Get notifications when: unfollowed or added to list on twitter!
I frequently receive requests from the twitter world on how I know when somebody stops following me and/or when somebody adds me to a twitter list. A few thought I constantly monitor and search twitter; though I wish I was that ambitious, I use two tools that monitor and notify me:
TwUnfollow: “Notifies you about Twitter followers that are not following you any longer. At the moment we check the followers about four to five times a day” says their website.
I receive one email a day with a [usually] short list with links to the followers who decided to stop following. Use the information as part of your strategy. I know when I follow somebody it’s because I like the information they are posting and NOT because I simply want them to follow me back. A lot of the unfollows I receive are from accounts who have followed me, then when I do not follow back they decide to unfollow (which, I think is bogus – follow me because you like what I say, not to get more followers).
List Watcher: “It sends you a DM when: Someone adds you to a list, Someone deletes you from a list, A list with you is made private or deleted, and/or A list containing you is renamed” says the website.
If you follow @listwatcher they will do the rest! I absolutely love these DM’s; they keep me on top of lists that followers have added me to, directly view the list, and I can find new people to follow!
Hope these help! As always, if you have a question about Twitter, feel free to ask in the comments!
Justin G. Roy
Dear Justin,
As usually you have provided more great insights and TOOLS we need to be more effective networker weavers and relationship builders…which is what I think social media is all about! Thank you!
If I may, I would also suggest http://www.friendorfollow.com. You can sort by who is following you and you aren’t following and visa versa. Follow or unfollow right from there. Also has the capabilities of downloading a CSV file of your followers if you want it.
Thanks again for the great tips!
Barbara
Great suggestion on Friend or Follow, Barbara! It’s a great site to follow those who you forgot/slipped through the crack or if you want to clean up your account with stale connections! Unfortunately it looks like the ability to follow and unfollow directly with the site was taken away (probably because it violates TOS) but at least you can click to those profiles and make the decision on twitter.com!!