Targeted Traffic From Advanced Twitter Marketing – Part Two
Our study of using Advanced Twitter Marketing techniques to drive targeted traffic from Twitter began with Targeted Traffic From Advanced Twitter Marketing – Part One. Please read that post first if you missed it, then continue on here…
As your interaction with others grows on Twitter, so will your following – and by extrapolation, so will the amount of targeted traffic you can send to your links. For maximum response, offer a free download – a report of interest to your target market, a sample software program if you sell software, perhaps a digital brochure with a money-saving coupon if you’re promoting an offline business.
Whatever market you service, you already know what the best lead-generators tend to be in your market, so those are the same incentives that will get you the most targeted traffic from your Twitter followers.
To maximize the effects of your targeted traffic generation activities on Twitter, you need to understand the logistics behind the site. First, you only see the tweets from those people you follow – likewise, only those following you will see your tweets.
Second, each of your followers will be following hundreds, or more likely thousands of other people too. As such, they potentially receive thousands of tweets a day – and no one can keep up with them all.
To combat that and keep your Twitter marketing effective, be sure to provide enough good solid information that your followers begin to watch for your tweets, and always respond to any messages they send you. Depending on which software they use to interact with the site, they’ll either have a special column for those whose messages they don’t want to miss, or they’ll only see the tweets that come by while they’re actually at the site.
So for maximum viewership of your tweets, divide the time you’ve allotted for your Twitter marketing into smaller blocks of 10-15 minutes each, and send your main tweets out two or three times a day – don’t hesitate to repeat your tweets, since for the most part a different subset of your followers will see them each time.
Advanced Twitter marketing can become the best way to get people to your sites instantly – and by using it to get them to your squeeze pages you’ll be building a list you can bring back time after time. But as effective as your advanced Twitter marketing becomes, avoid the temptation to spend more time there at the expense of your other online marketing activities.
You should be using Twitter, your e-zine and your blogs for short-term targeted traffic generation, and article marketing, podcasts & videos to keep targeted traffic coming in for some time to come. Neglecting any of these other activities will reduce the net gains you make from your targeted traffic efforts at Twitter, so keep it in perspective and part of your overall long-term marketing strategy for optimal success!
For more advanced strategies on using Twitter for business, read Doug Champigny’s Advanced Twitter Marketing Strategies.
An Advanced Twitter Marketing Case Study report is also available – click here for your free copy.
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8 comments
Earl Netwal
Twitter: @EarlNetwal on Twitter
on June 4, 2009 at 6:08 am
There’s no doubt that Twitter has eaten into the time I should be spending on other things, I have only gotten one article posted on eZines in the past few weeks, despite having created multiple blog posts that could be easily converted into articles. Now that I have learned from your advanced twitter marketing eBook what to do, I have more lists each of which requires some time. But I am now getting better at keeping that time in check and doing as you suggest and posting at different times during the day.
I’ve found the techniques that Mike Paetzold recommends to be useful way to get better material to my lists.
But the remaining question I have is how many different posts to send to the list at one time. I typically am sending 3-8. sometimes all Google news items, other times a mix of affiliate sales. My theory is that when sent in a block its more likely to get some attention, but also looks more like spam. What do you think?
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Andre Arnett
Twitter: @learningaffil on Twitter
on June 4, 2009 at 7:34 am
I am just amazed at the way the system has been working. It is definitely something to continue work on. All I thought I knew has been thrown out and I am starting fresh. There is still more to be learned from Advanced Twitter Marketing System and may even require a re-reading of the book to see what I missed. Thanks.
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Brett McEllhiney
Twitter: @bmcellhiney on Twitter
on June 4, 2009 at 7:41 am
Thanks Doug,
Still working on trying to just hop on Twitter for a few minutes and then get back off.
It’s very easy to get caught up in what you are doing and before you know it 30-45 minutes have gotten by.
I also am still trying to find that balance between too many tweets and not enough. I am currently doing about 5 – 6 when I get on, but also have some automatic posts setup using TweetLater (still trying to determine if this is a good thing or not). Not sure if this will be too much.
I guess only time will tell.
Thanks for another great post and looking forward to the next.
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Mike Paetzold
Twitter: @mikepaetzold on Twitter
on June 4, 2009 at 8:18 am
I think everyone needs to find their own happy medium and this only comes from tracking what works and what does not. Continue to experiment.
There will always be variations depending on how and what you are promoting and which niche that will decide the ideal numbers.
Mike Paetzold’s last blog post..Manage your time and focus your business
Lonnie Minton
Twitter: @AffiliateBus on Twitter
on June 4, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Doug, very good Twitter advice in this post. I have found that repeating my posts and varying the title from time to time has added several to my opt-in list. One day I got 15 new subscribers. The Advanced Twitter Marketing system is a very productive method for using Twitter.
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Joel Osborne
Twitter: @JoelOsborne on Twitter
on June 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I like your idea about spending a few minutes at a time throughout the day on Twitter. It makes it much easier to get what you need done (on and off Twitter), and allows your followers to constantly see messages from you.
Joel Osborne’s last blog post..Your Twitter Time Saver
Fred Lotgering
Twitter: @lotcon on Twitter
on June 5, 2009 at 9:42 pm
I have to get back into a routine with may Twitter marketing. I’m going to follow your advice and try to get more frequently for a few minutes into Twitter.
Great tips.
Fred
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Alex Sysoef
Twitter: @thespotter on Twitter
on June 10, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Twitter is great for tartgeted visitors, especially when you grow the number of followers
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