# How I grew my Twitter followers from 500 to 1000 in just 12 days 👏👏👏

> An experiment on growing my twitter following.

- **Date:** 2018-05-11
- **URL:** https://mihaiserban.dev/blog/how-i-grew-my-twitter-followers-from-500-to-1000-in-just-12-days/
- **Tags:** Social Media, Growth Hacking

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![twitter_stats](/images/blog/1_T1DMihbZ4Pjc7v6UdxvX7w.png)

> Twitter can sometimes can make you feel like you’re tweeting to a lonesome abyss.

Before we dive into the How To, let me tell you that I’m not a social media marketing expert. I’m a software engineer and #socialmedia doesn’t come natural to me 😅.

My twitter followers have always stagnated at around 300–400. This is mostly because I was just consuming information and didn’t spend time sharing __relevant tweets__ and __building an audience__.

Recently I’ve decided to do an experiment and see how far I can take my Twitter account. So let’s get down to it 🧐

My Twitter followers before doing this experiment: __435__

After doing some research I made a plan:

1. Setup profile bio, be authenthic, write what your passionate about.
2. Add a profile photo.. nobody wants to follow an “egghead” 😒
3. Identify my audience. My audience revolves around #swift #objectivec #javascript #graphql #reactjs #nodejs 👍🏻. Use tools such as [hashtagify.me](https://hashtagify.me/) to research what hashtags to use.
4. Engage audience with relevant tweets. Be consistent! (post 3–6 times a day). Tweeting/retweeting too much will hurt your profile.
5. Follow and engage with __active__ people with the same interests as yourself. Search through relevant hasthtags (eg.: #technology) and __engage with the people that actively like and retweet other people’s posts__.
6. Engage in Twitter chats. This can lead to massive exposure.
7. PRO TIP: pin your most engaging tweets to your twitter profile. Use [Twitter Analytics](https://analytics.twitter.com/) to find your most popular tweets.

In order to tweet to my twitter audience I’ve setup a workflow using the following tools: [Buffer](https://buffer.com/), [Feedly](https://feedly.com/) and [Zapier](https://zapier.com/).

1. [Feedly](https://feedly.com/) let’s you find and subscribe to quality publications. Also can easily be plugged into services such as [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) or [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com/).

![feedly_screen](/images/blog/1_wTj61rb3GZMKDcURL_aM5w.png)

2. [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) allows you to create jobs which check if a new article was published into a Feedly category and then automatically add it to my Buffer social media queue.

![zapier_screenshot](/images/blog/1_4r3hfl0rWW51jG6CnTsSpQ.png)

3. [Buffer](https://buffer.com/) is the last piece of the puzzle. The service schedules content to be sent out to my social media profile. TIP: Make sure to keep that queue filled and review it once every couple of days. __Add hashtags, mention authors for extra engagment__ 👌

![buffer_screenshot](/images/blog/1_aZjiPD1cuhn92DtDVU8Q3g.png)

One takaway is that consitency is key… Building an audience takes time. Treat your Twitter profile like you were running a marathon, not a sprint.
Let me know if you have any other tips for growing your social media presence 🙏🏻

See you on [Twitter](https://x.com/MihaiSerban) 
Happy *#GrowthHacking*!


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