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Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting Follow-Backs (Part 2)

Sep 9, 2011   //   by krysten   //   advice, Blog, social media  //  No Comments

In my last post, I covered the first five reasons why you may not be getting the follow-backs you are hoping for. As a refresher, these include:

  • Constantly tweeting cliche quotes
  • Being a social media snob
  • Tweeting only sporadically
  • Tweeting all the darn time, and
  • “Convo bubbles” (aka secrets)

Today I’m going to share with you the top five reasons why your fellow tweeps aren’t following you, even though you’ve fulfilled your end of the bargain by following them first. In my book, these are the follow-back deal-breakers.

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Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting Follow-Backs (Part 1)

Sep 4, 2011   //   by krysten   //   advice, Blog, social media  //  6 Comments
Follow me... Please?

Follow me... Please?

One of the tacit rules of Twitter is: “I’ll follow you if you follow me.” Sure, that’s the polite way of Twittering, but realistically, it isn’t going to happen. Sometimes the old “it’s not you, it’s me” excuse holds true: The person or company you just started following is a super-star tweep with a thousand million followers (or thereabouts), and either they can’t keep up with follow-backs, or they’re just too arrogant to put in the time.

But most often, (and I hate to be the one to break this to you), you aren’t getting follow-backs because of you. Here are a few reasons why you might not be getting the return follows you’re hoping for.

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