undefined
Skip to content
Moz logo Menu open Menu close
  • Products
    • Moz Pro
    • Moz Pro Home
    • Moz Local
    • Moz Local Home
    • STAT
    • Moz API
    • Moz API Home
    • Compare SEO Products
    • Moz Data
  • Free SEO Tools
    • Domain Analysis
    • Keyword Explorer
    • Link Explorer
    • Competitive Research
    • MozBar
    • More Free SEO Tools
  • Learn SEO
    • Beginner's Guide to SEO
    • SEO Learning Center
    • Moz Academy
    • SEO Q&A
    • Webinars, Whitepapers, & Guides
  • Blog
  • Why Moz
    • Agency Solutions
    • Enterprise Solutions
    • Small Business Solutions
    • Case Studies
    • The Moz Story
    • New Releases
  • Log in
  • Log out
  • Products
    • Moz Pro

      Your all-in-one suite of SEO essentials.

    • Moz Local

      Raise your local SEO visibility with complete local SEO management.

    • STAT

      SERP tracking and analytics for enterprise SEO experts.

    • Moz API

      Power your SEO with our index of over 44 trillion links.

    • Compare SEO Products

      See which Moz SEO solution best meets your business needs.

    • Moz Data

      Power your SEO strategy & AI models with custom data solutions.

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic
    Moz Pro

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic

    Learn more
  • Free SEO Tools
    • Domain Analysis

      Get top competitive SEO metrics like DA, top pages and more.

    • Keyword Explorer

      Find traffic-driving keywords with our 1.25 billion+ keyword index.

    • Link Explorer

      Explore over 40 trillion links for powerful backlink data.

    • Competitive Research

      Uncover valuable insights on your organic search competitors.

    • MozBar

      See top SEO metrics for free as you browse the web.

    • More Free SEO Tools

      Explore all the free SEO tools Moz has to offer.

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic
    Moz Pro

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic

    Learn more
  • Learn SEO
    • Beginner's Guide to SEO

      The #1 most popular introduction to SEO, trusted by millions.

    • SEO Learning Center

      Broaden your knowledge with SEO resources for all skill levels.

    • On-Demand Webinars

      Learn modern SEO best practices from industry experts.

    • How-To Guides

      Step-by-step guides to search success from the authority on SEO.

    • Moz Academy

      Upskill and get certified with on-demand courses & certifications.

    • MozCon

      Save on Early Bird tickets and join us in London or New York City

    Unlock flexible pricing & new endpoints
    Moz API

    Unlock flexible pricing & new endpoints

    Find your plan
  • Blog
  • Why Moz
    • Small Business Solutions

      Uncover insights to make smarter marketing decisions in less time.

    • Agency Solutions

      Earn & keep valuable clients with unparalleled data & insights.

    • Enterprise Solutions

      Gain a competitive edge in the ever-changing world of search.

    • The Moz Story

      Moz was the first & remains the most trusted SEO company.

    • Case Studies

      Explore how Moz drives ROI with a proven track record of success.

    • New Releases

      Get the scoop on the latest and greatest from Moz.

    Surface actionable competitive intel
    New Feature

    Surface actionable competitive intel

    Learn More
  • Log in
    • Moz Pro
    • Moz Local
    • Moz Local Dashboard
    • Moz API
    • Moz API Dashboard
    • Moz Academy
  • Avatar
    • Moz Home
    • Notifications
    • Account & Billing
    • Manage Users
    • Community Profile
    • My Q&A
    • My Videos
    • Log Out

The Moz Q&A Forum

  • Forum
  • Questions
  • Users
  • Ask the Community

Welcome to the Q&A Forum

Browse the forum for helpful insights and fresh discussions about all things SEO.

  1. Home
  2. Digital Marketing
  3. Branding
  4. Best Way To Get Twitter Followers

Moz Q&A is closed.

After more than 13 years, and tens of thousands of questions, Moz Q&A closed on 12th December 2024. Whilst we’re not completely removing the content - many posts will still be possible to view - we have locked both new posts and new replies. More details here.

Best Way To Get Twitter Followers

Branding
6
9
2.6k
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as question
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with question management privileges can see it.
  • PeterAlexLeigh
    PeterAlexLeigh last edited by Sep 15, 2011, 10:29 AM

    What does the forum think the best way to get Twitter Followers is?

    I'm talking from the perspective from a fairly unknown brand where there's no obvious reason for someone to follow.

    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • OptimizeSmart
      OptimizeSmart last edited by Sep 15, 2011, 1:32 PM Sep 15, 2011, 1:32 PM

      At the end of each blog post/article remind your readers to follow you on twitter. This work wonders. Another cool way is to pay by tweets. If you provide a downloadable resource on your website, then make it available only after tweeting about it. Make sure that your twitter button recommends to follow you, if a visitors is not already following you. With the passage of time you will get many followers.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • PeterAlexLeigh
        PeterAlexLeigh @Marcus_Miller last edited by Sep 15, 2011, 1:29 PM Sep 15, 2011, 1:29 PM

        The brand/site in question is a very straight forward loan site and at the moment there's not much reason for people to want to go on the site for content purposes. It's more they need a loan and that's all they care about.

        The content part is something we're working on for this site, but at the moment, it's hard to get twitter followers via this route.

        I was more looking to get twitter followers first who could then be driven to the new content to generate traffic and then re-tweets... reverse logic

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • PeterAlexLeigh
          PeterAlexLeigh @Storitz last edited by Sep 15, 2011, 1:25 PM Sep 15, 2011, 1:25 PM

          Storitz - nice, I've never heard of it, but it looks good.

          Thanks for the response

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Storitz
            Storitz last edited by Sep 16, 2011, 7:55 AM Sep 15, 2011, 1:22 PM

            I use Twellow.com - easiest place to find like minded Twitter accounts.

            PeterAlexLeigh 1 Reply Last reply Sep 15, 2011, 1:25 PM Reply Quote 1
            • Marcus_Miller
              Marcus_Miller last edited by Sep 16, 2011, 7:56 AM Sep 15, 2011, 11:59 AM

              Competitions are always good but really, you want to have a rich social presence that is driven by your content strategy.

              So, you post great content on your blog - people read you and follow. They may even then tweet it through your social plugins and you may pick up more readers / followers.

              You have a strong presence on twitter, post interesting things, interact with other interesting people to build relationships and ultimately pick up more followers like that as well.

              Then, you have strategies for getting followers like competitions where  people have to follow you.

              Really though, get some good content on the site and tie in twitter very closely with your content strategy and be active on twitter and you will start to build followers.

              No silver bullet really, like everything else, the real answer after all the bluster is simply - hard work.

              Marcus

              PeterAlexLeigh 1 Reply Last reply Sep 15, 2011, 1:29 PM Reply Quote 3
              • SuperlativB
                SuperlativB last edited by Sep 16, 2011, 7:56 AM Sep 15, 2011, 11:35 AM

                It would be easier if i knew more about your brand, product, service.

                Reasons for someone to follow you: - Quality content

                • Costumer service
                • Competitions
                • Competetor
                • You follow them
                • Like you product, service

                If you have traffic to your homapage:

                • Promote your twitter account
                • Include the twitter follow button
                • Give your visitors good reason to follow you

                And I guess, just take it from there 😄

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • PeterAlexLeigh
                  PeterAlexLeigh @Vivamedia last edited by Sep 15, 2011, 11:01 AM Sep 15, 2011, 11:01 AM

                  Tommy,

                  I saw that and it's good, but it doesn't really tell you how to go from 0 followers to a sizeable number. It's more based on the fact you've already got a base of followers.

                  Say we had a toilet cleaning firm. Where would you find suitable followers for that without harassing people

                  Maybe I'm looking for something (Although preferably not) with a bit of a darker hat on...

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • Vivamedia
                    Vivamedia last edited by Sep 15, 2011, 10:48 AM Sep 15, 2011, 10:48 AM

                    Here is a great video from SEOmoz Whiteboard friday:

                    http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-we-increased-our-twitter-followers-by-250-whiteboard-friday

                    PeterAlexLeigh 1 Reply Last reply Sep 15, 2011, 11:01 AM Reply Quote 1
                    • 1 / 1
                    1 out of 9
                    • First post
                      1/9
                      Last post

                    Got a burning SEO question?

                    Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.


                    Start my free trial


                    Browse Questions

                    Explore more categories

                    • Moz Tools

                      Chat with the community about the Moz tools.

                    • SEO Tactics

                      Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers

                    • Community

                      Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!

                    • Digital Marketing

                      Chat about tactics outside of SEO

                    • Research & Trends

                      Dive into research and trends in the search industry.

                    • Support

                      Connect on product support and feature requests.

                    • See all categories

                    Related Questions

                    • RealSelf

                      How to get an Updated Logo in Search Results?

                      I'm having trouble getting a new logo in search results.  My company, RealSelf, updated our logo over a year ago and both Google and Bing continue to show our old logo in image results.  Worst of all, this means that when people look for our logo, they find the wrong one and include that in new, external content. Here's a list of what we've tried: We've modified all the logos on our site with the new one (not including a few PDF whitepapers from before the redesign Added schema.org logo and organization markup Featured a high resolution image on our "Logos" page (top result for "RealSelf logo") Verified wikipedia has the proper image Modified all social profile logos: Twitter, Facebook, G+, etc.. Begun outreach efforts to have high ranking image results update our logo I'm wondering if there are other ideas besides getting more creative/successful with our outreach tactics?

                      Branding | Nov 10, 2015, 11:42 AM | RealSelf
                      0
                    • IsaCleanse

                      Copy/pasting the article from another website and referencing correctly not to get penalized

                      Hi all I am looking at copy/pasting an article from another website which is very relevant to my business, is there a standard practise/best practise for SEO to do this and ensure Google doesn't think i am plagerizing content etc.. Link to source down the bottom? Using Quotations... making a page noindex or no follow etc?

                      Branding | May 20, 2015, 10:22 AM | IsaCleanse
                      0
                    • Boodreaux

                      Viral Video :Best use - What to do with it?

                      So I was told that I have video that should be the next "viral video" in a particular vertical market. (It is an animal) Anyway I have 4 offers from different companies now that want to market it for me.  Junkin Media, Rumble.com, Newsflare and  Storyful.  Junkin wants ownership in perpetuity the other groups want for 1 year to market to news agencies. They are offering 60/40 revenue split with me getting 60. plus an extra $1 per thousand hits on the video.  Supposedly they will market it to for me to news agencies etc. Anyway I was wondering if it would work best for me to market it myself and embed my business website link in the video for link juice on my home page.  Then I can post the video in various places and the link strength might help my domain or page authority.  Any suggestions about viral video use? Boo

                      Branding | Oct 3, 2014, 12:20 PM | Boodreaux
                      0
                    • Prime85

                      Best Directories to Get Listed On?

                      Hello, I'm looking for a list of the best, most trusted, SEO friendly directories to list my company on. Can you guys please provide some directories that you have seen help increase your rankings and also drive targeted traffic? No Black Hat directories, only high quality ones. Thanks!

                      Branding | Feb 11, 2015, 4:16 PM | Prime85
                      0
                    • teconsite

                      Best strategies for alcoholic beverages online store

                      Hi, we are now creating an strategy for an online store that sells alcoholic beverages and also drinks to mix with them (for example for creating cocktails). The company is located in Spain and wants to begin selling in France. We are thinking of optimizing SEO of the online store, but it is a little difficult cause the description of drinks are really similar, and the inner text too. (Gin is Gin, and you can't describe many things about it. The brand changes, and also the bottle, but it is very difficult to describe a product like that) So we are thinking of creating a content marketing strategy and alsoa social community using facebook and twitter, and so on. As allways we are thinking of a blog and placing the contents there and then distribute then in social networks.... As the the products are alcoholic drinks, we thought that we could give people ideas and recipes of cocktails, and also to create videos about how to prepare those cocktails.But I am not sure about this strategy, specially about the video generation, cause as the products are alcoholic beverages, I am not sure about the policies of Youtube about that kind of issues. I tried to search on the Web and find nothing. This kind of content is for adults only? If so, should we create it anyway? Is it worth it? What kind of strategies will you apply to gain visibility for an store like this? I will apreciatte your comments and advices. Thank you!

                      Branding | May 7, 2013, 7:55 AM | teconsite
                      0
                    • conversiontactics

                      Best Press Release Distribution Services

                      I am looking for a Press Release Distribution Service, I know PRweb is a good one but as an Agency we launch constant press releases for our client. Just wondering if someone can tell me about a good PR Distributions services that provide unlimited Pr distribution and which are best for getting your Pr into Google News and easy to use. Also has anyone user http://www.sbwire.com

                      Branding | Oct 19, 2012, 11:29 AM | conversiontactics
                      0
                    • PeterAlexLeigh

                      Buying twitter followers

                      OK, before anyone says anything, I know this isn't the right way to do things properly and that if I want to build a genuine and interested following base, I need to create some great content, tweet great things of interest and build a genuine and engaged follower base.... BUT ....Has anyone got any actual experience of using paid for twitter followers and if so would you recommend it or recommend any particular company who does it in the UK? I know there's companies who do it by getting reciprocal followers and others who just use bots to give you lots of 'useless' followers. I essentially want to know if it can work at all on any level and get you some degree of useful followers (i.e. people who may actually read your tweets as opposed to fake accounts).

                      Branding | Oct 27, 2011, 10:08 AM | PeterAlexLeigh
                      0
                    • EthanStanislawski

                      Twitter Account names for Fictional Characters

                      I'm consulting for a web series that features ~6 well established characters, and I would like to establish a twitter stream for each character before the start of the new season in a few months. The characters all have first names but no last name, and the web series's name (Naked In A Fishbowl) is too long, and the acronym NIAF is not well-branded yet. What would be the best way to pick Twitter handles for cast members (BonnieNIAF, Jean NIAF? BonnieFishbowl? Bonnie_NIAF?)

                      Branding | Mar 7, 2011, 4:48 AM | EthanStanislawski
                      0

                    Get started with Moz Pro!

                    Unlock the power of advanced SEO tools and data-driven insights.

                    Start my free trial
                    Products
                    • Moz Pro
                    • Moz Local
                    • Moz API
                    • Moz Data
                    • STAT
                    • Product Updates
                    Moz Solutions
                    • SMB Solutions
                    • Agency Solutions
                    • Enterprise Solutions
                    Free SEO Tools
                    • Domain Authority Checker
                    • Link Explorer
                    • Keyword Explorer
                    • Competitive Research
                    • Brand Authority Checker
                    • Local Citation Checker
                    • MozBar Extension
                    • MozCast
                    Resources
                    • Blog
                    • SEO Learning Center
                    • Help Hub
                    • Beginner's Guide to SEO
                    • How-to Guides
                    • Moz Academy
                    • API Docs
                    About Moz
                    • About
                    • Team
                    • Careers
                    • Contact
                    Why Moz
                    • Case Studies
                    • Testimonials
                    Get Involved
                    • Become an Affiliate
                    • MozCon
                    • Webinars
                    • Practical Marketer Series
                    • MozPod
                    Connect with us

                    Contact the Help team

                    Join our newsletter

                    Access all your tools in one place. Whether you're tracking progress or analyzing data, everything you need is at your fingertips.

                    Moz logo
                    © 2021 - 2025 SEOMoz, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. All rights reserved. Moz is a registered trademark of SEOMoz, Inc.
                    • Accessibility
                    • Terms of Use
                    • Privacy

                    Looks like your connection to Moz was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect.