Making Money With Blogs - Is Twitter A Viable Traffic Tool To Generate Blog Income?
Posted 11-18-2010 at 11:44 AM by hebsgaard
Twitter is one of the top websites in the world. In fact, it tends to be in the top 10 in the Alexa rankings. That basically means that it is one of the 10 most visited sites in the world!
It makes a lot of sense to siphon traffic from Twitter to your blog. And I'm definitely not saying that it can't work. However, lets take a good look at how Twitter works.
On Twitter you get to post 140 characters. These characters then become visible to all your followers. You can include links in these 140 characters, which is exactly what you will want to do to drive traffic from Twitter.
It's a simple strategy. So, it should work wonderfully right?
Well, there are a few things that you should take note of. First of all, your message on Twitter becomes visible at the exact moment you post it. Unless your followers are watching the stream of messages they receive at that exact moment there is a big chance they might not notice your message!
How do you combat that problem? By posting the exact same message every 10 minutes?
That is the fastest way to purge your list of followers!
The only way to effectively take advantage of Twitter as a traffic generation tool is to continually post high quality messages to your followers. You need to make them actively seek your messages!
If you manage to do that you have secured the eyeballs of some very dedicated visitors! Visitors that trust you and will be willing to let of their money based on your recommendation!
If used like that Twitter can be a powerful tool in your efforts to increase the income you get through your blog!
And now I invite you to gain Free Instant Access to the Blogging 101 report at http://www.howtoincreaseblogincome.com
It makes a lot of sense to siphon traffic from Twitter to your blog. And I'm definitely not saying that it can't work. However, lets take a good look at how Twitter works.
On Twitter you get to post 140 characters. These characters then become visible to all your followers. You can include links in these 140 characters, which is exactly what you will want to do to drive traffic from Twitter.
It's a simple strategy. So, it should work wonderfully right?
Well, there are a few things that you should take note of. First of all, your message on Twitter becomes visible at the exact moment you post it. Unless your followers are watching the stream of messages they receive at that exact moment there is a big chance they might not notice your message!
How do you combat that problem? By posting the exact same message every 10 minutes?
That is the fastest way to purge your list of followers!
The only way to effectively take advantage of Twitter as a traffic generation tool is to continually post high quality messages to your followers. You need to make them actively seek your messages!
If you manage to do that you have secured the eyeballs of some very dedicated visitors! Visitors that trust you and will be willing to let of their money based on your recommendation!
If used like that Twitter can be a powerful tool in your efforts to increase the income you get through your blog!
And now I invite you to gain Free Instant Access to the Blogging 101 report at http://www.howtoincreaseblogincome.com
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Hey I use twitter and is very hard to get seen, but I think I am but very very slowly.
Rick
Newsletter on MLM thru articles, pic, videos.Posted 11-19-2010 at 07:01 AM by Rickling
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Twitter, and other social platforms for that matter, are strange beasts. People generally don't see anymore than what's there at the moment they visit the site. If you want to get noticed you have to build a reputation for providing quality stuff!Posted 11-25-2010 at 12:50 AM by hebsgaard
