The last limit was designed by Twitter is that all Twitter users are only allowed to follow a maximum of 1000 people a day. This rule was necessary to prevent the ‘follow spam’, because spammer tend to following many Twitter users in order to increase their twitter page visibility and click on your links.
This rule made it more difficult for marketers to quickly increase their Twitter follower count by following many people. The old strategy of mass following users back are gone. People using this strategy have three purposes. They want to:
- Get more visitor traffic. That is the more important factor. Get more followers means get more visitors to their websites. Also, get more followers means get more readers, subscribers.
- Improve their authority. They increase their followers numbers with the purpose of improving their authority in a specific topic like marketing or social media.
- Make more money. The goal is to selling their product or services through affiliate programs. They do this by tweeting out links and sending automated direct messages with the same offers when someone follows them back.
Many people think that to have success with Twitter and get a lot of free traffic, they need to build a large list of Twitter followers. The rule is simple: The more followers you get, the more chance you have to spread your messages.
Many people still use this strategy to get more traffic by Twitter, thus, one question you’ll ask if you really need a large number of followers to promote yourself successfully on Twitter. Well, the answer is no. In this post I added some of the reasons why you don’t need to use this strategy.
The Best Kind Of Followers
Marketers looking to profit from Twitter marketing have the same blueprint: The more twitter followers you get the more chance you have to make money.
The only downside is that these are not active target followers. Many of them are spammers and aren’t interested in you. They don’t care about you.
To put it bluntly, a list of 1000 target followers can be better than a list of 10,000 bad twitter followers. Twitter followers you have is not always proportional to the income you’ll make.
My Strategy For Twitter Marketing
Instead of autofollowing a ton of people, usually I prefer trying twitter users that have interest in my website and products. Thus, I can get relevant readers, and potential customers.
You can use networking who can promote your brand in and outside of Twitter. You can focus on networking to building relationship with people who work in your field who have a web sites that can bring you traffic like bloggers, journalists and business owners. You can find famous blogger in your niche but also consider less famous people.
Once found the network with the right Twitter users, give them feedback, talk to them, support their content. Be a participant in their Twitter experience.
Once you’ve got this kind of results, people will naturally start to follow you on Twitter. In this way you have the best kinds of Twitter followers, because they are interested in you or your work.
