Monday, September 21, 2009

Free tools to manage Twitter followers

With thousands of tools out there it's not easy to find free efficient tools to manage your Twitter followers. But with around two experience using multiple Twitter accounts I think I can point out a service or two that will help you manage your Twitter account. Below are some tools I personally use to manage my Twitter followers and most importantly they are free.

Tweepular - One of the best free tools to manage your Twitter account and will definitely going to save you a lot of time. Colorful but very easy to use interface makes navigating and analysing your followers very easy. You can easily view who you are following but not following you back , you can view who are following you without you following them and you can even sort them according to the follower count , when they last updated etc. This way you can get rid of inactive members and reduce your following numbers. Definitely one tool that helps you do most of the work easily and efficiently.

Huitter - Tweepular pretty much has every option you need to manage your Twitter followers. But if you are not looking for advanced details and just want to unfollow everyone who is not following you then  Huitter is a good choice. It has an exclude list and you can even follow everyone who you are not following but following you.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

How to increase your Twitter followers

In the previous post I explained why you should increase your Twitter followers , In this post I will look at some ways to increase your Twitter followers without resorting to automated scripts and different services. The most important thing you should remember is that Twitter is about building relationship and building trust. Once you become a trusted Twitter user your followers will increase automatically. So below are few steps you can do to increase your Twitter followers..
  • Tweet relevant useful content - I suppose this is a very obvious thing , but most users just plaing ignores this. Its ok to tweet about what you are doing once in a while , but usually people don't want to hear about what you had for dinner etc. This is especially important if you are targetting some specific set of users you have build over time. For example most of your followers are interested about blogging then frequently tweeting about the latest movies might hurt your follower count.
  • Interact with followers - People follow you because they liked what you tweet , and they might have questions about your tweets , so always take time to check your replies and answer them to the best of your ability. As your followers grows this may become a bit harder but make sure to reply to as many as possible.
  • Follow prominent people in your niche and reply to there posts - This way you will be visible to all there followers and if your reply is meaningful and interesting you might attract more followers yourself. The prominent blogger also will notice you and might recommend to follow you. Recommended by a top tweeter is one of the best ways to increase twitter followers but it is a bit hard to do it.
These tips will surely help you grow your twitter follower but it is a bit time consuming. In my next post I will look at how to grow your twitter followers automatically.