Posted on September 12th, 2009Twitter is a pretty web 2.0 site which has recently gained lots of popularity. Many people have learnt of this but there still are a few who haven’t heard about it at all. This is a social networking site which encourages people to post details on what they are doing.
There are many people who use this site for increasing their reach over the market. They are active on the site and gain many followers who want to know what you’re doing. This means that you have to update your status quite regularly. As an example, if there are many people following you on Twitter and you post a link to a site of yours, then you will get so many more viewers instantly. Here, I am going to discuss how you can maximize your traffic with the help of Twitter and also a very big mistake which you should not make.
If you want to have an ever expanding fan base on Twitter then you will most definitely have to keep them interested in you as well as what you do. “What you’re doing?” is the foundation on which Twitter is based. You should post many times a day updating people on what you’re doing. The positive thing about this is, many people will feel that they know you a lot better just by following your Tweets. They will also trust you a lot more and be a lot more comfortable working with you. Also, by following others you will learn more about them as well as their needs.
The biggest mistake which you can make is to post only affiliate links and offers on your home page. Many people think this is spam and they will think that you are using Twitter only for personal gains. If you do not wish to to invite family and friends to join your Twitter page then you are completely wrong. As is the case with anyone who is writing anything, ninety percent has to be content and only ten percent should be made up of advertising. The concept is very simple to understand, continuously post what you are doing through the day, it is quite simple and only takes a few seconds each time.
The other thing is that, you should give links to your articles or whatever you post online in your Twitter posts . You can post a lot of things in a single day but it is usually the last thing you post which is the most important as it will be right on top for the longest time. You should ensure that this post is the best written and contains important links which will keep your followers busy till the next day.
Contributing is also very important. You should always have a kind of give & take relationship. Give is always first, the more that you give, the more other people will like working with you and you will get that much more attention. If you read about something that is interesting then you should post about it so that others too can read it. This also helps you connect with other Twitterers as they will view your Tweets if you view their’s.
When you start with Twitter you have to first invite people you know on Twitter as well as others that are not yet on Twitter to join and start following you and so that you can follow them too. There is an excellent find and invite feature. You can increase your exposure by following people that follow you or people that follow your followers.
A very big tip is that you should take full advantage of sites or plug ins that support Twitter. Here are some sites:-
Squidoo lets you post details from Twitter into their site and then you can Tweet from Squidoo itself.
There is also a facebook application that is called Twitter which updates your facebook status automatically when you update it on Twitter.
TweetMyBlog is a third tool that lets you create 2 way connections between Twitter and your blogs. You can use widgets on your wordpress blogs that show your latest Twitter feed. This ensures that all viewers of your blog can see your latest posts as well. They can also view your Twitter page from there. When you post in your blog, it automatically gets posted on your Twitter page along with a link.
Think of the added exposure that you can get with the help of these tools.
Also, remember that Twitter is a social site so you should make sure that you enjoy yourself.