is very supportive. RT.
Indie Book Reviews @MasqRev, will follow back, same advice (RT).
Indie Author News @IndieAuthorNews, will follow back, same advice (RT)

NOTE: Always be genuine and thankful!
Victoria