just follow people u know that will follow u back. There is a list a
http://bit.ly/ffvip add up to 1000 per day says twitter's policy. Make sure u participate in follow friday by posting #followfriday in ur post without any spaces and the # sign. U also add friends to the post by using @ sign like @username @username2 @anotherbuddy
Hope this helps and check out the other links i listed, they're pretty good.
