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Should You Use Automated Software To Build Your Following?

Every day now I see the next automated software for Twitterers being harked as the next great thing. Get 16,000 new followers automatically in 90 days. Gain thousands of followers automatically with no effort while you sleep. You know the deal.

The problem with these automated packages is that they work too well. It’s not that they don’t work at all. They work too well.

Yes, you’ll get thousands of followers, but they won’t be targeted followers, and chances are those people following you won’t have the slightest bit of interest in what you have to offer. I’d rather have a list of 1,000 highly targeted followers than 20,000 non-targeted followers.

A few years ago you’d see the say hype about blogs. Get instant trackbacks! Increase your RSS subscribers by the hundreds! Same deal, different program. You still those too, but not as often as you used to. I think the charlatans and snake oil salesmen finally realized they were going to sell as many as they sold and they moved on to the next great thing. Now it’s Twitter followers. Same game, same story, different day.

Don’t fall for it.