1. HOW TO GET MORE TWITTER
FOLLOWERS: 7 FAST WAYS TO
GROW YOUR FOLLOWING
2. WHY DO TWITTER
FOLLOWINGS
GROW?
• GETTING RETWEETED DOES
CORRELATE WITH FASTER
GROWTH
- IN 35% OF CASES, TWITTER
ACCOUNTS THAT GET RETWEETED A
LOT ARE ALSO THE ACCOUNTS THAT
GROW FAST. THIS SUGGESTS THAT
BEING ENGAGING DOES HELP.
3. WHAT TRULY
CORRELATES WITH
FAST FOLLOWER
GROWTH?
SIZE. BIG TWITTER ACCOUNTS GROW
FASTER. THE SIZE OF THE FOLLOWING
HAS A POWERFUL LINEAR
RELATIONSHIP WITH FOLLOWER
GROWTH RATE, MUCH MORE THAN
ANY OTHER FACTOR. LARGE
FOLLOWINGS ARE THE FASTEST
GROWING ACCOUNTS IN 96% OF
CASES.
5. 1. AUTOFOLLOW / FOLLOWBACK
• THIS IS THE MOST COMMON WAY TO INFLATE YOUR FOLLOWING FAST. IT
EXPLAINS WHY A LOT OF RANDOM PEOPLE MAY BE FOLLOWING YOU ON
TWITTER.
6. 2. “THE YANK”
• HERE’S A CONTROVERSIAL WAY TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL FAME. USE AN
AUTOFOLLOW/FOLLOWBACK UNTIL YOU HAVE A LARGE FOLLOWING OF MAYBE
100K+ ACCOUNTS.
7. SEMI-LEGIT WAYS TO GET MORE TWITTER
FOLLOWERS
• THERE ARE OTHER, LESS SPAMMY WAYS TO AUTOMATE GROWTH. THESE ARE
MORE LEGITIMATE BECAUSE THE PROCESS DOESN’T START WITH AUTOMATION.
IT BEGINS WITH A MANUAL ACTION.
8. 3. AUTO FOLLOWBACK
• IF YOU DON’T FOLLOW PEOPLE BACK, THERE’S A HIGHER CHANCE THAT THEY’LL
UNFOLLOW YOU SOMEDAY. THEY MIGHT BE USING AUTOMATION THEMSELVES,
RIGHT? SO SOME MARKETERS USE TOOLS TO AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW BACK
EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS THEM. THIS CAUSES ACCOUNTS TO GROW FASTER BY
SHRINKING SLOWER.
9. 4. MANUALLY FOLLOW, AUTOMATICALLY
UNFOLLOW
• RATHER THAN USE A TOOL TO FIND AND FOLLOW OTHERS, FIND AND FOLLOW
TONS OF ACCOUNTS BY HAND. FOLLOW EVERYONE WHO LOOKS HUMAN. THEN
LET AN AUTOMATED TOOL DUMP THOSE THAT DON’T FOLLOW BACK, KEEPING
YOUR RATIO IN LINE.
10. 5. FIND SUPER-RELEVANT PEOPLE TO SHARE
WITH
• WHEN YOU SHARE SOMETHING, WHETHER YOU WROTE IT OR NOT, SHARE IT
WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL LOVE IT. TWITTER IS A GREAT WAY TO FIND PEOPLE
WITH EXTREMELY SPECIFIC INTERESTS.
11. 6. DON’T TWEET FROM BEHIND A LOGO
• BE A PERSON. THAT STARTS WITH YOUR PROFILE PICTURE. SHOW YOUR FACE.
REMEMBER THAT YOUR PICTURE WILL OFTEN APPEAR VERY SMALL (SOMETIMES
ONLY 25PX TALL), SO SMILE BIG FOR THE CAMERA.
12. WRITE A DESCRIPTIVE TWITTER BIO
• KNOWING THAT TWITTER IS A RESEARCH TOOL, HELP PEOPLE FIND YOU BY
PUTTING RELEVANT KEYWORDS INTO YOUR BIO. REMEMBER, YOU’RE TRYING TO
BE DISCOVERED. MAKE SURE TO PUT A CITY IN YOUR LOCATION. CLEAR IS
BETTER THAN CLEVER.