Sharing my Twitter Strategy : 11000 followers
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I Started to use twitter as a promotion tools a few month ago and i didn't know how it worked and stop using it . One month ago i decided to explore twitter a little further ,at that time i was a 3000 followers .
One month later today I'm at 11000 followers and i should be at at least 17000 in about a month .
See my stats here : twittercounter.com/steampunkrings
It already help that i had 3000 followers to start with but you can still get a lot of followers if you follow what i did .
This is just a few steps i followed.
1. Follow up to your limit , you can follow up to 2000 at first . I follow those who follow ETSY and other big names and people with similar interest as me .
I also use this : twitseeker.com/ it allows you to find people by most often twitted keywords and follow them .
I follow back everyone that follows me , this way you don't loose them . Many will expect you to follow them back or they will stop following you.
Add yourself to twitter directories : www.ifollowback.com/index.php
There's many more directories out there . Ex : Add your Etsy shop to : www.twibs.com/ Twitter business directory .
2. When you reach your follow limit , start tweeting about your craft , your work in progress , new item listed ,newly posted blog entries , interesting useful stuff that your follower will like to hear . Don't post to many promo or you will be considered spam and you will loose follower . here you can see what is your twitter score and analyze what kind of user you are : www.twitalyzer.com/twitalyzer/index.asp
3. After 4 days you can purge and follow , you can mass unfollow all those who didn't follow you back and start following new people . I use this : huitter.com/mutuality/ . Then follow new people .
Repeat that about every 4-5 days . huitter as 3 times free trial limitation then you can use www.buzzom.com/ but its slower , only 25 at a time , it also allow you to reciprocate and mass follow . I also like www.tweepular.com/login.aspx
4. Check this out for more twitter tools : twitter.pbwiki.com/Apps
Even if Twitter doesn't recommended to use 3rd party application that requires your twitter password , The most popular 3rd party applications are used by thousands of people everyday without incident .
I recommend doing research about any site requiring password before using them to make sure it is safe .
Hope this helps , Happy twittering .
Do you have other twitter strategies ?
Daniel : twitter.com/SteampunkRings
Posted at 1:17pm Apr 23, 2009 EDT
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very good read, thanks so much! marking this so i can use the links later!
Posted at 9:24am Apr 24, 2009 EDT
Answering a fews questions :
Twitter is the fastest growing social network in the world last month :
ast night, Nielsen Online reported that Twitter has now surpassed Facebook and others to become the fastest-growing site in the "Member Communities" category for the month of February. Although Facebook, the world's most popular social network, has more members than Twitter, that's not what this measurement is about - it's about growth. And Twitter is growing. It's growing like crazy.
Twitter's Growth
According to a post on Nielsen Wire, unique visitors to Twitter.com increased 1,382 percent year over year, from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009. This growth earned it the title of "fastest growing member community site," a term that encompasses not just social networks but any online community - even one such as online wiki community Wikia, which, incidentally, came in at number five on the list. Zimbio and Facebook followed Twitter, growing 240 percent and 228 percent, respectively.
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Its easy to use 140 character at a time . You can spend just a few minutes a day or you can get addicted and spend hours . I have other things to do so i spend just a few minutes everyday .
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I got 2000 referral from twitter to my shop the equivalent of 300$ of google pay per clicks adds,
Someone has to be curious first to click and yes it resulted in many sales .
if you need proof , im the proof .
Not all buyers leave note to seller tell me where they found me but i had a few telling me the found me on twitter which is proof enough for me .
BTW , There are thousand of big company using twitter including ETSY . I dont think they would waste their time using it if it didn't work .
Posted at 9:34am Apr 24, 2009 EDT
Interesting post, thank you for sharing. I might give it a try, my twitter techniques could use an update :)
Posted at 10:05am Apr 24, 2009 EDT
Wow! That is totally awesome! What great advise. Thanks so much!
Posted at 10:08am Apr 24, 2009 EDT
Sounds like WAYYYYYY too much work to me...When do you have time to work on product?
Posted at 10:10am Apr 24, 2009 EDT
I tweet, but only once or twice a day. I am still learning a lot - thanks for your post, there is a lot of good/new information.
I am finding people are following me that are marketing online scams and whatnot, so I don't want to follow them back. I have been searching by keyword (crafting, sewing, etc) to find like-minded people.
follow me! woodponddesigns
Posted at 10:10am Apr 24, 2009 EDT
