On the 20th January 2010 Microsoft founder Bill Gates joined Twitter, in the 24 hours that followed he attracted 236,000 followers.
With respect to Mr Gates, this got me a little depressed, most museums on Twitter struggle to attract more then 500 followers.
I started to think about how we can draw attention to the museums on Twitter, and get more people to consider following a museum.
On the blog MuseumMarketing.co.uk (now called MuseumNext) I suggested that we should have a follow a museum day.
This idea spread quickly, with hundreds of comments supporting the idea appearing on Twitter within a few hours, and the rest is history.
The first follow a museum day will happen on February 1st 2010. I hope that you will support this idea and help us to spread the word about museums on Twitter.
