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• At 2010.01.22 08:49, Gabe Young said:
  

  That’s definitely the etiquette for most people. Otherwise, in most cases, we’re wiped from their list in a mass unfollow.

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• At 2010.01.22 08:51, Gabe Young said:
  

  Targeting followers may sound OK in theory but it really limits reach. So I say put pride aside and get the message out to the masses. 34k followers, here I come!

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• At 2010.01.22 10:03, Rob said:
  

  Makes perfect sense to me! Seems like I get a lot of get rich quick marketers wanting to follow me and lately have just been ignoring them. But I guess it doesn’t hurt to have them as followers and to return the favor.

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  • At 2010.01.22 10:40, Gabe Young said:
    

    There’s no harm in seeing if that benefits you. Besides, you can always unfollow them later if you change your mind.

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• At 2010.01.22 11:29, Keith said:
  

  I follow those that follow me, but I also began targeting people that have similar interests (blogging, wordpress, social networking etc..) and I follow them. I have more than tripled my followers in the last few weeks by doing this (only had a few hundred before) and it seems most of them are interested in the same things as me so it will be easier to connect.

  I often wonder how you can actually see through the noise that 10k+ followers would make, and maybe I will get there soon to find out.
  .-= Keith´s last blog ..Comment Links Are Advertising =-.

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  • At 2010.01.22 11:39, Gabe Young said:
    

    Targeting followers is a good practice. I just want to be clear that I’m saying that you don’t have to only target.

    Also, one way to filter the tweet noise is to use the List feature.

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• At 2010.01.22 16:25, David Walker said:
  

  Well, I’ve kept them small and connected but I find your argument for not targeting followers interesting.

  Like Rob above, the flood of get rich marketers tires me out too and I’ve found it best to ignore them.

  I’ll keep an open mind from now on and get the message out to the masses. Will update. .
  .-= David Walker´s last blog ..Five Steps to a Successful Blog =-.

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  • At 2010.01.22 16:28, Gabe Young said:
    

    That may be true about some of the extreme marketing folks out there but they may also turn into one of your regular visitors or even customers.

    Picture the embracing of every follower as using a billboard. You can’t really do any direct marketing but you can get your message out to the masses quickly, even if most ignore you.

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• At 2010.01.22 20:59, Tinh said:
  

  You are right as I have unfollowed 2k followers just in one day as I thought they were spammers. Few followers but active is much better than more followers but inactive or spam
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  • At 2011.09.22 02:13, gongjudiy said:
    

    The biggest advantage is saving time. To me, sacrificing a handful of followers/friends to cut my time in half or more is well worth it.
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• At 2010.01.23 01:51, Rajesh Kanuri said:
  

  Mass following and unfollowing always affects the twitter profile which may also result in getting banned,, I have used buzzom to increase my twitter followers.. but stopped using that after I came to know that this type of strategy hurts Twitter..
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  • At 2010.01.23 02:05, Blake @ Props Blog said:
    

    Mass following and unfollowing is probably different than what you are thinking. Many spam bots will follow 2000 people as fast as they can, then unfollow them all after a short period of time and start over.

    Following 50-100 new people isn’t really a big deal. In fact, the majority of non-celebrity tweeters with 10,000+ followers use this tactic.
    .-= Blake @ Props Blog´s last blog ..Sometimes Not Enough Is Still Too Much =-.

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    • At 2010.01.23 11:09, Gabe Young said:
      

      Correct. Twitter doesn’t penalize people with large followings. They just want to deter spammers, and I’m not suggesting that we should be that at all.

      Adding new followers every day is something Twitter actually wants. So banning heavy users is the opposite of what they’re trying to accomplish.

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      • At 2010.01.25 04:38, Tinh said:
        

        But they limited the max number of followers/day based on your current followers quantity
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• At 2010.01.23 02:02, Blake @ Props Blog said:
  

  Gabe raising up against “the man.” There’s always going to be a new trend with building followers and following back on Twitter.

  I have a personal account and a propsblog account, and, like you, I rarely use anything other than my main account.

  I do like following and being followed by people in my niche, but one problem with them is they won’t convert for anything compared to someone outside my niche (once they reach my site).

  There’s dozens of people running the same ads on their blogs, so the niche is saturated and hard to convert. Bringing people with other interests is a great way to find “fresh meat”

  With Lists, there is even less reason now to not follow back.
  .-= Blake @ Props Blog´s last blog ..Sometimes Not Enough Is Still Too Much =-.

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  • At 2010.01.23 11:12, Gabe Young said:
    

    Tracking conversions is quite hard using Twitter. We have to make a lot of assumptions in the process.

    That said, Twitter drives a lot of traffic to my sites. How many of those turn into dollars directly? I’ll never know but I can guess that it’s not an overwhelming rate. However, even if the answer is ZERO, the increase in traffic creates a snowball effect, making my sites more relevant in search engines’ eyes.

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    • At 2010.01.25 20:00, Blake @ Props Blog said:
      

      Plus word of mouth always helps. New people hear about your site and start linking in. There’s tons of value to having extra traffic.

      The more traffic you have the more authority in your niche too.
      .-= Blake @ Props Blog´s last blog ..Sometimes Not Enough Is Still Too Much =-.

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• At 2010.01.23 07:55, Arafat Hossain Piyada said:
  

  Earlier I follow the first option but after Twitter introduce list system I follow the second. I follow almost everyone who make good tweet no matter which topic that is. However, I make my own private list to follow people whom I like to read always.
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• At 2010.01.23 14:29, Dennis Edell said:
  

  Excellent work Gabe, this is the first of oh so many articles on the subject that ever got me thinking of not only targeting.

  My main issue (I have several) – when I start tweeting again, I am very interested in the back/forth relationship building with followers…how would you ever do that with 10,000 followers.
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  • At 2010.01.24 00:30, Gabe Young said:
    

    You would use lists for that. So although you might have 10k followers, you would pay more attention to certain people using the list feature.

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    • At 2010.01.25 09:10, Dennis Edell said:
      

      True, NOW, but lists just came out…you don’t use any of those auto follow tools, do you?
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      • At 2010.01.25 22:43, Gabe Young said:
        

        I don’t use any auto follow tools but I do use tools. There are many Twitter apps that can help you find people in a particular niche or simply people who want to simply exchange follows (and everyone else in between). Personally, I like buzzom, which I’ll also mention in my next article.

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• At 2010.01.24 02:16, Anne said:
  

  I totally agree on keeping just one Twitter account. Managing and actually actively tweeting on more than one just didn’t work for me.

  I follow back as long as they’re not bots, hate accounts, or people using foul language (excessively). I am fairly active on twitter and once in a while I tweet about a recent blog post on one of my blogs. I’m always happy to see that quite a few people RT just because they know me and want to help me get the word out about my sites.
  .-= Anne´s last blog ..Keyword Synonyms and Google =-.

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• At 2010.01.24 02:16, Anne said:
  

  BTW, following you now as @israelimom
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• At 2010.01.24 11:58, Ryan said:
  

  Hi Gabe,

  I change strategies based on how I feel. As a rule I follow everybody, but I’ve been more discerning recently. I’ll probably switch back to following everybody soon.

  As you mentioned, you never know who’s going to click on a link in your stream. Logic can be your own worst enemy – thinking that only targeted viewers will be interested in what you have to offer.

  I’ve had more than a few interested in cash gifting who I’ve met at places like sporting events and weddings, let alone people who I’ve met online who definitely weren’t in the work at home target market.

  Be open with your tweeting experience. Be careful of using logic alone in developing a tweeting strategy because logic can be extremely faulty.

  Great advice buddy

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  • At 2010.01.24 18:13, Gabe Young said:
    

    You’re exactly, right. We never know whose interest we’d pique with any of our articles.

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    • At 2010.01.25 11:37, TechChunks said:
      

      Absolutely. I wonder how many new followers I must have attracted via my blogposts that I usually publicize via my twitter stream.
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• At 2010.01.25 09:52, Rohit Sane said:
  

  I don’t really care about the number of people following me. But I want to follow people whom I really like. I don’t want to follow anyone only for the sake that they are following me. I like tit that way and I try to give my followers what they are actually looking for rather than spamming my account with promotional offers.
  .-= Rohit Sane´s last blog ..How to Make your Blog/Website more User-Friendly? =-.

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  • At 2010.01.25 22:40, Gabe Young said:
    

    That’s one way to do it. There’s really no right or wrong, just what works for what you’re trying to achieve.

    I just want to mention, however, that I’m not implying that anyone spam their followers. Rather, you tweet your articles, your thoughts on whatever you like, and even an occasional sponsored tweet.

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• At 2010.01.26 12:56, Valentina said:
  

  Just dipping my toes into Twitter – not proactive except for having an account and somehow connecting my posts with Twitter (some plugin I think that I just recently activated). So I should accept the follows more frequently? Currently I may wander on over there once a week

  One thing I am certain of and that is that if I am to continue my internet marketing career and look to growing it then Twitter needs to be part of my overall plan. Not anywhere near tweeting for money yet …lol… still working on blogging for money!

  best…………valentina
  .-= Valentina´s last blog ..Tools of the Trade =-.

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  • At 2010.01.26 21:27, Gabe Young said:
    

    Well, Sponsored Tweets can allow you to kill two birds with one stone. As you grow your followers, you also position yourself to earn money along the way.

    The bottom line is that Twitter isn’t going away, regardless of how you use it.

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• At 2010.01.26 14:45, Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend said:
  

  Funny you should bring this up… I’m starting to work twitter a lot more, and I really like it.

  In fact, I like it so much that the time I was spending in my RSS feed, I’m now spending on twitter.

  Which means I’m not visiting as many blogs as I used to.
  .-= Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend´s last blog ..Happy Anniversary! Website In A Weekend is 1 Year Old =-.

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  • At 2010.01.26 21:28, Gabe Young said:
    

    I don’t spend as much time on Twitter as I could. If I did, I’d have double the followers. That said, we all wish we can spend a little more time here or there.

    Anyway, glad you’re on board!

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• At 2010.06.22 10:06, William said:
  

  Thanks Gabe for sharing ideas with us about tweeter followers, personally I try to answer all the comments on my blogs to show that I am willing to talk about and share opinions any kind of topic with all the members like you do.
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• At 2010.06.29 09:16, Jeremy said:
  

  The best tip to get your Twitter presence known is to follow real people and real people that CARE! Don’t just go following anyone and everyone! Not only is that likely to get you banned but you also will have more room to follow genuine people that will help your goal if you follow people who share your opinions instead! If you’d like to follow me, please do!

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• At 2010.07.05 10:05, Kev said:
  

  By targeting and acquiring followers in your niche, you will be bringing users to your Twitter profile who are far more likely to check out your blog. I don’t really care about that, but for sellers it’s good to gain more followers as a feedback!
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• At 2010.07.08 08:24, Deep Sherchan said:
  

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• At 2010.07.09 02:48, Nope said:
  

  I don’t really care about the number of people following me. But I want to follow people whom I really like. I don’t want to follow anyone only for the sake that they are following me.

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• At 2010.07.28 06:42, Hunt said:
  

  I’ve had more than a few interested in cash gifting who I’ve met at places like sporting events and weddings, let alone people who I’ve met online who definitely weren’t in the work at home target market.
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• At 2010.08.24 11:24, cash gifting said:
  

  Honestly I try to follow people that I will have some interest in following like internet marketers, bloggers, musicians.. if I can not somehow relate to the persons tweets I probably will not follow them. That is the rule I usually follow.

  Robert

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• At 2010.11.24 17:09, Gift of Grace said:
  

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    Probably. It certainly can’t hurt, right?

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