Twitter: What Kind of Followers Do You Have?
I have around 3,000 followers at Twitter, and I love them all!
Uh-huh… Right. If you believe that, you’re really naive.
I don’t know most of them.
But guess what?
They follow me because they DO know me, and because we’re in the same niche. They see my Tweets on someone else’s page and they follow me. My messages mean something to many of them, if not most. I have an “organic” list.
Oh sure, there are lots of softwares out there that will get followers for you automatically. They work great! Except for a couple of things:
- Twitter doesn’t like that. The powers want natural connections to form just because. Twitter is a relationship building tool, NOT a business tool, though you can use it as one if you do things right. People get their accounts shut down all the time for doing stuff that Twitter powers don’t like. Start using some of this software and your account could be a casulaty.
- Consider this: People who see something you’ve posted and like it are much better followers, right? They want to see what you have to say, and will probably put you on the list of Tweeters they follow as “Friends” in Tweet Deck. I know I do.
So, what’s better?
Having tens of thousands of followers that don’t give a hoot about you or thousands of followers that want to see what you have to say?
I’m guessing the latter. If you want to build relationships with folks and show them that you know your stuff…
Organic is the only way to go, IMO. YMMV.
Let me hear your thoughts!
