Did you know? For many businesses, holiday sales are the key to finally getting into the black for the year (black ink on their accounting page = being profitable for the year – which is why it is called Black Friday).
For bloggers who offer anything for sale, this time of year can also bring them increased income through affiliate products, additional advertising, or offering their own products like Kristi’s Blog Promotion Guide.
This year we have a new fast, easy way to increase your traffic so you cam potentially increase your income: a joint venture project I am partnering in for promoting blogs and small businesses called Just Retweet with a primary purpose of driving more traffic from Twitter. <<< Click that link for more on how to use JustRetweet.
Holiday VIP Special Discounts ~ Be featured on JustRetweet:
- Only $15 to be featured for one week – regular price $25
- Featured for two weeks – regular price $35 now only $25
- BEST DEAL: Featured for a full month for only $35 – you save $30
To buy just click this link to go to the Buy Credits Tab on JustRetweet
Being featured will get you more Twitter followers and the more you use the site the more Twitter users who will share your content, products, special deals – whatever you most desire – with all their followers.
Many of the influential bloggers invited to use JustRetweet have 10s of 1000s of followers and now YOU have an easy way to reach their followers IF they believe what you share will interest them!
Ileane from @BasicBlogTips where you can get blogging tips and find out how to optimize your social media has created this wonderful How to Use JustRetweet video:
[Notice that the embed code does NOT display the video cover Ileane used in the video; apparently YouTube wants their ads to display instead. They could at least include the actual video cover, too. This image style will reduce clicks on images shared elsewhere.]
TWITTER RESOURCES:
- Kikolani: How to Increase Your Retweets, Twitter Followers and Klout
- GrowMap: Twitter Best Practices – all my Twitter tips in one place
- TweetSmarter: Excellent site for how to use Twitter effectively
Special Thanks to Kelli Miller @3boysandadog who created the image in this post and the 125×125 ad block that links this offer on the JustRetweet Homepage to this blog post explaining it.
HOMESCHOOLERS: Anyone who homeschools – or is considering it – should check out Kelli’s homeschooling freebies and every serious blogger should consider one of Kelli’s Blog Media Kits available from her BlogPrintMedia Digital Design site.
Gail Gardner
Twitter is really a very powerful blogging tool, thanks I will definitely follow your advice.
This is really a great help. Giving out ideas makes me more attach with my twitter. I can barely update my status and making other people be curious of following me either.
I will definitely use twitter for traffic.Gud wrk Bro……..growmap rockzzz
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Good Twitter tips. I think twitter and Facebook will be more important in SEO and ranking as Google moves forward. The better presence you have with social media, the better.
Twitter is over capacity – don’t you agree?
Its less about how much i need twiter traffic, and more about how i need my twitts to effect people to get in, does fooling works? I doubt, bounce rate will get higher than ever.
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I will definitely used twitter. Your info impress me thanks for sharing. Good work is carry on.
This is an awesome news! I think we will consider this promo. Thanks for sharing.
I love this article! It’s the clear path to winning on twitter! Thanks Growmap.com!!!!
It is a nice article. I use twitter but never thought of inviting visitors from it. I would try to bring and use it accordingly from the coming year.
Good tips. I haven’t been using Twitter much ever since my Klout score dropped really low 🙂
Darren
I loved this article, but if you have a minute to answer a question, I’d really appreciate it.
I am trying to enhance the social media presence for my brother in law, who is a lawyer. I have yet to figure out a good formula to d0 so.
Have any of you managed a twitter account for an attorney? Do you have any tips?
Hi Pete,
For any local business, the first key is to build a following of people in the geographic area you are targeting. The largest mistake being made by small businesses is not targeting their local audience.
Next, you need to be tweeting interesting content if you want anyone to care about you or your account. I would use a mix of what’s happening locally, human interest stories, and maybe even some attorney humor (sparingly – don’t go overboard).
If the attorney was managing the account they could answer commonly asked questions and whoever manages it could share blog posts about what people need to know about hiring and working with an attorney. That could be quite a bit of your content, but again don’t go overboard because no one wants to only read about that.
The key to understanding Twitter and any social network is that they are SOCIAL – like meeting people at a bbq or a party – not a one-way broadcast channel that only contains advertising.
What I am trying to get bloggers, social media agencies and SEOs to understand is that they need to choose a geographic area to target and focus on that. You can still have a national or international audience, but you need to become known for your expertise about that specific geographic location.
Instead of managing a separate account for every small business you could have one major account for Boulder that tweets interesting content about Boulder of all kinds, what’s happening locally, recommendations for local businesses and interact with others in Boulder.
Geo-target that account so that you create a large local audience. Interact with other Boulder-based people and if you choose to have a separate account for your Boulder business those accounts can converse.
I have posts that explain all of this. Start with the one I’ll put in CommentLuv in this reply about how to geo target Twitter accounts and then see my Twitter Best Practices for everything from How to use Twitter as a communication tool, to videos and links for newbies, to advanced strategies.
growmap would love you to read ..Twitter for Business: How to Geo Target Twitter for Small Business Local Social Media #smallbusiness
I find most people use twitter for the soul purpose spamming to get traffic to their site, maybe that’s why all their links are nofollow. Besides, I also think that facebook is 100 times better then twitter. Just my personal opinion.
Hi Loc,
Then you’re following the wrong people. I intentionally focus on interacting with other DoFollow CommentLuv bloggers and we all use Twitter effectively. Facebook is not very effective, but due to the large volume of people there we do use it. Some like it better than I do.
What is it about Facebook that you find 100x better than Twitter? That you only interact with a limited number of people you choose?
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Thanks for your tips. I am using twitter and going good in it. Got PR 4 also. Nice article to get traffic on twitter. It is really nice tips.
Congratulations on being PR4 already. If your blog is DoFollow and using CommentLuv be sure to let me know by leaving a comment in any of my posts that contain CommentLuv lists.
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As a matter of fact I so much prefer facebook instead of twitter as it so much more social and there you not only reposting and reposting but really have any personal attitude to the people and things you are posting.
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Hi Adie,
Honestly I have to force myself to sign into Facebook I dislike it that much; however, it can be used for good. It is just so slow and unusable – probably by design to keep people so busy they can’t accomplish much.
The platform isn’t so important as what you do with it and especially as who you interact with. It is the people that matter.
In the future please Use KeywordLuv instead of hanging links off the ends of comments. It is much easier and more effective. Many bloggers will delete any comment that adds a link the way you have done here. See additional insights in the post I’ve put in CommentLuv in this reply.
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I have twitter but I seldom use it. It’s not as exciting as Facebook. However,Twitter is useful to promote and to get some ideas from those people you follow.
Hi Mariae,
If you don’t find Twitter exciting you are probably not using it as effectively as you could. See the basic tips at the top of my Twitter Best Practices post.
I’ll think about using Twitter like you said. I agree with Loc, Facebook is better, but what you said in this article is very interesting.
Hi Roger,
Twitter is much faster, more efficient and allows you to connect with people you do not already know. In contrast, Facebook is slow, unusable and geared more to interacting with people you already know.
Twitter is also an easy way to remember and find people. If you choose a Twitter username that is short and memorable it is a fast path to whatever link you put in your bio there. Instead of remembering domain names or how to find someone on Facebook I just plug them into Twitter and find their bio and blog or business quickly and easily that way.
Businesses can also target a specific geographic area more easily on Twitter than on Facebook (unless you buy ads).
growmap would love you to read ..Twitter for Business: How to Geo Target Twitter for Small Business Local Social Media #smallbusiness
I agree with everything you say. However I have something to add – Facebook has groups, events and apps – businesses can take advantage of them when promoting themselves. Don’t get me wrong – Twitter is useful, but Facebook is more useful
twitter is great promotion tool but it requires a lot of time being spent. Good tips though. I’ll try to use twitter more.
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Hi Sean,
It doesn’t, really. See the tips at the top of my Twitter Best Practices for effectively using Twitter in only a few minutes at a time.
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Interesting tips. And I have to agree with you. Twitter for me has become one of the top sources of traffic aside from SEO. It’s amazing how one tweet there can do so many things for us, especially if we have a huge network of followers.
Anyway, thank you for sharing this. I’m highly considering it since it’s a once a year promo. 🙂
Happy holidays!
Hi John,
Why not jump in and use your free credits and then decide? All new users get 100 credits to start, 25 more when they fill out their settings, and then those with more time than money can Retweet and follow others to get more free credits and those with more money than time can simply buy credits inexpensively – especially during this special promo.
JustRetweet is new but influential bloggers are using it. Many of us have 20,000 to 40,000+ followers so you can’t go wrong.
growmap would love you to read ..Twitter for Business: How to Geo Target Twitter for Small Business Local Social Media #smallbusiness
Thank you for your advice. 🙂
I would like to know how you gain followers of a more niche audience. Your post is very much appreciated.
Hi Rochelle,
That is simple – you follow Twitter users who are in the niche or location you wish to target. There are many tools for finding them from Twellow to various Twitter search sites and apps. See my Twitter Best Practices.
Many of the tips used for finding Twitter users in a specific geographic area also work to find people interested in specific niches so check out that post, too. I’ve put it in CommentLuv in this reply.
growmap would love you to read ..Twitter for Business: How to Geo Target Twitter for Small Business Local Social Media #smallbusiness
Ah, this is the first time I am hearing about JustRetweet, sorry about the ignorance I am new to the scene but I am slowly trying to learn. I have just registered a new twitter account for my site and I will certainly be using this tool for gaining more retweets and followers. I am sure the VIP featured option will help a lot of marketers.
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This is insightful but it seems that you may receive a lot of empty followers. I would like to know how you gain followers of a more niche audience. Your post is very much appreciated.
That is simple. Follow the people who are the audience you want. See Twitter Best Practices for posts on how to do that.
Influential bloggers who have 20,000-40,000 followers who are often OTHER influential bloggers are actively using JustRetweet. THEY are definitely not “empty followers” and using JustRetweet is a fast way to “meet” them – just RT what they share, follow them, and start a relationship with them.
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I really enjoyed reading your article about Twitter Traffic. I do not know much about twitter. Thanks for the information and friendship greetings from Indonesia.
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Some people are skeptical on how they can drive more traffic to their sites using Twitter but JustRetweet is one great way to show how bloggers can get the most out of social media 🙂 Thanks for sharing this, I believe it is a great service.
I just started using facebook and I am going to try twitter out because of you. Great post!
I am positive for share tips.MY opinion is twitter is better.Only fast response can impress people.Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the offer and you are absolutely right that now is the best time to gain more for the next year and I mean not only finance, but both the knowledge and experience.
Hi,
Thanks for given this nice info with great ideas to get lots of traffic on our site.
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Social Media has a lot of potential and bloggers should take advantage of social networks like twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your tips.
Thanks for the post. This reminds me of the usual thing I do in my blogs site. I really use twitter to increase traffic in my article posts ‘coz I know many people are using it.
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Golden chance for those who are not able to give proper time to twitter and loosing the targeted traffic
I should think about joining JustRetweet
Hi Vi,
Thinking about it does not get you anywhere; DOING IT does.
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thanks for the tips , but prefer prefer using facebook more than twitter because my sites ratio is 5 to 1 🙁
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@Saad, I ain’t agree with you. Facebook, twitter and G+ are very in now a days. Either you have few followers on twitter or you are not marketing it properly thats why you are having few visitors from Twitter!
Regards,
Margarate
Wow! this is nice, i think we really needed a tool like this..
@ Saad, even i was getting most of my traffic from FB, i always thought that Twitter is useless as there are numerous software’s that will do automatically tweet for you, follow users etc. One of my friend forced me to start using it and the Retweet has been doing wonders for me. Retweet has many advantages, a blog post With a retweet back link, the process is real time, which is a benefit for those tracking response time. Think of it as an electronic replacement for word of mouth, with the major difference being the ability to connect with people around the world.
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Hi John,
Thank you for your comment. Those who don’t like Twitter are doing it wrong because it is the fastest, easiest way to connect – especially with busy people you want to meet. Nothing is a faster way to share quality information.
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I love this post! Seems like the way to go in taking advantage of real social media tactics for business.
I have been concentrating on my facebook page. Will try to make use of this twitter deal.
Twitter is also a good site to promote the business in better way. I am also using facebook for fanpage by I never ignor twitter.