(Click the picture above to see the video. Make sure you read the article and watch the video to get a full understanding of the methods and tools used.)
How To Get Free Twitter Followers
Prior to writing this article, I experimented with many methods on how to get more Twitter followers and found that the one I am about to disclose works best. This is a method that only works if you are into following back and enriching peoples lives through quality Tweets. You are going to need to do the work to retain your Twitter followers by being a good neighbor in the city of Twitter. Before I continue, make sure you remember the reason you are on Twitter in the first place. That reason is engagement. Here is a quote to think about:
“For what will it profit a person, if they gain a million Twitter followers, but forfeit their engagement with their true Twitter friends?”
The Tools
As with any project, whether it be social media, home improvement, web site development or gaining followers on Twitter, you are going to need certain tools to get the job done. In this case, you are going to need four free tools.
(Please read the full article and watch the video attached so you get a better understanding of how you use each tool before you sign up to them)
1.Twiends.com 2. Socialoomph.com 3TwUnfollow.com 4. Friendorfollow.com
(Click each link above to go to the tools website)
Gain More Followers
I gained 2,000+ followers in about a week.
Before
After
Twitter Counter Stats
TwitterCounter.com is also a great tool to measure how many followers you have and are projected to gain. My stats below are a result of my new method.
Twiends is a website where you can follow people for seeds. Seeds are used to get more followers. The more people you follow, the more seeds you get. The more seeds you get the more people follow you for those seeds. If you don’t have the time to sit and follow people you can buy seeds as well, but this is about the FREE way. You don’t have to pay to get seeds or to use the website. You just sign in with Twitter and follow people based on interests you specify and start receiving your followers (Note: Twiends can also be used to get likes to your Facebook fan page.)
*It is important to specify your interest so people with the same interest follow you
*Be careful with how many people you follow in a row, Twitter will ban your account if you follow to many people to quickly
If You Decide To Pay For Seeds Twiends
I decided to test out if it was worth the money to pay for seeds or not. It took a while for me to go through all of the seeds and I was a little worried that it would be a waste of money if people just followed me for the seeds and then unfollowed me. Low and behold after the initial seeds were gone, I got an email from Twiends saying that they have refunded me some seeds because they track people who follow and unfollow quickly. Twiends.com you are truly wonderful.
The Result Of Twiends
This is the result. A flood of new follower notification in my Gmail account.
(Note: @joeycrisco mentioned that Socialoomph.com has started to charge $3.95 for the automaton services. You can either pay it which I think is worth it or use the other methods in the post and the video to manually follow people back. Follow Joey on Twitter because this was a good catch. Thanks Joey.)
Once the followers start pouring in, and they will pour in immediately, retention is the key. If you do not follow these people back they more than likely will unfollow you, which to me is only fair. Your goal is to gain like-minded followers and connect with them by adding value to their life via your Twitter stream. Following them back is showing respect and is adding value. If you are trying to get a ton of Twitter followers and don’t follow people back, then you are wasting your time with Twitter. This does not mean follow everyone back. This just means follow back the people who you think will bring value to your life and who you want to start a relationship with. SocialOomph allows you to automatically follow back everyone that follows you.
I setup SocialOomph.com with a message to let the new followers know that I have followed them back. This is important because they will more than likely not unfollow you. I also direct them to my website. This generates very good traffic to my site.
Twunfollow will notify you who has unfollowed so you so you can unfollow them if you want. But most importantly, you can use it to quickly follow back only the people you want to, instead of setting up the automated “follow everyone back” option with Socialoomph.
Twunfollow lets you easily follow people back
Friendorfollow is a great tool and is used to help clean this process up. The Following tab shows who you are following and who is not following you back. The Fan tab shows you who follows you but you are not following back. The friends tab shows mutual follows. If the people you followed using Twiends have not followed you back, here is the place to find them and unfollow them if you want. It is important to keep a good follow/follower ratio because this effects your Klout. You can also use it to follow back the people you are not following if you want to.
(I will write about how to raise your Klout at another time)
Summary
Use Twiends.com to get followers. Use SocialOomph.com, TwUnfollow.com and FriendorFollow.com to follow back and keep a good follower ratio. Most importantly, read below. The arrow points to the ultimate truth regarding gaining followers on Twitter.
The Point:
Other Tips and The Take Away
Retweet other peoples Tweets you like.
Say thank you when other people Retweet yours.
Make sure you follow people you want to engage with.
Complete your profile and upload a picture (I don’t follow people who have default Twitter Icons)
It takes time to build relationships in real life, the same applies to Twitter.
@ Mention people and say hi. Ask them how their day is going etc.
Twitter is a neighborhood. Just be a good neighbor.
Remember my first quote!
“For what will it profit a person, if they gain a million Twitter followers, and forfeit their engagement with their true Twitter friends?”
When Twitter followers start pouring in, please take the time to spread love and share the knowledge. Don’t do so until you have tested the method for yourself and prove that it works.
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