{"id":1024,"date":"2016-06-22T08:34:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T07:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/web-design-news\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2016-06-15T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T10:42:23","slug":"there-is-a-magic-number-of-followers-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/there-is-a-magic-number-of-followers-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a magic number of followers on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaining followers on Twitter can take time and effort. But at what point does it\u00a0get easier to gain those followers?<\/p>\n

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I’ve been on Twitter since 2009\u00a0but I’ve not really ever pushed it hard. Twitter was something I simply enjoyed posting on.\u00a0Most of that time I wasn’t looking to build new followers, I was happy with what I had. New followers were slow to build up because I wasn’t seeking them out with hashtags or following back.<\/p>\n

The Twitter magic number<\/h2>\n

I noticed that once I hit 5,000 followers there was a noticeable increase in daily followers. Not only that many of those new followers had a BIG following themselves. The big boys and girls suddenly started to notice my account. Those with low follows but high followers were now taking notice of me.<\/p>\n

What was happening before 5k?<\/h2>\n

I would get maybe one or two new followers a day. If I engaged more then that would go up to maybe five or six new followers a day.<\/p>\n

What started happening after 5k?<\/h2>\n

Now I get five to ten new followers a day and if I engage more that figure can go up to thirty or forty\u00a0a day.<\/p>\n

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These are not big figures but remember, I’m NOT<\/strong>\u00a0actively seeking them out, they are coming to me with little effort on my part. I’m not<\/strong> doing any\u00a0follow\/unfollow campaigns to boost these numbers. If I were to push harder and start a follow\/following campaign those numbers would go much, much higher (100-300 a day).<\/p>\n

There are 5k lists that I’ve been added to, an increase in messages and tweets to me. The bigger players are now more likely to engage back. The difference is quite noticeable once you reach it.<\/p>\n

I’m barely on a hundred followers, what do I do?<\/h2>\n

Initially it can be very slow because people are less likely to follow accounts with few followers. Some tips are:<\/p>\n