Comments on: What Is The Right Way To Grow Your Twitter Following?

By: xhamster

xhamster — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:46:41 +0000

I too have been struggling with how should I be using Twitter. I don’t use autoresponder and I look at every person who follows me and if I’m not interested in who they are or what they do, I don’t follow. I like to see what people are doing but I can only take so many internet marketers. I stick with the one’s, like yourself, who I’ve been following for a while in other venues, such as blogs. I’d like people to follow me who want to know more about me and what I’m doing.

By: Kassie

Kassie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:09:21 +0000

I think Twitter is great in principle but the problem is like everything else if people start to automate everything you then start to wonder if it’s real. Spammers made email so much harder and you can be sure that the same will happen with Twitter as it did Myspace and many others.

By: Are You Destined to be Blogger?

Are You Destined to be Blogger? — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:01:29 +0000

Yeah Yaro,
I totally agree with you. Recently, i just sacked..ups sorry, i just removed who i am following and just 8 remaining people who i am truly following, including you, Yaro. I dont mind if my followers do the sama thing like i did, because i just want to start all over again from zero who really want to be my follower. And so it goes with my Facebook, it doesnt bother if i only had few friends as long as i stay connected with them.

Thanks,
Daniel Likin

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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:04:23 +0000

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By: Make Money

Make Money — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:07:16 +0000

I just saw that a lot of people were promoting these viral twitter following builders which I felt were just a waste of time. BTW, I’m following you on Twitter. Follow back is possible!

-Abdulrehman Agha

By: Lydia Edwards

Lydia Edwards — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:39:04 +0000

Hi Yaro

I am doing your BAB and Membership Mastermind courses and am just beginning to delve into Twitter so have not really had the dilema of to follow or not to follow. I think it is best to follow people that I find interesting regardless of who followed who first.

Just like Facebook, there is a tendancy for people to get as many followers and ‘friends’ as possible for quodus. Then there is the spam element, I have just blocked two profiles with dubious content. However I am somewhat aware of of the appearance of having more people following you, the more prestigious it appears to be.

Lydia

By: jan geronimo

jan geronimo — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:59:59 +0000

In my experience, it’s much saner tack to follow people who give value by tweeting useful links, engaged you in meaningful conversations. Twitter can also be like a playground. A cool place to hangout and have fun with online blogging buddies. I try to joke or tease people I’m friends with. And for this, I’m using DM a lot. You just never know who will be offended even with a lame joke.

You’re right, we don’t need 20K followers if we have an engaged circle of friends and buddies. It’s a waste of time, resources. I’d rather have a few hundreds than thousands of people who don’t have the time to read my blog. Or even connect with me on a personal level.

Splendid idea, this.

By: Leigh Anne Wilkes

Leigh Anne Wilkes — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:15:59 +0000

I am still fairly new to Twitter but have to say I believe in the quality vs. quantity approach. I only want to follow people I am truly interested in and want to read what they say. Thanks for your view point Yaro!

By: James Bishop

James Bishop — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:25:41 +0000

I have to agree with you on not following everyone who follows you. As you said, they are following you for the value you are offering them and if the only value they percieve from following you is to get you to follow them back then for you it is pointless. Great post!

By: Tim @ Blog Tips For Beginners

Tim @ Blog Tips For Beginners — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:06:23 +0000

And Rajaie, what’s wrong with having more followers? If 10,000 followers meant I had 1,500 “targeted” followers I would always choose it over having 1,000 purely targeted followers.