Comments on: Twitter drives traffic to your blog. But how much? http://www.blogtips.org/twitter-drives-traffic-to-your-blog-but-how-much/ Blogging and Social Media for Nonprofit Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.blogtips.org/twitter-drives-traffic-to-your-blog-but-how-much/comment-page-1/#comment-134 admin Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:17:42 +0000 http://www.blogtips.org/?p=813#comment-134 I don't know if your retweet button shortens the URL with bit.ly, but -as described in this post- that could give you a black and white figure on the traffic the tweets give. I do, on my links and have been astonished by the amount of traffic each tweet gives. It is true there is a "scratch mine, I'll scratch yours" mentality in the following in Twitter, but not so much in retweeting. At least not in the social community I have created around each of my Twitter accounts. And maybe that is key in all of it: ensure the quality of your followers. Maybe one tip: I *never* autofollow. This means that "my" social community would never follow me, simply because I would follow back. I'd like to say they follow my tweets, because they like the content Hope that helps a bit, Peter I don’t know if your retweet button shortens the URL with bit.ly, but -as described in this post- that could give you a black and white figure on the traffic the tweets give.

I do, on my links and have been astonished by the amount of traffic each tweet gives.

It is true there is a “scratch mine, I’ll scratch yours” mentality in the following in Twitter, but not so much in retweeting. At least not in the social community I have created around each of my Twitter accounts.
And maybe that is key in all of it: ensure the quality of your followers. Maybe one tip: I *never* autofollow. This means that “my” social community would never follow me, simply because I would follow back.
I’d like to say they follow my tweets, because they like the content

Hope that helps a bit,

Peter

]]> By: RisingBlogs http://www.blogtips.org/twitter-drives-traffic-to-your-blog-but-how-much/comment-page-1/#comment-133 RisingBlogs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:28:13 +0000 http://www.blogtips.org/?p=813#comment-133 Thanks for the tip. Seeing the small numbers in Google analytics, i was thinking about removing the retweet button. BTW, considering the enormous amount of you follow i follow crowd in the twitter, would people care to click those links Thanks for the tip. Seeing the small numbers in Google analytics, i was thinking about removing the retweet button.

BTW, considering the enormous amount of you follow i follow crowd in the twitter, would people care to click those links

]]> By: Cleothildee http://www.blogtips.org/twitter-drives-traffic-to-your-blog-but-how-much/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Cleothildee Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:21 +0000 http://www.blogtips.org/?p=813#comment-128 i love to Twitter my day to day activities to my friends and followers. Twitter is much better than blogging because it is direct to the point and does not require you to type so many unnecessary words. 1h i love to Twitter my day to day activities to my friends and followers. Twitter is much better than blogging because it is direct to the point and does not require you to type so many unnecessary words.

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]]> By: Blog Tips http://www.blogtips.org/twitter-drives-traffic-to-your-blog-but-how-much/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Blog Tips Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:45:56 +0000 http://www.blogtips.org/?p=813#comment-122 Twitter is really phenomenal, using it right will really help boosts your traffic and loyal readers if you're lucky Twitter is really phenomenal, using it right will really help boosts your traffic and loyal readers if you’re lucky

]]> By: Best SEO http://www.blogtips.org/twitter-drives-traffic-to-your-blog-but-how-much/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Best SEO Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:22:02 +0000 http://www.blogtips.org/?p=813#comment-121 I like twitter, it's the best tool to drive traffic to my website. I like twitter, it’s the best tool to drive traffic to my website.

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