Day 25 Daily Report

Today 15 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

And I have only 34 new followers (15 stopped followed me for some reason) with total number of 1,712 followers! 

I did not add any followers from "follow back" lists.

Today, I continued with new hashtag initiative for helping newbies to acquire their first followers (this is my 5th day):

1. #newt helps newbies to acquire their first followers. Please search for this hashtag and follow those that tweeted it

2. #1f for those of us that followed newbies (like saying "I DID IT!")

Here is my updated list "welcometotwitter" http://tr.im/LCek of newbies that I followed today (I followed 55 newbies today).

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Day 24 Daily Report

Today 11 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

And I have 58 new followers (8 stopped followed me for some reason) with total number of 1,693 followers! 

I did not add any followers from the "follow back" lists.

This week I am focusing on trying to spread the word about the idea of new hashtags:

1. #newt helps newbies to acquire their first followers. Please search for this hashtag and follow those that tweeted it

2. #1f for those of us that followed newbies (like saying "I DID IT!")

The message/tweet for newbies is " Proud to be 1 of your 1st followers #1f Looking 4 new friends- add #newt (& friends will find u)" - limited to Twitter format

For those who followed newbies and want to spread the word - please retweet: " PLZ RT: LET'S WELCOME NEWBIES BY FOLLOWING A FEW! IT'S SO SIMPLE! If you follow newbie - ADD HASHTAG #1f! "

After 3 days of search for newbies (I found 125) and tweeting to everyone of them only 3% of them used this hashtag to find new friends on Twitter. 

Below is the list of those who retweeted my message about #1f hashtag:

@DanielStoicaTax, @retweet_central, @_BTE, @KellyKarius, @RTPro, @DellyBird79, @cliffordhenson, @YarelyIsOssum, @spwelch, @hashtager

Thanks to all of you for spreading the word!!!

This is just the beginning!

Here is my updated list "welcometotwitter" http://tr.im/LCek of newbies that I followed today (I followed 30 newbies today).

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Day 23 Daily Report

Today 11 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

And I have 77 new followers (11 stopped followed me for some reason) with total number of 1,643 followers! 

I did not add any followers from "follow back" lists and number of new followers more than doubled comparing to weekend days! Interesting phenomena. 

LET'S WELCOME NEWBIES BY FOLLOWING A FEW!!! IT'S SO SIMPLE!!! If you follow newbie - ADD HASHTAG #1f !!! 

Here is my updated list "welcometotwitter" http://tr.im/LCek of newbies that I followed today (I followed 45 (!) newbies today).

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Day 22 Daily Report

Today 9 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

And I have 65 new followers (9 stopped followed me for some reason) with total number of 1,577 followers! I did not add any followers from "follow back" lists. 

It looks like there is much more activity today on Twitter than during weekends.

Let's check what will happen tomorrow (Tuesday).

 

LET'S WELCOME NEWBIES BY FOLLOWING A FEW!!! IT'S SO SIMPLE!!! If you follow newbie - ADD HASHTAG #1f !!! 

Here is my updated list "welcometotwitter" http://tr.im/LCek of newbies that I followed today (I followed 20 newbies today).

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Day 21 Daily Report

Today ONLY 3 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

And I have only 30 new followers with total number of 1,521 followers! I did not add any followers from "follow back" lists. It looks like there is less activity on Twitter during weekends.

Let's see what will happen tomorrow (Monday).

LET'S WELCOME NEWBIES BY FOLLOWING A FEW!!! IT'S SO SIMPLE!!! If you follow newbie - ADD HASHTAG #1f !!! 

Here is my updated list "welcometotwitter" http://tr.im/LCek of newbies that I followed today (I followed 5 newbies today).

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Day 20 Daily Report

Today ONLY 3 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

And I have only 23 new followers with total number of 1,502 followers! I did not add any followers from "follow back" lists. It's "black Saturday"!

LET'S WELCOME NEWBIES BY FOLLOWING A FEW!!! IT'S SO SIMPLE!!! If you follow newbie - ADD HASHTAG #1f !!! 

Here is my updated list "welcometotwitter" http://tr.im/LCek of newbies that I followed today (I followed 5 newbies today).

See distribution by country below:

Day 19 Daily Report

Today 12 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have only 56 new followers with total number of 1,490 followers! I did not add any followers from "follow back" lists. 

I did the OPPOSITE: I started following newbies! It was Friday with it #FollowFriday activities, when I paid attention to tweets like " hi.. im new here in twitter.. invite me as your friend please., thanks"; "My friend @???? is new to Twitter today. Why not drop by and make her feel welcome?". Do you still remember your first time you were seeking for new friend on Twitter?
LET'S WELCOME NEWBIES BY FOLLOWING A FEW!!! IT'S SO SIMPLE!!! If you follow newbie - ADD HASHTAG #1f !!! Here is my new list "welcometotwitter" http://tr.im/LCek of newbies that I followed today (I followed 40 newbies today). I will continue doing that on a daily basis. 

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Day 18 Daily Report

Today 28 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

EVERYTHING BACK TO "NORMAL" after very "busy" day yesterday.
Today I have 94 new followers with total number of 1,453 followers! I did not add any followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" (around 100 new followers per day). 

 

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Day 17 Daily Report

I started my day with following 150 tweeters from different "follow back" lists (see my previous post about "follow back" lists). 119 FOLLOWED ME BACK WITHIN 24 HOURS!!! (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

It is 80%. My previous experiments with "follow back" lists were 3 days ago (47 followed back  out of 100 - 47% follow back rate (within 24 hours) and 10 days ago (95 out of 150 - 63% follow back rate (within 24 hours)). 

Do you see the difference? 

Let's first mention what was common to those 3 days:

1. I tweeted during those days

2. 95% of the chosen tweeters were from US.

How exactly did I chose tweeters to follow?

10 days ago: I followed everyone from the lists that tweeted within previous 24 hours.

3 days ago: I followed everyone from the lists.

Today: I followed everyone from the lists that tweeted within previous 24 hours.

What else was common 10 days ago and 3 days ago? It was Sunday. And today is Wednesday.

So, if you want to increase your chances to be followed by tweeters from "follow back" lists: 

• ACTIVELY TWEET BEFORE ADDING NEW FOLLOWERS
• CHOSE ACTIVE TWEETERS (with last tweet less than 24 hours ago)
• FOLLOW THEM ON WEEKDAYS

The other interesting question: Are tweeters on the "follow back" lists interested in you?

And unfortunately the answer is TOTALLY NOT! The only thing that stands behind those lists is "I FOLLOW YOU - YOU FOLLOW ME". 

The average Click Through Rate (CTR) of link to my blog on my twitter page (calculated as an average of daily number of clicks on the link divided by number of daily new follows) is around 8%.

Let's see what happened on the days of the experiments with "follow back" lists (Jan 7, Jan 17 and Jan 20):

Source: my account on bit.ly

Unbelievable, but...

Jan 7 - 0 clicks

Jan 17 - 0 clicks

Jan 20 - 3 clicks with Click Through Rate 1.9%

P.S. Do you know what happened on Jan 9 (do you see that there were o clicks on link to my blog?) - I TWEETED ONLY ONCE :)

Euro League: Slovakia vs Ireland (who is friendlier?) tournament results

And the winner is ... Ireland. Congratulations to all winners!
Ireland won 12:11 (out of 100). 
WOW! What a close game! No winner till the very last minute. Unbelievable. 
The last participant that assisted Ireland to win the game was @MarketingEire (Lindsay Browning from Dublin).

VIVA IRELAND!

Day 16 Daily Report

Today 22 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://tr.im/KXRW). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 86 new followers with total number of 1,198 followers! I still did not add any followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" ( around 100 new followers per day). 

For some reason it is less than yesterday (95). Quick review of the graph below shows that there were 20 followers less from US. 

See distribution by country below:

Euro League: Slovakia vs Ireland (who is friendlier?)

I followed random 100 tweeters from Slovakia (http://tr.im/KPZF) and 100 from Ireland (http://tr.im/KQ0m) let’s see who is friendlier? I will publish results in next 24 hours. Good luck!

Day 15 Daily Report

Today 27 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 95 new followers with total number of 1,112 followers! I still did not add any followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" ( around 100 new followers per day). 

See distribution by country below:

Euro League: Hungary vs Poland (who is friendlier?) tournament results

And the winner is ... Hungary . Congratulations to all winners!
Hungary won 13:5 (out of 100). Hungary led all the game. No chances to Poland.

VIVA HUNGARY

Euro League: Hungary vs Poland (who is friendlier?)

I followed random 100 tweeters from Hungary (http://bit.ly/7Bbwz7) and 100 from Poland (http://bit.ly/6CglrY) let’s see who is friendlier? I will publish results in next 24 hours. Good luck!

Day 14 Daily Report

I started my day with unfollowing all those that did not follow me till yesterday. Today the focus was on following new tweeters from different "Follow Back" lists.  

I followed 100 tweeters today (You could find those lists on listorious.com: http://bit.ly/8NY00r. Thanks to all that make those lists!) and 47 followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 72 new followers with total number of 1,017 followers! I HAVE MORE THAN 1,000 FOLLOWERS!

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Day 13 Daily Report

Today I followed 0 tweeters and 6 followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today was the second "DAY OF SILENCE" - no tweets and zero activity on the account. As a result:  only  27 (!!!) new followers (including 6 that followed me back) with total number of 945 followers! (:

Comparing to my first "DAY OF SILENCE" from the previous week (see post http://tr.im/KJoq ) the results are almost the same. It does not matter if you have 500 followers or 1,000: You drop off in about 75% in a daily number of new followers.

Conclusion: you need to work hard to acquire new followers - tweet a lot  and add new followers.

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Euro League: Bulgaria vs Belgium (who is friendlier?) tournament results

And the winner is ... Bulgaria. Congratulations to all winners!
Bulgaria won 25:3 (out of 100). Bulgaria led all the game. No chances to Belgium.

VIVA България!

Day 12 Daily Report

Today 26 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 107 new followers with total number of 918 followers! I still did not add any followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" ( around 100 new followers per day). I am close to 1,000 FOLLOWERS with your HELP and SUPPORT!!!

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Euro League: Bulgaria vs Belgium (who is friendlier?)

I followed random 100 tweeters from Bulgaria (http://tr.im/Ksa2) and 100 from Belgium (http://tr.im/Ksbh). Let’s see who is friendlier? I will publish results in next 24 hours. Good luck!

Euro League: Czech Republic vs Greece (who is friendlier?) tournament results

And the winner is ... Greece. Congratulations to all winners!
Greece wins 8:6 (out of 100). AND AGAIN - IT WAS VERY CLOSE TILL THE VERY LAST MINUTE!

VIVA Ελλάδα

Day 11 Daily Report

Today 27 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 102 new followers (yesterday was only 85) with total number of 811 followers! I still did not add any followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" ( around 100 new followers per day).


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Euro League: Czech Republic vs Greece (who is friendlier?).

I followed random 100 tweeters from Czech Republic (http://bit.ly/7zRkLS) and 100 from Greece (http://bit.ly/4Yws8b). Let’s see who is friendlier? I will publish results in next 24 hours. Good luck!

Euro League: Austria vs Romania (who is friendlier?) tournament results.

And the winner is ... Romania. Congratulations to all winners!
Romania wins 18:4 (out of 100). Romania led all the game. No chances to Austria.

VIVA România!

Day 10 Daily Report

Today 26 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have only 85 new followers with total number of 709 followers! I still did not add any followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" but below 100 new followers per day. (:

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Euro League: Austria vs Romania (who is friendlier?)

I followed random 100 tweeters from Austria (http://bit.ly/5wA3bw) and 100 from Romania (http://bit.ly/83SNIa). Let’s see who is friendlier? I will publish results in next 24 hours. Good luck!

Euro League: Netherlands vs Denmark (who is friendlier?) tournament results

And the winner is ... Denmark. Congratulations to all winners!
Denmark wins 12:11 (out of 100). IT WAS VERY CLOSE TILL THE VERY LAST MINUTE!

   

 

VIVA DENMARK!

Day 9 Daily Report

Today 37 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 119 new followers with total number of 624 followers! I did not add followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" (similar to previous week results).

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It's time to unfollow all those that did not follow me till Sunday (3days ago) to keep my Follower-Friend Ratio. Sorry (:.

Euro League: Netherlands vs Denmark (who is friendlier?).

I followed random 100 tweeters from Netherlands (http://bit.ly/8oBt22) and 100 from Denmark (http://bit.ly/8QfrZv). Let’s see who is friendlier? I will publish results in next 24 hours. Good luck!

Euro League: Italy vs Germany (who is friendlier?) tournament results.

And the winner is ... Italy. Congratulations to all winners!
Italy wins 9:5 (out of 100)

VIVA ITALY!!!

Day 8 Daily Report

Today 32 tweeters followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw). Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 90 new followers with total number of 505 followers! I did not add followers from "follow back" lists and statistics are back to "normal" (similar to previous week results)

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Day 7 Daily Report

I started my day with unfollowing all those that did not follow me till day 5 (two days ago). Today the focus was on following new tweeters from different "Follow Back" lists.  

I followed 150 tweeters. Believe it or not, but 95 followed me back (see updated list http://bit.ly/4nRfbw) within 24 hours!!! Thanks to all of you!

Today I have 162 new followers with total number of 415 followers! WHAT A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY!!!

CONCLUSION: IF YOU WANT MORE FOLLOWERS AND FAST:

• TWEET A LOT
• FOLLOW NEW FOLLOWERS FROM "FOLLOW BACK" LIST. You could find those lists on listorious.com: http://bit.ly/8NY00r. Thanks to all that make those lists!

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