Using Twitter
So I wanted to write a quick post about the advantages of using Twitter. I see Twitter and Pinterest as the top advantages for your website/blog. With these two, so many people can see your pins and tweets. I don't really know how Facebook works for businesses but I do know some things about Twitter. Learn the domino effect (I think its effect not affect, I don't know. anyways)
If you use Pinterest you know that one pin can be seen by hundred of thousands of people. People that don't even follow you. They can see the original pin that was pinned by you but even more people can see repins. With Twitter, people retweet. When someone retweets something the original tweet will appear with the retweet icon and their name at the very top in small, faded print. So even though they retweeted it, not everyone is going to see that they did it. They will be drawn to the original tweet which was tweeted by you.
Another thing that people will do is quote tweets. To do this they simply quote your tweet and add your account name so people know you tweeted. Every single person has their own individual twitter name (like nobody has the same email) so for example; @conquertheclimb is my blogs twitter name. If someone quotes one of my tweets, my name will be there. People who see the quoted tweet may like it and checkout my account.
Mentioning people on twitter will draw more attention to your account. The door swings both ways; you can mention someone or you can be mentioned. If someone is talking to you they will tweet something with your twitter name. If they are just wanting to give you a shoutout, they may say something like...."Nice post by @conquertheclimb it was a good read for the morning" You can reply to mentions or you can simply mention someone just because they followed you or if they commented on your blog post or ordered something from your website. When you tweet something mentioning someone their followers will see that you tweeted them. Direct Messaging is private so if you don't want it to be seen you can send a DM
Hashtags are also great to use. In Kyles training he talks about using trending hashtags. That is good but I would like to add something. If you listen to The Sixx Sense with Nikki Six you may have heard him talk about #asksixx When he does #asksixx people will tweet their questions for Nikki with #asksixx at the end of their tweet. Some people will also mention Nikki or Sixx Sense but they don't have to. When Nikki want to find the questions that have been tweeted all he has to do is search #asksixx and he can see all of the tweets. There are also websites that track you hashtags for you so that you can see how often they are being used.
One last thing that I want to saw because I'm not sure how many people know about it.
Tweet Deck allows you to easily use multiple twitter account and you have easy access to everything twitter with columns. Grr its not letting me insert the link.
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I don't know a hashtag from a hashbrown. Maybe I'm too old for this stuff. The tech revolution has passed me by. :)
there are many ways to use social media for marketing but that is not the only form so no worries(:
Great post about twitter! Very informative and well laid out. Once I start using Twitter I'll definitely put your advice to use. xD
Thanks KylieL...very informative. Tried using twitter but didn't really follow it up because I'm not really into those things. Mostly facebook for me. It's good to know that I can have multiple twitter accounts. Definitely gonna try this out.
I just signed up for twitter and I'm glad I found this post. I just reactivated my FB after 3 yrs of shutting it down lol... I think I only had that account opened for about six months. I think I like how twitter sound cause more people can see it. It short and sweet. sometimes I feel like there's just too much things going on, on FB. Maybe I just need to learn how to navigate around it again. My question is, how do get followers? If you have the answer that'll will be awesome. If not it's all good, I'll just google it:) thanks again for this post.
Aloha,
June
I'm gonna have to consider using this now, that I have something to talk about,
the possibility is good that someone can appreciate
what I have to offer.
Wow...excellent post, Kylie. I do not use Twitter or Pinterest. I gained quite an education here. Thank you. I realize that I am not utilizing all the tools that are available. There are so many. I am very familiar with FB but not the others. *Melanie*
Thank you Melanie. I am trying to learn more about other social media site. Twitter and Pinterest are the only ones I use right now
Thanks, I'll take another look at Twitter. In the past I know when I tweeted about my website or a YouTube video, they came . . . I just didn't think to tweet about my new website. Thanks for the reminder.
I have never really used either pintrest or twitter. I guess I am going to have to learn how. I have posted several times on facebook. I have gotten quite a few clicks but only 1 partial signup. :-/
I have a facebook for my blog but I don't use it. I did get a two other websites on twitter ask for me to like them on FB and they would return the favor....Twitter has got my site traffic, you should try it out. It is really simple(:
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Thanks for the info. I've avoided twitter because it seemed so banal (I really don't care who is getting a double latte machiato or what Kim Kardashian is doing) but I do see the marketing potential. So this old dog is looking to learn new tricks.