Get OFF the Twitter #UnfollowTrain

Are you making it easy for people to unfollow you on Twitter? 

Did you know that Twitter accounts are sorted by various social media management tools according to a variety of criteria in an attempt to help users decide who to follow or unfollow? If your account is not up to par and is at the bottom of the list, you are likely showing up as "someone to consider unfollowing" on many of these tools.

Here are 10 common reasons why your Twitter account might be labeled "a great candidate to unfollow" by various social media management tools:

1. You are inactive.
2. You are "too quiet" or "too noisy." 
3. You do not have a profile photo or your profile is not complete.
4. You are not following people back.
5. You are not engaged or have a low engagement score.
6. You do not have very many followers. 
7. You have a low Trust Score or low Social Authority. 
8. You are following the wrong crowd (i.e. spammers, inactives, etc.).
9. Your follower-to-friend ratio is too low.
10. You are not adding value to your followers or the community.

If your account is falling into this category which I call the "Twitter Unfollow Train," you will most likely continue to be unfollowed at a higher than average rate, making it very difficult to grow your community.

SocialBro got me off the Twitter #UnfollowTrain and back on track!

I have tried many Twitter management tools and prefer SocialBro. Using SocialBro, I turned my Twitter #UnfollowTrain around, broke thru the 2001 barrier and got back on track!

Here are some suggestions for improving your performance on Twitter so you can get off and stay off the Twitter #UnfollowTrain and get back on track!

Social Media Addict? Take this Quiz to find out!

Give yourself a "plus one" for each of the statements that you can identify with.

"You may be a social media addict if you have ever tried to plus one or like an email." +Dirk Talamasca

You may be a social media addict if...

1. You realize in the middle of the night that there actually ARE people online and you suddenly have a lot of friends that live in other time zones.
2. Your Empire Avenue portfolio is doing awesome but your bank account is overdrawn.
3. You have ever tried to scroll through TV channels with the remote.
4. Your pocket often vibrates... even if your phone is on your desk.
5. You realize you are growing very fond of the people who give you the most +K.
6. You are the Mayor of a gas station.
7. You have circles for your Facebook and Twitter followers and Twitter lists for your Facebook and Google+ followers.
8. You have created a spreadsheet to track your network scores.
9. You have a XeeMe profile.
10. You belong to more than 25 Facebook groups.
11. When you plus 1'd #10, you weren't counting secret groups.
12. You type a + or an @ sign before you type someone's name, even during those rare moments when you are NOT using social media.
13. You have sent over 5,000 Tweets or have pinned more than 10,000 pins and you aren't even sure why...
14. You know what IFTTT is and you are a master at creating recipes.
15. You have photos ready to share for every #caturday for the rest of the summer.

"You may be a social media addict if you already have 45+ networks and you are looking for more." +Steven Krohn

"You may be a social media addict if you add the hashtag #birthday onto a birthday card." +Adrian Bold

"You may be a social media addict if you have ever played the bitly memory game."
+Christine DeGraff

In the comments below, please add to this list by filling out the rest of this sentence: 

You may be a social media addict if __________________________________________________. 

Thanks everyone! See you online!