Ask what you can do for influencers, not what influencers can do for you - develop relationships!
Have courage. It clears the way for things that need to be.
Influence is providing attention and value to others.
Helpful is the new viral.
Everyone starts out with nobody listening to them and nobody to listen to. How and who you add determines what Twitter will become for you.
Effective results come from knowing what's in it for them. What's your community there for and how you can nurture it?