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What Does It Take To Get A Million Twitter Followers?

Do You Have Over A Million Twitter Followers Yet? What does it take to get a million Twitter followers? (Assuming you’re not cheating with some lame following program) We all know it helps to be very famous like Oprah Winfrey (over 3 million followers) or very popular like Twitter it’s self (2.9 million). You could provide a valuable service like CNN Breaking News (2.8 million) but according to TwitterHolic.com only 219 Twitter accounts currently have over a million followers.

There are probably a million articles about getting a ton of followers and just as many people tripping over themselves trying to get there but the real folks that Tweet work hard to keep the numbers low and the quality high. That’s what I have tried to do with our Twitter account. I’m not a fanatic with it but I am a little selective who I follow and when I have a little free time I start blocking followers that look too spammy.

Ok, with all that said, what does it take to get a million Twitter followers?

My answer is…

Wait for it
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Be very interesting! That’s the only explanation I can see on why a 29 year old guy living with Dad, has no website and doesn’t even have a location on his profile has over a million Twitter followers. His name is Justin Halpern but goes by just ‘Justin‘ on Twitter, follows only one person, never re-tweets, never replies and only Tweets things his Father says. You gotta love it! Check it out, http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays Seriously, It’s hard to stop reading his Tweets.

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Brian D. Hawkins on February 6, 2010 | Filed Under Featured Articles, In The Spotlight, Social Media

26 Comments

Sire on February 6th, 2010

Well he’s just got one more. You know I think he’s got that many followers because of people like you Dennis. Honestly the guy only has 99 tweets. That’s not many tweets to have accumulated such a huge following. It just has to be from world of mouth advertising. Just goes to show how powerful that is.

Once again, it’s not the quantity of tweets it’s the quality
Sire´s last blog ..How Twitter Can Actually Earn You Some Cash

Brian D. Hawkins Reply:
February 6th, 2010 at 11:19 pm

You’re too funny Sire, Dennis is going to get a complex if you keep thinking we’re the same person lol

I’m glad he only has 99 tweets so far because I read every one of them and I had other things to do. What a great idea to share that funny old man.

Sire Reply:
February 6th, 2010 at 11:40 pm

Shit Brian, I’m sorry mate. It’s just that I see so much of Dennis everywhere I go I’m sure his name is impregnated into my mind. I just hope I don’t say it in my sleep or my wife is going to start wandering about my sexual preference.
Sire´s last blog ..How Twitter Can Actually Earn You Some Cash

Brian D. Hawkins Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 12:05 am

No worries mate (yep, I know Australian), I see the comment king in my sleep somethings too

Sheryl on February 7th, 2010

Hi Dennis, I have almost a million followers…or I will have once I take the time to stop posting self boasting things & at least learn the name of others I am trying to communicate with.

ROFLOL!!!!
Sheryl´s last blog ..Does A Networking Sites Page Views Change Your Mind

Brian D. Hawkins Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 8:22 am

No worries Cheryl you’ll get there.

Hey, did you find your Twitter link hidden in the post?

Sheryl from Grumpy Wench Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 9:51 am

Ummm, no! I totally missed it. I saw the ShitMyDadSays & was LOL’ing to myself that Cait would do something like that when I get old.

Hey Brian, thanks for the link! You Rock!
Sheryl@Grumpy Wench´s last blog ..Demo of b2evo VS Wordpress

Sire Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 12:06 am

Why wait until you get old Sheryl, I’m sure that she can come up with heaps of good stuff right now.
Sire´s last blog ..How Twitter Can Actually Earn You Some Cash

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TheInfoPreneur on February 7th, 2010

Hey Brian,

Good post man, I’m following him now, looking forward to his 100th tweet lol I tell you if that had a website link to it in his profile, man would that get a lot of traffic

Brian D. Hawkins Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 10:02 am

I know, I’m a little embarrassed to admit one of the first things I did this morning was to see if he posted his 100th tweet yet. How pathetic is that? lol

Keith from Hot Blog Tips on February 7th, 2010

It is amazing what ends up going viral sometmes!

I didn’t follow him, but I did follow Extreme Ezine
Keith@ Hot Blog Tips´s last blog ..Add Feeds To Your Facebook Fan Page

Brian D. Hawkins Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 12:35 pm

It’s true Keith, and it can be a little frustrating when they get there without trying or even knowing what to do with it while we’re working this hard.

Thanks for the follow, I followed back. I actually thought I was following you before but I guess I wasn’t.

Anne on February 8th, 2010

I’ve been following Justin for awhile now. I just randomly happened upon him one day and thought ‘I have to follow him”. Every now and again I remember he’s there and go check him out.

I’m not trying to get a million followers, but I did finally get more followers than I follow.
Anne´s last blog ..Self-aware or Self-obsessed

Dennis Edell on February 8th, 2010

Starts pondering the possibility of charging for comments…
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Here We Go! Theme Construction Part 1 – Your Participation Is Wanted-Needed!

Brian D. Hawkins on February 8th, 2010

Hi Anne, I’m one of those following you

Brian D. Hawkins on February 8th, 2010

See Sire, now you got Dennis wanting to bill me now lol

Sire on February 8th, 2010

Typical, give him and inch and he’ll charge you for it
Sire´s last blog ..How Twitter Can Actually Earn You Some Cash

Dennis Edell on February 9th, 2010

No worries Brian, for that last crack Sire is sure to be the first one invoiced…
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Here We Go! Theme Construction Part 1 – Your Participation Is Wanted-Needed!

Sire on February 9th, 2010

Hey Dennis, I thought that was funny?
Sire´s last blog ..How The People Search Craze Could Put Money In Your Pocket

Dennis Edell Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 2:42 pm

I’m sure you’ll get a hoot from the bill too…
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..UPDATED – Here We Go! Theme Construction Part 1 – Your Participation Is Wanted-Needed!

jake from tucson marketing on February 10th, 2010

My dad never says “shit” but he sure says a lot of shit. The things that go viral never fail to amaze me. Course there was the holahoop and pet rock. But what I really like paying attention to is words since I use them a lot. I’m in that over 50 gang and I about fell out when I heard cool and now I’m saying it again. Then I heard groovy and right on but I never did say those two. On the other end of the spectrum my wife asked me what my “ish” was – that’s now the word for issue.
Maybe someone should start a twitter account whose user name is whatyourish. Opps – just did it. @whatsyourish
jake@tucson marketing´s last blog ..Pepsi opts out, Doritos opts in both use Social Marketing,Forums et al

Brian D. Hawkins Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:01 am

lol, You have some unusual thoughts Jake but to each his own. Your Twitter account seems to be closed to the public which is strange in itself Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Extreme John on February 10th, 2010

I personally think it’s the best way to manage your Twitter account not to mention I think you get a muh more interactive Twitter crowd that way.
Extreme John´s last blog ..A Day in the Life of.. Episode 1 [video]

Brian D. Hawkins Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 7:49 pm

It’s true John. I see he finally posted his 100th tweet. That’s a funny old dude.

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