This is the second time I have made it to over 10,000 twitter followers. No software, no robots and no payments needed! The first time I made it over 10,000 my account was suspended the very next day. To this day, I'm still unsure why but perhaps I was following and unfollowing people too much over a short period of time. When Twitter suspends your account, you don't really get to ask questions. I sent a few emails but haven't heard back in a few months.
Building up that many followers for the first time took me about 6 months. Having that all taken away in 24 hours sucked big time. But, we marketers need to learn to embrace failure and get back on the horse. I knew how to make it back up to a large number of followers and I even found some faster tricks to get there quicker. Here are my not so secret secrets to getting your twitter following increased! No software or payment required!
Follow to Your Max
In order to be followed you must follow others. If you are popular you will gain followers quicker. If you are just starting out online then it will take you a little while to gain some popularity. (It won't take you that long though if you keep reading my blog)
Following people one by one on Twitter is not the most fun activity to be doing. Clicking ‘follow' over and over again (sometimes 1000 times per day) will make your wrists hurt and your eyes blurry. You need to do something to make it fun or else you won't want to follow people. Try listening to music, listening to a recorded call or watching a webinar while you are following others.
Who to Follow:
I prefer using the old Twitter layout for following others. It is faster for me to browse tweeters and see when the last time someone tweeted was. If you are very particular about who you wish to follow you can use the new Twitter layout. It will show you a brief bio of the person you wish to follow.
You can switch back and forth from the old and new layout by selecting ‘switch to new Twitter' at the top of the page or by going to your settings and selecting switch to the old Twitter.
To grow your followers the fastest, follow as many people as you can each day. Twitter will stop you when you have reached your limit. Once this happens you will need to wait until you get more followers or you can go ahead and delete tweeters who are not following you back.
Here are some great Free Twitter tools to help you maximize your followers:
Justunfollow.com
This is an awesome site. It's quick and easy to use and you will be able to unfollow those who do not follow you. You will have a daily limit of 50 tweeters that you can unfollow but if you tweet their promotional message then you will get it bumped up to 100 unfollows per day.
After you do the unfollowing make sure you follow your fans. (The people who are following you but you are not yet following them)
TwitterKarma
This is also another tool to follow and unfollow your twitterers. It does not have a daily follow/unfollw limit but it takes a longer time to load and use.
Search.Twitter
This is a tool for you to search for keywords on Twitter. You can search for a topic in your niche and choose to follow people from it. You can also reply or retweet someone's comment. It's a great way to find like minded individuals.
TweetDeck
I use TweetDeck to manage multiple Twitter accounts and post an update to all of them at the same time. You can also integrate Facebook into TweetDeck.
SocialOomph
This is what I use to automate my tweets. I usually do posts about my blog updates, recent videos I've done and other valuable information. Try not to spam your followers with too many sales links, you will get unfollowed.
TweetWax
Worried about all of those direct messages? TweetWax deletes your direct messages in your inbox. This service lets you delete 20 messages at a time.
I personally do not read all of my direct messages because I get too many to keep up with each day and usually they are spam messages. I'm pretty sure your DM box never gets full or slows down your account so delete your messages as you please.
Make sure you have your @twitter name everywhere you can! At the end of your videos, in your video description, on your Facebook, in your emails and in your blog posts. Make it easy for people to follow you and using the Twitter tools mentioned above, you will get up to 10,000 and more followers in no time. There you have it; my not so secret Twitter follower secrets.
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Lark Miller - About the Author:
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Hi my name is Lark Miller and I am the creator of Honest Income Online. If you are anything like me.. you love the internet and making money. I am currently combining the two and changing my life.I am a University Grad who has found my dream job in the world of work at home opportunities. I like to travel, try new things, be outdoors and I love animals! The reason I started this blog is because I was sick of my 9-5 job and working for someone else. For the longest time I felt I would never achieve my dream job.All through university classes and exams I kept asking myself.. "What is it all for" ? I searched for any job related to my degree and the pay was always less than 40K/year. I knew I was worth more than that.After doing the right research, and meeting the right people and my efforts finally paid off and I achieved success which puts me where I am today. I want to meet, network and give back to other newbie entrepreneurs who are in the same situation just like I was.I encourage you to check out my website and hopefully my story will inspire you to discover your dream job. Good luck with your success!
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