Comments on: Why Buying Twitter Followers is a Terrible Idea

By: John Souza

John Souza — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:11:37 +0000

@Les – True competitors notice. For the most part however, buying Twitter followers is an awful idea. Any digging, and its easy to see that your account is pretty much fake. That’s not good for anyone. – John

By: Les

Les — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:54:30 +0000

That’s an interesting point; people’s perception of your brand is influenced by how many followers you have or don’t have. I don’t think customers check to see when a company jumped 10K in followers. Their competitors notice those things.

By: John Souza

John Souza — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:01:48 +0000

@Jared – that ‘interest’ is what makes gaining followers so tough. But if you can overcome that obstacle, you can naturally gain 10K followers without buying them! The bonus of course, is that they’ll interact like crazy on your pages. – John

By: John Souza

John Souza — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:00:13 +0000

@Cat – that’s true. And don’t forget, fake followers have no voice and won’t engage you on your pages either.

By: Cat

Cat — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:28:23 +0000

When i see musicians/artists visibly acquiring followers overnight by a fixed amount (some go from 18k to 28k overnight when then last few months they’ve gained 250 or so) it just looks bad. What even looks worse, is when they actually buy in small increments (10K) and then start losing followers really quick.

Stick to real followers. If people are not following, you’re not marketing your brand right.

By: jared

jared — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:24:59 +0000

Completely agree, its pointless to buy followers as you want real accounts that are actually interested in your company.

By: John Souza

John Souza — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:46:59 +0000

@Craig – for the authentic companies, they place entry ‘ads’ on certain sites that will add users to these communities. IN order for the user to get into the site, or find a certain page – they have to agree to be part of the network. I’m sure there are other ways as well, like creating fake accounts. – John

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:11:24 +0000

Hey. How do these companies get people to follow you? How do they create the communities they sell?

By: John Souza

John Souza — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:34:45 +0000

@Twitter, quality is best, without it – your page will have no interaction! – John

By: TwitterFollow-ers

TwitterFollow-ers — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:31:20 +0000

Building followers can definitely help companies get going and build there reputation. Its a matter of making sure you get quality followers