How I Got 39,000 Twitter Followers
*Updated in 2013*
Most of you already know my Twitter account @ WebDesignDev has more than 39,000 Twitter followers. I am extremely proud of this accomplishment because very few web design blogs command such a large following. I get 150+ clicks for every tweet that I send and tens of thousands of visitors from Twitter every single month. Today, I’m going to share with you my secret as to how I got my 39,000 followers.
When I just started WebDesignDev.com, I obviously didn’t have a Twitter following. As a matter of fact, getting Twitter followers isn’t easy at all – most of you already know this from experience. It wasn’t easy for me either. That is, until I came up with a strategy. Read on to find out how I did it.
One day I was writing a blog post on WebDesignDev and it hit me: “why don’t I follow the followers of successful web design blogs?”. I thought surely many of them will follow me. After all, I am in the same niche and my blog provides valuable web design insight, advice and resources. I started out by adding 100 followers a day from top web design blogs and websites. Many of them would follow me back, and they were exactly the followers I was looking for: not some automated bots, not some people only interested in selling something, but instead, people who are genuinely interested in learning about web design. But adding so many people every day was just too time consuming, so I took a break for about a week. When I was ready to start adding people again, I thought to myself…there must be some sort of tool out there that will help me automate this process. And that is when I accidentally stumbled across TweetAdder.
This is how I’ve used TweetAdder to help me get 39,000 targeted followers that I have now:
First you must of course log in and it will take you to the main window. Once you log in, click on Open User and select the Twitter profile you want to use.
Next, click on Follow and make sure you click on Automation On so that you automatically follow people without lifting a finger. You can keep the Automation settings at the bottom as default, which will give you about 144 people that you follow per day. Even assuming a 1.44:1 follow back ratio, that’s 100 real, targeted followers every single day. If you want you can set shorter follow duration to get more followers, but I would recommend keeping the follows to no more than 200 per day.
Next, click on “Tweet Search” under the Search Users To Follow section:
Next, make sure you click on Automation On. Afterwards, start adding all of the web design related keywords in the box below. You will only need to do this once.
When you are done, it will look something like this:
TweetAdder has definitely been a lifesaver for me. What are you waiting for? Start building your huge Twitter following by using it like I am. They even offer a free trial.
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After you build a sufficiently large following of Twitter users, stay active! Use your Twitter account daily and tweet things that people will find useful. Tweet news, promotions, advice, etc. If you send a useful tweet to your followers it WILL get retweeted and the followers of your followers will follow you too.
If you’ve found my advice helpful, please do leave a comment and tell me how much your Twitter followers list has grown!
And don’t forget to follow me on Twitter.
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Aadil Aijaz (2 years ago)
Whoa! Another great post! That’s exactly what I was looking for.
Brandon (2 years ago)
Great tool, thanks for sharing! I’ve tried the firefox add-ons before, but they never worked as solid as this looks! Thanks!
Jackie (2 years ago)
Great post thanks so much for sharing this!
BluSky (2 years ago)
Yeah. Thanks so much for sharing this. I’ll have to check ‘TweetAdder’ out!
Cheers.
BluSky
Philip Harper (2 years ago)
100 a day?! Man that is alot! I will definitely give it my best shot!
Donnie Bell Design (2 years ago)
Thanks for the advice. I’ve been wondering about strategies for a client of ours.
Terry (2 years ago)
Whoa, now I know I need TweetAdder. Thanks for sharing your success with the tool. Results count and that’s why I am clicking as we speak and I know I need this tool from your results.
Sonic Bass (2 years ago)
Thanks for sharing, awsome
S.M.Karthick (2 years ago)
Sounds interesting .Will give a try
The Mographer (2 years ago)
Wow, i’ll give it a try!
Thanks!
Matt Morrison (2 years ago)
I’ve been wondering the past few days why my following just won’t climb and been trying a few different strategies. This is EXACTLY the type of idea I was looking for. Thanks!
@mattmorrison
Richie (2 years ago)
Holy Crap… this is an industry by itself
Great work and research though!!
eean (2 years ago)
Looks great.. .just wondering which price plan you opted for?
regards
@eean_co_uk
Web Design (2 years ago)
Hi Eean,
I got the yearly one.
Cheers,
Iggy
James Wade Weaver (2 years ago)
Great ‘Ad’vice! Love Your Site. Always great articles.
junt (2 years ago)
great post. Thanks for this great and exciting idea. i’ll be using it in my research.
Maverick Money Makers Club (2 years ago)
I was surprised when I read this. I consider myself an experienced online marketer, but I did not know about this.
Zipporah (2 years ago)
When I first signed up for this blog, I found it annoying to receive so many e-mails at one time but I started reading the articles and found them really useful. I started following successful web design company’s followers before I stumbled upon your blog because I figure their followers will follow me. Yor post confirmed what I am doing is right. I just need to pick up the paste. Thanks for much for the helpful advice.
Web Design (2 years ago)
Hi Zipporah,
Thank you for the Simon Cowell compliment : )
On a serious note, thank you for the feedback.
Julio Flores (2 years ago)
I’ll give it a try to see how it works over a latinamerican enviroment. Wish me some luck. =)
Nice tips, thank you guys
Web Design (2 years ago)
Best of luck, Julio
hughesviews (2 years ago)
Thanks for the step-by-step instructions that even included “don’t step there” asides. At first I was thinking “TweetAdder” must have been a website developed on Talk Like A Pirate Day. I see they have now changed their name to TweetAdder.
Cesar Higuera (2 years ago)
Excellent read. Applying it now, let’s see how it works
Hunter (2 years ago)
I have been going to try TweetAdder. After reading this post, I’m going to sign up. Thanks
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Sarfraz Ahmed (2 years ago)
Didn’t know such great tools existed, thanks for sharing…
Husien Adel (2 years ago)
well , i will try my first 100 person and see the result
Dave Keys (2 years ago)
How are you keeping up with the tweets of 30K people?
Web Design (2 years ago)
The better question is, how are they keeping up with MY tweets
Lei (2 years ago)
Gee thanks! I have TweetAdder and afraid on doing the campaigns and stuff. I didn’t want to bother watching the tutorials, this is much better, simpler. Thanks for sharing it with photos and step by step instructions.
Kate Mag (2 years ago)
Thanks for the tip. I’m curious, how are you keeping up with the tweets of 30K people?
PEI Web Design (2 years ago)
How did you manage to get past the 2000 following cap? Or was this not an issue. @thomascraig
Web Design (2 years ago)
This was never an issue for me.
peyzaj (2 years ago)
Gee thanks! I have TweetAdder and afraid on doing the campaigns and stuff. I didn’t want to bother watching the tutorials, this is much better, simpler. Thanks for sharing it with photos and step by step instructions.
Web Design (2 years ago)
You are very welcome
sakkater (2 years ago)
Great article. Thanks for the share.
Elicia (2 years ago)
Very helpful! Well done with your success!
Bambi Corro III (2 years ago)
ohhh yeahhh!!! this tool is great! this is very useful especially that im still working my way around twitter…will be trying it out now.
thanks!
K3J (2 years ago)
I have to try this out. I must say i have had a tweeter account for about a year and i wasn’t into the whole tweeter thing but man i really missed the boat on this one. Thanks for the advice!
Ed (2 years ago)
TweetAdder owes you a beer for this one. Good direction and daily dedication seems to be the underlining theme to general success at anything. Great job.
Resan (2 years ago)
continue with the the nice work on the blog. I love it. Could maybe use some more updates more often, but i am quite sure you have got better or other things to do like we all do. =p
Butch V. (2 years ago)
I kind of expected that niche would play a big part of that but you also post great articles as well. At least that’s what I think is a success.
ankit (1 year ago)
gud, Thanks for the tip. I’m curious, how are you keeping up with the tweets of 30K people?
riez (1 year ago)
wowww that great..Thankz for the advice. I’ve been wondering about strategies for a client
Alabi Adebayo (1 year ago)
I am not into twitter just facebook but wit ur article I think I need to revisit my account again. Great one
ajaib (1 year ago)
i hv just started my own blog. i am facing difficulties with traffic. now i will use tweetadder.
thx for the post.
Liam (1 year ago)
Brilliant – Thanks you!
Jonathon (1 year ago)
I just bought MarketMeSuite off the back of your recommendation. Definitely worth it too!
Thanks!
Ignitewebsites (1 year ago)
Get article. Thanks for the screenshots. I will give it a try. You are right. Anything that is effective will take some work but it is worth it.
kalyan pal (1 year ago)
Get Article, Thanks for share……………….
Wajahat (1 year ago)
Got to try this. I’m stuck at 1 follower.
Bodhost Uk Web hosting (1 year ago)
Yes works, Thanks fora great sharing.
Eric Lenhard (1 year ago)
Thanks for sharing a great post with a great tool! Unfortunately it’s paid
Web Design (1 year ago)
You are welcome. It’s paid, but well worth the investment. I would not say “unfortunately” – because it’s paid, the software makers have had the budget to make it into the amazing tool that it is.
Adam (1 year ago)
yeah very cool cheers, following you: )
fst Branding Agency (1 year ago)
How long does the free demo last? Also I came across the True Twit.
Web Design (1 year ago)
I believe the demo just lets you get a certain number of followers.
Andy (1 year ago)
Hi, looks like a great tool.
However, how come this article was written on September the 2nd, and its now October the 14th and you “still” only have 32,000 followers??
You said you get 100 new followers per day, and 42 days have past. If this is the case, shouldn’t you NOW have 36,200 followers?
Please let me know, I’m curious
Web Design (1 year ago)
Hi Andy,
Great question – this is because this article was just recently updated with the number of followers that I have.