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Every day I share tons of quality blog posts either using su.pr or by reviewing them on StumbleUpon. Those reviews are then fed to Twitter, Facebook and FriendFeed. And every day I have to seek out Twitter user names because bloggers do not think to put them on their blogs in an easy to find position.
Even if your username is the same as the name of your blog, others won’t know that, so if you will put your Twitter username on your blog – ideally somewhere near the upper right as text so that searching the page for the word “Twitter” will find it – more people like me will include it when sharing your content.
Make sure it is automatically added in the Tweets sent from TweetMeme or whatever other Tweet sharing tool you use.
That will get you more Twitter followers (because anyone who liked something they read on your blog can then follow you) and once they’re following you on Twitter you have a chance for them to see your new content over there which reminds them to come back – so you get more readers here too.
If you have primarily experienced Internet users as your readers or want a clean look, the way my WordPress consultant Derek Semmler added my Twitter name here to the bottom right corner of the header is an elegant way to do that. The reason there is also a big Twitter bird icon in my right sidebar is because this is a teaching blog with many readers who are new to blogging and I want to make sure they see it. Less experienced readers may not think to look for the link in the header.
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Very valid advice. I just followed your advice and added twitter handle @onlinebzDOTcom on my blog.
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At first I didn’t even notice the twitter link at the top right, but then again I wasn’t looking for it. That seems like a nice, unobtrusive way to allow people to find you and get more of your content though. I might play around with it.
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I agree, it is one the most effective way to increase traffic to one’s blog or site. I’m using twitter for a long time now, but its still like a very big ocean to me because every now and then twitter is introducing new tools and developments. By the time I practically understand and start using a new tool some new tools are already introduced
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I liked the sticker information. I never knew it that why it is necessary.
Well, blogging is not just blogging anymore, it has become an asset- a financial one and it needs to be handled with utmost care, like you handle any other asset of yours. And Twitter is really one powerful tool to integrate with your blog, so whatever it may be, just keep a track of all that can be kept and utilize your blogs’ potential to the full.
Twitter: dragonblogger
February 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm
I agree with this tip and auto append RT @dragonblogger if anyone clicks on my retweet button, this helps for many reasons. Another good option for getting more tweets and twitter traffic is to add a giant Giant Twitter button at bottom of posts reminding readers to retweet. John Paul Aguiar
probably has the most effective one I have seen.
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