How to Start & Rapidly grow Twitter without spending
First is to go to Twitter.com
Follow the prompts: Select a user name and fill in the rest of the requested data.
Next you will be give a change to upload your email list. I would suggest you do if you are
new to Twitter. This will get you started.
After this, you will be given a chance to follow some celebrities. Select as many of these as
you like or of course none if you choose.
Once you have followed some people, they have the ability to post messages that will
appear in your time stream. These messages are called Tweets and are 140 characters*
or less. It is very similar to using text messaging except many people can view the
messages. Anyone you are following can post a Tweet and you can view it.
People you follow will often follow you back. Roughly 30% will do this. Once you have
some followers, your messages will appear in their "Time Stream" or "Time Line." Not sure
which it is officially called.
The way to grow your account is to select someone whose message contents is desirable
to you. Click on their user name and see how many followers they have. I'd select someone
with several hundred. Click on their followers and start following them.
The big trick to getting followers is to follow others! Related article: Following Back
Another way to get followers: when someone promotes people to you (mentions your
name), follow them. Usually they are active and many will follow you back!
If you find you're following someone you don't want to, click on their name. When you see
the green follow button, click on it and it should unfollow.
If they are offensive, there is an icon that is a bust image, click on it and pull down to block.
Now they are blocked! I don't hesitate to do that. See my article "Who Has the Right to
Insult You?"
Another point is to put some good content out in your tweets especially if you want a large
number to continue following you.
Twitter has limits on how many followers you can select in one day. I really can't tell you
how many that is and it appears to be arbitrary. Once you hit 2001 that you are following,
you can expect to be stopped for some period of time from adding to the number you are
following. However, once your followers reach 1800 (I'm assuming based on my personal
experience), you will be able to follow more people. See article TwitTip2001Barrier.
After following people, wait about 3-4 days. Follow back those that are following you. You
should be able to see whose following you and who isn't. Those that aren't following you,
unfollow. You should do this manually a few times just so you know what is happening.
(Do not be too aggressive about following and unfollowing. "Aggressive" behavior is
grounds for suspension. "Aggressive" is not defined by Twitter and is open to interpretation
by them.)
Please refer to Twitters rules here: http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311.
messages for over a month. They aren't playing the game so why carry the dead.
I've created a very basic Twitter skill page for the BRAND NEW user. Click here.
Now, for a free time saver that works pretty well and is extremely fast and simple: "Catfood
Follower". CatFood stops working at about 8,000 followers. Another software, not as
simple but you can do more things with it is Tweepi.com. If you're hitting the 2001 Barrier,
these free software are very helpful. See TwitTip2001Barrier.
New Tweeters are always asking me to follow them back when I already am. I've written a
tip on how to see who's following you so you don't ask someone who already is. Click here
to read!
questions, contact me! I will tell you all I know at no cost to you! You might want to look at
my pages: Twitter Basic and Twitter Advanced!
Be sure to get your "License2Survive" and be listed...no cost or obligation, no strings at all.
To view list and read article below the list, click here.
If you would like, I can manage posting to all your various social networks for you:
Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, etc as well as Twitter! Contact me!
If you have questions, at me @Poet_Carl_Watts on Twitter and I'll answer. (To see how to "@"
me, click here) It's likely others need to know the same data so on Twitter we can share.
If you want to get your data known fast, if you have a Tweet you feel is important, sent it
with an @Poet_Carl_Watts. I will RT all of your messages if I can. I may get behind or I
may simple disagree and not be willing to retweet. But normally, I'm there to pass on your
communications. Please don't abuse my willingness to help. It's completely based on me
wanting to help man.
After this article, go to Twitter Basic Tips for more data! Click here!
@MaryHWatts as a back up to my account!
How I use Twitter & Why
"Tweet Adder*" most recommended software! Carl (I've been using almost two
years. It is a great labor saver! Tweets for me while I sleep or when I'm away from
home! Unfollows those that don't follow me back and more automatically!
"Tweet Adder"!
* URL Shortening.
If you are preparing your tweets in advance, you may want to set up a shortening service that will take your
URL and shrink it down. This allows you to get more text in the message.
I recommend is.dg. Very fast. You simply drag their logo to your book mark bar. When you're on a bage,
click and it will shorten it. Or www.ow.ly. On Owly you can enter your URL and the Captcha or login with
Twitter. I recommend logging in. Once logged in, you enter URL and hit "Shrink It" or hit enter on you
keyboard and you get a shortened URL! You can also put their logo on your book mark bar.
Live URL
When Tweeting a URL, ensure the full http etc is present. That way the link will be live.
http://.www.carlwattsartist.com would be live on Twitter. carlwattsartist.com would not be live and would
require people to copy and paste to visit page!
You can drag their logo to your bookmark bar for speed of use.
Man survives best when man is helping man survive! A person is only as valuable as he helps or assist
others! Need some help in life without being told what to do, what to think, contact me.
Have a great day!
Carl
If you have found this helpful, don't be shy, hit the donate button.
"Each RT is more valuable than the last. RT please! #Quote #AwesomeTeam" Carl Watts. The power
of the internet is the spreading of information. Each RT spreads information, knowledge, further and
further and potentially can circle the globe and change mankind. This is done by a simple RT by you,
helping mankind. In advance, thanks for helping!*
*The use of a hashmark "#" in front of a word is tracking method. It is used to establish trends and allows
a subject to be located easier. Don't over use #s. "A hashtag is similar to other web tags- it helps add
tweets to a category" per Twitter. See full data: http://help.twitter.com/entries/49309-what-are-hashtags-
the-symbol.
Key to all this is an internet not controlled by government or a few corporations. Support www.
SaveTheInternet.com and Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org.
*TweetAdder: these links to take you to my affiliate pages! If you do purchase either of these, I recommend you sign up as an affiliate.
That way, you can make commission to if you promote and someone signs up. I can tell you, I purchased form someone's promotion
and they made money! So should you!
Copyright 8/09/09-2012 CarlWattsArtist.com/Carl Watts Edited 8/7/11, 10/07/11, 2/3/2012
Follow the prompts: Select a user name and fill in the rest of the requested data.
Next you will be give a change to upload your email list. I would suggest you do if you are
new to Twitter. This will get you started.
After this, you will be given a chance to follow some celebrities. Select as many of these as
you like or of course none if you choose.
Once you have followed some people, they have the ability to post messages that will
appear in your time stream. These messages are called Tweets and are 140 characters*
or less. It is very similar to using text messaging except many people can view the
messages. Anyone you are following can post a Tweet and you can view it.
People you follow will often follow you back. Roughly 30% will do this. Once you have
some followers, your messages will appear in their "Time Stream" or "Time Line." Not sure
which it is officially called.
The way to grow your account is to select someone whose message contents is desirable
to you. Click on their user name and see how many followers they have. I'd select someone
with several hundred. Click on their followers and start following them.
The big trick to getting followers is to follow others! Related article: Following Back
Another way to get followers: when someone promotes people to you (mentions your
name), follow them. Usually they are active and many will follow you back!
If you find you're following someone you don't want to, click on their name. When you see
the green follow button, click on it and it should unfollow.
If they are offensive, there is an icon that is a bust image, click on it and pull down to block.
Now they are blocked! I don't hesitate to do that. See my article "Who Has the Right to
Insult You?"
Another point is to put some good content out in your tweets especially if you want a large
number to continue following you.
Twitter has limits on how many followers you can select in one day. I really can't tell you
how many that is and it appears to be arbitrary. Once you hit 2001 that you are following,
you can expect to be stopped for some period of time from adding to the number you are
following. However, once your followers reach 1800 (I'm assuming based on my personal
experience), you will be able to follow more people. See article TwitTip2001Barrier.
After following people, wait about 3-4 days. Follow back those that are following you. You
should be able to see whose following you and who isn't. Those that aren't following you,
unfollow. You should do this manually a few times just so you know what is happening.
(Do not be too aggressive about following and unfollowing. "Aggressive" behavior is
grounds for suspension. "Aggressive" is not defined by Twitter and is open to interpretation
by them.)
Please refer to Twitters rules here: http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311.
messages for over a month. They aren't playing the game so why carry the dead.
I've created a very basic Twitter skill page for the BRAND NEW user. Click here.
Now, for a free time saver that works pretty well and is extremely fast and simple: "Catfood
Follower". CatFood stops working at about 8,000 followers. Another software, not as
simple but you can do more things with it is Tweepi.com. If you're hitting the 2001 Barrier,
these free software are very helpful. See TwitTip2001Barrier.
New Tweeters are always asking me to follow them back when I already am. I've written a
tip on how to see who's following you so you don't ask someone who already is. Click here
to read!
questions, contact me! I will tell you all I know at no cost to you! You might want to look at
my pages: Twitter Basic and Twitter Advanced!
Be sure to get your "License2Survive" and be listed...no cost or obligation, no strings at all.
To view list and read article below the list, click here.
If you would like, I can manage posting to all your various social networks for you:
Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, etc as well as Twitter! Contact me!
If you have questions, at me @Poet_Carl_Watts on Twitter and I'll answer. (To see how to "@"
me, click here) It's likely others need to know the same data so on Twitter we can share.
If you want to get your data known fast, if you have a Tweet you feel is important, sent it
with an @Poet_Carl_Watts. I will RT all of your messages if I can. I may get behind or I
may simple disagree and not be willing to retweet. But normally, I'm there to pass on your
communications. Please don't abuse my willingness to help. It's completely based on me
wanting to help man.
After this article, go to Twitter Basic Tips for more data! Click here!
@MaryHWatts as a back up to my account!
How I use Twitter & Why
"Tweet Adder*" most recommended software! Carl (I've been using almost two
years. It is a great labor saver! Tweets for me while I sleep or when I'm away from
home! Unfollows those that don't follow me back and more automatically!
"Tweet Adder"!
* URL Shortening.
If you are preparing your tweets in advance, you may want to set up a shortening service that will take your
URL and shrink it down. This allows you to get more text in the message.
I recommend is.dg. Very fast. You simply drag their logo to your book mark bar. When you're on a bage,
click and it will shorten it. Or www.ow.ly. On Owly you can enter your URL and the Captcha or login with
Twitter. I recommend logging in. Once logged in, you enter URL and hit "Shrink It" or hit enter on you
keyboard and you get a shortened URL! You can also put their logo on your book mark bar.
Live URL
When Tweeting a URL, ensure the full http etc is present. That way the link will be live.
http://.www.carlwattsartist.com would be live on Twitter. carlwattsartist.com would not be live and would
require people to copy and paste to visit page!
You can drag their logo to your bookmark bar for speed of use.
Man survives best when man is helping man survive! A person is only as valuable as he helps or assist
others! Need some help in life without being told what to do, what to think, contact me.
Have a great day!
Carl
If you have found this helpful, don't be shy, hit the donate button.
"Each RT is more valuable than the last. RT please! #Quote #AwesomeTeam" Carl Watts. The power
of the internet is the spreading of information. Each RT spreads information, knowledge, further and
further and potentially can circle the globe and change mankind. This is done by a simple RT by you,
helping mankind. In advance, thanks for helping!*
*The use of a hashmark "#" in front of a word is tracking method. It is used to establish trends and allows
a subject to be located easier. Don't over use #s. "A hashtag is similar to other web tags- it helps add
tweets to a category" per Twitter. See full data: http://help.twitter.com/entries/49309-what-are-hashtags-
the-symbol.
Key to all this is an internet not controlled by government or a few corporations. Support www.
SaveTheInternet.com and Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org.
*TweetAdder: these links to take you to my affiliate pages! If you do purchase either of these, I recommend you sign up as an affiliate.
That way, you can make commission to if you promote and someone signs up. I can tell you, I purchased form someone's promotion
and they made money! So should you!
Copyright 8/09/09-2012 CarlWattsArtist.com/Carl Watts Edited 8/7/11, 10/07/11, 2/3/2012
