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Twitter Following

10 seconds a week to find great Twitter users

February 15, 2011

Create a Tweet asking for suggestions on folks to follow. Ideally explain what kind of people you’re looking for. Ask the best folks you already know on Twitter for their suggestions, particularly if they have blog posts listing users to recommend. Ask the folks they recommend the same question. Spend 10 seconds a week resending [...]

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The ULTIMATE guide to getting Twitter followers, Part 1

February 14, 2011

Update: You might want to read the much shorter “How to get followers fast” before reading this To skip ahead, here are links to the importance of reputation, six ways to build your Twitter account, and the ultimate must-read, Twitter’s following rules. I’m trying to provide a pretty complete reference, so you might want to bookmark this [...]

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Great people to follow on Twitter!

February 12, 2011

Please be patient…sometimes the list is slow to load! Use the scroll bar at right to scroll down to see more people as the list loads. Here is an ever-updating list of some great people to follow and engage with on Twitter—check back from time to time to find new people! Be sure to scroll [...]

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The Twitter following controversy

February 7, 2011

I’ve learned that the more transparent I am, the faster I learn, and learning is really important to me. I keep getting comments from the anonymous Twitter user “Alan” complaining about how he/she thinks @TweetSmarter follows and unfollows people on Twitter. You can see those comments on many of the blog posts that are just [...]

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Why Twitter suspends accounts for “aggressive follow churn” or “follow and flush.”

February 3, 2011

First, realize that you can suspended for reasons other than just your following behavior. This post mainly just addresses following behavior. It is NOT a guide that will tell you exactly how to avoid being suspended. (Twitter doesn’t provide exact information on that.) In this post, I’ll address what this practice is, why people do [...]

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Proof: You don’t have to follow lots of people to get followers.

January 28, 2011

We’ve been getting so much spam recently, I asked a friend who owes me a favor to unfollow spammy accounts for us, provided they don’t follow us (I’ll review people following us myself—and report as spam any that warrant it). Getting followers just by following others: Not a great idea Occasionally someone sees how many followers [...]

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Which do you want? Twitter Followers? Or Twitter Influence?

January 14, 2011

Note, if you are looking for ways to get more Twitter followers fast, read this. There are many ways to use Twitter well. But only a few ways to use it badly. Here are two common strategies: Try to get tons of followers so your account looks “important” or “respectable.” Try to get lots of [...]

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How to find your Outlook contacts on Twitter

August 12, 2010

When you’re logged into Twitter’s web interface, you can find your friends on Twitter by their email address from https://twitter.com/invitations/find_on_contacts…but only if you have saved their email information in Gmail, Yahoo, AOL or LinkedIn. Twitter doesn’t offer an option to upload and search your Outlook contacts. However, you can easily upload your Outlook contacts to [...]

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Should You Auto-Follow Everyone That Follows You?

June 18, 2010

Update: On September 2, it finally got to Chris, and he unfollowed everyone to try to shake off all the spammers he had autofollowed. He also said he would quit Twitter if they didn’t like that he had auto-unfollowed everyone. Brogan’s: “Power Twitter Tip #2: He recommends: “Follow anyone who follows you (and unfollow spammers/jerks).” ✔ [...]

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