Twitter Listbuilding Is Working...

by JasonParker

Posted: 15 years ago 14 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I thought some Warriors might find this is interesting.

My business partner and I stuck one of those viral Twitter scripts on the download page for our lead capture site.

We're seeing daily traffic to the squeeze page from Twitter just from the form on the download page alone. The form basically asks for the Twitter user to Tweet the squeeze page and they enter their Twitter username and password.

Today we're getting a Tweet for it almost every hour.

#listbuilding #twitter #working

whughes08

15 years ago

Hi Jason, I would love to know the exact steps you took to do this as I am looking to build a list to have a Blog in the Health niche. Thanks in advance.

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JasonParker

15 years ago

Originally Posted by whughes08

Hi Jason, I would love to know the exact steps you took to do this as I am looking to build a list to have a Blog in the Health niche. Thanks in advance.

Sure.

All we did was stick this Viral Tweets form on our download page: Viral Tweet Code Generation

The message within your form needs to contain the link that leads back to your squeeze page.

Then type the URL that's being Tweeted into Twitter Search to track how many people are Tweeting it: Twitter Search

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mattboogee

15 years ago

that sounds very interesting...

going to give it a shot.

I used one from Brad Callen a while back and got something like 22 followers the same day. But then it dropped off the next day.

Probably needed daily work.

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JasonParker

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mattboogee

You have to have traffic first.

I need to look at the stats on my business partner's account, but I want to say 90%+ of opt-ins come from other sources. The Twitter traffic is just a bonus.

...Point is, anyone can stick one of these things on their download page and increase their opt-ins.

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whughes08 15 years ago

Thanks a ton Jason, I think this is great.
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zoobie 15 years ago

yeah I have that tool already, lots of people have my message retweet so it does bring a lot of traffic.
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robitn4 15 years ago

I saw a couple of scripts about a week or so ago and thought the idea would make a great wordpress plugin. So I wrote one. It's the link in my sig.

Plugins like TweetMyBlog and Tweet This are great at kicking off traffic and then offering a freebie or a goodie via my plugin accelerates the viral effect.
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- Pete223 15 years ago
  
  Hey Jason,
  
  I've been using ViralTweet on a download page and got a few replies
  back telling me that they would never give out their twitter
  password... even if I offered a great bonus to do it.
  
  So I added a small message saying that "using the graphic below,
  no password is required" and another Tweet This graphic
  under the ViralTweet form where they still could Re-Tweet your
  message, but it brings them to their Twitter account...
  if they are logged-in, the message is already typed up in their update
  field, they just need to hit send, and if they are not, they need to log-in
  first.
  
  All this to say, people were still using the ViralTweet form 2 times out of 3,
  so I only left the ViralTweet form, because, as you know, what's great about
  doing it this way is that you can re-direct them where you want after they
  submit with ViralTweet...
  
  Cheers, Pete
  
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Spencer Haws 15 years ago

Hey thats some great info. I wonder if these will turn into real customers; or just a dead end. Time will tell.
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- Pete223 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by keyblast5
  
  Hey thats some great info. I wonder if these will turn into real customers; or just a dead end. Time will tell.
  
  I've actually turned quite a few of them in Instant customers, because after they
  submit the ViralTweet form, you direct them where you want... in my case,
  an OTO that's been converting pretty good!
  
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- JasonParker 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by keyblast5
  
  Hey thats some great info. I wonder if these will turn into real customers; or just a dead end. Time will tell.
  
  Today we just split the traffic up so that Twitter traffic is now going to a separate squeeze page so we can figure out what sort of opt-in rate and what sales are coming through from Twitter traffic during the signup process.
  
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JasonParker 15 years ago

Just checked stats. 443 hits from Twitter in last 3 days from viral form on download page.
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dcmarketer 15 years ago

Guys,

You don't even need a script to do this really. Just a link. For example on a thank you page we have to distribute a wordpress plugin we have this message...

"Click This Link To ReTweet About The Plugin And Send Us Some Loving"

It's just a standard HTML link that links to...

http://twitter.com/home?status=RT @DuncanCarver: Free WordPress Plugin Allows You To Exchange Links With Other Bloggers http://www.contextualpartnership.com

...simply change your username and the message you want them to tweet above and use the whole lot as the actual link. It works a treat.

Here are some recent results...

...the other benefit is you don't need to ask for a username and password for their twitter account. If they are not logged on when clicking the link, they'll be asked to login as normal and their tweet box will still remain prepopulated with the above message.

I haven't tested it but I would be surprised if asking for that information didn't reduce response rates as you're getting into privacy issues.

Simple and effective.

Best...

Duncan
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dcmarketer 15 years ago

Here is the actual code to create a link for anyone that doesn't get me...

<p><a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=RT @DuncanCarver: Free WordPress Plugin Allows You To Exchange Links With Other Bloggers http://www.contextualpartnership.com"><strong>Click This Link To ReTweet About The Plugin And Send Us Some Loving</strong></a></p>

Again, just change the username after the @ character to your own and everything after the : is the message you want them to tweet. Obviously make sure it's not too long.

Best...

Duncan
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