Twitter Traffic

by Lee McKenna Banned

Posted: 15 years ago 13 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi Warriors,

Need some advice. Ive just put together a free training website with lots of screen capture videos. Im giving this away for free and want to get as much traffic to the page as possible.

I've just started using twitter and dont know much about it but I was thinking I could maybe put some HTML code on the page that will say Tweet this page and I will give you a free video or something along them lines.

I need to know a few things. Is there some kind of HTML code I can get from twitter which will allow people to tweet my free training website?

And I would like to give them a cool free training video if they do tweet my page. How can I keep tracks of how has tweeted?

Thank you for any help you can give.

Kind Regards

Lee Mckenna

#traffic #twitter

joe.marsh 15 years ago

Hi Lee..

I have not heard of this typ of plugin but I do know there is a plugin that will allow you to reward people for comments. I do not recall what it is called though. I am sure someone knows what I am talking about and will post it.

You could ask them to twitter about the site and leave a comment and then they get the video.

It would serve you in 2 ways. Coments and twitters.

Joe
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- Lee McKenna Banned 15 years ago
  
  Hi Joe,
  
  Yes there is something out there that you can put on your page to say tweet this page. Ive seen it somewere before and the person was saying tweet this page and get the chance to win a holiday or somthing along them lines.
  
  I was just hoping I could do the same but give a free video. Or set of videos for doing this.
  
  Everyone has twitter now and even if you get a few people tweeting your page it could bring big traffic.
  
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Dan C. Rinnert

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lee McKenna

I need to know a few things. Is there some kind of HTML code I can get from twitter which will allow people to tweet my free training website?

Nothing from Twitter that I know of, but it's super simple to do. Just make sure the URL is short enough to fit in a tweet!

Here is the link code you need to place on your website:

Code:

<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=RT%20@USERNAME%20http://www.YOURURL.dom/DIRECTORY/PAGE.html">Retweet This!</a>

If you want, you could add a hash tag for tracking (or instead of your username if you wish). Just remember to use a %20 for any spaces in the text after "status=". You can add any message you want in there; you don't have to format it as an RT as I did in this example.

And I would like to give them a cool free training video if they do tweet my page. How can I keep tracks of how has tweeted?

Since your username will be included in the RT, you can track who RT'd that way, using Twitter or a third-party application to search for it.

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Lee McKenna

Banned 15 years ago

Hi thanks for your help. Ive tried to put one one with that HTMl code. And the link does take you to twitter so you can long in and tweet my link.

Can you explain the HTMKL code? Why do I put the %20@lee_mckenna%20 in?

Why do I put %20 and @ I know the @ means my username but do I have to put @? is %20 got something to do with the space?

Still not sure how I can track the people that do tweet the page.?

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Dan C. Rinnert 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lee McKenna

Can you explain the HTMKL code? Why do I put the %20@lee_mckenna%20 in?

You only need to put that in if you want your username included in the tweet. You can omit it if you don't want it.

Basically, anything between the status= and the closing " is optional. You can put the URL and whatever else you like in there.

Why do I put %20 and @ I know the @ means my username but do I have to put @? is %20 got something to do with the space?

Yes. The %20 is the encoding for the space character. You cannot use spaces in an URL (at least not reliably) so you substitute %20 where the spaces will go. When it gets prepopulated in the tweet box, the %20's will be converted to spaces.
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Dan C. Rinnert

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lee McKenna

Still not sure how I can track the people that do tweet the page.?

You could include a hash tag, such as #mckenna, so that you can search for the hash tag to see who retweeted your link. You'd have to do that manually. I don't know if there are any automated tools for doing that. Of course, you could also just do a search on the URL instead of the hash tag.

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Lee McKenna

Banned 15 years ago

Hi everyone,

So what your saying is put #mckenna and then I will have to tell everyone to email me if they tweet? I will then have to go and take a look at there page to see the tweet? Why Im there I could follow them?

Im not sure why I have to put #mckenna because I could see my url that they have tweeted? Sorry if Ive missed something?

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Dan C. Rinnert

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lee McKenna

So what your saying is put #mckenna and then I will have to tell everyone to email me if they tweet? I will then have to go and take a look at there page to see the tweet? Why Im there I could follow them?

You could just do a search on Twitter to see who has tweeted it for you. Then, send them a tweet (or DM if you're following each other) thanking them for the tweet and offering your free gift. If you are able to send a DM, you can send them the download URL. Otherwise, just tell them to follow you back or eMail you for the download link.

Im not sure why I have to put #mckenna because I could see my url that they have tweeted? Sorry if Ive missed something?

You don't have to add the #mckenna. That's just something that might make it easier to search for the tweets. But, you can search by the URL as well. It's just an option. You can do whatever works best for you.

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Lee McKenna

Banned 15 years ago

Are right I did not know you can search for tweet buy URL? So I could just go on twitter every now and then and do a seach add the people that have tweeted for me if Im not already following them and send them a personal message with the download link.

You called it a DM? Im new to twitter what is this?

But its all starting to make sence now thank you

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Dan C. Rinnert

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lee McKenna

Are right I did not know you can search for tweet buy URL?

Yes. But if you search through Twitter, you have to search by the exact URL. It doesn't seem to match partial URLs.

So I could just go on twitter every now and then and do a seach add the people that have tweeted for me if Im not already following them and send them a personal message with the download link.

Yes.

You called it a DM? Im new to twitter what is this?

A DM is a direct message. You can only send someone a direct message if they are following you.

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chiboa 15 years ago

I can't recall how I found it, but Brad Callen came out with a twitter giveaway app.

New, Free Twitter Follower and Value Building Tool

Looks good and may work for you. I haven't used it yet, but it does look like it would work for your needs.

Anyone use this yet?
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Paul Hancox 15 years ago

Hi Lee

You can create a Retweet Link using this:

RetweetLink.com

Then you just put the Retweet Link into your web page.
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flashgordon 15 years ago

There is a free plugin for Joomla sites that says "Tweet This". It is a nice little button and when you click it it does a tweet with an automatic bit.ly link to your site. But it is only for Joomla... I don't know what kind of CMS you are running.
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