The Twitter phenomenon is taking over the internet like a wildfire. Every online marketer is using it to their advantage to optimize on the potential reach for their audience. And if you haven’t noticed already, many internet entrepreneurs are creating businesses which are an extension of the Twitter system.
Personally, I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. I think by now I’ve accepted the idea that any huge internet phenomenon will be quickly overturned by internet marketers who may abuse or take away from the experience. But I’ve also realized that it’s a nice interaction between people of similar interests, and is also a nice, concise way to break the ice in getting to know new people online.
I’ve taken notice in recent weeks how much Twitter is actually influencing my blog posts. I question whether or not that’s entirely a good thing, but feel free to give me your opinion.
How Twitter Influences My Blog Posts
Blog Titles Within 140 Characters- My blog titles usually aren’t too long anyway, but I’ve had to make sure that my titles are especially concise for when I tweet them on Twitter. If my title is too long, then it’ll also make the link to my post take up too many characters. The link ends up converting to a “tiny url” anyway, but this doesn’t help when creating the tweet. In fact, it would be awesome if Twitter somehow incorporated into their system, an option to include a link without it interfering with the available amount of characters you have left.
Concise/catchy Titles- My followers are essentially my audience. So I try to produce titles to blog posts that are relevant to their professions in the graphic design or internet entrepreneur related industries.
Relevant Posts The types of followers I have also influence the relevance I bring to my overall blog posts. This is where I question how much is truly acceptable to be influenced by Twitter and I don’t want to be too heavily reliant on it because currently the bulk of my traffic isn’t coming from Twitter.
When To Post There are certain times of the day when if you make a blog post it has more of a chance to be seen then at another time. I try to be sensitive to this concept, because there are also times of the day when you get the most clicks from your Twitter followers. I tend to get tweets that I’ve been meaning to say out of the way before posting a link to my most recent blog post because I like to keep the link up as long as possible.
Make It Re-tweetable Many people on twitter are “re-tweeting” the posts they find most interesting to them, and beneficial to their followers. Although it’s sometimes difficult to make every single thing you write on your blog worthy of being spread around the twittersphere, make sure that you release your best posts during the times of the day when others will bite the bait.
How has Twitter influenced your blog/site?
Twitter gives you so much potential for building upon your readership so be sure to use it wisely. But how has it affected your site’s progression? Comment and let me know..
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-Mel
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