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New Version of Hummingbird Allows Auto-Follow Feature to Work With New Changes at Twitter

Published July 7, 2009 Features 2 Comments

Just last week Twitter made some “minor” changes to their site. For a minute it caused auto-follow tools like Hummingbird not to work. But the developers at Hummingbird quickly released a new version of the software that is allowing us to resume our auto-follow marketing campaigns just like before.

New Twitter Follow ButtonsThe changes Twitter made may look like minor changes to you and me (see images on the right) – but they created major obstacles for some of the auto-follow tools out there (including Hummingbird). In an email from the Hummingbird development team today, they said:

“The recent changes [at Twitter] introduced significant obstacles for Hummingbird. The resulting fix required a very non-trivial approach and while this approach proved extremely effective, it took longer to develop than we had hoped.”

Sounds like the Hummingbird developers were blindsided by some of the changes Twitter made in recent days – but I have to give the Hummingbird folks credit…they released a new version of their software pretty quickly. That is a key aspect of choosing what tools to use for your Twitter marketing – is the development team quick to react to changes in the Twitter platform?

In this case – yes. Score one for Hummingbird.

More than 12,000 Followers on 12 Accounts

Published May 19, 2009 Features , Progress Leave a Comment

Hummingbird Account ManagerOne of the nice features that Hummingbird has is the ability to easily manage multiple Twitter accounts – and switch between them with the click of a menu button. I’ve been writing about my progress growing followers for my primary account (I’m past 2,000 as of this post) – but I’ve also been managing nearly a dozen other accounts, and growing my follower list on those accounts as well. Among the 12 accounts, I have more than 12,000 followers in total.

When you select an account from the ‘Twitter Accounts’ menu in Hummingbird, the software automatically logs you out of any account you’re currently using, and logs you into the one you selected. You can switch back and forth just like that.

After the first few days of using Hummingbird, I saw such fast results on my primary account that I promptly started up nearly a dozen other accounts for clients and for myself (for other businesses and interests) – and quickly got more followers for those accounts as well. So, while my primary account steadily climbs to more than 2,000 followers, I’m also growing all those other accounts at the same time – with a total follower base of over 12,000 as of today.

>> Track my progress

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