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Social media is one another one of those critical aspects of blogging that you just have to know about. And its not enough to know about one platform, you have to learn about 3,4, or 5 platforms.
To be successful at blogging is also staying on top of trends. Twitter and Facebook used to be all one needed to know in order to be successful at blogging. Now we have social media sites like Pinterest, Tumblr, and StumbleUpon driving massive traffic to blogs. Not to mention this new video craze we have going with Periscope, drone video, webinars, and Blab. It can be hard to know which one is best for your blog and even more difficult to learn.
I think its important to know a little bit about every social media site so you can best see how to implement it in your blogging strategy. This post is the first installation in my social media series. I’ll be talking about how to use each social media site to generate traffic and revenue for your blog.
Twitter Statistics & Facts You Should Know
First here’s a little rundown on Twitter and the type of businesses it’s best suited for, courtesy of Wishpond:
- Marketing companies, news outlets, sports-related blogs, SaaS companies
- Only 60% of Twitter members are actively posting–most use it to receive news and updates on current events
- Twitter is the best place to interact with influencers and customers
- Buffer has seen an 89% increase in Favorites with images over those without, and a 150% increase in Retweets.
- 18% of US adults are on Twitter
Using Twitter to Grow Your Email List
Did you know that you can use Twitter to passively grow your email list? It’s true! There are some great automation tools that you can use to grow your email list in basically one hour per week.
Here’s the tools you’ll need:
- Landing page using Instapage, Lead Pages, or Clickfunnels (I use this and love it) offering a freebie
- Twitter account manager like Unfollowers.com
- Social Quant ($50 per month) or 10 minutes to manually follow and unfollow people daily
The Steps:
- Create a freebie and a landing page (I use Instapage). You can try different freebies and see which one captures the most emails.
- Sign up for a Twitter account manager. I use Unfollowers and it’s $10 per month for a premium account which you’ll need to set up automatic DMs (Direct Messages). Once you have the freebie and the landing page live, set up an automatic DM where you introduce yourself and offer your freebie by including a link. You can say something like, “Hey! Thanks for following me. If you’re interested in learning more about Twitter marketing tactics, check out my free e-book.”
- Sign up for Social Quant which automatically gets you targeted followers based on a set of 20 targeted keywords you input. Alternatively, if you don’t want to pay the pricey $50 per month fee, you can use Unfollowers to copy the followers of people in your niche. About 30-40% of the people you follow will follow you back and you can see who’s not following you and unfollow them. Be careful though, the max number of people you can follow in one day is 1000 people until you follow 2000 people. Then the follow limit is 10% more than the amount of followers you have. So for example, if you have 2000 followers, you can only follow 200 people that day. Not adhering to these guidelines could land you in Twitter jail!
That’s it! As always continue to schedule interesting social media content on your Twitter account. I suggest at least 5 posts per day. And continue to follow/unfollow a couple hundred targeted Tweeps every day to increase your account.
This is a slow process and you’re not going to get a ton of subscribers this way but it is still a good (and passive) way to grow your email list even if it’s just 2-3 people per day.
How do you use Twitter to grow your blog’s audience? Do you find it effective or ineffective? Tell me in the comments below!
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Chantal
January 25, 2016 at 9:48 pm (9 years ago)Great ideas! Twitter is something I’ve been needing to explore and work on more. Thanks for the tips!
proassistblog
January 26, 2016 at 4:34 pm (9 years ago)Thank you so much Chantal! http://bloggersthatprofit.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php#comments-form
Haley
January 26, 2016 at 3:30 am (9 years ago)Actually, for the author and book writing niches, twitter is amazing. JUST during this challenge… since January 4th, I have gone from 350 followers to 675!! It’s been awesome! Thanks for this post, it’s super helpful!
proassistblog
January 26, 2016 at 4:33 pm (9 years ago)Whoa! That’s amazing! You are doing such an amazing job growing your coaching brand Haley!
Lakisha
April 26, 2016 at 2:38 pm (9 years ago)Thanks for the great tips. I have been struggling to build up my Twitter page and grow my business.
Amy Scott
April 26, 2016 at 3:02 pm (9 years ago)Email lists are that thing I keep avoiding like the plague! I need to step up my game.
Tianna
April 26, 2016 at 3:16 pm (9 years ago)thanks for all these amazing tips! I really appreciate it!
Claudia LeBaron Islas
April 26, 2016 at 3:45 pm (9 years ago)Your twitter tips are always so good! I hadn’t thought about targeting followers of people in my niche… I’m going to have to try that. Thank you Manda!
Jenny
April 26, 2016 at 5:23 pm (9 years ago)I have never explored this option before. I use Twitter, but mainly to retweet my blog posts and facebook groups. Thanks for the info!
Becky @ Disney in your Day
April 26, 2016 at 6:01 pm (9 years ago)I hate to admit it but twitter is definitely my weakest social media. I’ll try to use some of these tips!
Brittany
April 26, 2016 at 6:50 pm (9 years ago)Great tips once again. I’m signed up for your next course and I can’t wait!
Carolyn
April 26, 2016 at 7:43 pm (9 years ago)I need to start using twitter. I have my account but have focused on Pinterest and Facebook so far. Thanks for helping me figure it out.
Samantha
April 26, 2016 at 8:52 pm (9 years ago)This is fantastic! I use Crowdfire to monitor unfollowers, but I never thought to use the DM this way. Thank you!
proassistblog
April 27, 2016 at 12:45 pm (9 years ago)No problem Samantha! Thanks for stopping by!
Alison
April 26, 2016 at 10:01 pm (9 years ago)I really need to use twitter more. It’s just too fast for me I think! I love instagram more… but these are great tips I’ll try scheduling more content and see if that helps!
proassistblog
April 27, 2016 at 12:41 pm (9 years ago)I don’t even have an Instagram account for my business and I keep hearing all of these great things about it. Getting active on Instagram is definitely on my to-do list for the year.
Dia All The Things I Do
April 26, 2016 at 10:09 pm (9 years ago)I hadn’t heard of this before so thanks for sharing. I get a lot of engagement on Twitter, I use hootsuite nad have debated using a tool like unfollowers but haven’t gotten around to it. I hadn’t really thought about maximizing my twitter account with my opt in freebies, I just opened my resource library and have been depending on Pinterest a lot.
Dia All The Things I Do
April 26, 2016 at 10:10 pm (9 years ago)My link to website messed up 🙁
proassistblog
April 27, 2016 at 12:37 pm (9 years ago)It worked for me 🙂
proassistblog
April 27, 2016 at 12:39 pm (9 years ago)Your Pinterest images are nice so I’m sure you get tons of traffic from Pinterest 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Angie Nelson
April 26, 2016 at 10:38 pm (9 years ago)Twitter cards are an amazing way to get more email subscribers.
proassistblog
April 27, 2016 at 12:31 pm (9 years ago)I’ve heard! I def. need to learn how to use those! Thanks Angie.
Martha
April 27, 2016 at 12:22 am (9 years ago)I’m so bad at Twitter. This is a great way to make it work better for me. Thanks!
Jenny
April 27, 2016 at 1:27 am (9 years ago)Great tips! I love Twitter because I can communicate with people in my niche via Twitter chats.
xoxo, Jenny
Heather Davis
April 27, 2016 at 2:18 pm (9 years ago)This is great information! My Twitter following keeps growing but that hasn’t translated to an increase in traffic for me yet.
DANI CC
April 27, 2016 at 6:55 pm (9 years ago)What a great post. Love the ideas of how to grow our list on twitter. Going to start doing this. Thank You.
Erlene A
April 27, 2016 at 8:51 pm (9 years ago)Great tips. I need to create a freebie, but not sure what yet.