So you want to gain a Twitter following, but you don't want to have to follow a tonne of people in return to get it? That's understandable, and it's doable. Now, this method won't see you a huge jump in traffic straight away, but it will give you a small trickle of followers over time. My account jumped up by about 100 followers overnight when I first did this, and it's been gaining slowly ever since, only because I've been doing very little maintenance with it. Anyway, let's get to it.
1) Navigate to the website SocialClerks
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| Social Clerks Logo |
3) Now here's the important bit. They're going to take you to a screen that lets you follow other users in exchange for credits, which you can in turn give away to gain followers. Don't do that. Instead, navigate to the Google+ tab and use that instead. You can earn credits just as easily there, by clicking +1 on a whole load of content.
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| The Google+ Tab |
Note: I chose Google+ as it was the quickest and least intrusive way of earning credits. I also don't use my Google+ account, so I didn't mind the idea of many irrelevant +1's showing up in my history. If you'd rather browse web pages, like Facebook page, watch the first 15 seconds of Youtube videos or Retweet a whole bunch of ads, those options are all available too as alternatives to following people on Twitter, along with a couple of others, pictured above. You can also refer new users to the site using your own personal link to gain 25 credits for each person that joins up.
4) Now that you've earned your credits, you want to entice users to follow you by offering those credits in exchange for their follow. Navigate to your settings tab and click on 'Twitter'.Here it allows you to adjust how many credits you offer for a follow. By default it's set at 2, but that's not going to get you many clicks. I find 10 to be the sweet spot for getting follows without giving away too many credits. If you don't mind sitting around earning credits, bump it up to 15 or 20. If you don't think you're going to be on very often, lower it down a few (be wary, anything under 5 will make very little difference to your follower count).
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| Offer 10+ Credits for Best Results |
5) Sit back and wait! If you've offered enough credits (10+), you should start to see the followers rolling in after a few minutes. If you've offered less, it may take longer. It won't have a drastic impact on your follow count, but with proper maintenance you have the potential for considerable growth after time.
Be sure to follow me on Twitter, @MonsieurFolie. I have a few other Twitter tips and tricks that I might post about in the future.
