Managing your followers is one way to make sure your tweet stream is always relevant. One technique using ReFollow is about removing people, the other about adding.
The two most important ingredients for great people to follow are:
1. Current
2. Engaging
Current meaning they are still active on Twitter. With a high drop-out rate, people tend to leave Twitter and never come back. A useful way to find out who has left is to login to ReFollow and click on the top “I’m Following” and then on the top-right “No tweets in X days”. I usually choose 30 or 90 days, since not everyone is a daily tweetaholic like me. At this point you don’t have to choose “Select All” and “UnFollow”. At the very least it allows you to look over the list and realize some people that you really like or know personally haven’t been on in a while, and maybe drop them a line.
The best thing about ReFollow though is finding people that are engaging with you that you may not be following. Choose “I’m not following” from the choices at the top (make sure this is the only one checked off) and then on the right hand side in the middle of the page, check the option “Users who have @mentioned me”. This will show you all the people on Twitter that have mentioned/replied/retweeted you that you are not following. I love doing this search because it shows me who is making an effort to reach out. It shows who supports me, and that makes me happy and I want to see who they are so I can possibly support them. This is a great option especially if you’ve fallen behind or don’t get notifications at all about new followers (like me).
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@harveyharv
thanks for your update – good to know about refollow , will try soon
@ariherzog
Why do you follow those who mention you? If you’re a company, I get it… but if you’re an individual?
@llgable
You can also see who mentions you by typing you Twitter name in search. I’m leary of any website that asks for your Twitter name and Password to use it. Too much hacking last month.
@UnMarketing
Ari – I didn’t say to follow them, I said it gives you a chance to see who is engaging with you that you might not have looked at yet
@Happymaker
Awesome! I hadn’t yet heard of this tool. I hate the thought of somebody taking time out of their day to engage me and going ignored. Ack! Going to check it out.
@timeontaskva
Scott,
ReFollow is also one of my favourite tools for managing follows. The options you mention with regards to picking people who are active and also ones who are looking to connect with you are the main reasons I use Refollow.
@mkmcmorris
Very helpful post. I tried it earlier and it really helped me to get the pulse on my twitter account. I don’t have a huge following, but it was nice to organize what I do have!
@icantinternet
Thanks for the great tip Scott, this was the tool I was looking for!
@blogaboutgod
Scott, I was trying to follow people manually and was starting to lose my sanity
Thanks for the article.
@AlexForce
Thanks for sharing this service!