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Removing people from your following list:

Removing someone from your following list means that you will no longer receive their updates on the web or on your phone. To trim down your list, visit your following page to stop following more than one person at a time.  Remove a specific person by using the follow drop down box on their profile page.

Although you can’t stop following someone’s web updates from your phone, you can stop getting their updates via text message by sending LEAVE username, or OFF username, from your phone, like so:

• off candice
• leave candice

Even if you stop getting someone’s device updates, you’ll still see their updates on the web.  Before you remove a person, remember that you don’t have to stop following people who reply to much or send too many updates for your text plan.  You can change your reply settings to filter out unwanted replies, and your device settings per person if you don’t want to receive text updates from everyone.

Blocking  people on Twitter

Blocking someone instead of removing them means that not only do you not want to follow them, but you want to deny them the ability to follow or reply to you.  Blocking is done from actions section in the person’s profile sidebar.

Blocking someone means that you (and your pic) will not appear on the blocked party’s profile page, friends time line, badge, or anywhere else. The person will not be notified that they’ve been blocked, and they will be unable to follow you. If your account is public, the blocked party can still view your profile page, but can’t receive your updates in their timeline or on their phone.  

1. Log in to Twitter.
2. Go to the profile page of the person you wish to block.
3. Click Block (under actions panel in the sidebar)
4. Click OKAY to confirm the block

You’re done!

Is it irreversible? No. If you change your mind, you can easily unblock a person by following the same steps.  The link, of course, will read unblock, instead of block.

There must be some reason why some Tweeters on Twitter get so many of their tweets retweeted.

Do you ever wonder why more of your tweets don’t get retweeted?

A retweet or RT happens whenever your tweet on Twitter is retweeted by other Tweeters. In other words, when you tweet (posting a message on Twitter) and then other Tweeters (other posters on Twitter) retweet (forward your post to others) then it is called a retweet.

For example, if my original tweet was this:
awebbiz  ~ Reliable and low cost hosting service ~ www.awebbiz.com/hostgator.htm ~ [Please RT]

A retweet (RT) by other Tweeters would look like this:
RT @awebbiz Reliable and low cost hosting service ~ www.awebbiz.com/hostgator.htm ~ [Please RT]

There are advantages to having your tweets retweeted:

• Many people who read the retweet (RT) may decide to follow you or click on your link.
• It makes you look as if you are knowledgeable, or as I like to say, “You are in the loop,” when people are retweeting your tweets. This often encourages other Tweeters to follow you and/or retweet (RT) your tweet.

So how do you get more people to retweet (RT) your tweets?

The 4 Best Ways To Get More People To Retweet Your Tweets:

1. Use a numbered list or use specific numbers:
- 10 Ways You Can Get More Traffic to Your Web Site
- How You Can Lose 25 pounds in 30 Days
- 30 Writing Tips That Will Improve Your Writing
- The 3 Things That Your Headlines Must Do If You Want More Sales

Your tweets should be like a headline. The best tweets will target the reader’s self-interest.  Curiosity in your tweet also works well.

Your reader wants to know:
“What’s in it for me?”
“What benefit will I get from the information in your tweet or if I click on your link?”

2. Include the words “You” or “Your”:
People who read your tweets will have more interest in them if the tweet is about them. If the tweet targets the reader then they will be more likely to RT your tweet if they thing the information is valuable.

3. Include a link:
People seem to be more inclined to RT your tweet if there is a link included. You can only say so much with a tweet that contains 140 characters. So having a link to a web site or a blog, where someone can find more detailed information that they are interested in works well.

4. Include this in your tweet:
[Please Retweet] or [Please RT]

Including [Please RT] in your tweet acts as a call for action to be taken by your reader. People like to be told what to do next.

If a person has taken the time to read your tweet and perhaps they visited your web site or blog, then they may feel obligated to “pay” you back for the great information you provided. The easiest way for them to “pay” you back is with a RT of your tweet.

Try using the suggestions I have provided and I guarantee that you will get more retweets of your tweets, which means you will be getting many more followers than you are getting now.

I started using Twitter on March 16, 2009. I immediately saw the benefits of ’socially marketing” my Internet marketing business, www.aWebBiz.com,  to thousands of people on Twitter.

The problem was that I didn’t know how to quickly get thousands of people to follow me on Twitter.

Plus I didn’t want just any people following me on Twitter, I wanted  people who would be interested in the Internet marketing niche.
 
What good is it getting thousands of people to follow you if they aren’t interested in what you are interested in or if they aren’t in your niche market? It’s a waste of time!

So the task ahead for me was to find a way to get thousands of targeted Tweeters to follow me on Twitter. I got a little tongue-tied on that sentence. LOL

So I started doing Google searches for “how to get followers on Twitter” and I read everything I found.

I learned there are a lot of automated programs in the marketplace that can do things like following those who follow you or unfollow those that aren’t following you, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to get in trouble with Twitter if I was using these programs.

So I spent a lot of time reading the Twitter TOS to see what their rules were with regard to automated programs and spam.

I then took everything I learned and put a system together. The system is quick and easy to run.

You can check the Twitter Counter, http://twittercounter.com/awebbiz/all, and you will be able to see how I have done since I joined Twitter on March 16, 2009. Pretty impressive, yes?

Keep in mind that although I joined Twitter on March 16, 2009, I didn’t start using my system until March 30. You can see that my followers on the chart looks like the chart of a stock that you would love to own. It has taken off like a rocket!

Be sure to check out the prediction for Followers on the right hand side of the Twitter Counter web page. How would you like to have that many targeted followers in 30 days?

I decided to create a viral ebook that I would give away for free. An ebook that others could make copies of and then they could also give it away for free.

My ebook would show other Tweeters a quick and easy way to get thousands of new, targeted followers on Twitter.

At the same time I would be branding myself and my business by including links in my ebook, which would create traffic to my web sites.

It sounded like a win-win situation to me.

I learned a long time ago that if you want to be successful with Internet marketing, or anything in life, all you have to do is help other people become successful.

I hope you become a Top 10 Tweeter in your niche on Twitter. 
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