A few minutes ago, JenniferLaycock recommended her ~1500 twitter followers check me out. Evidently she’s cultivated a good trust relationship with them, for my number of followers immediately increased!
Thanks Jennifer, and welcome new readers! 
Other social media posts you may enjoy:
- 1.8 million Victoria's Secret fans on Facebook - July 2nd, 2009
- Why are you on Facebook? - June 30th, 2009
- The Real Implication of Facebook Vanity URLs - June 16th, 2009
- Will Twitter Kill the RSS star? - June 11th, 2009
- Accuracy of Employment Status on Social Networks - June 4th, 2009
That jump in followers you’re experiencing is a little something I like to call the Laycock Effect. It’s similar to the Brogan Bump. Both are very cool social media phenomena.
LOL, thanks Lara. With my name, there are so many worse things you could have called it than the Laycock Effect.
Though I dunno, I think I would have voted for the “Laycock lift.”
Andrea, those followers are deserved. Never hurts to just give folks a boost to help them find their way to where they would have ended up anyway.
Lara and Jennifer, why is Beavis and Butthead suddenly popping into my head? heh heh huh huh, they said …