Twitter Organic Auto-Follow Method – By Nick Simpson
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Hello Fellow Twitter Users!
Nick Simpson here, I know that there is one thing that all twitter users want and that is “More Followers!” There have been many auto follow services pop up in the last few months and it is rummered that twitter is to do away with auto-follow in the near future. I think that this is a great idea, because most of these so called “viral autofollow” services are bunch of crap any way. They let everybody that is part of the system follow each other and nobody pays any attention to each others tweets, thus defeating the purpose of having a large following in the first place.
What is Auto Follow?
For those of you who are new to twitter, autofollow is a method of obtaining new followers automatically, either by using a twitter api or a website that is setup to match up twitter users by forcing one to follow another. There are a few different ways these systems actually function, the problem with most, is that they do not give you the option to follow folks of similar interest, so you usually end up with thousands of followers who could care less about what your twitter messages are, but you have a lot of followers!
Targeted Auto Following On Twitter
Targeted auto following is what most people are really looking to do with their twitter account, but most people do not know how to do this automatically, so I have put together a list below to help out. There are some sites that I really do approve of the auto-follow methods that they use and they are as follows:
1. Twollo
2. Twollow
3. Twellow
The Organic Twitter Auto Follow Method – By Nick Simpson
So you want the best of both worlds huh. You want to automate the growth of your twitter account and at the same time you want to have some laser like targeting to only attract followers that are actually interested in what you share and are interested in the same topics or niche that you work with. Well, here it is the “Organic Twitter Auto Follow Method” and it’s pretty sweet!
It will take a little time to setup and run, however this methodology will produce a very refined and reputable group of followers for you no matter what niche or field you are in.
Step 1
To start off with you need to know who you are looking for, so much like an seo project, you need to get keywords ready that are interesting to folks that you want to follow.
Step 2
Get a Free Twitter Video Page setup with a welcome message saying, hello, this is what I am about, follow me if you are interested. Make sure to tell everyone at the end of the video to “click the red X at the top of the page and then they can use the follow button on the left” in your message.
Step 3
Now, you can either start passing this link out on all your social networks and start getting response, or you can even add a link to this page on your own website, but if you want to automate this process, this is what I do.
Setup your twitter video welcome page on a few traffic exchanges!
Here are my personal top 3 as far as results go:
1. Traffic Swarm – Guys this is simply the best out there, hands down.
2. Easy Hits 4 U – This traffic exchange is one of the fastest growing out there and I have received many new followers from here.
3. Traffic G – We have had more response in the last 2 months from this traffic program than any other that we participate in.
Now all you need to do is add your twitter video page here and spend 5-10 minutes a day and you will be very surprised with the results, I promise!
Is it totally automatic, not really, but does it produce a vast following of hungry information seekers in any industry, YES!
The biggest difference in the results you will see from using this method, exspecially if you have more than one account, is that you will not be following the same people everywhere, the folks that are now following you “will respond” to your twitter messages and best of all your account will not be seen as spam.
I hope you grow a huge twitter following and enjoy the power of twitter marketing and profits!
To Success,
Nick Simpson
Twitter Official Limitation
Twitter is such a huge website and a fast growing web 2.0 service that it seems that the possibilities are endless. Well, not so endless, but more so limited. I have many twitter accounts and recently I was trying to follow another member and I received the error message below, with a listing of all the red tape explanations.
I have not had a banned account, but I can see how using many of the automated twitter services that are out there, could certainly lead to it. I just wanted to share this with everybody so you know where you stand, when it comes to using twitter. Especially if you are online marketer, this may be very important and crucial to the longevity of your twitter business exposure.
If you have ever wandered if you are following people too fast on twitter or how your over activity may penalize you on twitter, it’s all right below, so enjoy and feel free to comment.
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We do not claim to have any professional or other tie to twitter.com
All thoughts, ideas and stories expressed here are not that of twitter.com or its associates.
The following is an official document public-ally viewable on the twitter site at this address : http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/entries/14959
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I can’t follow people: follow limits
Submitted Nov 24, 2008 by crystal
Why did I hit a limit?
Last year, Twitter imposed reasonable limits to help prevent system and user abuse. (You can read more about that here.) If you hit a Twitter limit, we will tell you by showing an error message in your browser when you try to perform an action. If you’ve hit a limit, it means you’ve exceeded one of these limits:
- 1,000 updates per day
- 1,000 direct messages per day
- 100 API requests per hour
- Follow limit
We do not limit the number of people who can follow you, but we have put limits in place to stop people from aggressively following others. Everyone is allowed to follow 2000 people. After that, follow limits are based on the number of people who are following you. Follow limits cannot be lifted by Twitter, and everyone is subject to follow limits, even high profile and API accounts
But I’m white listed!
Some API accounts have white list status so their applications can function without hitting system limits for direct messages, etc. White listing means that you can have more API resources. All white listed accounts are still subject to follow limits.
If I hit a limit, what should I do?
* If you’ve reached a daily limit, wait 24 hours (or one hour for API requests) and you’ll be able to perform the action again.
* If your (legitimate!) app continually hits limits, apply to white list your app. If you’re a company hitting limits while using Twitter for customer service, open a support ticket and let us know which limits you’re hitting. We’re always working on improving how these limits work, and are open to feedback.
* If you’ve reached a follow limit, you can help yourself by reducing your following number until it resembles your followers number. Since the follow limit is based on followers/following ratio rather than time, you’ll have to un-follow people before you’re able to follow again. Follow limits cannot be lifted by Support staff.
If I hit a follow limit, does it mean I’m considered a spammer?
No. Although aggressive following can be considered a spam tactic in some cases, Twitter does not use follow limiting to monitor spammers. Though follow limits do help with spam control, the limit itself improves site performance by ensuring that when we send a person’s message to all of their followers, the sending of that message is meaningful. We believe that following 2000 people is a reasonable limit for the number of people an average person can follow.
Tips for avoiding follow limits
Twitter follow limits only kick in after unreciprocated follow attempts reach the thousands. Avoid hitting Twitter limits by not following aggressively– if others see that you’ve tried to follow 500 people but only 12 are following you, they may not follow you back, and worse, they might block you.
Twitter is an opt-in community– that is, you can follow who ever you want, but no one has to follow you back. If you use aggressive following tactics, no one will want to. If you feel you’ve hit a limit unfairly, or in error, please open a Support ticket and tell us what happened. Please note: Support cannot remove follow limits.
But isn’t Twitter about social networking? Why limit who I network with?
Twitter may facilitate social networking, but we’re not specifically a social networking website. In fact, the way Twitter works is quite different from social networks: when you accept friend requests on social networks, it usually means you appear in that person’s network and they appear in yours.
Following on Twitter is quite different, because instead of indicating a mutual relationship, following is a one way action that means you want to receive information, in the form of Twitter updates, from a person or entity. Twitter allows people to opt in to (our out of) receiving a person’s updates without requiring mutual following.
If you have a public account, I can follow you but you don’t have to follow me. Unlike most social networks, you follow me on Twitter NOT for the sake of a mutual connection, but because you want to get my updates, regardless of whether or not I get yours. If I want to read your updates too, I can– and unlike social networks, if you change your mind and un-follow me, it doesn’t stop me from continuing to follow you.
If you follow too many people, there is no way you can keep up with everyone’s updates in your home page. If you’re following more than 2000 people, you’re missing quite a few updates from many people you follow. You can view a profile page to catch up with someone’s latest updates.
If you need to communicate with someone but don’t need to see their updates everyday, don’t follow them. Send them an @reply when you need to; it doesn’t require following and your update will appear in the person’s replies tab, so they can reply back. If you really need to follow someone and you’ve hit a limit, just go to your followers page and remove people whose updates you don’t need to see everyday. (Hint: you’ll only see a direct message link for people currently following you.)
