What do you think is more valuable - the quantity of your Twitter followers or the depth of the relationships with your Twitter followers? The Answer: BOTH!
Establishing hundreds of thousands of followers would be nice, BUT we also know that the depth of the relationships you maintain with your Twitter followers is paramount.
See below 6 great Twitter tools that will help you identify, find and engage quality Twitter followers.
Even though I said “depth,” there must also be “reach.” If you want to have “reach” on Twitter (for example: getting 10+ retweets) on a consistent basis, then you will need a large number of followers.
Discussed below are examples of how to generate new followers, manage your newly found abundance followers, and turn those shallow relationships into deep relationships by using the top 6 most Twitter tools.
1. Blast Follow
Note: This tool, if abused, will get you temporarily banned from using Twitter. Be sure not to follow multiple hash tags at once or large groups (1,000 or more). Many people when first using this tool have found themselves banned because they “over used” this tool.
Blast Follow is essential for finding people in your niche (and beyond) and then auto-follow them with a single click.
You may ask-How does this help YOU create more followers? Think of this as the Law of Reciprocity.
Establishing hundreds of thousands of followers would be nice, BUT we also know that the depth of the relationships you maintain with your Twitter followers is paramount.
See below 6 great Twitter tools that will help you identify, find and engage quality Twitter followers.
Even though I said “depth,” there must also be “reach.” If you want to have “reach” on Twitter (for example: getting 10+ retweets) on a consistent basis, then you will need a large number of followers.
Discussed below are examples of how to generate new followers, manage your newly found abundance followers, and turn those shallow relationships into deep relationships by using the top 6 most Twitter tools.
1. Blast Follow
Note: This tool, if abused, will get you temporarily banned from using Twitter. Be sure not to follow multiple hash tags at once or large groups (1,000 or more). Many people when first using this tool have found themselves banned because they “over used” this tool.
Blast Follow is essential for finding people in your niche (and beyond) and then auto-follow them with a single click.
You may ask-How does this help YOU create more followers? Think of this as the Law of Reciprocity.
Take advantage of this feature and blast follow hundreds of Twitter users with a single click and build your following in kind.
One reason Twitter may be so popular is that the human urge to reciprocate is a strong driving force behind our intentional actions. Twitter can be used as a Law of Reciprocity platform. If you follow me-it’s only fair that I will follow you back.
Many of the social media experts (Chris Brogan , Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki) recommend a mutual-follow policy in the Twitter world. Even though Chris Brogan may have changed his own policy due to spam, the basic idea still stands.
2. Tweepi
This Tweepi feature allows you to “unfollow” those who do not reciprocate.
One reason Twitter may be so popular is that the human urge to reciprocate is a strong driving force behind our intentional actions. Twitter can be used as a Law of Reciprocity platform. If you follow me-it’s only fair that I will follow you back.
Many of the social media experts (Chris Brogan , Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki) recommend a mutual-follow policy in the Twitter world. Even though Chris Brogan may have changed his own policy due to spam, the basic idea still stands.
2. Tweepi
This Tweepi feature allows you to “unfollow” those who do not reciprocate.
This is a great tool to shake off the people who do not follow you back. Tweepi enables you to “unfollow” those who do not follow you back, 40 at a time. Be careful not to unfollow someone you want to continue to follow.
Why would you follow someone who doesn’t follow you back? One reason may be that their tweets are super-interesting. The strategy for using Blast Follow and Tweepi is to have the ability to blast follow 100-200 people now and give them a week or so to follow back and if they do not reciprocate, clean them out with Tweepi. Then repeat.
3. TwAitter
This tool is a great way to maintain a presence on Twitter and allows you to schedule your tweets in advance. Even though there are many tools allow you to schedule your tweets in advance, this tool is easy and efficient.
Why would you follow someone who doesn’t follow you back? One reason may be that their tweets are super-interesting. The strategy for using Blast Follow and Tweepi is to have the ability to blast follow 100-200 people now and give them a week or so to follow back and if they do not reciprocate, clean them out with Tweepi. Then repeat.
3. TwAitter
This tool is a great way to maintain a presence on Twitter and allows you to schedule your tweets in advance. Even though there are many tools allow you to schedule your tweets in advance, this tool is easy and efficient.
twAitter will soon be renamed to Gremln; the ability to schedule, rotate and repeat your tweets will remain unchanged.
twAitter is unique in that it allows us to rotate and repeat our tweets. Social Oomph allows for a similar functionality (and a lot more), but it’s a premium service for which you’d have to pay. twAitter, on the other hand, is free. Many businesses are discovering the enormous potential that Twitter provides to market products and have more personal contact with customers.
Why would you repeat your tweets? Think of Twitter as a drive-by platform. Most Twitter users login for about 10-20 minutes at a time and, unless they see your tweet in that time, chances are they may never see your tweet unless you repeat it yourself! However, many people abuse this systematic repeat approach.
A great example is Guy Kawasaki – he repeats his tweets four times with several hours in between his repeats.
4. TweetDeck
Now that you have learned to create thousands of followers, you will want to organize them and keep an eye on the really interesting ones. One tool is TweetDeck.
twAitter is unique in that it allows us to rotate and repeat our tweets. Social Oomph allows for a similar functionality (and a lot more), but it’s a premium service for which you’d have to pay. twAitter, on the other hand, is free. Many businesses are discovering the enormous potential that Twitter provides to market products and have more personal contact with customers.
Why would you repeat your tweets? Think of Twitter as a drive-by platform. Most Twitter users login for about 10-20 minutes at a time and, unless they see your tweet in that time, chances are they may never see your tweet unless you repeat it yourself! However, many people abuse this systematic repeat approach.
A great example is Guy Kawasaki – he repeats his tweets four times with several hours in between his repeats.
4. TweetDeck
Now that you have learned to create thousands of followers, you will want to organize them and keep an eye on the really interesting ones. One tool is TweetDeck.
TweetDeck allows you the ability to create panels based on the lists you create, retweet now or in the future, keep an eye on your favorite tweeps and much more.
TweetDeck also allows you to create visual panels based on your Twitter lists. I have created lists/panels for my social media people, friends, interesting and RT-worthy tweeps, and my customers, etc , which makes it easy to follow their timelines.
Without TweetDeck, this process can be an overwhelming and time-consuming prospect database.
5. TweetChat
TweetChat allows you to isolate a conversation based on the hashtag. This tool is one of a kind.
TweetDeck also allows you to create visual panels based on your Twitter lists. I have created lists/panels for my social media people, friends, interesting and RT-worthy tweeps, and my customers, etc , which makes it easy to follow their timelines.
Without TweetDeck, this process can be an overwhelming and time-consuming prospect database.
5. TweetChat
TweetChat allows you to isolate a conversation based on the hashtag. This tool is one of a kind.
In this sea of tweets, it is easy to lose track of your favorite hastags. TweetChat then comes to the rescue. This tool not only helps you generate followers, but it does this by creating a familiarity and depth before the follow itself occurs.
Hastags are an unknown secret to many new twitter users. Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding more content and metadata to your tweets. They can be looked at like tags on Flickr. You can create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hastag. Hashtags.org is a real-time tracking of Twitter hashtags. You can opt-in by following @hashtags to have your hastags tracked.
Using hashtags allows other participants to see you as interesting and decide to follow you. The right thing to do is also reciprocate.
6. Twitter Tools
Twitter Tools is a plugin that integrates your WordPress Blog and your Twitter Account. Also Ping.fm is a free service that is simple to use and makes updating your tweets super easy. It can update ayour status on twitter while also updating MySpace, FriendFeed, LInkiedin, Facebook and many other social bookmarking sites. Check it out at www.Ping.fm.com
Hastags are an unknown secret to many new twitter users. Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding more content and metadata to your tweets. They can be looked at like tags on Flickr. You can create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hastag. Hashtags.org is a real-time tracking of Twitter hashtags. You can opt-in by following @hashtags to have your hastags tracked.
Using hashtags allows other participants to see you as interesting and decide to follow you. The right thing to do is also reciprocate.
6. Twitter Tools
Twitter Tools is a plugin that integrates your WordPress Blog and your Twitter Account. Also Ping.fm is a free service that is simple to use and makes updating your tweets super easy. It can update ayour status on twitter while also updating MySpace, FriendFeed, LInkiedin, Facebook and many other social bookmarking sites. Check it out at www.Ping.fm.com
While in Twitter and using these unique and easy to use tools discussed above, be sure to be useful, be interesting and be compelling when in Twitterland.
DJ Heckes, Author & CEO
EXHIB-IT! Tradeshow Marketing Experts
www.exhib-it.com
Full BRAIN Marketing
www.fullbrainmarketing.com
DJ Heckes, Author & CEO
EXHIB-IT! Tradeshow Marketing Experts
www.exhib-it.com
Full BRAIN Marketing
www.fullbrainmarketing.com
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