Creating the perfect Direct Message on Twitter
Posted 09-15-2009 at 10:01 AM by dsmpublishing
Tags twitter, twitter for business
So you’ve created the best profile you can and you’re developing a good following. But now you want to step it up a notch and create your very own Direct Message but what on earth do I put on it?
There is very much a mixed reaction about Direct Messages and over the last eight weeks I have experimented with many of them. Every single person that has followed me (10,000+) has received a DM from me and only one person out of 10,014 has complained.
[U]I got a sarcastic reply back from one person saying:[/U]
[B]“I am disappointed that you have DM me where are your manners?”[/B]
Actually I only received it a week ago and was quite taken back by what he said. But what’s one person out of that many it’s hardly worth crying over is it. If you posted on an Internet Marketing Forum and asked if they would use DM the majority would say that they would or that they already do.
Personally I don’t mind been sent a DM but it depends on the content and whether it was a one off or not. This morning for example I had two messages from one person trying to get me to visit their products just because we were following each other and not because he had something of value.
The other consideration to make is that you don’t want to be sending out the same DM that everyone else is using as this is plain boring and you will find that the receiver has already had this message thirty times before and will only click on the link or read the message the very first time that they receive it.
[COLOR=red]I know I Do![/COLOR]
This is one of them that I get an automatic DM on at least 100 times a day by new followers:
[B]Thanks for following me DSM Publishing. Ask me about Socialtoo.com when you get a chance.[/B]
One other point I want to make is that there really is no need to promote your Blog and Website in this DM and it comes across as a blatant way of adding traffic to your business.
[U]When I was experimenting I used this exact same method and would post:[/U]
[B][COLOR=black]Thanks for the follow. Visit my IM Blog at [URL="http://www.myeasyonlinepay.com/"][COLOR=black]www.myeasyonlinepay.com[/COLOR][/URL] & great freebies [URL="http://www.dsm-publishing.co.uk/"][COLOR=black]www.dsm-publishing.co.uk[/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/B]
[B] [/B]
But then I made a record via my Blog and Website for where exactly my new Twitter traffic was coming from. I was surprised to find such a low amount of traffic from my DM’s. As my traffic was increasing through Twitter I assumed it came from there.
[B][COLOR=navy]How wrong I was![/COLOR][/B]
You can achieve so much more from putting quality links in your update rather than from DMing people. I was getting several times more traffic from people simply looking at my Blog link from my profile page.
This is the key to marketing finding the easiest option that works and sticking to it. After experimenting several times over with different DM’s I came to the conclusion that this one below worked the best:
Thanks 4 the follow! If like me you’re a Blogger try this freebie [URL]http://www.dsm-publishing.co.uk/dl/downloads/wordpressexpert.pdf[/URL]
ENJOY!
Since using this new DM I have been getting a minimum of 25 Orders a day at $9 for the opportunity to purchase Re-brandable Master Resale Rights on this quality product.
The reason why this method works so well is because the new follower is taken directly to the product and not just to the sales page where they can upgrade. They then get asked once on the front cover of the free report if they want to have the premium copy. This is also affective because customers can see the product before they buy and then lose the worries they have about the quality of your product.
I also receive over 200 DM’s from people saying thank you for providing them with such a useful PDF product for free!
If you want to send traffic to your Blog for example don’t just send them a DM asking them to check out your Blog.
[B]Why would they want to check it out after reading a DM from you?[/B]
Instead have a quality article on your Blog that would be useful to them and point them straight to that page.
[B]Thanks 4 the follow! If like me you love writing articles read this amazing Blog post to get your article indexed within 24hrs …………[/B]
People also don’t want to be sent to affiliate links either so instead point them to a useful article that you have written about that product or a Blog post about it.
Take me as an example on an average day I receive 500 automated DM’s and I will delete 95% percent of them. That’s right only 5% will be of any value to me whatsoever. I will receive several messages that just point me in the direction of their Blog and why would I want to spend hours visiting them if I don’t even know what value it would be to me?
That’s why I would suggest that you always point them to something that is of quality to them and not just a basic link.
Now to do a quality DM message the best free program to use for this is socialtoo.com you can even add the customers name which looks really good.
It can also add to your replies as people will ask questions like:
[B]“Please can you show me how to add the name it looks amazing?”[/B]
[B] [/B]
Simply enter your direct message that you have decided on and you’re off and away. If you want it to be personal leave the <<firstname>> in and it will automatically alter it for you for each person you follow!
It has probably dawned on you now that the message that I referred to as boring was simply the default one that most people don’t bother changing and is simply a free advertisement for Socialtoo.com!
You should also consider that not everyone is in it for business some just enjoy it for pleasure so offer something that suits everyone.
If you would like to find more tips, tricks about twitter grab our FREE EBOOK:
[URL]http://www.dsm-publishing.co.uk/freegifts/twitterexpert.html[/URL]
To your online success
Samantha
X
[url]http://www.myeasyonlinepay.com[/url]
There is very much a mixed reaction about Direct Messages and over the last eight weeks I have experimented with many of them. Every single person that has followed me (10,000+) has received a DM from me and only one person out of 10,014 has complained.
[U]I got a sarcastic reply back from one person saying:[/U]
[B]“I am disappointed that you have DM me where are your manners?”[/B]
Actually I only received it a week ago and was quite taken back by what he said. But what’s one person out of that many it’s hardly worth crying over is it. If you posted on an Internet Marketing Forum and asked if they would use DM the majority would say that they would or that they already do.
Personally I don’t mind been sent a DM but it depends on the content and whether it was a one off or not. This morning for example I had two messages from one person trying to get me to visit their products just because we were following each other and not because he had something of value.
The other consideration to make is that you don’t want to be sending out the same DM that everyone else is using as this is plain boring and you will find that the receiver has already had this message thirty times before and will only click on the link or read the message the very first time that they receive it.
[COLOR=red]I know I Do![/COLOR]
This is one of them that I get an automatic DM on at least 100 times a day by new followers:
[B]Thanks for following me DSM Publishing. Ask me about Socialtoo.com when you get a chance.[/B]
One other point I want to make is that there really is no need to promote your Blog and Website in this DM and it comes across as a blatant way of adding traffic to your business.
[U]When I was experimenting I used this exact same method and would post:[/U]
[B][COLOR=black]Thanks for the follow. Visit my IM Blog at [URL="http://www.myeasyonlinepay.com/"][COLOR=black]www.myeasyonlinepay.com[/COLOR][/URL] & great freebies [URL="http://www.dsm-publishing.co.uk/"][COLOR=black]www.dsm-publishing.co.uk[/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/B]
[B] [/B]
But then I made a record via my Blog and Website for where exactly my new Twitter traffic was coming from. I was surprised to find such a low amount of traffic from my DM’s. As my traffic was increasing through Twitter I assumed it came from there.
[B][COLOR=navy]How wrong I was![/COLOR][/B]
You can achieve so much more from putting quality links in your update rather than from DMing people. I was getting several times more traffic from people simply looking at my Blog link from my profile page.
This is the key to marketing finding the easiest option that works and sticking to it. After experimenting several times over with different DM’s I came to the conclusion that this one below worked the best:
Thanks 4 the follow! If like me you’re a Blogger try this freebie [URL]http://www.dsm-publishing.co.uk/dl/downloads/wordpressexpert.pdf[/URL]
ENJOY!
Since using this new DM I have been getting a minimum of 25 Orders a day at $9 for the opportunity to purchase Re-brandable Master Resale Rights on this quality product.
The reason why this method works so well is because the new follower is taken directly to the product and not just to the sales page where they can upgrade. They then get asked once on the front cover of the free report if they want to have the premium copy. This is also affective because customers can see the product before they buy and then lose the worries they have about the quality of your product.
I also receive over 200 DM’s from people saying thank you for providing them with such a useful PDF product for free!
If you want to send traffic to your Blog for example don’t just send them a DM asking them to check out your Blog.
[B]Why would they want to check it out after reading a DM from you?[/B]
Instead have a quality article on your Blog that would be useful to them and point them straight to that page.
[B]Thanks 4 the follow! If like me you love writing articles read this amazing Blog post to get your article indexed within 24hrs …………[/B]
People also don’t want to be sent to affiliate links either so instead point them to a useful article that you have written about that product or a Blog post about it.
Take me as an example on an average day I receive 500 automated DM’s and I will delete 95% percent of them. That’s right only 5% will be of any value to me whatsoever. I will receive several messages that just point me in the direction of their Blog and why would I want to spend hours visiting them if I don’t even know what value it would be to me?
That’s why I would suggest that you always point them to something that is of quality to them and not just a basic link.
Now to do a quality DM message the best free program to use for this is socialtoo.com you can even add the customers name which looks really good.
It can also add to your replies as people will ask questions like:
[B]“Please can you show me how to add the name it looks amazing?”[/B]
[B] [/B]
Simply enter your direct message that you have decided on and you’re off and away. If you want it to be personal leave the <<firstname>> in and it will automatically alter it for you for each person you follow!
It has probably dawned on you now that the message that I referred to as boring was simply the default one that most people don’t bother changing and is simply a free advertisement for Socialtoo.com!
You should also consider that not everyone is in it for business some just enjoy it for pleasure so offer something that suits everyone.
If you would like to find more tips, tricks about twitter grab our FREE EBOOK:
[URL]http://www.dsm-publishing.co.uk/freegifts/twitterexpert.html[/URL]
To your online success
Samantha
X
[url]http://www.myeasyonlinepay.com[/url]
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