| Whether you are an affiliate marketer looking to make | | | | sure what these limits are. You can do a quick Google |
| more sales, or looking to squeeze more earnings out | | | | for the 'latest' limits but they will probably be out of |
| of AdSense or whatever advertising network you are | | | | date soon. Twitter is always updating these limits to |
| participating in, TRAFFIC is a very important factor. | | | | combat spammers. Anyway, when you follow too |
| You want to gain highly targeted traffic, not just mass, | | | | many people too quickly without getting enough people |
| low quality traffic. Highly targeted traffic increases your | | | | following you, you will be unable to follow anyone again |
| conversion rates, be it in terms of sales or ad CTRs. | | | | until you unfollow someone. When this happens, you |
| In the past week I used a technique to quickly gain | | | | cannot carry on with the system of having 10 - 15% of |
| 600+ follows within a week (a new account), and I | | | | people you follow, follow you back, since you can't |
| was doing almost nothing. However, I will not reveal my | | | | follow anymore people. |
| account name in case the Twitter police gets on to | | | | Although Hummingbird 2 is supposed to automatically |
| me. I have seen several 'get massive Twitter follower' | | | | unfollow people who do not unfollow you, it only does |
| guides around and whenever these people post their | | | | this only when your ratio limit is reached. This means, |
| profile name for people to see as 'proof', their | | | | by the time Hummingbird starts unfollowing people |
| accounts gets suspend most of the time. Their pages | | | | automatically, your following/follower ratio is probably |
| say something like 'This account has been suspended | | | | ridiculously high. You probably would not want to wait |
| due to suspicious activity'. Anyway, here's how I build | | | | till then, because firstly, your profile looks stupid with |
| my Twitter follower list doing almost nothing. | | | | tons of 'following' and too little followers. Many people |
| The two tools I use to gain targeted Twitter followers | | | | see such profiles as spammers and this will greatly |
| are Hummingbird 2 and Manage Twitter. Hummingbird | | | | reduce your future 'follower reciprocation' rate. |
| is a Twitter automated follow/unfollow tool that runs | | | | Therefore, you should regularly unfollow people who |
| on your PC or Mac. Manage Twitter is a web-based | | | | do not follow you back. Manage Twitter allows you to |
| tool that allows you to mass unfollow people who do | | | | mass unfollow people who do not return this favour. |
| not follow you back. | | | | Note that Manage Twitter displays the most recent |
| Role of Hummingbird 2 | | | | people you follow (who do not follow you back) first. |
| It automatically follows anyone who makes a recent | | | | You need to click back to the last page and unfollow |
| tweet that contains any keyword of your choice. For | | | | people on this page as they are the ones you followed |
| example, say you have a website about losing weight | | | | at an earlier stage. |
| and you want to attract visitors to it. You could set up | | | | Always wait at least 3 days before unfollowing people. |
| a Twitter profile that has a link to your website and | | | | Not all people login to Twitter everyday. Some might |
| tweets about your weight loss articles / affiliate | | | | be away for the weekend, or login once every few |
| products. The more followers you have - the more | | | | days. No point unfollowing someone after 12 hrs if they |
| chance of sales. Hummingbird 2 has a built -in 'Follow | | | | do not follow you. Maybe they have not noticed you |
| Engine'. You can set this engine up to automatically | | | | yet. So, login to Manage Twitter every 3 days, and |
| follow anyone who tweets a keyword you set. For | | | | unfollow everyone who does not follow you. |
| example, if your keyword is 'lose weight', you will | | | | Tips |
| automatically follow anyone who tweets something like | | | | 1. When using Hummingbird 2, note the keywords you |
| 'I need to lose weight'. You can add multiple keywords | | | | are using. Remember - that person whom you just |
| like 'slim down' etc. Be creative in your keywords and | | | | auto-followed with the keywords 'lose weight' might be |
| think of long tails. For example keywords like 'im getting | | | | someone who tweeted 'use my product if you want |
| fat' or 'go on diet' or 'need exercise' could work too. | | | | to lose weight now', instead of 'i need to lose weight'. |
| Put yourself in someone else's shoes and imagine | | | | Keep this in mind and use good keywords or else you |
| what they would tweet if they want to lose weight. | | | | will end up with lots of junk following/followers. |
| Something like 'i need to slim down' or 'i need exercise' | | | | 2. Do not mass unfollow too many people at one shot. |
| are good guesses. | | | | Hence, login to Manage Twitter regularly (once every 3 |
| A percentage of people whom you follow will | | | | days at least) and unfollow not more than 200 at one |
| reciprocate and follow you back. For new accounts | | | | shot. If you leave Hummingbird running for many days |
| this is about 10% of people you follow. People make | | | | on end and forget to unfollow, you would end up with |
| this decision based on a number of factors. People will | | | | too many people to unfollow. If at this point you decide |
| look at your tweets, the number of followers you | | | | to simply unfollow hundreds and hundreds of people, |
| currently have, your profile background, and whether | | | | Twitter may see this as an 'aggressive follower churn' |
| or not they like your face. For me, for every 100 I | | | | and suspend your account! |
| follow, about 10 - 15 people follow back. Depending on | | | | 3. Make some useful tips that are of value to a |
| your keywords, Hummingbird follows about 1 person a | | | | potential follower based on they keywords you are |
| minute. If you keyword is very broad, this rate might be | | | | targeting. If you have nothing of value to offer, there is |
| increased. | | | | no point reciprocating your follow. Use logic! If you |
| Role of Manage Twitter | | | | have a blog, perhaps you can use WP to Twitter to |
| You can't just keep following more and more people | | | | automatically tweet your posts. Twitterfeed is also a |
| with Hummingbird. Twitter has a limit on your following | | | | good tool to automatically tweet from RSS feeds. |
| list. This ratio changes all the time so I can't tell you for | | | | |