21 IDEAS TO INCREASE TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND TRAFFIC
FEBRUARY 18, 2015 / BY HANK KLINGER
21 IDEAS TO INCREASE TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND TRAFFIC
Twitter is a powerful platform when used correctly. Engaging with your community of followers and like-minded users is vital to your success with Twitter.
More than 500 million Tweets go out every day. In order to discern yourself from the countless bots, you have to show your human side on a consistent basis.
It’s important that your followers, friends, and prospects know you truly care about what they have to say.
THIS POST IS FULL OF 21 IDEAS TO INCREASE TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND TRAFFIC
Here they are:
- Always check your @replies on a consistent basis. This includes answering questions and responding to new followers that message you.
- Give the option to connect with specific followers you engage with outside of Twitter via email.
- If you get into a discussion that gets critical, take it to your DM.
- Thank everyone who favorites or tweets your content.
- Write your tweets like you are in a conversation.
- Find your competitors and follow their followers, use the same hashtags and tweet the types of content they would relate best with.
- Use a URL shortener to measure your click-through rates of the links you share. You can use, Bitly, Goo.gl, or Snip.ly for extra lead generation.
- Watch the publications in your niches Twitter feeds closely for breaking news, and share it before everyone else does. (Helps to build authority)
TIPS ON TWEETING YOUR OWN CONTENT
- Post links to all of your content, and always post each link several times throughout the day.
- Schedule tweets on the weekends and at times you will be away. Programs like Tweet Adder and Tweet Deck both are excellent software for scheduling tweets. Send out tweets at night as well to share with people in other time zones.
- If you’re writing blogs with tips, give up one of the tips in a tweet with the associated blog link to entice users to engage.
- When you feature tools, or other companies in your blogs, let them know so they will retweet your content.
- If you have high quality content on your blog, don’t be afraid to repost it months down the road for new followers, users, and others who may have missed it.
CREATING CROSS PLATFORM ENGAGEMENT
- Share your emails you send out to your subscribers on Twitter. Tweet a link to your landing page and invite people to sign up to your newsletter.
- Get involved in Twitter chats with others in your niche.
- Offer daily inspiration and tips for your followers.
- Use puns, jokes and riddles to create engagement.
- Create pictures of what you’re working on, people love to see behind the scenes work.
- Use your own pictures for your content that you’ve created. Picmonkey and Canva are both excellent websites for creating beautiful pictures quickly.
- Create videos that promote your product, service or brand.
- Use a service like Tweet Adder to send automated DMs to your new followers with links to your best content.
The possibilities with Twitter are endless. There are hundreds of millions of highly engaged and active users. As long as you know your target audience you will have no problem finding followers who will help share your content as long as you reciprocate.
Are you looking for more training?
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