Following the Celebrity
Follow the celebrity on X. Find the celebrity's X handle by typing in the celebrity's name into X's search bar. If nothing comes up, try looking on their website or portfolio for their X Follow link. Be wary of unverified X accounts. It's easy to find pictures of a celebrity on the Internet to use as the avatar. Fans and other people may try to impersonate the celebrity for attention or for malicious spamming.
Pay attention to how the celebrity uses their X account. The more active they are on X and the more personal their tweets are, the better your chances of getting them to engage with you. After considering the following questions, if it doesn't seem like your celebrity does much personal engagement on X, you may want to consider moving on to another favorite celebrity. How frequent are their tweets? Do they frequently tweet themselves, or hire someone else to tweet on their behalf? Do they post pictures and links in addition to text tweets, or do they do the bare minimum? Do they post their personal thoughts, or just use their X platform as a way to promote their business commercially? Have they ever sent an @message to one of their fans and engaged in a conversation with them? For example, Christina Perri not only tweets multiple times a day, but also with photos and hashtags, suggesting that she is an experienced X user. Her tweets are personal enough that they probably come straight from her. Your chances of getting her to follow you are decent if you make a strong favorable impression on her, but notice how her (public) interactions with fans on X are low.
Engaging with the Celebrity
Reflect upon why you are a fan of this celebrity. Do you like their music or sports performance? Make sure to stay on top of their latest productions and accomplishments by reading news sites that would feature your celebrity, such as TMZ, Perez Hilton, Yahoo! News, E! Online, and others. Subscribing to Google News alerts for emails about articles that mention your celebrity is also a good idea. Make a note of what organizations and charities the celebrity is involved with. Follow them on X and stay on top of their work as well. If it accords with your personal beliefs, you may even make a donation to that charity and let the celebrity know.
Involve the celebrity in your tweets. Use hashtags that they use and are trying to promote. Retweet their tweets to your followers, especially when they are asking fans to check something out or are promoting another entity. Reply to their tweets with your reactions and thoughts. That way, the celebrity will start to see your profile and get familiar with your account. Don't be annoying. Remember that they are human beings, and don't like to be spammed or to receive the similar overexcited messages repeatedly. Make sure each interaction you make with them is meaningful and positive. Time your engagements well. Responding to every single one of their tweets comes off as desperate and fake. Only respond when you have something interesting to say or when you really want to get their tweet out to others. Engaging with them more than twice a day borders on excessive.
Tweet @ the celebrity! When your celebrity accomplishes something or does something praiseworthy, tweet at them to congratulate them and express your appreciation for the work that they do. X is all about interaction, so the more you can interact with the celebrity, the more likely they are to follow you. Make sure to time it appropriately—hence the importance on staying up-to-date about the latest news surrounding your celebrity. They're human beings too; they would appreciate a compliment on their new album or hairstyle just as much as the rest of us would. Ideally, you want to produce an emotional reaction from the celebrity to your tweet. If you liked their new dress, say why or talk about an outfit it inspired you to wear. Feel free to include photos! If you enjoyed their entire new album, say that it's been playing on repeat for the past 13 hours. Make sure what you're saying is true: celebrities can tell when someone is being over-the-top and brown-nosing for attention rather than expressing genuine appreciation.
Use humor and wit to make your tweet stand out. If you can get a laugh out of somebody, they like you better already and are almost certain to reply.
Ask a question, when possible. Don't force it, but some of the tweets you make to the celebrity will naturally lend themselves to a further question, which will encourage the celebrity to reply back to you. For example, you can ask when their next tour is coming up, or what their favorite piece in their new fashion collection is. Make sure your question doesn't require a lengthy response, as X only allows 280 characters per response. For example, a question about the source of inspiration for a song would be a better choice for an email or direct message on X than a tweet.
Tweet to your followers. Try tweeting to your followers about the celebrity. Be sure to tag them at the beginning or end, and keep your posts positive. Celebs don't want to see their name attached to a hate message. You can also tweet out to your followers to follow the celebrity. For example, you could say: "@celebrity is only 10 followers away from getting to 12K! Hit that follow button, sweethearts!" Celebs love it when their fans help them gain more followers. This usually works, and it's amazing because the celeb will have more followers, and they may even tweet you thanks (or follow you).
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