Twitter Followers: Motivation not Quantity

It is a common trend on Twitter, to think that the more followers a person has the better a Tweeter they are, and we all strive to growth the numbers of followers that we have so that we too may be viewed as good Tweeters.

Not me. I would rather have 200 followers who were actually interested in what I had to say, and at least trying to keep track of my updates that 1million followers who had followed me for the sake of it, or in the hope that I would follow them back -- with no intention of even trying to keep track of my tweets.

The main reason for this is that: the 200 conscientious followers, will tend to have a large amount of conscientious followers of their own, or at least a large percentage of their followers will be paying attention. With this kind of following, if a post from your own blog or site gets even a couple of RTs (ReTweets) it can provide a substantial boost to your traffic.

So, the next time you follow someone to get a follow back, look at their Twitter stream for replies, conversations and RTs.