{"id":5291,"date":"2016-10-30T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T22:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2021-08-05T08:38:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:38:10","slug":"twitter-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/5291\/misc-projects\/twitter-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get 100, 200, 300, 400 to 500 Twitter followers per day, quickly, honestly and legitimately"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am not selling anything. \u00a0This is not a gimmick and will require some effort on your part. \u00a0My only goals & motivations are these: \u00a0I honestly like helping people, I like figuring stuff out, I like sharing stuff that I feel has significant value\u00a0to others and of course I like visitor traffic to my website for the sake of simply getting more visitor traffic without trying to pitch or sell you anything. \u00a0This technical method\/strategy of getting Twitter followers is only for people interested in getting lots of Twitter followers for the sake of simply getting a high number of Twitter followers for fun or getting exposure for a product or service that you offer if that is what your goal is. \u00a0If you are only looking for Twitter followers in your particular niche or interests\u00a0then this information is not for you, but overall I think the benefit of getting more Twitter followers\u00a0increases your overall exposure\/image. \u00a0If you feel that following back somehow takes away from your image\/appearance then I believe that is a false perception. \u00a0To me following back\u00a0shows that you are not a self-important person and that you have a “give and take” attitude.<\/p>\n

Update: 2-20-2017:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0Managing our Twitter account is becoming too time consuming. \u00a0We will continue to followback when time permits and also add folks to Lists when time permits.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0On October 1, 2016 I had around 200 followers. I created my Twitter account in 2009, but had not done anything with it in years. So I decided to figure out the best methods to get some followers. I tried a lot of different things that didn’t work very well and eventually figured out the 2 methods below that work great. I’m now up to 16K followers after 4 months of actually putting in a reasonable amount of time and effort to get followers. I’m sure it is possible to get 10K followers per month if you put in the time and effort required to achieve that. \u00a0What I like most about the whole following\/follower Twitter thing is that it is a win-win thing for everyone. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

How to get maximum followers per day – requires more time and effort<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Use the Twitter List Followback Strategy and the Leap Frog Strategy.<\/p>\n

How to get a significant number of followers per day quickly with minimal time and effort<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Use the Twitter List Followback Strategy.<\/p>\n

Twitter List Followback Strategy Technical Details|Method<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Using Twitter Lists to Follow people and get followed back:<\/strong><\/span>
\nA much faster, more efficient and less time consuming method to get Followers is simply to follow X number of Twitter accounts in a Twitter List. \u00a0I have created several Twitter Lists that contain 15,000+ people who will follow you back if you follow them first. \u00a0I have also subscribed to other people’s Twitter Lists and am using those other Twitter Lists in the Twitter List Followback Strategy that I am using below.<\/p>\n

Twitter List Followback Strategy Technical Details:<\/strong><\/span>
\nGo to the Lists link (to the right of the Likes link) in my Twitter account profile or anyone else’s Twitter account profile. \u00a0Example: https:\/\/twitter.com\/BPSPro\/lists<\/a>\u00a0 Open a Twitter List, click on the List Members link and follow 500 Twitter accounts (see Notes below). \u00a0It should only take about 15 minutes to follow 500 people in a Twitter List. \u00a0Then wait 3-5 days to get followbacks from the people you followed in the Twitter List. \u00a0What I have found is that typically you will get 100 to 250 followbacks the first day and then you will continue to get followbacks for a few days, but the total number of followbacks will decrease after the first day. \u00a0Example: 200 followbacks the first day, 100 followbacks on day 2, 80 followbacks on day 3…(see images below – “Twitter List Strategy Results<\/strong><\/span>“) \u00a0 \u00a0After 3-5 days you can unfollow all the people you followed that did not follow you back (see the Recommended Twitter Management Tool<\/strong><\/span> section for a great Twitter management tool that makes this quick and simple to do). \u00a0Then repeat the process again every 3-5 days.<\/p>\n

Leap Frog Strategy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

When you get a new Follower that is obviously actively interested in getting maximum followbacks, wait 12-24\u00a0hours then go to their Twitter Account > click on their Followers link and follow the last people who followed them. \u00a0If they are active then you will see several new followers listed ahead of your Twitter account. \u00a0So that means all of those people followed in the last 12-24\u00a0hours. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09 \u00a0You can continue to do the same thing for any other new Followers that just followed you. \u00a0The logic is that that last people who followed that person are currently active and looking for followbacks. \u00a0So you should get a followback almost right away. \u00a0Example: \u00a0follow 500 people on a List on day 1, do the Leap Frog Strategy on day 2 and 3. \u00a0At the end of day 5, unfollow anyone that does not follow you back. \u00a0Then repeat the process. \u00a0Notes: \u00a0Obviously if\u00a0someone has a higher number of followers then you will see a higher number of people to follow on that person’s Followers page and you will get a higher number of followbacks. \u00a0You can be selective about who you follow first by taking a quick look at their Twitter account\/Tweets or just follow anyone on that person’s Followers page.<\/p>\n

Recommended Twitter Management Tool:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Unfollowspy:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0www.unfollowspy.com<\/a>
\n“Twitter management tool for seeing who follows, unfollows, locate people who dont follow back and much more.”<\/p>\n

I am not affiliated with Unfollowspy, this is not an affiliate link and I do not get any kickbacks from them. I have tried a few Twitter Management tools and I liked this one the best because it is very simple to use and if you want to get the paid\/Pro version then it is very cheap compared to other Twitter Management tools that I tried\/tested. \u00a0Unfollowspy offers a free version\/service\/tool, but is has limitations of course. \u00a0Anyway it makes managing your Twitter account quick and easy to do with minimal time involved. \u00a0You can quickly unfollow people who do not follow you back, check who unfollowed, check if you missed following someone back and follow them, etc etc etc.<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/strong><\/span>
\nIMPORTANT:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0There is Twitter Limit ratio of Followers to Following after you have reached 5,000 Followers, which is 10%. \u00a0Example: \u00a0If you have 5,000 Followers then you can only follow up to 500 more people than you your total number of Followers, which would be Following: 5500 vs Followers: 5000. \u00a0If you have 10,000 Followers then you can follow up to 1,000 more people than you your total number of Followers. \u00a0You will not be allowed to follow anyone else if you hit the maximum Limit ratio of Following to Followers until you get more Followers so that the ratio is back to the 10% Limit ratio of Following to Followers. \u00a0So let’s say you have 5000 Followers and you are Following 5500. \u00a0If 10 of the people you followed first follow you back then your total number of Followers would be 5010, which means you could follow 1 new person back. \u00a0So you want to keep your ratio of Following to Followers below the Twitter 10% Limit ratio so that you are able to follow new followers back. \u00a0Or you could unfollow some of the people you followed first from a Twitter List to get your ratio below 10% so that you can follow new people who follow you first. \u00a0The ratio is 10 to 1 so if you wanted to be allowed to follow 10 more new followers, you would need to unfollow 100 people that you followed first on a Twitter List.<\/p>\n

You can subscribe to a Twitter List in someone else’s Twitter account profile and the List will show up under your Twitter Profile Lists link.<\/p>\n

The maximum number of people you can follow per day is 1,000 (this is now 400). \u00a0So if you want to follow more than 500 people on a Twitter List then the maximum number of people you should follow is probably 800 per day<\/del>.\u00a0 Since the new max is 400 follows per day then you should only follow “first” up to 300 people per day.\u00a0 The reason for that is if new people follow you and you are maxed out on following back for the day then you will not be able to follow anyone back for 12-24 hours. \u00a0So you want to leave yourself a “buffer” so that you can follow new people back instead of doing something like following 1,000<\/del> 400 people on a Twitter List per day.<\/p>\n

In my particular case I am retweeting the Lists that I created in the hopes that people will realize that Twitter Lists are much more efficient at showing appreciation to followers who follow you back and is a way to thank everyone who follows you. \u00a0The problem with retweeting tweets that only contain up to 10 people in those tweets is that that method is very limited and if you retweeted every single tweet to show appreciation to people who followback then you would be spending all day retweeting tweets. \u00a0So by retweeting a List you can thank everyone all at once and in a permanent and ongoing way.<\/p>\n

You can use Twitter Tools like the Twitter Dashboard<\/a> or Twitter TweetDeck<\/a> to be able to control and view accounts and Tweets, but Lists are awesome for doing something like this – Let’s say you have 1,000’s of Followers and you have 10 people that you do not want to miss any Tweets by those 10 people. \u00a0If you add those 10 people to a List that you create then you can monitor only those 10 people’s Tweets by viewing the Twitter Stream in that particular List.<\/p>\n

You should continue to check your Twitter account daily for any new followers and follow them back. \u00a0You can also use a combination of the Twitter List strategy above and the older Twitter Followback strategy below.<\/p>\n

Let people know you followback.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I recommend adding something like “I followback” under your Twitter Profile. \u00a0Works for me. \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0You should especially add that if you have less than 1,000 followers. \u00a0Getting to 1,000 followers is tough because people may not think you are serious about getting followers and following back. \u00a0You can remove that later on once you get a significant number of followers because it will be obvious that you follow back. \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0Once you hit a 3,000 following to followers ratio it is pretty much smooth sailing after that.<\/p>\n

If you don’t like someone’s Tweets you can Mute their Tweets instead of unfollowing them.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0By doing that you can\u00a0continue to followback and keep a follower without having to see the Tweets from a particular person in your Twitter Stream. \u00a0If you don’t like my Tweets Mute me. \u00a0I unfollow people that don’t follow me back with Unfollowspy, which I think is what most people do also. \u00a0That is not personal and is instead logical since I want to maintain a relative ratio of Following to Followers. \u00a0What I tweet\/retweet is high value followback tweets that have users that will followback and some occaisonal tweets that\u00a0I find cute, funny, informational or other stuff that I find fun\/funny\/cool that I think other people will enjoy.<\/p>\n

Follow first instead of waiting for people to follow you.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0As you build up a high number of followers there will be increasing numbers of people who follow you first if they see that you followback, but what has been working great for me is to follow Twitter users first who look like a good gamble that will probably follow me back. \u00a0When I do a comparison of being followed first from a Tweet that has my Twitter account in it, the number of followers from that Tweet is relatively low vs when I follow first and wait for a followback. \u00a0I’m pretty sure that is because most people just Retweet Tweets and do not follow anyone in a Tweet. Example:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0If I track down 100 people that look like a good gamble and follow those 100 people first then most likely 90 of them will follow me back. \u00a0If on the other hand a Tweet where my Twitter account is listed in that Tweet and it is being Retweeted to 1,000’s of people and I wait for people to follow me first, then probably only 30\u00a0people will follow me first from that Tweet.<\/p>\n

Follow first and be patient.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0Give someone at least 24 hours to follow you back. \u00a03-5 days is probably the best amount of time to wait for someone to follow you back. \u00a0That gives someone enough time to see that you followed them\u00a0and to follow you back. \u00a0If someone does not follow you back in 3-5 days that may mean that they have not logged into Twitter for a while. \u00a0Do not take that personally and do not block them for not following you back. You will probably see those same people again somewhere down the Twitter road.<\/p>\n

Bonus Tip:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0If you want to go the extra mile after following someone first then “Like” that person’s \u00a0Pinned Tweet. \u00a0That will pretty much guarantee that they will follow you back and it shows you put some extra effort into following them. \u00a0That takes more time to do of course, but it’s a nice gesture if you have the time to do that. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Twitter List Strategy Results: Using the Twitter List strategy on 12-10 – I followed 600 people first for a total net gain of 201 followers for 12-10\/12-11.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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On 12-11 I used the Leap Frog Strategy in addition to the Twitter List strategy. \u00a0Twitter List Strategy day 1 was 12-10 and day 2 was 12-11. \u00a0Total net gain of 257 followers for 12-11\/12-12. \u00a0Normally the total number of followers would decrease to something like 100-150 followers for day 2 using the Twitter List strategy alone. \u00a0So I estimate that doing the Leap Frog strategy on day 2 added another 150 more followers, but of course it is more time consuming to do the Leap Frog\u00a0strategy.
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On 12-12 I unfollowed anyone who did not follow me back from the list of people that I followed on 12-10 since the number of people continuing to follow back was getting pretty slow\/few. \u00a0I followed 500 new people on this HOT Twitter List<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/MktgSciences\/lists\/a20161022\/members<\/a> and got a snowball effect going. \u00a0I believe someone on that List that I followed first, added me to some other List that they created or those new followers came from 1 of my Lists that was retweeted since my Twitter account is listed in all of my Lists. \u00a0250 followers came from the people that I followed first in the List link above. \u00a0300 new followers came from other sources. \u00a0Note: Some Twitter Lists\u00a0may be old\/older and may not contain people that are still active. \u00a0So before you start following people on any particular Twitter List you should hover over several of the Twitter accounts in that List to see if the people in that List are still active.
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1263 followers in one day! \u00a0Woo Hoo!<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0This is where I first realized I was doing everything wrong and the hard way and I just happened to accidentally do something right on this day. \u00a0It took me a while to figure out exactly what\u00a0that was. \u00a0The strategy that I posted above is what got me 1263 followers on this particular day. \ud83d\ude09
\n\"1263-followers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These are typical total number of followers per day putting in a relative amount of effort and time. ie If you put in X amount of time expect X amount of followers:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"followers-10-30\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"followers-10-29\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"followers-10-27-10-28\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"followers-10-26\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"followers-10-25\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"followers-10-24\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"followers-10-23\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Test|Comparison of using the strategy above vs doing nothing (no follow firsts or Retweets, but there were Tweets\/Retweets circulating with my Twitter account listed in them):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On 11-5 and 11-6 I did not Retweet or follow anyone first. \u00a0Subtract 40 from 11-6 since out of the 91\u00a0followers I got that day, 40 of those followers were people I followed first between 11-1 and 11-4. \u00a0So new followers without doing anything (no new follow firsts or Retweets) was 51 and then if you subtract 40 unfollowers there is only a total of 11 followers gained for 11-6. \u00a0Subtract 30 from 11-7 since out of the 81 followers I got that day, 30 of those followers were people I followed first between 11-1 and 11-4. \u00a0So new followers without doing anything (no new follow firsts or Retweets) was 51 and then if you subtract 46 unfollowers there is only a total of 5 followers gained for 11-7.<\/p>\n

\"twitter-11-5-11-6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow First Strategy: \u00a0Using the Follow First strategy on 11-7 – I followed 150 people first for a total net gain of 177 followers for 11-7\/11-8.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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