I am relatively new to Twitter, however, I have been researching it and have found a few things I would like to share with you.
The key to getting more followers is by following the right people first but many people are actually not doing this.
Here’s a rule taken from Twitter website:
We’ve also placed limits on the number of people you can follow. The number is different for everyone, and is based on a ratio that changes as the account changes. If you hit a follow limit, you must balance your follower/following ratio in order to follow more people- basically, you can’t follow 50,000 people if only 23 people follow you. Based on current behavior in the Twitter community, we’ve concluded that this is both fair and reasonable.
This means you are not allowed to follow more people than the number of people following you. What can you do to get more followers when you have reached this limit? You simply unfollow those people who did not follow you.
For those above 2,000 followers, you can follow 110% more than the number of people following you. However, this is not the target I want for my twitter account. I want to have a balanced ratio for my account and have temporally stopped following people, unless they follow me first.
There are some Twitter tools that claim to automate the follow and unfollow functions, but I prefer to do it manually. I am placing badges or links on my sites to allow people to follow me. I will see how that works (test, test, test).
One thing, when someone follows you, send them a thank you. I admit that I have been lax doing this, but will endeavor to do better.
I will keep you updated on my Twitter progress. I may even design a product which will help me in the building process.
