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Hummingbird Quick Start
The Golden Rule
If you are a spammer and spam your followers, you will FAIL. Period.
Ok, with that out of the way, let's talk about Twitter for a second. Twitter is about opt-in relationships between people. No one is under any obligation to follow you, or listen to what you say. And they wont, unless you are adding value to their feed in some way.
How you choose to do this is up to you, but take some time to emerse yourself in the Twitter community. Understand the culture and participate every day. Once you've established yourself as an authority, you will find that your Twitter growth becomes viral.
It's okay to run Hummingbird until it stops by itself... but do NOT do a "mass unfollow" of thousands at a time. You are sending a red flag and an increased chance of your account getting suspended.
Getting Started
- Download and unzip Hummingbird setup files to your desktop.
- Install by clicking setup.exe and follow instructions. Hummingbird will start automatically after first install.
Please Note: Always start Hummingbird from your Start Menu. This is important!
First, Add Your Twitter Accounts!
- Click Twitter Accounts > Manage Twitter Accounts from the top toolbar of Hummingbird.
- To add an account, click Add Login. Enter your twitter username & password. Password are encrypted.
- To delete an account, click Delete Login.
Its nice to know that Hummingbird treats each individual login as a unique profile, remembering who you've followed, unfollowed etc.
How to find the archived user log.
[ VIDEO ] How to Add & Remove Twitter Accounts + How to Auto Log into Accounts
Now, Let's Follow Some Tweeps!
- Click Tools > Find Targeted Followers from the top toolbar of Hummingbird.
- Type in a keyword such as "software" into the search box on the Twitter Search page that appears.
* What will my search results be?
- Click on any desired user that returns with that search, pick someone with a few thousand followers atleast.
- Click their Following or Followers link once you reach their Twitter profile page.
- Click Follow All on the bottom right corner of Hummingbird.
Watch a Video Demonstration of these instructions.
- Hummingbird will work away until it hits the end of the list - or - youve hit your following limit for the day.
- After Hummingbird is done following users, you should now give those users at least 24 hrs. to follow you back!
- Ratio Limits Explained at Bottom of this Page
During this "Grace Period," waiting for users to follow you back, you should be actively engaging in conversation and posting useful information to your Twitter account. This is paramount in converting followers. You should strive to post 10-20 tweets a day at a minimum.
Cont. Keeping Your Followers
As a general rule of thumb, you should strive to convert at least 50% of the people you follow in 48 hours or less. This means for example, if you follow 100 people, you should gain at least 50 followers within two days. If you are not meeting this conversion goal, see Maximizing Your Follower Conversion for more useful tips.
Followers are a privilege. Treat them well. Join in the Twitter conversation every day. Take some time out to introduce your followers to interesting news stories and info you find on the web. Discuss trends and current affairs. Just be a part of the group!
If you under estimate this step, you will lose your followers, and you'll deserve it.
Your First Auto Unfollow
After you've waited the grace period for users to follow you back, you may now "clean up" your list. This is done by unfollowing anyone who did not follow you back. This will make room for you to follow more users and gain new followers.
To do this:
- Log into your desired Twitter account using Hummingbird.
- Click on your "Following" list.
- Click the bottom right corner button labeled Unfollow All.
Hummingbird will unfollow everyone who has not followed you back.
Controlling Who You Unfollow
Hummingbird lets you fine tune who you unfollow. For instance, we all have certain friends we want to protect from being unfollowed. Also, if a user with protected updates, gives us permission to view their tweets, we typically do not want to unfollow them either.
Hummingbird makes it easy to control these subtleties, automatically.
Hummingbird VIP's
This is a list of users Hummingbird will never unfollow. To add your friends and family to a list to never be unfollowed:
- Click Tools > Hummingbird VIPs
- Simply add any user name you wish to the list. Unlimited.
Protect Mutual Followers
By default, Hummingbird will not automatically unfollow people who follow you back. These users are highlighted in green in Hummingbird.
To override this behavior and unfollow these users as well, Click Tools > Protect Mutual Followers and ensure this menu option is unchecked.
Protect Previously Unfollowed
HummingBird has the ability to maximize your return on those you follow. The application acheives this by not following those whom you have previously unfollowed.
Those you unfollow are remembered (based on the Twitter account currently logged in) so that when checked those users will never be added again.
This also helps to prevent users from flagging your account as spam. If you continually follow, then unfollow users they will deem your account "spam"!
Protect Users w/ Private Updates
This is checked by default to protect your following of these users. If you unfollow someone who has protected updates, it is highly unlikely you will ever get to follow them again. Best to keep this safe-guard turned on.
Twitter Follower Limits Explained
You may notice the first couple time you use Hummingbird, Twitter stops you from adding more than 2000 users. This is the first limit you will encounter. Once you get the pop-up message from Twitter indicating you've reached this limit, press STOP. Your daily "add" is complete.
This is where you will wait the 24 hour period for people to get around to following you back. In order to add more users, you will need to "unfollow" some users. You will do this after the 24 hour period (recommended time frame).
Unfollowing all people who don't follow you back is the preferred strategy in maintaining a strong ratio. Hummingbird does this automatically.
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Hummingbird is not affiliated with Twitter. By downloading or purchasing this software you agree to abide by Twitter's Terms of Service.