Twitter

Kitten · 05-03-2008, 08:46 PM

Do any of you use Twitter to drive traffic to your site? Do you have any tips for optimizing your time there?

SageMother · 05-04-2008, 12:14 AM

I have a twitter account and have yet to use it. Personally, I don't see an advantage when it comes to drawing traffic. One in 1,000 people might read your entry, and several thousand more have to read it to get one visit.

I imagine there is someone out there who uses Twitter traffic successfully, but I can't see how the traffic would any different from that which flows from one of the smaller search engines.

tater03 · 05-04-2008, 01:53 AM

This is funny but I just actually found out about Twitter. I had to look it up because I kept seeing it on the internet and wanted to know more about it.

RFL1986 · 05-04-2008, 03:54 AM

I keep hearing about Twitter as well but don't really have a clue as to how to use it successfully. I perused their main site but ended up opting not to sign up for a membership considering I don't know if I could capitalize on it well enough.

Kitten · 05-04-2008, 06:56 PM

Sage, the key is to not spend a ton of time there. Leave it open in a tab, occasionally step in every so often throughout the day, build connections, etc.....and when you have a following, you're more likely to get people to click links you have posted. It won't happen overnight, though.

tater03 · 05-04-2008, 10:17 PM

Do you just keep up with it once a day? I am still learning about this so not to sure yet? Thanks.

Taggart · 05-05-2008, 02:02 AM

I've never heard about it, but I'm curious about.

In some of the above posts, it kind of sounds to me like a new search engine and in others, it sounds like a social networking site.

I'll keep my eyes open for it.

berlinlife06 · 05-05-2008, 04:34 AM

This is the first time I hear of Twitter. What is it all about? I am not a fan of getting traffic in "artificial" ways for my sites, but I'm always willing to learn something new. So, what's the deal?

SageMother · 05-06-2008, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitten

Sage, the key is to not spend a ton of time there. Leave it open in a tab, occasionally step in every so often throughout the day, build connections, etc.....and when you have a following, you're more likely to get people to click links you have posted. It won't happen overnight, though.

Well that sounds a lot easier than I thought it would be!

I think I will set out a block of time, like a month, and try your suggestion to see what happens!

SageMother · 05-07-2008, 08:27 PM

I think it might be helpful to set up a little weekly schedule for social network activities.

My schedule would place social networks in the morning while I sip my coffee, leaving one tab open for the rest of the day as I write articles and do other promotional tasks. Otherwise I could end up wasting a lot of time just looking around a site to see what everyone else is doing!