The 7 Ways To Get More Followers Nobody Will Ever Tell You.

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I’ve always wanted to write a douchey article teaching people how to get more Twitter followers.

The only problem was, I had none.

But now that I have a few, I can drive my doucheyness right up your grill.

In 7 simple ways, I’m going to show you how you can get more people interested in your horrible life.

Trust me.

It worked for me.

1. If You Don’t Lie, We’re Stuck With Reading About Your Actual Life.

Everybody hates these tweets:

Ugh.  So tired this morning.  Need my coffee!!!!

Work’s almost done!  Can’t wait to get out of here.

Devastating.

Your life is so pedestrian, reading your own tweets should shame you back to Friendster.

Lie.

Lie to us.

Oh man!  Just woke up next to an unconscious hooker.  Ha!  Is there any other kind?

Isn’t it weird that no matter how many times you commit manslaughter it feels like your first?

Bitchslapping a basset hound!

Much better.

2. Be Helpful, But Only To Hot Chicks.

One of the things I do well is assist super hot chicks using Twitter.

OMG you guys!  im like trying to twitpic my area but its not working. grr

That’s when I come in and show her how to “log in”.

Boom, she follows me.

Boom, all her perverted guy fans follow me.

And that twitpic?

Exceptional.

3. Don’t Converse.

Everyone encourages you to “converse” with your followers.

Engage.  Twitter’s like a cocktail party.   Mingle, listen, learn.

Screw that.

I’ve never been to a cocktail party where 30 dudes suggest I read about new Wordpress themes.

The fact is, Twitter is whatever you want it to be.

I choose to be a big douche who never responds to anyone.

I’m like a nerdy Boo Radley.

For some reason, it works.

boo_radley

To some, you were a social pariah. To me, only a hero.

4. Don’t Let The Link On Your Twitter Profile Link To Your Twitter Profile.

Link to your blog, your Facebook, nude pictures of yourself.

Something.

Just don’t link back to your own page.

I’m not that bright.

I’ll sit there and click.

5. Don’t Follow Too Many People.

If you follow up to your maximum, it’s a little like saying Howdy folks!  I bring absolutely nothing to the table.

You would say ‘howdy folks’, wouldn’t you?

See?

You really do bring nothing to the table.

The point is, people don’t want to follow people who just follow anyone.

Be selective.

Don’t let the people on Twitter pass you around like currency.

6. You’ve Got One Shot To Impress Someone.

Remember, people decide if they’re going to follow you in 3.2 seconds.

In that 3.2 seconds, they’ll look at your picture, read your bio and survey your following count.

Pick the best picture, make your bio scintillating and the following count will come.

I just made up “3.2 seconds.”

I wanted you to think I had like, stats and shit.

7. Don’t Worry So Much.

When I was a kid, I wanted friends really badly.

Mostly because I had none.

So I’d offer everyone my toys.  My books.

Not my food, though.

Fat kids know where to draw the line.

The other kids sensed my desperation.  And they didn’t have respect for me.

The same thing happens on Twitter.  People can sense that you’re hungry for followers.

So the guys who auto-follow, the girls who unfollow thousands of people so they can appear to be celebrities.

To you, you’re cool.  But to the rest of us, you’re the try-hard lonely fat kid, clinging to his Jello Pudding pop.

Don’t worry so much, friends.

You get the most followers when you stop caring.

tnrecess

Me as a child at recess. Yes. I had two lunchboxes.

There you have it.

I have to run.

There’s a basset hound that needs to be bitch slapped.

Send me twitpics of your area on Twitter here!

dee@tremendousnews.com


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  • I just want to feel like I belong.
  • Reflective ;-)
  • Oh, yeah, the Basset bitch slapping occured about 5 minutes before I found your blog, and five minutes after I had mopped the kitchen floor of the pee AGAIN!
  • You are freaking hilarious. I have a lot of the same points of view, and am just now getting around to your way of thinking. Yeah, if you are really bored, you can read my blogpost about Twit Moshin ala Twittapalooza, but now I won't care if you don't.
    JIC: www.dustbowldivas.wordpress.com
    Now, I gotta go and AXE some that I'm following... apparently for no reason.
  • i just want to find interesting people
  • I was bitch slapping a basset hound when this popped up on my twitter. Actually took the time to read it all. I liked it very much, but really dont care about it. The basset hound thanks you.
  • I truly enjoyed reading this. :] One part at the end really got my attention though...

    "You get the most followers when you stop caring."

    That basically applies to a lot of things in life. Don't we all get what we wished for the moment we don't "care" anymore? Like when you find that something you were missing when you didn't need it. Ironic but true.
  • Entertaining article & VERY informative. Well done. Now I gotta run and bitchslap hubby... LOL :D
  • Who Cares anywayz...
  • Funny - certainly got my attention - thanks :)
  • allisonrizk
    FINALLY, a post that is actually funny AND gives up some information. Bravo! Although I didn't carry 2 lunchboxes as a kid, I feel bad that I probably would have made fun of you back then...but laugh with you now. Love the illustration! Great post!
  • Thanks for the FUN! Very FUNdamental! YAY!
  • MTL_SEO
    You have a pretty hot camel toe in that pic with the 2 lunchboxes.
  • Deb
    Howdy- that's puurrrrty darned funny. No really, stats and shit are over-rated.

    Can someone please explain to me why Success Rice wants to follow little ol' me? And how can anyone follow 8574 people when I can barely follow 32. Or is it 33? I need answers people.
  • http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-use-twitter-at... -- brogan explained it about 2 years ago. You don't "keep up" any more than you walk into a room and say "okay, everyone stop what have you been saying for the past 3 hours? Let me get caught up before we go on." You don't call every one of your friends every day and say "what have you done today?" do you?
  • Hey Deb, it can be done. I would not suggest it for everybody, but I follow a bit over 19,000 and still find a lot of meaningful conversation and useful information. Following does not mean I will be at your kid's birthday party (although I may if I was invited), but it absolutely does mean I will respond and I am open for conversation. It is funny, but I have very seldom followed anybody who was not following me first. I have watched it for a long time, and it has been kind of a joke how people consider a number of followers to convey credibility or worth.

    There is huge value in Twitter, but following / followers is not really important to me. I never did go seeking followers. Instead, I got really good at using searches to find what I wanted to read, and developing conversations with those who cared to join in. I think I must follow as many people without ever clicking to follow them as those I have. You do not have to follow somebody to listen, and they do not need to follow you to listen, either. :-)
  • Ha ha, this is so hilarious and wicked. :) Thanks for the entertaining post!
  • One of the tip-offs for me are the automated "Thank you for following me!" messages....

    Duh! Isn't that what this Twitter thing is all about?

    When I get one of those, I figure the person is either way too involved in Twitter to have a real life, or an under-employed college grad (probably majored in Psychology or English) ghost wrtiting tweets for some other loser!
  • simonharrison
    Well I think you have said it all, love the way you talk bitch, I can see you really do not care which is the best way to be in life!
    Other-wise people take the piss out of you, which I found out and stopped caring what people made of me-and after that bit of mind action everything went well in my life.
  • Lame!
  • Your lies taste like candy.
  • Best article yet. "Lie to your followers." lol I always do that.
  • LOL this is hilarious! I find myself compelled to follow you now LOL. Oh wait, I already do! I really support #1. Apart from my existence online, my life is pretty boring, that's why I never tweet things about my day. I think it's time I spice things up =D.
  • Awesomesauce! This might be my favorite post yet...we'll see. 'Scuse me now, I have to go b-slap a Border Collie.
  • There are lots of Internet savvy people that still break these rules. But they are truer than people know, online or offline.
  • I have never quite understood why some people do #4.
  • Fun stuff. Now how do I tweet this without being more douchy? Screw it ... who cares! LOL
  • Essential. :)
  • "Me as a child at recess. Yes. I had two lunchboxes."

    Forgot your backpack at home thinking about eating, didn't You?

    You had two lunchboxes, because you paid 50% protection fees, didn't You?
  • sharonhayes
    Hilarious as always! I wish you had told me all this sooner!
  • I could care less about Twitter but Jell-O pudding pops...mmmmm...do they still make those?
  • Nielle
    You'd be surprised how much you can get out of engaging people. You might even make some kick ass friends in real life that you never expected. Though it is kind of weird to tell people you met on twitter.
  • ugh. so tired this morning i forgot to change my tampon. (just can't lie in my tweets.) you crack me up!
  • tmac20043
    I always looked at you as a Boo Radley type, thanks for the confirmation. The only thing is you climb other peoples trees instead of them climbing yours. And you climb up them with binoculars, lotion, and a mischievous grin...
  • I love you just for the Boo Radley bit. :)
  • Yep... fun and stuff but love 5,6 & 7. Found them obvious but interesting :D
  • phouphinds
    I LOVE YOU....even though you wont respond, reply or follow me! @phouphinds
  • Hahaha. I love this.
  • Tremendous!
  • Bitch slapping a dachshund!
  • Lol! nice to read something light after all those serious articles of twitter tips! ps: was that a snoopy lunchkit??
  • Fun article. Thanks for the laugh today. Good to stop taking ourselves so seriously!

    P.S.: Follow me on Twitter @LynnSerafinn or @SpiritAuthors, lol... but not if you are into slapping bassett hounds. I'm a vegetarian and a Nature lover ;-)
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