One on my readers asked, Should I pay $5 to get 10,000 Twitter followers? Or 100,000 followers?

Does this sound too good to be true?

It sure did to me!

But the headline was too brazen in its claims for me to ignore it so I read Glen’s latest post on ViperChill where he tested this new automated system and gave a complete analysis.

If you’re looking for traffic from twitter or Facebook you should read:
How to Get 5,000+ Facebook Likes and Twitter Followers Per Day, On Autopilot.

Want some cool stats (and some random stats) about Twitter?

In the race to social media stardom, plenty of bloggers have joined Twitter and are furiously tweeting the titles and openings of every post they publish. When they launch a product or open registration for a seminar, they tweet that.

But surely these can’t be the only ways to support your blog using Twitter?  Your tweets might be limited to 140 characters, but the scope of your tweeting is limited — you guessed it — only by your imagination.

Here are some of the less conventional approaches I’ve seen bloggers employ in using Twitter to support their sites.

Continue Reading: 4 Ways to Use Twitter to Support Your Blog

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If you automatically follow everyone who follows you, then you may find your home feed a bit overwhelming. In order to keep up with all of the people you want to follow based on their interests and your connection to them. Here are nine great Twitter lists to create and ways to use them.

Read: 9 Ways to Use Twitter Lists

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Twitter can be a great way to get traffic but you are losing traffic unless you come up with interesting and tasty headlines that get readers’ attention.

In his latest blog post, How to Create Headlines That Get Retweeted, Tim Ferris explains the art and science of crafting headlines that get attention and are retweeted.

Read How to Create Headlines That Get Retweeted

Twitter is a great tool for broadcasting your message, connecting with clients, and getting traffic.  But it has attracted numerous spammers who send you messages that are nothing more than ads.

Most of us just ignore them.  But I want to show you a simple way to fight back.

Here’s a great video showing how to use Twitter to get traffic and build backlinks.

2,856 Twitter tools…

There’s a new site called OneForty and they have made it their purpose to collect and organize every different twitter application known to man.

If there’s something you want to do on twitter then there is an application for it. And OneForty probably has it.

Also check out their “essential” collection of twitter tools and applications:
http://oneforty.com/essentials

Or take a look at the 100 most popular twitter tools and applications:
http://oneforty.com/popular

This is part of my 30 Days To More Traffic Series

Introduction

I try to keep my interaction with my twitter followers fairly simple. Every day I do a few quick things.

Tweets mentioning @NicksTraffic

I like to see who has mentioned me (@NicksTraffic) on twitter. If someone mentions me it’s usually a because they have a question or they have retweeted something of mine.

If you are logged into twitter you can see who has mentioned you here:
https://twitter.com/#replies

I always send a thank you to anyone who has retweeted my stuff. I will also sometimes look at their profile and see if there’s anything I want to retweet to my followers.

Answering questions

I also answer questions people have. Sometimes I can answer the question in 140 characters. When I don’t have enough characters I will tweet them with my e-mail address and ask them to e-mail me with their question.

Responding to direct messages

Sometimes people want to keep things a little more private and will ask their questions with a direct message. I respond to them each day.

Tweeting valuable stuff

A big part of interacting with your followers is tweeting stuff that they care about. They followed you for reason so make sure that you only tweet stuff they care about.