Comments on: How to Get More Followers on Twitter

By: crashgs

crashgs — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:21:20 +0000

I think the best way to Get More Followers on Twitter is to join: http://www.getrealfollowers.com
You may find many interesting ways there

By: Joel Gross

Joel Gross — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:16:13 +0000

Great advice, Scott. The most successful Twitter users I personally know spend a ton of time personally tweeting responses to others. To me, the true power of Twitter is not in it’s ability to broadcast a message, but to broadcast a conversation. Instead of being limited to a one-on-one interaction, people can now engage one-to-many and still have a coherent discussion.

By: Calvin Freitas

Calvin Freitas — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:58:27 +0000

I’ve had companies @reply me based on tweets where I’ve included their name. I’ve also had people @reply me based a topic search (specifically, a tweet where I included the word “exercise”). However, these replies were marketing and didn’t result in either the company or myself getting more followers.

I agree with Scott’s comment — a combined approach would work better. Search is an amazing tool, but if there’s no personal connection of an obvious value-add for the follower, it’s not going to create a lasting connection.

By: scottporad

scottporad — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:56:43 +0000

Yes, you are correct: tweeting interesting stuff about manatees will result in followers because people will find your tweets in search and may follow you as a result.

However, my point of view is that if a) you’re a newbie, and b) you want to build a following, that you’ll have better results by searching for tweets on manatees and then (genuinely!) interacting with the people who are tweeting about manatees.

I think it would be fair to say that a strategy that includes both techniques would be more effective than one or the other.

By the way, I never search for “good morning”. But, people I follow say “good morning” and that shows up in my stream. So, sometimes I say “good morning” back. Just like if we were around the coffee pot at the office.

By: Peter Shankman

Peter Shankman — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:33:45 +0000

Twitter has search capability. If you’re an expert on manatees and you post about them, you’ll be found by other manatee lovers, thereby growing followers. Don’t remember the last time someone searched on “good morning.”