How to increase Twitter followers

Free tools to manage Twitter followers

2009-09-21T10:51:00.000-07:00

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.

How to increase your Twitter followers

2009-09-12T23:23:00.000-07:00

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.

Different ways to use Twitter

2009-08-13T07:52:00.000-07:00

Twitter is a service that can be used in many ways and it is very important that you understand the different usages of Twitter. Lets take a look at some ways that you can use Twitter

To stay up to date about your close friends
Usually these types of users have around 30-50 followers and they pretty much know each other very well. The main reason these guys use Twitter is to get quick updates about there friends , much like Facebook status updates but the difference being if you are using windows twitter client like tweetdeck you don't need to go to Internet very often. Very useful for people working in offices etc.
To promote there business and brands
More and more businesses are joining Twitter to promote there brand and products. Mostly they use a software like Twitter Snipe to find targeted followers. There are many other ways to automatically increase your twitter followers as well. If its a trusted brand like Apple , Microsoft then it is pretty easy to gather a large following and because of the viral nature of Twitter it is a very powerful promotion tool.
To build traffic and increase sales
More and more Internet marketers are joining Twitter in the hope of generating traffic and increasing sales. There are many variations to this type of Twitter users. Some just add thousands of followers using software and scripts and heavily promote affiliate products to the list. This method sometimes do work because of the sheer volume of Twitter followers. Then there are marketers who share valuable info with there audience and occasionally promote affiliate links to there audience. I personally think they have a much higher chance of making a sales because of the trust factor.
As you can see there are many ways to use Twitter and it is important you understand what you are using Twitter for :)

Why you should increase Twitter followers

2009-08-11T05:59:00.000-07:00

Before looking at ways to increase your twitter following lets take a look at few reasons why you should increase your Twitter following.

Traffic
If you have a large following it is very easy to get traffic to what ever you want. It could be a blog post , affiliate link or some important article that you thing might be beneficial to your following. Even though the click through rate of tweets are low if you grow a large following then you can easily generate some decent traffic.

Connections
Twitter is a great way to connect with people and build relationships , If you want to succeed online it is very important to connect with people and Twitter provides a great way to do that.

Money
If you have a large following it is very easy to promote affiliate links and even your own product. Most affiliate marketers are making huge incomes via Twitter and one way to go about is by building a huge list of followers.

In the future posts we will look at ways to increase your Twitter followers