Comments on: How I Got 300 Twitter Followers Without Mass Following Others

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:47:58 +0000

Thanks for letting me know about that. I’m going to go ahead and leave both of your comments anyway so you can display 2 of your Comment Luv links
Glad you stopped by on this not-so-recent post. Check out some of the new ones and tell me what you think.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:33:14 +0000

That’s odd. I entered my Twitter account, but it didn’t show up. Given that this post is about Twitter, it’s kind of funny. I’ll try again and see if it comes through this time.
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Edited to add: It showed up on the first after the second comment posted. If you EDIT a comment, the Twitter link disappears — until you reload the page.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:30:04 +0000

As new internet formats emerge, it’s interesting to see how people respond to make the most of them. Sometimes (as in Kawasaki mentioned in the comments) it’s kind of surprising.

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By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:09:51 +0000

I’m glad you found the post useful. It might be slow doing it like that but like I said in the post, you will get a much better click rate on your tweets if you go for quality instead of quantity. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:45:08 +0000

Hi there! I have just started the Twitter game and I did the exact same mistake as you said: following people with high hopes that they will follow me back! It isn’t really that productive, I suppose? Thanks for this article Gordon, I think I have a clearer picture of how I should go about Twitter now

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:50:52 +0000

Yes and all these Followe.rs and Twitter Tank programs make me sick because they are just destroying Twitter and people who run them are taking the cream from the top, earning cash while you are getting useless followers and following them back. Thanks for the comment Tech-Freak, I might do a post about those various Twitter followers programs.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:48:37 +0000

Exactly! I love your comment Robert. You pretty much summed up everything I wrote in the post in a nice and clear way!
It’s important to distinguish between good and bad quality on Twitter. Any never and I mean NEVER re-tweet links that you haven’t at least visited (not necessarily read). If it’s a bogus link or just a flashy popup add, you will damage your own reputation and credibility on Twitter. Thanks for visiting Robert!

By: Tech-Freak Stuff

Tech-Freak Stuff — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:44:38 +0000

I completely agree! There is no shortcut way to increase you followers except for paying them to follow you, but it is useless.
It is important that they take interest in you and follow your activities rather than just following you for the sake of following!
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By: Robert Bravery

Robert Bravery — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:34:08 +0000

It’s all about being social isn’t it. Giving to others instead of expecting from others.
I am a great fan of promoting other bloggers and twitters.

I like to follow those who have something of vlaue to add. Just following any Tom Dick or Jane is pointless.

Re-Tweeting, well I only RT that which I see as good value. Thei RTing everything just clouds the twitter stream with spam.

I certainly look at their blog ration, if they follow substantially more than those who follow them, then it is unlikely that they provide good value. Altho there are exceptions.

By: Hesham

Hesham — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:02:04 +0000

Very nice post Gordon, and thank you for visiting our Famous Bloggers blog, I thought it’s so hard to get followers on Twitter when I fist started tweeting, but after some time I got the idea, but your secret is so real and make sense to me!
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