Organic vs. Inorganic Twitter List Building
One of my good friends, Carlton Flowers, posted a podcast about organic vs. Inorganic Twitter List building. Of course I had to respond with a blog post about the topic. Here goes…
First of all, I need to explain what I mean when I say Organic and Inorganic.
Organic basically means you build your list manually. In other words, you seek people out based on a common interest or geographical location, follow them and then hope they follow you back.
Inorganic is when you buy one of those programs that promises to give you x number of followers a day and automatically follow those people back.
What is my opinion? I’m so glad you asked! I don’t believe in using automated means to find followers. I prefer to follow people manually. I know this means that it takes me a while longer to follow new followers, but I feel better doing it that way, because then I know who I’m following.
So that’s my take on the issue. What do you think?
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this is great to know about organic and inorganic ,twitter is just awesome to promote business and to build network.thanks!
That was a very simple and straight-forward explanation of organic vs automated follower list building. It’s good to know that there are others in the Twitter community who still have the good old-fashioned values of meeting people and being “real”! Sometimes I feel like I’m on an island of robots! But the benefits of building your following manually and meeting people first-hand far outweigh any of the schemes that we commonly see. People, do you want to know what the REAL secret “short-cut” is to Twitter following fame? Here it is:
1. Realize that there is no short-cut
2. Work your rear end off, and become a contributor
(Adapted from the man himself, Gary Vaynerchuk)
You’re welcome! I’m glad you learned something.
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