1000 Followers on Twitter, 72 Hours

by Matt on May 8, 2009

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I’ve tapped into the power of twitter, and rather quickly.  The truth is, you can too.  This isn’t magic, you will have to do work, but it is a lot easier than you’d think.

 

 

The trick to twitter is adding people.

About 50% of the people you add will add you back.

 

That isn’t enough though, you need people to add.

Search twitter for whatever your niche is.  Find someone with a lot of followers tweeting about your niche, follow them, and their followers.

 

But how do you keep the people entertained?

As a rule of thumb, only post 1-2 advertising tweets a day, and post about 5 general updates, you can find news on digg.com’s home page, cnn.com, or just post sayings/quotes you find with google.

 

Can it really be done in 72 hours?

I spent about 2 hours a day during the 3 days to get the 1000 followers, and I’m sure you can do the same.

 

Doesn’t twitter ban people for aggressive following?

Yes, moderate your following.  Only follow users with content you’re interested in, as a rule of thumb, don’t add more than 100 people in an hour, and don’t be folowing 500 people with 10 followers.  Wait for your followers list to be at least 50% of your following list before following more people.

 

But, these people won’t follow me back…

Using the twitter karma tool, you can unfollow people who aren’t following you 

 

Is it really that simple?

Yes, it is, now go do it!

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