Tweet Adder: Review of Twitter management software

I’m pretty proud of the fact that I’ve gotten more than 5000 Twitter followers without using spam, scams or software.

My tactic was simple: I made sure new posts at my blog – which is my main focus on the web – were tweeted automatically. This gave my followers a regular stream of stuff from me, but not too much.

Using TweetDeck to monitor what conversations were going on, I also retweeted other people’s really good tweets. My followers appreciated my introducing them to new people who had cool things to say.

And finally, I used a trick called “follow the followers.” That is, I looked at the people already following someone else who writes about the same topics I do, then I followed their followers.

Usually, most of these people would end up following me, too. After all, we were all interested in the same topics, right?

I did all this manually, and it took a lot of time. However, I recently got the chance to try Tweet Adder software, which promised to automate a lot of these tasks.

I tried the “follow the followers” method using Tweet Adder. Under “Search”, I selected “Search the Followers of Another User”, typed in their @name, and hit “Search.”

A pop up came up, I selected all names that were listed – and then I didn’t understand what I was supposed to do next.

Luckily, I figured it out by myself. Tweet Adder says there’s a “Who to Follow Tab” but I can’t find it. However, I just went to “Follow” and selected “Send Follows Now”. Sure enough, that started the “follow the followers” process, except it was all automated.

I’m still finding my way around Tweet Adder and will have more to say later. I think they could make it a lot easier to use – not even the tutorials were very helpful. Or maybe I’m just pressed for time and impatient.

Tweet Adder almost has too many functions and options. It will take me a while to figure out how to get the most out of it.

I love that you can get Mac or PC versions of Tweet Adder. You can try it HERE.

By Kathy Shaidle