{"id":634,"date":"2015-10-27T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalmarketingpro.net\/?p=634"},"modified":"2021-06-29T08:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T05:24:56","slug":"how-to-get-more-real-followers-on-twitter-organically-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliablesoft.net\/how-to-get-more-real-followers-on-twitter-organically-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get More Real Followers on Twitter Organically (case study)"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the last 30 days I got 400 new targeted followers on twitter, got listed many times, my tweets were retweeted hundreds of times and this happened by using no other tools than the native twitter app. What you will learn in this post is how to get more real followers on twitter using this method and how to achieve even better results with the help of a couple of tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter is one of the most popular social networks around especially among digital marketers not only because it\u2019s easy and quick to use, but also because it is used widely by industry leaders and due to the recent deal between Google and Twitter<\/a><\/strong> that gives an additional SEO advantage for some twitter users.<\/p>\n

In order to utilize any of the twitter advantages you need followers and in particular you need a lot of real followers that will interact with your tweets. Getting any type of followers is easy, you can either buy them (not recommended) or just follow anyone you want and some will follow you back.<\/p>\n

The thing is, it\u2019s not only a numbers game i.e how many followers you have but it\u2019s more of a an interests game i.e. being followed by people that share the same interests with you so that they are more likely to like and share your tweets or even follow a link to your website.<\/p>\n

Case Study – Background information<\/h2>\n

I have my twitter account (@reliablesoftnet<\/a><\/strong>) since 2013 and currently there are approximately\u00a08000 people following me. At first I was using twitter intensively for a number of months and managed to get a good number of followers (more on this below), but after that I did not actively used it.<\/p>\n

I did use buffer to send out tweets on a daily basis but that\u2019s all I did until last month. The average growth per month was about 100 new followers.<\/p>\n

Last month I decided to be an active twitter user and by following the method you will read below, I got around 400 new followers, many retweets and mentions.<\/p>\n

A few screenshots that show the details.<\/p>\n

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When I started the experiment my twitter followers where 7505 and in 30 days they increased to 7944.<\/p>\n

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Besides the increase in followers I was listed many more times than the previous months. ‘Listed’ means that other twitter users have added my account in their public lists so that they can easily follow my new tweets.<\/p>\n

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My twitter influence also increased dramatically during the days I was running my experiment.<\/p>\n

How to get real followers on twitter without using any tools<\/h2>\n

Step 1 – Narrow your niche<\/h3>\n

I mentioned above that twitter is not only a numbers game but is more closer to an interests game. This means that in order to get followers that will actually care about your tweets, you need to narrow down your niche and go after people with a very specific profile.<\/p>\n

Before starting this experiment I decided that I would go after people that tweet about #digitalmarketing. Our industry is made up of a number of related niches like SEO, social media, content marketing, blogging etc but my profile and tweets are more relevant to Digital Marketing<\/b><\/a> so these people are closer to my target audience.<\/p>\n

You may think that the niches I mentioned above are all part of digital marketing and this is true but I wanted to focus on the people that tweet specifically about digital marketing (using the particular hashtag), since I noticed that these people have interests that match mine and tweet about things I would normally tweet.<\/p>\n

By segmenting your audience at this level, you get better results and it\u2019s the first step in becoming an authority twitter user for that niche.<\/p>\n

Step 2 – Optimize your twitter profile<\/h3>\n

After you narrow down your niche, the next step is to make sure that your twitter profile is optimized.<\/p>\n

This means having a profile picture (a real picture of you and not an icon or animal), a good description about what you do including the hashtags you have selected to target.<\/p>\n

If you take a look at my profile you will see that I have a small description of what I do and the hashtags I am using so that everyone that will check my profile will understand what to expect from me in terms of tweets.<\/p>\n

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Step 3 – Find potential users to follow in your niche<\/h3>\n

Next, is to actually find which users to follow. The best and easiest way to do that is to open twitter\u00a0and search for your hastag(s). Scan though the results and start following people, retweeting the ones that you find relevant for your audience or even mark some as favourite so as to get the attention of other people.<\/p>\n

When you re-tweet or mark a tweet as favourite, the other person gets notified and some of them will check your profile and follow you.<\/em><\/p>\n

When selecting the users to follow, make sure that they meet the guidelines below, because this will increase the chances of them following you back.<\/p>\n