The importance of clearing out Tweeps who are not following you

There is no point in having your Twitter account clogged up with people(Tweeps) who you're following but they're not following you back. This may be okay for the rich and famous but there's no point if you're using Twitter as part of your marketing activities and hoping to link with people who are interested in your products and services.

1. Click on the Flush button

2. You can now decide who you don't want to follow any more. You can read about each individual person or you can tick the boxes and then unfollow.

3 When you have completed one page - move onto the next as appropriate.

Once you have completed flushing out the non-followers you can move onto another task.



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Richi Premium
Thanks Kyle I agree with you, I do have to block some even they r follower, it is very scary when they start to tweet and send harassing messages...even facebook too hmm...very dangerous...
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Kyle Premium Plus
Yeah, there are some really horrible things that go on within social networks, in particular when there is the added anonymity.
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Richi Premium
Thanks, I unfollow whoever not following back hehehe
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Kyle Premium Plus
Yeah, this is pretty commonplace as many people just mass follow hoping to get follow backs...the best way to build a quality social profile is to build real relationships.
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smokeywins Premium
Thanks for sharing! Never knew this feature existed and it has helped greatly in pruning those who don't follow back :-)
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Incognito Premium
How would you say Tweepi differs from Hootsuite?
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BIS Premium
Hi - Tweepi and Hootsuite - cover different functions. I use both. Hootsuite is great for writing tweets, scheduling, retweeting. Tweepi is a useful tool for tidying up your Twitter account.. You can tidy up your account through Hootsuite but it's a more long drawn out process.
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Kyle Premium Plus
Excellent training. I have not heard of Tweepi before reading this tutorial, but it is a good idea to have a grasp of who is following you back, in particular if you are getting lots of requests and finding that people are unfollowing you right after you reciprocate their initial follow them (fake friends).

One service I have used and is quite good as well is who.unfollowed.me. It is essentially a very similar service that allows you to keep track of who has unfollowed you.
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BIS Premium
Thanks Kyle. I think services like Tweepi are important for people to get into the habit of managing their Twitter account from early on. It's very easy to let a Twitter account get out of hand.
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Kyle Premium Plus
Yes, and it is very easy to go without social engagement which happens when Twitter accounts are pure "you follow me I follow you exchanges". There are a lot of accounts out there with 10,000's of followers that have a reach of about 10 people when they have something important to say...all that work for nothing!
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