how to get more twitter followers

How I Gained 2,000 Twitter Followers In 24 Hours [Twiends Case Study]

March 30, 2015 by Marc Guberti 6 Comments

I was gaining a healthy 250-500 followers every day, but just like any Twitter expert, I wanted to explore different ways to grow my account and get more followers. For several years, I have read various articles giving praise to Twiends when users buy the Featured Slots. Tyler Cruz’s case study about Twiends is what really motivated me to take action.

However, I did not take action. That is, until a few months ago.

In December 2014, I was tired of thinking hypothetically and wanted to see what Twiends could actually do for my account. I decided to buy the 24 hour featured slot. Living up to the expectation, my Twitter audience got an extra pinch of growth. By the end of the 24 hour period, I had gained over 2,000 Twitter followers from Twiends, and that was a net gain. Several accounts that followed my account quickly unfollowed me account (some people on Twiends do that just for the seeds. Seeds are part of the point system that Twiends uses to give accounts more exposure), but gaining 2,000 legitimate Twitter followers within a 24 hour time period isn’t so bad.

In the future, I am going to experiment with buying seeds in bulk and let everyone know how that turns out. Chances are, based on the featured slot, it should turn out well. Here are a few things to note from my Tweepi case study:

#1: The Featured Slot Still Works!

Tyler’s articles about Twiends are from a few years ago, and he wrote the best case studies for Twiends. Basically, I had no up to date information about how effective the featured slot is. As if the end of 2014, the featured slot is still very effective. You will probably gain close to 2,000 Twitter followers within the same period of time of you buy the featured slot.

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#2: When To Get The Featured Slot

There are not any guidelines from Twiends on when to buy the Featured Slot. My recommendation is to buy the Featured Slot at the start of the weekday (Monday or Tuesday) and away from the holidays. I have only done this once, and I don’t know Twiends’ traffic stats, but that is just a recommendation based on the time when most people are on the web. If I buy a Featured Slot again, I would probably buy it in the evening on a Monday so the Featured Slot would go into Tuesday.

#3: Is Twiends For Everyone?

In the end, you want more than just a number. It’s great to gain 2,000 Twitter followers, but if none of those followers are targeted, then what’s the point? It is for this one reason why I am hesitant to recommend Twiends to everyone who asks me for Twitter advice. Before I bought the Twiends featured slot, I came to recognize that most of the followers I got from Twiends would be targeted followers.

My thinking process started with me figuring out why people would want to use Twiends in the first place (get more Twitter followers). Many of my tweets contain information related to Twitter such as getting more followers, retweets, and mentions. I even wrote a free eBook about getting more retweets that I promote on my Twitter account. I knew that since Twiends users want more Twitter followers, then I would be the perfect fit.

You don’t have to be a Twitter expert to use Twiends. Many people would like to follow accounts that tweet motivational quotes, random facts, funny thoughts, and other interesting content. If you tweet interesting content that people would appreciate, then you should be fine.

#4: You Gotta Make It To Spend It

In his case study, Tyler Cruz said he gained about 200 Twitter followers every day from Twiends alone and showed a screenshot of him having 38,477 seeds. Although those numbers show Twiends can be very helpful if you buy the seeds, buying seeds can add up to a lot of money. Tyler Cruz has spent thousands of dollar on Twiends to buy seeds and featured slots. If you want to spend that type of money to grow your Twitter audience, then you need to be making the money before you spend it.

#5: Don’t Go Out Of Control

My recommendation is to not spend more than 5% of the revenue you generate on Twiends. Although Twiends is great at bringing in followers when you buy the seeds, Twitter followers are not the only component to success. You must have a way to turn these Twitter followers into loyal fans, blog subscribers, and eventually customers. 2,000 Twitter followers is not life changing, but if you grow your Twitter audience on top of that 2,000 follower boost, your blog could get hundreds or even thousands of daily visitors from Twitter alone.

In Conclusion

If you are eager to give Twiends a try, I highly recommend that you do so. I was eager and wanted to give this a try for a few years, but since it took me a long time to act, all of the excitement stayed bottled up. Then, I decided to buy a Featured Slot and was very excited with the results. My recommendation is to only continue spending money on Twiends at a consistent rate if you are happy with the results and are already making a strong income.

What are your thoughts on Twiends? Have you bought anything from Twiends recently? Please share your thoughts and stories about Twiends below.

4 Ways To Increase The Life Span Of A Tweet

August 11, 2014 by Marc Guberti 4 Comments

On Twitter’s news feed, it is easy for a tweet to lose importance. Within a few minutes, the tweet that was once on the top of people’s newsfeeds is no longer to be found. The only way to view those types of tweets is to view the person’s profile and scroll down until the tweet gets discovered.

There is no such thing as the immortal tweet. Even Ellen DeGeneres’ famous selfie at the Oscars is not an immortal tweet. Although there is no such thing as an immortal tweet, you can increase the life span of your tweet. Here are four ways to do that:

Pin your tweet to the top of your profile. Pinning your tweet to the top of your profile will ensure that more people see it. My recommendation is that a tweet only stays pinned on the top of your profile for 1 week so you can have a variety of tweets pinned to the top of your profile.
Make your tweet something that others would want to retweet. In order for your tweet to have a better life span, it needs to spread on Twitter. In order to spread content on Twitter, your tweet needs to be something that others would want to retweet. Is it a motivational quote, a valuable article, or something else? Regardless of what that tweet is, it needs to be something that your followers would want to retweet.
Embed the tweet in a new blog post. As your tweet is about to become forgotten, you can write a new blog post that has the tweet embedded. In most cases, it takes longer for a new blog post to get forgotten than a new tweet, and by promoting that tweet in the new blog post, your tweet’s life span will increase.
Get more targeted Twitter followers. The bigger your audience is, the more powerful that audience will be in spreading your content. Power to the people! I almost forgot to mention these methods you can use to get more Twitter followers.

By increasing the life span of your tweet, more people will be able to see that tweet, and your content will spread across the powerful platform. What are your thoughts on the list? Do you have any additional tips on increasing the life span of your tweets? Please share your thoughts and advice below.

10 Valuable Articles From The Archives

August 4, 2014 by Marc Guberti 2 Comments

The problem with any blog is that as more content gets added to them, other content gets completely forgotten about. A tweet can only do so much to bring back attention to older blog posts that got published months ago. There are many blog posts on this blog that were written last year with methods that still work to this day. In fact, some of those blog posts are still popular, but they still don’t appear on the front page. I decided to dig through my blog to find 10 valuable articles that you should give a second look. They contain oodles of knowledge and things to think about. Some are longer than others.

100 Amazing Blogging Tips

100 Amazing Pinterest Tips

70 Amazing Twitter Tips

20 Thoughts To Live By

The Problem With Waiting For Something To Happen

What Do You Want To Be Remembered For?

Every Blogger Needs To See This Picture

New Year’s Resolutions: Memory Or Lifestyle?

Esurance Won The Ad Bowl By A Landslide. That’s what everyone was raving about when Esurance did its giveaway. The follow-up blog post is “Reanalyzing The Day After The Super Bowl: Was The $1.5 Million Giveaway Worth It?”

What The New York Times, Apple, Twitter, And JetBlue Have In Common

As a bonus article, I present Why Fast Food Restaurants Are Successful.

Which one was your favorite?

3 Ways To Know Whether You Have A Powerful Presence Or Not

July 30, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

There are many definitions for what a powerful presence on the web means. To some people, it means more blog traffic. To others, it means having big numbers. That means a big number of followers, a big number of shares, and a big number of views. The bigger they are the better they are. When it comes to knowing whether you have a powerful presence on the web or not, all of those things I just mentioned get thrown out of the window. There are three ways to know whether you have a powerful presence on the web or not. Some of them will sound familiar to the ones I told you to throw out of the window, but they are distinct compared to the typical metrics people use to determine whether they have a powerful presence or not.

People are honored when you respond to their emails. That’s how you know you’re a celebrity in your niche. There are few people that can make you feel honored by responding you an email. If one person was able to tell you how honored they felt to receive your email, that means there are other people who were honored to receive an email from you but did not tell you. In many cases, the greatest things often go unsaid.
Grow an audience that matters. I did not say get big numbers. There is a difference between having a big audience and having an audience that matters. It is possible to put together a big audience and an audience that matters, but you need to know what kind of audience matters first. An audience that matters is one that shares your content, values your content, and appreciates what you do.
People only buy products because you made them. Chances are there are dozens of other products for people to choose from. As your presence grows, some people will admire you to the point where they will favor your products over other people’s products. If you buy a Seth Godin book, you’ll end up buying as many as you can. That’s how you can tell he has a powerful presence on the web. Some people would buy a book just because his name is on the front cover.

By growing your presence on the web, you also grow your presence outside of the web. You will get the recognition and applauses each time you make a public speech. Big numbers have the power to make your presence look bigger than it really is. Your powerful presence come down to the three things on the list.

10 Real Ways To Get More Twitter Followers

June 26, 2014 by Marc Guberti 10 Comments

There are countless Google searches for phrases like, “How To Get More Twitter Followers,” “How To Get More Twitter Followers Fast,” and similar phrases as well. Searching through millions of articles can prove to be very tedious, and the more time you spend searching, the less time you spend implementing. I am going to end your searching journey by providing 10 real ways to get more Twitter followers. Instead of continuing to search for ways to get more Twitter followers, just implement these tactics.

Follow targeted people who are likely to follow back. If you want to be the rock star with 100,000 followers while only following a few of your friends, then I have some bad news. Unless you buy fake followers (that don’t engage with you at all) or become a celebrity, that fantasy will not happen. You need to follow targeted people who are likely to follow you back so more people can know about you.
Spread on Twitter. In order to spread on Twitter, you need to have a larger audience that will retweet more of your tweets. However, a large audience is not a do or die stage towards getting a lot of retweets. You can get more retweets by tweeting content that people would want to retweet such as informative articles, news stories, or motivational quotes. Here are some ways to boost your chances of getting more retweets.
Strategically favorite and retweet other people’s tweets. Sharing other people’s content is powerful to build stronger connections with those people and get more followers at the same time. Since Twitter users send out 1 billion tweets every five days, there will be many tweets that are retweet worthy. However, it is important to avoid retweeting something just for the sake of retweeting it. Instead, retweet the tweets from people who you want to build strong connections with. There may be an expert in your niche with 100,000 followers who is following 60,000 people. Retweeting that person’s tweets and interacting with that person may result in that person following you back, sharing their advice, and promoting your content later on.
Have a clear avatar of either you or your company’s logo. Having the right avatar builds authority on a crowded social network. People will trust you more if you have a picture of yourself or your company’s logo. If you have the default egg picture for your avatar, then that picture needs to get changed now.
Have a good background picture. This background picture needs to further emphasize what you do. If you are a social media expert, then your background picture needs to further emphasize that you are a social media expert. You can also pay for someone to design a professional background that has a call to action, one of your products being displayed, and/or your contact information (other social networks, email address, etc).
Have a powerful bio. Your bio is a very important factor that decides whether someone follows you or not. You have less than 10 seconds to impress someone with your 160 character bio. Your bio needs to explain what you do professionally, when you are not working, and some of your hobbies. These are some tactics to help your bio shine.
Be an active tweeter. Being an active tweeter will allow yourself to appear on more people’s timelines at a greater frequency. If you tweet quality content, then your followers will enjoy receiving your tweets. You may wonder if being inactive may be a good thing. Being inactive means appearing on less people’s timelines which makes you less likely to get unfollowed on Twitter. However, there are a variety of popular tools such as ManageFlitter (which, by the way, has over 2 million users) that identify all of the inactive tweeters that people are following. When inactive tweeters get identified, the people following those tweeters realize that those tweeters are not offering any valuable content. As a result, those inactive tweeters get unfollowed. You should be tweeting at least once every day, but I highly recommend tweeting as much as you can. I tweet once every 20 minutes because I am able to schedule my tweets in advance. Scheduling tweets in advance is also a great way to get more engagement from your audience.
Offer a giveaway. You don’t need to give away a Mac Book Air to get more engagement and followers from this giveaway. All you need to do is give away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. As strange as it may sound, a $25 Amazon Gift Card is a better giveaway than $50 in cash. People make cash from their jobs so $50 won’t mean much. However, they don’t get as many Amazon Gift Cards. Hosting a giveaway once every quarter will give people who followed you for the giveaway a reason to continue following you. While these people continue to follow you, chances are some of them will turn into customers.
Have a blog. You can use this blog to promote your Twitter account, but more importantly, having a blog gives you a home on the web. You can write blog posts on your blog and then use Twitter to promote that blog. Then, when people visit your blog, you can include pictures of your products on your blog’s sidebar so you turn your visitors into potential customers.
Tweet about the same topic 80% of the time. In order to get more followers, you need to focus most of your time on one topic. It is better to become the best person at one thing than it is to be decent at 10 things. In addition, your followers will not like it if you only tweet about sports on one day and then only tweet about fashion the following day. A confused follower clicks the unfollow button.

Your searching queries are now over. Instead of spending more time searching for ways to get more followers on Twitter, all you need to do is implement these tactics. No matter how much time you spend searching, there will be a point where you will have to implement what you learned. These are the tips to implement, and if you remain patient while implementing these tips, your following will eventually dramatically increase as the days go by.