Most bloggers put more focus on other social media networks like Facebook and Pinterest to drive big part of traffic to their blogs while leaving out X/Twitter. Little focus is put on X/Twitter, because most bloggers believe that it isn’t a great tool to grow their blogs. Just like any other social networks, you can grow your blog with X/Twitter, only if you have a good strategy on how you are going to use it in your social media marketing. In this post we look at simple ways that any person can use to leverage the power of Twitter to grow their blogs or business.
When one visits your account, the first thing they come in contact with is the profile image and header or cover image. Remember the first impression you create says everything about you. If you have no profile image, then this may project you in a negative way. Post a good professional profile picture that depicts you in a positive way, and try the best you can to use the same image for all your social accounts, so that people can easily identify with you. Your header image should communicate what your blog /business is about or what you want people to do. This could be something like, brief description of your business/website, or asking people to join your Newsletter list or access your free internet marketing E-book etc.
This is where you write a brief description of what you do and how you can help others. Fill out your profile description with your interests in hashtags. This makes it easy for people to find you on Twitter, and they will know you are someone worth following. For example if you are a social media consultant, you can describe yourself as, “#Socialmediaconsultant” in your bio. You can also include your location, and a link to your website or blog, or landing page etc.
Find out the top hashtags in your niche, and use them effectively when you are writing and sharing posts/tweets. You can be amazed by how these hashtags can amplify your content reach to even a larger audience.
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In most cases, when you share other people’s content, they will likely share your content especially if it is in the same niche as theirs.
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You are allowed to Pin one post/tweet that is constantly at the top of your profile. This is an opportunity you need to use in the best way possible. Find the best performing tweet and pin it or alternatively if you are selling products online, you can use this space to advertise your products, by pinning your offerings.
Twitter lists is a great tool that helps you to keep people who you want to interact with on a daily or weekly basis organized. You can easily find these people by looking at your lists, and then making re-tweets, liking their tweets or even sending them direct messages where necessary. This helps you to avoid wasting time trying to find people all over Twitter. To find Twitter lists, click on the right hand side of your profile picture. Here you have an opportunity to create a new list with a name and a short description. You have also an option to make it public or private. You can start building a list just by adding people who re-tweeted, or liked your tweets. To do this, visit their profile page and click the three little dots next to the ”follow button.” Then click “add or remove from lists.” In fact when you add people to lists, they are likely to follow you so in essence, this is a great way of growing your followers on Twitter.
On daily basis try as much as possible to repost/re-tweet or like posts/tweets especially from your followers. Once in a while follow new accounts for more content in your feed and also you can get more followers, when you follow others. All these simple tasks helps you to remain active on X/Twitter.
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When you participate in X/Twitter Chats, you get to know more people, and this helps market your blog or business. You can also make new connections with other bloggers in your niche or even in other niches.
You need to have a strategy to effectively get best results on X/Twitter. I have found that when you put in place a plan on how to use these social media networks like Facebook, Pinterest, Google Plus, Twitter, you will be amazed by how much traffic they can drive to your site. Many people get it wrong, when they do it without a plan, then end up getting frustrated with little to no results in terms of traffic or engagements. To succeed on any social media platform, all you need is to have a plan, and work the plan.
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Great post. I absolutely agree with your suggestions about using hashtags on twitter. That is a powerful way of growing followership on the platform.
Yes, hashtags if well used can increase engagement on tweets.
Thanks for sharing! I’ve personally never had any luck with twitter but I’ll try out your tips!
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Great tips! I try to use hashtags on Twitter but sometimes don't know what to put. Thanks for posting this!
Hi Amanda, I appreciate your visit.
Hi John , good actionable tips. I have just started twitter account and whenever I open it, I feel lost. I will definitely apply these techniques to twitter. thanks
Hi Gursimrat,I appreciate your feedback.
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I have a lot to learn about Twitter! Thanks for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com!
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Hi John,
This is a super helpful guide on how to use Twitter effectively! :) Thank you! What is a Twitter chat?
I will pin this from the Booknificent Thursday Link Party where I found you.
Hi, thanks for dropping by. Is just like any other chat. You can simply search for them on Twitter in your niche or can be invited by fellow bloggers to join. They are usually planned in advance and have # tags. When you join them, your tweets can be tracked by #tags referencing the Chat. Topics are chosen for a particular discussion on that given day and you can contribute.
Thanks a lot for this! I have started using Twitter lately and these tips will definitely help me out!
I appreciate your feedback.
Thank you so much for sharin this amount of valuable info regarding Twitter! Very timely for me as I am just starting out with my blog. Best, Alenka
Hi Alenka, thanks for your visit. Am glad that this was helpful. I wish you all the best with your new blog
Hi John,
I guess the key takeaway in this post is to engage with your followers on twitter. It's a micro blogging site where the chances of getting invisible is fast. The more you engage with followers, the better chances of getting your tweets seen.
Hi Arfa, yes, Twitter appears challenging to many people to drive traffic but if they can make an extra effort by engaging with their followers, they can be amazed with the kind of engagement they can get.