How many twitter followers do you need to get results?

[RoxanneKing]

I am new to twitter...just wondering if anyone has an opinion on this.

How many followers do you think it takes to get some good traffic?

[Shane Natan]

Exactly 2,314 followers. That'll do the trick!



Best,
Shane

[John Cabral]

After testing out Twitter and having about 5,ooo followers and being able to generate 2000 clicks to CB products and zero sales I am not sure its worth the effort and am not focusing on it right now.

Also I find all those claims of getting thousands of followers in x days to be exaggerated since once you follow 2000 Twitter imposes limits and uses a ratio so you are stuck being able to only follow a few hundred at a time which then you have to unfollow anyone not following you so you can follow more so that you can hopefully get them to follow you....

I also have read on a few places that if it looks like you are following/unfollowing to much they will suspend your account which I don't know for sure if true or not.

What I have seen is that most people including myself will only look at the first page of tweets so if you are follwing a large number you will miss many tweets.

From a marketing stand, if you send a tweet to someone who is following hundreds or thousands the chance of your tweet being seen is slim to none unless you are tweeting like every few minutes. If you tweet only a few times a day you can pretty much forget about it.

I.E: Say you follow 2000 people and they only tweet i X day thats 2000 tweets that you will get, are you going to read all 2000 or just the first page?

If they only send 2 thats 4000, 3 = 6000, 4 = 8000 you get the picture.

Does that mean its not useful? No but just don't think if you build a following of 10K that you will make lots of money...

JMHO

[Spencer Jones]

It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

You can do better with 20 responsive followers that read whatever you tweet rather than 2000 who don't care whatever you do.

[PLRwithAlex]

I've created an auto tweet script that tweets all my accounts as often as I want to set the cron job. I've found that tweeting lots of URLs often gets you banned. So tweeting a link or a statement every 15-30 mins works well.

I get clicks from all my twitter accounts to affiliate products and other sites. I've seen some sales, but not loads. Most of my twitter accounts have between 500-1000 followers. I add followers every week or so.

I've tried lots of different techniques on twitter and found my auto tweet script works best. Set and forget.

Contact me if you want to discuss my script further.

Alex

[John Cabral]

Originally Posted by Spencer Jones

It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

You can do better with 20 responsive followers that read whatever you tweet rather than 2000 who don't care whatever you do.

I agree to some extend and reason being that if those 20 are following a lot of people your tweet will be buried as in my example...

[Spencer Jones]

Originally Posted by John Cabral

I agree to some extend and reason being that if those 20 are following a lot of people your tweet will be buried as in my example...

That's why those 20 need to be reading whatever you type... Meaning... It's about building a solid relationship... That's 20 with quality...

[John Cabral]

Originally Posted by Spencer Jones

That's why those 20 need to be reading whatever you type... Meaning... It's about building a solid relationship... That's 20 with quality...

I agree but my point is unless they are not following that many people your tweets will not be seen.

Even if they only following 100 poeple if those 100 post say 10 tweets/day that 1000 tweets and they most likely will only take the time to read whats on the first page. Personally I don't have time to read 1000 posts.

Only way to have your post read will be if you tweet alot. Doing a few tweets will most likely be useless....

Everyone seems to be jumping on the twitter bang wagon which is making it worse.

[Dan C. Rinnert]

Originally Posted by RoxanneKing

How many followers do you think it takes to get some good traffic?

One good one.

Really. All it takes is one good follower to retweet you, and you can get some good traffic out of that.

The more you can get, the better of course.

As others have said, it's quality. And you just can't beat a quantity of quality either.

[Jim M]

Originally Posted by RoxanneKing

How many followers do you think it takes to get some good traffic?

I agree with previous comments - it's about quality - not quantity, and the ability to communicate with your followers on a regular basis - notice I said communicate - not broadcast.

Since you're new to Twitter you might want to check out my sig below

[Spencer Jones]

Originally Posted by John Cabral

I agree but my point is unless they are not following that many people your tweets will not be seen.

Even if they only following 100 poeple if those 100 post say 10 tweets/day that 1000 tweets and they most likely will only take the time to read whats on the first page. Personally I don't have time to read 1000 posts.

Only way to have your post read will be if you tweet alot. Doing a few tweets will most likely be useless....

Everyone seems to be jumping on the twitter bang wagon which is making it worse.

Wrong... A quality follower will follow you even if your tweet is hidden among thousand others. If you've really built a bond with your followers, they will follow you to the point where they will bookmark your twitter profile, to watch whatever you tweet.

Build trust and relationships and each of your followers will be worth it's weight in gold.

[rodie151]

It's a cliche but it's about your relationship with your followers. 100 responsive followers is better that 10 000 uninterested ones. How you get them and how you treat them is everything.

You need to train your followers that every time they click on one of your links they are going to get something good.

[jennypitts]

Originally Posted by RoxanneKing

I am new to twitter...just wondering if anyone has an opinion on this.

How many followers do you think it takes to get some good traffic?

As many as you can, however this does not guarantee you will get traffic. Having a lot of followers is NOT the solution, so I recommend you diversify your efforts. Organize yourself and dedicate some time to each of the traffic generators out there, be it twitter, traffic exchange sites, writing articles, forum commenting, etc. I have found that using a variety of services has brought good, quality and TARGETED traffic. Because that is also important. You do not just want people to click on your site and leave, this will give you a very high bounce rate which you do not want. You want to bring good targeted traffic to your site.

[devilishsaint]

I think 1000+ quality followers is good to start.

[DogScout]

Now with lists, it isn't followers, it is how many lists you are on. People with lists just read those. It eliminates the spammers and people that only sell.
once again, quality. Having BOTH is better though.

[John Cabral]

The problem I see and is being missed is not really how many you follow or follow you but how many the people who follow you are following.

Depending on how many the are following and how many those being followed post, your posts could very well get lost in the flurry of posts.

[Paul McQuillan]

I boot so many followers because of over used auto tweets and
mini commercials it's unreal.

I have found a couple of interesting sites, but nothing I would spend
money on.

Very, very few know how to use Twitter. "hey, check out this" 400
times a day gets a little old....

[Matrixzer0]

Probably....It's Over 9 thousand!!!

But seriously To see any real significant boost. The best way to get traffic is back-link building plus the keyword in domain trick.

[freudianslip27]

Like others have shared, it really is about getting a targeted list of followers. If you are just following people in a niche and aren't giving them something to get interested in you, its no different than buying one of those bulk lists of emails (like a million for $20) and spamming away.

Matt

[senatl]

I have a few accounts with Twitter (all that I personally manage and none on auto-pilot) and on one account I have 115 followers with little click-thru rate because most of those followers are spammers or bots.
Another account I have has 62 followers and I have a 40% click-thru rate on every single link I post. They're not friends or family either..total strangers.

Number doesn't matter.. it's the quality of that number.

[DogScout]

I have 30,000 followers and can get 3,000 non-buyers to any page I send them to

[kimperino1985]

Originally Posted by RoxanneKing

I am new to twitter...just wondering if anyone has an opinion on this.

How many followers do you think it takes to get some good traffic?

I don't think the number of followers or fans really make big difference. However, tracking number and types of social media connections is very important. Stick to the basic business rules. If social media is driving more sales, leads, media exposure, or whatever your core success metric is, then the program is successful.

Hope it helps
-Kim

[Shawn Mason]

Originally Posted by DogScout

I have 30,000 followers and can get 3,000 non-buyers to any page I send them to

lol I sold something within days of signing up with twitter, it was ... about twitter..

I can get some traffic to my blog posts, some people retweet it for me!

Especially videos!

Might click an adsense ad or two..

Might pick up a subscriber here and there..

Not exactly paying the bills

[mbacak]

Twitter is the wrong place if you are looking to make sales and get traffic. I learned that the hard way. Social media is a platform where people are looking to discover things instead of having things forced on them.

[John Cabral]

Originally Posted by DogScout

I have 30,000 followers and can get 3,000 non-buyers to any page I send them to

You have me beat by 1000 LOL

[source47]

For Twitter, it's not a numbers game. I believe that it's not the number of followers that you have, it's the responsiveness of your followers. I have less than 400 followers and I've never had good results making affiliate sales, etc. I only ever get a handful of clicks to any Tweet that I send out.

I did come across some cool Twitter software, ViralTweet.com, I haven't setup a Viral Tweet page yet but it's something that I'll do in the near future.

Viral Tweet idea - Setup the Viral Tweet software. (There is a free version and then a premium version with more features.) Then offer a free report or video series for people that retweet your message. A great way to build your followers for a specific niche.

I hope this helps!

[John Cabral]

Originally Posted by source47

For Twitter, it's not a numbers game. I believe that it's not the number of followers that you have, it's the responsiveness of your followers. I have less than 400 followers and I've never had good results making affiliate sales, etc. I only ever get a handful of clicks to any Tweet that I send out.

I did come across some cool Twitter software, ViralTweet.com, I haven't setup a Viral Tweet page yet but it's something that I'll do in the near future.

Viral Tweet idea - Setup the Viral Tweet software. (There is a free version and then a premium version with more features.) Then offer a free report or video series for people that retweet your message. A great way to build your followers for a specific niche.

I hope this helps!

I disagree that it is a numbers game with twitter but not the way most are thinking. Its not about how many you are following or following you its about how many those that are following you follow.

Again if someone who is following you and also following 1000 other your tweet has little change of ever being read/seen.

That is the issue I have with twitter.

[John Hocking]

Twitter is more about you then your offer. If you establish yourself as someone that is helpful and only shares the best information, your followers will be more likely to click on an url you recommend.

I try to keep marketing messages to less then 1 in 20 myself. The information I pass on is very helpful and several of my follower retweet almost every link i send out.

You need to treat twitter and other social networks like any other networking event. If you went to a party and walked around shouting about your product or service, you are not going to be very popular.

If you engage the people, find out more about them and what they are looking for you, you just might be able to offer suggestions that solve the problem and gain you an loyal fan.

[nicholasb]

it's really not the quantity that matters it is the quality and relatioship you have with the people who are following you

[BrianE]

Originally Posted by John Hocking

Twitter is more about you then your offer. If you establish yourself as someone that is helpful and only shares the best information, your followers will be more likely to click on an url you recommend.

I try to keep marketing messages to less then 1 in 20 myself. The information I pass on is very helpful and several of my follower retweet almost every link i send out.

You need to treat twitter and other social networks like any other networking event. If you went to a party and walked around shouting about your product or service, you are not going to be very popular.

If you engage the people, find out more about them and what they are looking for you, you just might be able to offer suggestions that solve the problem and gain you an loyal fan.

John I agree. If you post relevant, useful information related to your topic/web site you'll attract the right followers. Don't post a link on every message and build a relationships. (sort of like email marketing)

[PVReymond]

You can get great results just with 100 followers and bad results with 20 000 it all depends on how targeted your followers are.

Thanks,
^PV Reymond

[rawaccess]

It's not possible to answer your question.

Just yesterday I read a blog entry about a guy who got his article retweeted on 3 mega twitter accounts (+1million). It netted him about 5k views, a handful of new subscribers and $0 profit.

[robrudd]

its getting harder to market on Twitter. You used to be able to setup your scheduled tweets and when they ran out you could just have the same canned tweets be sent out again over and over again day after day. Tools to Boost Your Social Media Productivity SocialOomph.com offered a reschedule feature for this but twitter just told them and others to discontinue the recycling of scheduled tweets. You could still do it if you had your own script but most free and paid services are discontinuing that feature as twitter is attempting to cut down on spam.

Its fairly easy to get up to the 2000 following/1900 follower mark.
Then you have to unfollow all those who are not following you so you are following only those who are following you back usually around 1200 followers is what you get from following 2000. Then follow 800 more over the next few days then rinse and repeat to get over the 2000 point.
You could just start a new account each day and run free twitter follower software, to get up to 2000 point in a week. It can all be automated if you want.
Not a lot of buyers but good for free stuff like say your optin.

[greff]

If you are trying to sell a CB product, or any other product (as opposed to a service) then I recommend another way to market, my friend. One of the most successful Twitter folks is Chris Brogan. I've watched him for over a year. He has over 100K followers now and his career has taken off like a rocket. But he wrote a best selling book recently and he worked his butt off. So, yes, Twitter helped but it did not make him.

Sorry to burst a bubble, if I did.

[Scott Ames]

Originally Posted by Shane Natan

Exactly 2,314 followers. That'll do the trick!



Best,
Shane

That's the number I've come up with as well.. amazing.