Top Marketing Tips For Tweeting On Twitter
We could sit here and tell you that it’s possible to get thousands of Twitter followers in days, and we’d be telling the truth. But we’d be doing you a grave injustice if we failed to mention the dangers of automating too far.
Yes, it’s quite possible end up banned on Twitter. Some people obtain these automation tools and put them straight to the wrong kind of use. They have the burning hunger for short term success which nearly always adds up to long term failure and the deletion of your account.
If you want to reap the profits of Twitter automation, consider that it’s a very fine line between exploiting the system and getting owned by the system. Most os the time, it’s easy to avoid the ban. But we’re going to address the issues that you face.
It’s Not Only About Being Followed
Twitter is a two way system. The second you consider yourself too holy to be following others, your ass is toast. You might be able to get away with it if you’re Britney Spears. But you’re not. You’re some dude that the social networking millions haven’t heard of. If you get greedy, things will remain that way.
One of the easiest mistakes to make is in mass deleting users from your follow list. Trust us, nothing sticks a great big dirty red flag against your account like removing half of the people you follow.
This all hinges on a restriction that Twitter introduced regarding the relationship between the number of people that you follow, and the number of people that follow you. As soon as you’re following more than 2000 users, your follow ratio starts to take affect.
If you’re following 3000 users, but only 300 are following you back – you will only be able to add an additional 300 people every day – significantly lower than the usual limit of 1000. This ultimately limits the speed at which you can grow your listening audience.
What many people decide to do is use automation tools to unfollow any user that isn’t already following them back. This brings the ratio back in to line. It’s a rinse and repeat technique. Unfortunately, if you overdo it, you can get your account suspended.
Twitter knows that it’s not normal to one day wake up and decide to stop following 2500 people. If it notices the obvious API footprint of mass unfollowing, you’ll get the suspended treatment and your hard work will have gone to waste.
So what do we suggest instead? It’s better to grow your following audience naturally by automating the tweeting process. If you reach the right target market with the right messages, you WILL get natural followers.
Too Much Spam Is A Recipe For Disaster
The second biggest mistake for Twitter Automation newbies is the excessive use of affiliate links. If you plug 1000 tweets in to your tool, to be shouted over the course of 30 minutes, you’re going to get banned at a lightening speed – especially if you’re stupid enough to send out all of these advertisements from one account.
Look at a ratio of 1 in every 10 tweets to include your product plug. And of course, ensure that there’s a nice long gap between tweets after you’ve plugged it. That’ll ensure maximum exposure for the tweet that you want your followers to remember most.
It’s all about advertising in moderation. With the incredible numbers that Twitter offers you to play with, you don’t NEED to be rushing out advertisements left right and center. Take a cautionary approach and you’ll find that there’s a successful long term future for your Twitter Marketing.