Twitter marketing

8 Responses to Twitter marketing

1. JamesColin says:

   Hello, the only thing I've done with twitter is to create an account per site and with twitterfeed.com I publish automatically (via each site's rss) the new content on twitter (and facebook too)
   
   I don't engage in social, I don't use it to network with other webmasters, it's a dead twitter account with no human input.
   
   So that's not the best way to use the potential of twitter/facebook in terms of traffic, but it does a little as it is as I can see it sometimes in referrer in my webtracking stats.
   
   I get "followers" on twitter, so either it's also bots trying to get more followers by following random twitter accounts, either it's people who like to subscribe to new content on my site via twitter instead of rss, I don't think so, but perhaps some people enjoy this way.

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2. admin says:

   Yes. Your approach is what I will most likely end up with.
   
   I have a separate twitter account for each of my websites too with auto twitter of new content.
   
   I try to use @AdSenseExperts more active though for a bit longer but so far it looks like the effort does not pay off very well.

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3. norje says:

   Social syndication is becoming increasingly important to your ranking factors, so don't give up on Twitter just yet.
   
   Check out this article.:
   
   How To Use Twitter for SEO | SiteProNews: Webmaster News & Resources

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4. aljoscia says:

   I use twitter for about 2 years and I think it's an interesting tool to integrate into your blog to get extra traffic.
   
   I have also written an ebook based on twitter, in Italian and English.
   
   I also saw that if the profile is updated only with retweets and articles published on your site, does not bring many results.

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5. mikeo9043 says:

   I use twitter daily to share my newest threads.
   
   I have twitter integrated with my Facebook page so I post on Facebook and it goes to twitter automatically so both Facebook fans and twitter followers get the link.
   
   I also always use a #Hashtag that goes with the content I am posting. When using a hashtag you automatically put your link into that twitter search directory for that topic.
   
   If I post about Battlefield 3, I use the hashtag: #BF3 and anyone search for BF3 related links and discussions on twitter will see that link.
   
   It does boost traffic for bit or so but it's hard to keep that traffic constantly unless you manage to get a lot of followers.
   
   Overall I wouldn't count twitter out, it is a great way to spread a message and even start up a forum or website for a specific topic.
   
   I just recently started a website dedicated to PlanetSide 2(which is a video game) (Resource no longer exists) and I immediately started using twitter to get it out there and I managed to get 100 members within the first 24 hours of the site being live just by using the hashtag #PlanetSide2

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6. CaneInsider says:

   Use twitter everyday and all of my site writers use it to promote the site and break news. Have not found that it translates to a lot of page views but its great to have the presence on a big social media site.

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   • PJS1984 says:

     ...I forgot to say...one little tip if (like me) you don't have a lot of time to devote to twitter is to use socialoomph to store up a list of tweets for future use.
     
     Obviously you can only really use this for tweets that are not time specific but it works well for putting out tweets using little aphorisms or words of wisdom.
     
     I've set this up on my account so it posts an inspirational quote every 2 days for the next year.

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7. PJS1984 says:

   I've built up a decent following on twitter - some 3400 followers - but it's a constant source of irritation to me taht I'm not using this following to the max...particularly as it seems that social media is now very important from an seo point of view.
   
   Like many on here I just use twitterfeed to link my rss feed to my twitter account. I'm going to make a concerted effort to try and engage more with people.

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