How To Boost Your Follower Numbers on Social Media.

 # Building a Following on Social Media is Not Rocket Science. # You would not believe the chicanery I see on social media on a daily basis. The worst social platform for this game is [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/randyhilarski/). People send out bots to follow a few hundred people per day and once they achieve a follow back they quickly will turn around and unfollow the person to boost their following numbers. The insanity of this is that most people don't like to feel played and will promptly unfollow the offender. I guess this feeds into the vanity side of the human condition. Why do humans feel the need to appear more influential than others? Over the years I have built a large following across social media but I have done it by being reciprocal. ### Most social media platforms have a maximum number of people you can friend or follow. ### ## Facebook- 5,000 friends but you can follow an unlimited amount. ## Instagram- 7,500 Follows ## Google Plus- 5,000 Follows ## Twitter- Unlimited Follows ## Pinterest- Unlimited Follows ## Steemit- Unlimited Follows ## Spend Time Daily Following and Unfollowing Across Social Media. ## I personally focus on Twitter and Steemit since those are the two platforms I spend most of my time. I use [Crowdfire](https://web.crowdfireapp.com/) for Twitter. I love it because I can target by hashtags or user accounts. For example for the @Steemit Twitter we targeted [@CoinTelegraph](https://twitter.com/Cointelegraph) and similar Crypto Currency accounts. *"Never follow randomly, always focus on a specific subject matter for your brand or persona accounts."* https://media.giphy.com/media/s6jj4apbJjDCo/giphy.gif On Steemit it is a much easier task since our user base is much smaller. I follow people who are active in writing or commenting. Be generous with your Steem follows. Be careful following too many accounts at one time on any social platform. It is a good way to get your account temporarily banned. I actually lost my first Pinterest account thanks to being over zealous. Also some traditional social media zealots don't like my tactics but at least I follow people instead of sitting on a pedestal looking down upon other users. https://img1.steemit.com/0x0/http://www.randyhilarski.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Randy-Banner-Steemit.jpg
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