SocialToo - Why Do People Follow You on Twitter?
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I remember starting out with Twitter a few months ago. I had made fun of it up to that. Had no use for it. But then I read an interview of a blogger, can’t remember who know. And he said that joining Twitter was the best thing he ever did to promote his blog.
So I decided to give it a try. It took a while. The “What are you doing?” question is very deceptive. If all of your 140 character tweets answer this same question, you are missing out on some valuable uses: brain farts, things found online, blog post notices, pet peeves and the list goes on.
In a short time, I have gained a few followers. It is getting close to 800 now. Some days I would gain thirty. Some days one. And to tell you the truth, once I was in the hundreds, I don’t think there has been a day where I haven’t gained at least one new follower.
And this was all to introduce a tool that may help you find out how you gain your followers, SocialToo. In other words, to make those “30 new followers” days happen more often.
The site and the emails that it sends are pretty basic, but it does its job. You can choose the following options:
- Automatically follow those that follow you.
- Automatically unfollow those who unfollow you.
- Get an email documenting those who followed and unfollowed you during the day and the last tweet you made.
- Automatically direct message your new followers.
These are all set to yes by default. So if you join up, make sure you set everything up the way you want it. You may not want to automatically follow everyone or you may already use another service to direct message your new followers.
Here is an example email, mine, from yesterday:
Here is an example of the tweets I made right before I got new followers yesterday:
- chungyen - last_tweet: Just saw an Adsense ad load in an Entrecard widget container. Not sure if it was my browser freaking out or someone hacking Entrecard.
- doPayne - last_tweet: When your own site turns up as a link partner suggestion, it is a good sign.
- J_T_Ray - last_tweet: Just saw an Adsense ad load in an Entrecard widget container. Not sure if it was my browser freaking out or someone hacking Entrecard.
- lbhuzrbuuabuua - last_tweet: This is damn good pricing for keyword research: http://www.semrush.com/prices.php
- LeroyJames - last_tweet: @symbiotics Thanks!
- lifetimelearner - last_tweet: New directory of Google Friend Connect enabled sites: http://is.gd/bF54
- seoptimise - last_tweet: @symbiotics Thanks!
- stanleytang - last_tweet: New directory of Google Friend Connect enabled sites: http://is.gd/bF54
- stuartlaing - last_tweet: Accidentally did a donut in the intersection
- webvisio - last_tweet: This is damn good pricing for keyword research: http://www.semrush.com/prices.php
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Very cool. I haven’t been using SocialToo but I’ll give it another look.
I’m still on the fence when it come to twitter, can’t decide if it is that usefull. There’s something about it - it just doesn’t grab me. Do you find it helps your blog? Do you find it interesting on its own merits and finally does it have a lasting effect on traffic if used properly?
Well, I do have a message that goes out asking new followers to subscribe to my blog. And each blog post is announced via Twitter. And I have tracked traffic directly from Twitter to my blog.
As far as Twitter in itself goes, it works faster than Google at times when you have a question. It’s a community. I have some friends there I have never met. I have also messaged back and forth with bloggers I thought wouldn’t give me the time of day. And it’s less obtrusive than an instant messenger which, for the most part, I only use to keep in contact with my wife.
Lasting effects. I’m not sure yet.
Great review Stephan! Thanks for sharing SocialToo with your readers!
Well, Stephan I can see that you are already pretty active on twitter - I get to see 20-25 tweets from you everyday
How’s the blog traffic from twitter like? With ~700 followers you should be getting at least 100 visits from twitter itself every day?
I am still getting used to twitter and atmost do 4-5 tweets daily.
@Jesse Great tool you created there. Just checked it today. One tweet was responsible for 10 new followers yesterday.
@Ajith Not quite that much from Twitter. But it has it’s own benefits. I have learned a lot from Twitter. Some days I never even visit though. It goes in cycles.
Not really liking how this thing is adding spammers. Luckily twit support has went on a spam assassin run.
Kind of late out of the gate on this one (I am an organic search guy but figured that I would give twitter a try for entertainment reasons)….following you…
@tony That’s the default, but you can set up your settings however you want them. I left mine on the default for the first day and then realized what was happening.
@Leo I will make sure to follow you also.
i will try SocialToo, thanks for your post.
All I can see from this tweeter thing is a lot of spam. Look at the tweets you posted. They are all ads. If I want ads like that all I have to do is check my mail. I get plenty of spam there.
I joined tweeter to socialize. It’s said but true
But one persons spam is another’s gold. That is what some people forget. To me, talking about the weather is spam. I don’t need to know. I can walk outside and find out.
i’l take a look… *zzziinggg
OK, reading this post has made me turn the corner … I have GOT to get on Twitter! … I am just hearing too much good stuff about what it is doing for traffic. Just wonder if it will soon end up like squidoo and hubpages, banned, banned in some directories, because of spamming …..
This tool will make the life easier as I am too engaged with twitter.
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I agree with you about value of Twitter. I had signed up back in 2007 and had forgot about it. After going to a higher education web conference last November, I started up again. As far as referrers go, Twitter drives the most traffic to my blog.
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Twitter’s feature allows readers to subscribe to others who have shared interests. I enjoy finding and sharing the interests and hobbies of others and what they are doing.
Indeed there are many spammers on board, you just have to filter them out.
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