Tweeksocial — Twitter automation tool
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New Followers DM

Automatically DM every new follower on Twitter (X) the moment they follow you — a personalised new followers DM that turns a silent follow into a real conversation, sent on a human-paced schedule.
  • Included on every plan
  • 300 actions per day
  • Runs in the cloud
Same dayevery new follower greeted, automatically
3–8xhigher reply rate than a cold DM to a stranger
24/7coverage, including while you sleep

A new follower is the warmest lead you will ever get on X — they just raised their hand and said "I want more of you." Yet most accounts do absolutely nothing with that moment. The follow notification scrolls past, the person moves on, and a relationship that was one message away from starting never does.

The Tweeksocial New Followers DM watches your follower list in real time and, the instant someone new follows you, sends them the message you wrote — with their name and a detail from their bio filled in — after a natural delay so it never reads like a bot. You set it up once; it greets every new follower for you, day and night.

This is not a spray-and-pray blast to strangers. It only messages people who chose to follow you, which is exactly why the reply rate is so high and the risk so low. You are simply doing at scale, and on time, the one thing every growth guide tells you to do and almost nobody keeps up with.

What it does

Everything included in New Followers DM

DM every new follower automatically

The moment an account follows you, it joins the queue and receives your message within the window you choose. No spreadsheets, no manual checking, no new follower slipping through unnoticed.

Personalised with their name and bio

Drop {{name}}, {{username}} and {{bio_keyword}} into your template so each new follower gets a line that is true about them. "Thanks for the follow, {{name}} — saw you are building in SaaS" beats a generic hello every single time.

A natural delay, not an instant robot ping

A DM the very second someone follows screams automation. Set a 15–90 minute delay and Tweeksocial sends inside a believable window, so your new followers DM feels like you personally noticed them.

Turn followers into conversations and leads

End your message with an easy question and watch replies land. A new follower who answers is no longer a number in your count — they are a conversation, a lead, and often a customer.

Follow-triggered welcome sequences

Send a single greeting, or a short sequence — a hello now, a helpful resource in two days — that stops the instant they reply so a real conversation is never talked over by a bot.

Safe pacing and daily limits

Randomised send intervals, quiet hours and a daily ceiling keep your account well inside safe territory, even during a spike of new followers after a tweet goes viral.

Step by step

How new followers dm works

From a cold start, most people have this running in under five minutes. The longest part is deciding who you actually want to reach.

Set it up now
  1. 1

    Connect your X account

    Link the account whose new followers you want to greet. Tweeksocial begins watching your follower list for new arrivals straight away.

  2. 2

    Write your new-follower message

    Two or three lines. Thank them, say something specific using a personalisation token, and finish with a question that is easy to answer.

  3. 3

    Set your delay and quiet hours

    Choose how long to wait after someone follows and which hours to stay silent. A 15–90 minute delay reads far more naturally than an instant reply.

  4. 4

    Switch it on

    Every new follower from that point on is greeted automatically, at a randomised human pace, and every conversation is logged so nothing is lost.

  5. 5

    Read the replies and refine

    Check reply rates per template, retire the openers that fall flat, and keep the one that gets new followers talking back.

Who gets the most from it

New Followers DM is a good fit if you are…

It is not for everyone, and we would rather tell you that up front than take a month of your subscription before you work it out yourself.

  • Creators who gain followers daily and want to convert them, not just count them
  • SaaS founders turning new followers into trial signups
  • Coaches and consultants booking calls from inbound interest
  • Anyone whose follower count grows faster than they can say hello
FAQ

New Followers DM questions, answered honestly

Cannot find what you need? Email info@tweeksocial.com.

It is an automated direct message sent to someone the moment they follow you on X (Twitter). Instead of manually messaging every new follower — which nobody keeps up with — Tweeksocial detects the follow and sends the message you wrote, personalised with their name, after a natural delay.

Put new followers dm to work this week

Connect your X account, run one campaign at a conservative pace, and judge it on the numbers after seven days. That is the only test that matters.