How do I break the 2000 following Limit on Twitter?
Well there are many ways to break through this limit on Twitter. The most common ones you come across are the auto-follow programs, which spam you to hundreds of other tweeters hoping they follow you back. However, these softwares are very generic. They focus on people that have a history of reciprocating back, and following you, if you follow them.
Unfortunately, IMHO, it seems you just get to follow, and are followed by, others using the same or similar software. And is that actually in your best interest, for growing your web presence? I do not think so. I am a Realtor in Hudson Florida and I am using these networks to try an build my internet presence, as well as learn and share knowledge about our industry.
So I stepped back from twitter and thought about how to best build my following in a smart, efficient and beneficial way. And after looking at many tweets in my stream, I came upon my answer and a very smart tool for Tweeters. It actually came from @Alyssa_Milano of whom I am a huge fan. Yeah, you knew her as Sam in 'Who's the Boss' and other shows/movies. While her acting is enjoyable, I am actually a huge fan of her Humanitarian works much more than her craft, but I digress.
What I found most effective to build my following was not to target the public, but other realtors. So I started locally and expanded from there. I started with following @proupdates a local Realtor Association ( Pinellas Realtor Organization) of which I am an affiliate of with my side business Agent Listing Websites. Local Realtors for Local Information! Than I went wider and started following Floirda Association of Realtors (FAR) and the National Association of Realtors.
But that was just 3 following/followers so what is a guy to do to build his following, and eventually break the 2000 limit of following on Twitter. and than Lightening stroke. Follow those following the organizations important to your business. So I just raided the followers list of the above organizations. I was maxed out at 2000 following very quickly.
So here I am following 2000 tweeters, but I did not have 2000 people following me back! So what is an avidly interested Tweeter to do? Well my friends, it is called Friend or Follow. What this does is, as your following grows, it allows you to see who you are following but is not following you back. And you eliminate them, if it has been a while since you started following. Many people do not maintain their twitter account on a daily basis, but if its been months since their last tweet, or they have tons of followers but do not follow back, than dump them for somebody who is going to reciprocate. Now a key to doing this efficiently is to use ctrl + left click on each avatar so they open in bulk in new tabs for you to review. Also when your mouse hovers over the avatar it tells you when they joined, their date of their last tweet, number following and followers.
Now it takes time for your followers to catch up to how many you are willing to unfollow. But maybe once a week, you do Friend or Follow and eliminate dead wood. Now many times for me, in the beginning, I would be automatically following 2001 people almost as soon as I weeded out the dead wood. Than when i got to following 2001 versus 1800 followers than I started to see a vast difference. Ihave now punched out over 2000 following, and now the sky is the limit, and I did this all in the time since I joined ActiveRain. My head was ready to explode a few times trying to 'get' all these Social network sites, but it has been worth it in the long run, with Twitter and ActiveRain being the best of all the Social Network Sites I have joined so far.
So put in a little time, give ActiveRain your Twitter account log in info so every blog you enter here is announced on Twitter with a link back. And even if that is the total of your participation, it is yet another place marketing yourself FOR FREE.
And by the by, I am Love The Gulf Real Estate on Twitter
I encourage all to share their Twitter names so we all can follow and build each others networks, helping each other break the 2000 ceiling
edit: I also forgot to mention Realtor Magazine to follow, as well as tcar
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