A lot of Twitter users are interested in adding more followers to their account.  Whether they are looking to expand their brand or looking to boost their online ego, the amount of followers can be an important factor in your Twitter world.

There was a recent launch of a new site that will help you add more followers to your Twitter account.  While these type of sites have been popping up more recently, this one has upset some Twitter users because of their own incompetency.

Who To Trust?

One important thing not only on Twitter, but for any site you come across, do not share your login information with anyone you do not trust.  Twitter is implementing something called “OAuth” which is a way for you to allow third party sites to access your Twitter account with your permission.  Using OAuth is a process that will protect your login credentials from third party sites while you still get to use the features and functions from those third party sites.  Basically they never see your password information. Read the rest of this entry »

Monitoring your brand or website on Twitter is crucial to the success of any person or business.  One problem everyone has is figuring out who or what is being tweeted about your site.  Nearly all tweets on Twitter contain shortened URL’s which makes it difficult to keep tabs on what is being tweeted that concerns your site.

Everyone Tweets Differently

While there are common tweeting formats that are followed by most Twitter users, such as using “@yourusername” in a tweet referring to you or your site, there are many who simply add or create their own text or response, then post the link to your site.  If these users choose to use their own URL shortener and also fail to put “@yourusername” in the tweet, chances are you will not have any idea something has been tweeted about your site. Read the rest of this entry »

By now I am sure any avid Twitter user is tired of getting constant direct messages about how you can “significantly increase your followers” and all you have to do is click their affiliate link to purchase some second rate software.  No need to pay attention to those messages when there is a free and effective way to add more targeted followers to your account should you want to automate it.

TwittGeek.com which recently launched is a web based application that can automate the follower adding process.  A simple visit to their site and you can be adding new followers in just a few clicks.  You will need to allow access for TwittGeek to your Twitter account in order for the script to work.  Rest assured your login credentials are safe since the site utilizes the OAuth login method used by Twitter.  Read the rest of this entry »