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- Why Twitter Is the Best Social Media Platform for Popularizing your blog - February 5, 2013
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No doubt, twitter is the best social media platform to connect and engage with other bloggers. Twitter is the best way to quickly promote your online products, blog posts or other things and you can make your links go viral in no time.
Why Twitter Is the Best Social Media Platform for Popularizing your blog
The best ways to get more out of twitter are:
- Use your common sense to stand out from other bloggers
- Use top class headlines on your twitter profile
- Build relationships with your customers and influential people that you know
- Engage more with your readers regularly
How to get more out of twitter?
Tweet regularly
Spend time on twitter to post latest tweets and let others know what’s going around your blogs and online businesses. Don’t make your twitter account sit idle. Use your tweets to get more engagement from your partners, readers or customers.
Tweeting 5 to 10 times a day will definitely bring you more twitter visibility and followers. No one will like to follow you on twitter if you don’t actively organize the tweets on your account. So, make sure you are spending quality time on twitter to tweet the latest updates and don’t forget to engage with others by tweeting their stuff or replying on their best tweets. This way you will be building great network on your twitter profiles to get more online visibility around your blogs.
Get more twitter followers
There’s no doubt, you need more twitter followers to make your links go viral in the blogosphere. Without having much followers, you REALLY can’t make twitter work for you.
How to get more twitter followers then?
Following are the surefire ways to quickly get more twitter followers.
- Follow the influential bloggers in your niche
- Retweet their stuff regularly
- Connect with them often
- Follow more people (you can follow 200 people everyday)
- Unfollow those people who won’t follow you back (use the free tools like twiends to unfollow)
- Give some time to make other people follow you
- Learn how to write great titles on your twitter (you need to distinguish yourself from others)
- Use twitter follow buttons on your blogs
Approach the top bloggers
By staying in touch with the top bloggers in your niche will actually make you to learn and analyze the NEW things. You will also know the trending topics around your network by following the top bloggers.
Because most top bloggers have great following on twitter. Whatever happens around blogosphere they will come to know by other bloggers and they will update the latest information on their twitter accounts.
This will make you analyze how to create more impact on other bloggers using twitter, so start following the influential bloggers from now on. Remember that, most top bloggers don’t follow you back unless you are a celebrity or who is already making a great buzz in online.
Tweet at the right times
The best time to get more visibility on twitter is between 1 pm to 3 pm every day (EST timing zone). So, don’t miss this time, set aside some time to tweet around these time intervals to get more clicks on your twitter accounts.
Try to create 2 or more twitter profiles to quickly build a great impact on other bloggers. This will also bring you more followers (by having 2 or more twitter profiles). But make sure to spend time on all the twitter profiles that you have to engage with others.
Use twitter sharing buttons
DiggDigg is the BEST plugin that is available for the WordPress users to make their readers easily share their posts. You must be using twitter sharing buttons on your blog posts to make your readers to tweet your stuff.
Your readers will definitely tweet your contents, if they find your blog posts useful and engaging. Ask your readers to tweet your stuff at the end of your blog posts.
Note: Thank your readers, fans or followers if they tweet your blog posts. This will make them loyal to you in the long run.
Over to you:
Do you have any more tips to use twitter to get most out of it? Please share your tips below and tweet this post if you find it useful.
I have twitter account and i tweet regularly But i never use share button According to me sharing is nothing but time waste Your post open my eyes . Well detailed
Twitter: GeekandJock
Interesting premise, Ravi.
Personally, I think Twitter is a waste of time for gaining any real traction for a blogger.
I have 3 Twitter accounts myself. One for my Social Media / Marketing profile that is currently running at 42000 followers, one for my niche Relationship profile @GeekandJock which has around 20500 followers and another for travel.
They all retweet various content as well as engage other users.
They level of ‘real’ engagement, together with the time involved in follow-up engagement, in my opinion, is a waste of effort. Twitter is an online staus update and glorified SMS, if you ask me.
Ravi: I’d love to see some real analytics around your claims or, even better, prove how viral you can get a post from my site so you can become a thought Leader in Twitter. It’s a waste of effort in my opinion.
Interesting and thought provoking post, all the same, to get the conversation going.
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Twitter: ravik1214
Twitter is undoubtedly a better platform for getting popular.You said right that it is used more for posting updates but at the same time, it can bring many visitors in your blog as well.
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Twitter: Martin_Cooney
I really can’t see how it is ‘undoubtedly a better platform for getting popular’, Ravi.
I’ve been Twitter for many years, post updates as well as engage and retweet. The amount of engaged traffic from Twitter has always been minimal.
You must be doing something you haven’t shared yet
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Twitter: ArdivJauhari
I agree with Martin, I can hardly get any decent traffic from twitter, though my twitter following is nowhere near as much as Martin’s. There has got to be something that you haven’t shared yet Ravi?
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Twitter: justinthomsony
Exactly Ravi, Twitter is one of most promising social networking platform and where we can get huge traffic. We all know that the same social networking site is full of users around the world. It’s completely awesome and stunning way for the brand and site promotion over the Internet.
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Twitter: internetdreamof
Love it!
I love twitter so much and I think it is the best social media site to use, next to Facebook of course!
The ability to communicate so easily with people makes Twitter so much better than the other social media sites!
Thanks for writing the article!
Follow me here: https://twitter.com/#!/internetdreamof
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Twitter: ravik1214
Thanks for your appreciation Samuel.
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Twitter: BestEssays247
Thank you for sharing this very informative article with us. What I like most and would like to emphasize on is tweeting at the right time because this is where most people get it wrong. Twitter being a thing of real time means that you may miss the opportunity to reach out to your targeted audience for making your tweets at the wrong time.
Twitter: ravik1214
I support your views Bradley.Proper place and timing matters a lot.
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Twitter: prabhatrayal
hello ravi, dont know why but twitter has never been great for me. i did not notice much traffic from twitter, when i was having almost 1000 followers. i do share my posts on twitter but i never get a single visitor from there. for me facebook is the best source of referral traffic
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Twitter: ravik1214
It is quite unfortunate Prabhat but it doesn’t happen most of the time.try to build a bond with your followers.Sometimes communicate with them or like their comments or post.
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Twitter: basicpctips
Hello Ravi,
We know that twitter is the best social media which can drive a huge traffic to the Blog/Website. Regular tweet will make a connection between our niche blogs. I would like to give answer the “Prabhat” query.
Hello Prabhat only submitting a link on twitter is not enough we have to be present for the great re-tweeting and make connection from the fellow bloggers.
Thanks for sharing Ravi
Praveen Soni
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Twitter: ravik1214
Absolutely right Praveen.Building a bond with others is the most important think.Most of the time,bloggers simply paste their links on twitter which is not a way to gain popularity.In this case, it becomes a point of irritation and can have negative impact as well.
Ravi Kumar recently posted..5 Famous bollywood actresses who found their husband outside india
Twitter: rahuldixit_
You must say that twitter will work if you only post quality information.
Twitter: jonnalarajkumar
Twitter has got its own standards and style, as one can see lot of business people use Twitter when compared to Facebook. So Twitter account must be updated regularly.
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Twitter: ravik1214
You are right Jonnala.I support your views.
Ravi Kumar recently posted..5 Famous bollywood actresses who found their husband outside india
Twitter: osvme
I gave up on Twitter. It wasn’t doing anything for me no matter how much I used it. Now I just “network” the old fashioned way. Comment on other blogs and hope mine doesn’t suck enough to scare people off
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I’m not finding that Twitter people visit my site very much. I seem to be having more luck with FB. But then I only have about 100 followers.
I got a book about how to get more followers, but it was pretty well garbage.
I shall keep trying though.
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Twitter: browse10
I hope I’ll be able to get more followers. I love twitter maybe because it is unique.
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Twitter: rebellionabhi
You are right Twitter is the best platform to make your blog popular however this is true only for crowd outside India as in India very few people use twitter. Must say a very nice and informative post
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Twitter: ravik1214
Thanks for your appreciation Abhishek. Blogging is not limited to any specific country.If you want to get more popularity then you must target the users worldwide.
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Twitter: rebellionabhi
Thats true but what will you do when your niche is Indian niche and other countries are not interested in it.
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Twitter: blogrida
hey now twitter is really beating fb about its popularity now a days twitter attract people towards its.tweet at right time and use top blogger may help to attract the traffic
thanks ravi
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoCalMobileAuto
I agree… Twitter is beating out FB.
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Thanks for this post. i usually only post to Twitter when I post on my linkedIn page. But after reading this I think I need to post on Twitter more often. Thanks!
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Twitter: AlisonMSmith
Ugh. So maybe I have to take Twitter seriously. i.just.really.hate.it.
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Twitter: umpreetturtlers
Yes twitter is really a great platform to drive traffic as well as to a new as well as an olb lbog. It is a great tool for marketers as well.
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I use Twitter as it was intended: a microblogging platform. It’s great for putting out small thoughts or bits of humour and keeping your brand at the forefront of people’s social media.
For me this is important…I see lots of people using Twitter as a parallel to their website or blog. I do not feel comfortable with this concept, as it creates a sort of competition between the two. However, if your Twitter account serves a different purpose from your website (which it should), then there is no competition, but rather it simply adds another dimension to your online presence.
Nice article, Ravi. I would love to read some specifics as to what exactly you do to apply these broad principles of twittering to enrich your online business.
Cheers,
EVO
Twitter: wpthemesave
Hi Ravi,
Can you give me some advices regarding choosing a right time to tweet? I can hardly manage my time and match it with my readers due to the differences of geographical position.
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Hello Ravi
Twitter have truly helped my blog over time. it can improve the flow of traffic and it can also give a blog credibility as well. thanks
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Twitter: suryaadvice
I am damn sure Twitter is a powerful social media but how many are checking new tweets? They might following many but in my opinion only a few are checking their new tweets.
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Twitter: It_Freelancing
Really useful tips Ravi,
It’s essential to tweet at right time and you should use attractive title so that more people click it.
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Good point, twitter is a great way to have better outreach fast, cheap and effectively!
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I don’t know if Twitter is the best, but everyone has their favorite. To me it is much easier to use compared to some of the other social media platforms.
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Thanks for this post.Twitter have truly helped my blog over time. It can improve the flow of traffic and it can also give a blog credibility as we.Thanks for the share.
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Twitter: allboutseo
Indeed, I have 3 Twitter account. 4 if you count the one I hold for making jokes about specific politicians. All in all it is a great platform, quite addictive. Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and work out if you are using it correctly. Don’t tweet about that you had for breakfast etc. Treat your followers with respect and it will come back to you.
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Thanks for the post , I used to spend less time on twitter giving tweets , But after reading this i understood how important is twitter in driving traffic , I will follow your suggestions from today . Thanks
Twitter: turtlers_com
i9 myself use twitterr with tweet deck to get traffic from twitter to my blog and no worries this is the best way i get traffic to my blog !
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Twitter: seojus1
Personally, I do not spend much time on Twitter. I am sure many many people get tons of traffic and conversions with it, but I just do not have the time…
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Twitter: jamesboulay
Honestly, I always underestimated the power of Twitter. I Tweeted 5 time daily for a month and was shocked when I looked at some links I was tracking.
I’ll surely be using Twitter way more often especially for my Product Launch coming on April 1st.
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Twitter: Mindy_Jake
Hi,
Very precise and useful article. You have shared some really useful and effective tips on using Twitter. I have been using Twitter for about 3 years now and it works great for me. I manage 3-4 accounts for different purposes. Use of hashtags is inevitable if you want to become popular on Twitter.
Thanks,
Mindy Jake
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Twitter is a great community and many users are happy to retweet. It’s a great way to promote yourself while promoting others.
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I’m relatively new to the blogging arena and have been reading with great interest the various opinions expressed here. It wasn’t too long ago that Facebook was the king of the hill, and now all I see are a lot of privacy violation law suits against them. On this site, there are many for and many against Twitter. I’m still not 100% convinced that it will help my blog that much. Has anyone here seen a sharp rise in traffic by using Twitter? Finding time is my major problem and I sure would like to find an easy way for blog promotion.
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Twitter: JoshuaLauniu
I’m trying to get viewers to my blog and Twitter seems to be exactly the route that I need to go. I’ve just created a Twitter account, can’t wait to see some results! If anyone wants to follow or be followed find me on twitter – Joshua Launiu
Be sure to stop by my blog and show some love
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The point about only tweeting at the right time caught my attention–would you please explain in greater detail why this particular time has the most effective tweets?
-Jacob
Twitter: WerryAdnan
Twitter is the best social media for me. Twitter is simple and powerful. To optimize my twitter, i’m using tools like manageflitter, tweepi and tweetdeck.
Thanks Ravi for share this great information
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You have taken right issues that Twitter helps to boost the ranking as well as getting new readers in blog or sites.
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Twitter: ukhajjumrah
I have twitter account and i tweet daily But i never use share button According to me sharing is nothing but time waste Your post open my eyes . thanks for sharing this Article.
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Twitter: nextfly
Twitter is a great platform for sharing and socialization. A much better resource for posting blog articles than Facebook, IMO. Twitter has a better accessibility for people that are interested in what you have to talk about to stumble upon than Facebook. Facebook I feel you have to search exactly what you are looking for and it takes away from fun discovery.
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Hi Ravi,
The thing is you doesn’t kept your promise as this post was going to tell us about why twitter is the best social media platform and fb and Google+ are not but you have only told us that how to get more out of twitter i.e., how to improve your profile on twitter. please don’t write this type of post which doesn’t have what the title promises.
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I think twitter is very important. I tweet my website contents daily
Twitter: apolloxirider
Hello Ravi,
You’ve written an interesting piece about the use of twitter. In fact, the number of followers can be gained if it’s a two way process, isn’t it? You follow me and I follow you sort of mentality that goes around twitter isn’t the best of the idealogies for me. Though I use it for my personal use, and I’m looking forward to create another twitter account for my job, I have found this post pretty useful as a learner. Thanks a lot!
Twitter: karimkanji
Great tips Ravi! We’ve actually used Twitter quite a bit to help some clients obtain business clients and partnerships. It does take some work but it is well worth the effort.
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There are five points to optimize our twitter in my view, Tweet regularly, Get more twitter followers, Approach the top bloggers, Tweet at the right times, Use twitter sharing buttons. Thank you for this way actually
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Twitter: thelbsta
I receive the least amount of traffic from twitter out of all of the social networks for my videography and photography websites, but this article has definitely given me something to think about as far as improving my strategy to gain traffic from Twitter.
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Twitter: @rommysunnyblog
approaching top bloggers and than interacting with their followers can be a great way to attract right audience for blog
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nice post and it’s not an easy job to grow up your twitter account as there are many works there, but however it’s worth doing as once u have enough followers your posts go viral faster than you can imagine.
Twitter: theglobepress
Nice tips.
BTW i am getting many twitter followers from last 6 days.
i’ll try to apply this
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Twitter: surajramnani
For some reason twitter never works out for me…I will follow the steps in your post and hopefully expand the traffic via twitter as well
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Twitter is kinda boring with its interface, but i am amazed to see its popularity among users and the number of people using it.
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Twitter: rich_amor
For me, google+ is better
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Hey Ravi,
Nice post and Yes, social media sites really helps to promote our blog and also drives traffic to our blog. Twitter is really very popular these days and also the best way to promote our blog all we need to increase our followers and tweet regularly. Thanks for sharing these important tips.
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Twitter: GlobalCraze
Hey Ravi
Thanks for these tips !!!
Actually I don’t unfollow those people who are not following me. But now I am going to unfollow them.
Thanks Buddy
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