The Unfollowing Has Begun
Is the Follow-for-Follow Method Worth It?
By Grace K. Bianco
For the past few days, I was at a stand still at 541, because even though I’d gain a couple of followers each day, a couple would unfollow me.
On November 19, 2021, I pleaded my case for why people should follow me in my blog, “I Am Desperate For Followers. : Are you?” I posted that blog with only 76 followers. I didn’t have super high expectations, but I was hoping it would bring me to my goal of 100 followers.
Spoiler: It did. It’s the beginning of January, and I am now up to 560 followers.
I got extremely nice and encouraging comments under that post. Everything that I could have hoped for happened. As my follower count kept going up, I came across a blog post. I wish I could tell you the writer’s name and the name of the blog, but even though I read the entire thing, it didn’t sink in until days later.
Her point was that follow-for-follow is a quick but not effective way of growing your audience. As someone who was successful in using this tactic, I wanted to share my thoughts on the method.
