WEBVTT - What's the best way to get Twitter or Facebook followers?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff from House stuff works dot com

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<v Speaker 1>where smart happens. I am Marshall Brain with today's question,

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<v Speaker 1>what is the best way to get followers for a

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter account or a Facebook page? Today's question is just

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<v Speaker 1>a little different because I don't actually know the answer yet. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>what I will be doing is performing a set of

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<v Speaker 1>experiments with a virgin Facebook account and a virgin Twitter

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<v Speaker 1>account to see which techniques work and don't work when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to bringing in followers. You can find the

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter account at Twitter dot com slash brain stuff hs W.

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<v Speaker 1>At this exact moment, the Twitter dot com slash brain

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<v Speaker 1>stuff hs W account has a hundred and twenty followers.

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<v Speaker 1>The Facebook account is at Facebook dot com slash brain stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>This account has a hundred and nineteen followers at this

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<v Speaker 1>exact instant. Both of these accounts are brand new, and

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast is really the first of a series of experiments.

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<v Speaker 1>The experiment today is if you announce a new Twitter

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<v Speaker 1>and Facebook account on a podcast, do any of your

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<v Speaker 1>podcast listeners start following you? Today is May two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and ten, so you can look at both accounts over

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<v Speaker 1>time and see exactly what happens is I do these

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<v Speaker 1>different experiments. As I do other experiments, I'll write them

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<v Speaker 1>up in the brain Stuff blog and post them on

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<v Speaker 1>the Twitter and Facebook accounts, and if any of them

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<v Speaker 1>really work, I'll also echo them here in the podcast. Again.

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<v Speaker 1>The Twitter account is at Twitter dot com slash brain

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<v Speaker 1>stuff HSW. It's not just brain stuff, It's brain Stuff HSW.

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<v Speaker 1>On Twitter, and on Facebook it is Facebook dot com

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<v Speaker 1>slash brain stuff once again, Twitter dot com slash brain

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<v Speaker 1>stuff HSW and face easbook dot com slash brain stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel free to follow or just pop in to look

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<v Speaker 1>at the accounts and see how this experiment is going

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<v Speaker 1>over the next several days. It will be very interesting

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<v Speaker 1>to see what happens. Do you have any ideas or

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<v Speaker 1>suggestions for this podcast? If so, please send me an

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