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Is Twitter Really Helping You Create Traffic?

Posted by cannedguds • 4/16/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: create traffic, traffic, twitter, twitter help

I've been using Twitter for months now and I understand, according to other's opinion, how it can help create traffic but the question is, can it really help create traffic leading to your site?

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4/16/09

codesucker

yes

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4/16/09

larrybrains

I think you need 1000's of followers for it to be really beneficial. I have just over 400 followers and I only see about 15 visits from posting a link to my blog on twitter.

I am an active member on twitter, participating in convos and not just blogging, hopefully over time it will help with traffic.

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1. 4/17/09
  
  MadameX
  
  Or to have a couple of people with thousands of followers who RT your links. That's easier to come by than thousands of followers.
4/16/09

najmagaffoor

Iam still learning to use twitter..so not very sure to say yes or no.

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4/16/09

Shuo

don't think so,hardly worked for me.

shuothegreat.blogspot.com/

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4/16/09

LadySwan

I just started using Twitter to link my posts. I'm not sure how to even get followers. Hopefully the more a use it and learn about it, the more traffic I'll get

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4/16/09

maddawg2020

Not when you have seven followers. One actually did visit my blog.

www.thethrowdown.wordpress.com

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4/16/09

libdrone

I get some traffic from Twitter, though it is not a huge source for me as yet. I only have about 200 followers so far so I figure it may build over time

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4/17/09

tvprincess

i just tried using twitter.. but the thing is i dont have any followers so i dont know what will happen.. hope its good and can drive traffic... www.twitter.com/tvetc is my twitter page.. hope you can add me there.. thanks

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4/17/09

thetravellerreturns

twitter looks like a right waste of time. better things to do in m life than write on that.

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4/17/09

PotatoChef

To get people to follow you on Twitter, make sure that you said yes to having emails sent out to you when people want to follow. People will find you.

I have a few hundred twitter followers and I follow the same amount. Twitter, in my opinion, is way overrated. People are jumping on the twitter bandwagon because everybody else it. Not because it actually works. It reminds me of StumbleUpon. That was the hot thing a year or two ago. You are hearing less and less about it...Except that Ebay wants to get rid of it.

The best way to get traffic to your blog is by having your site rank well in the search engines. To accomplish that task it takes work. You need to get people (one at a time) to link to your blog from their blog. You get enough people doing that then your blog will move up on the search engine pages and more people will see it and click on it.

It is not as sexy as twitter or stumbleupon. But it works. So you need to decide if you want to go along with crowd and be cool, or if you want traffic and people actually reading your blog.

In my humble opinion...Twitter is a waste of time.

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4/17/09

meridance

It works for me, yes!

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4/17/09

timethief

I only use it to tweet my new posts. However, many other bloggers do use twitter very skillfully to drive traffic to their blogs. Here are some links to resources posts that will be useful to those who are new to using twitter.
Speak your tweets
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/speak-your-tweets/
Blogging and Twitter: 50 Tips
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/blogging-and-twitter-50-tips/
Five Twitter resources for bloggers
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/five-twitter-resources-for-bloggers/
More Twitter resources
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/more-twitter-resources/
Want more traffic (tweetfeed)
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/want-more-traffic

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4/17/09

trueurbanqueen

I only have about a hundred and fifty followers.
I post the link to a new blog and it brings about 9-15 people. So, no it doesn't help me.

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4/18/09

RhapsodyInProse

PotatoChef is right. There is no shortcut to recognition. If you have lots of good content, then the promotion takes care of itself. Too many people are hungry for fame when they're not ready for it and they don't deserve it.

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5/19/09

Bingkee

I have a blogger friend swearing that he gets a lot of traffic from Twitter. Well, because has 10,000 followers and follow 10,000 also. It's ridiculous to keep up with 10,000 people and how can I get 10,000. I don't have enough time for my blog much more than finding ways to make others follow me.
I agree, Twitter is too overrated---too hyped and just a trend. In 5 years, Twitter will be just a fad. More than 30 % of Twitters don't even know about what is it but has signed up for it.
I am overwhelmed by Twitter because of its too many uses , too many applications plus their monetization opps.
I'm using Twitter only to announce my posts and updates...and that's it ....and that is why more than 20 had unfollowed me because I am very boring at Twitter ---probably because I don't Twit a lot.

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5/19/09

chrissymarie321

I use twitter, I cannot remember how many followers I don't have not too many.
It doesn't drive people to my blog but then I don't normally tweet my blogposts. I talk to people I like instead...

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5/19/09

tetsujin

I use twitter like I used blog catalog, I have core group of friends that almost always look at what I post (about 25-30) these people tend to push Thumbs Up on stumble or digg or post to reddit. Either way, the way I drive traffic to my blog with twitter is kind of round of bout and indirect but it works.

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5/19/09

flamingpoodle

Surprisingly, yes. I only have about 10 followers on twitter, but my tweets get posted to 3 or 4 social networking sites. That brings in a bit of traffic.

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5/30/09

MarMatthias

Its slow, but I do get some traffic from twitter. Its not going to break a server though, a thousand followers is about 2 to 5 visits a day...

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5/30/09

expatriare

I actually post my tweets on my blog and my blog seems to send more people to my twitter profile than the other way around. but I get a few people to visit my blog from twitter too. I'm still working on it.

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5/30/09

COOLINGSTAR9

Yes, it works and brings quite a lot of readers.

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5/30/09

fabulousfashions

I am new to Twitter and blogging in general so I have not noticed any real traffic based off me using Twitter. Hopefully as I continue to work on connecting with people and gaining friends, aquaintances, and followers that will change. I have yet to learn how to maxamize the potential of all my resources and fully grasp the Twitter concept, but I'm learning. Maybe a few of you can help me and give me some insight.

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6/12/09

bringer

Hi,

I use Twitter for : marketing my web presence, posting interesting links, finding interesting links/sites, read opinions, frying eggs, know what's going on.
You can have an idea of what I mean if you look here :
twitter.com/hushcolours

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1. 6/12/09
  
  becthomasphotograp
  
  Twitter fries eggs? Wonder if it will do my dishes...
6/12/09

ushakrishnan

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6/12/09

celticmusicfan

I only have 10 followers on twitter so no luck on that one lol.unless one is a celebrity.

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6/13/09

AdolfoBlogs

Yeah, it has been working.

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6/13/09

pengangguran

nope! sadly twitter didn't increase my blog traffic

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6/13/09

timethief

No. Using twitter has not appreciably increased traffic to my blogs. However, this could be because I don't have the time to devote to tweeting more than my new posts and my bookmarked items.

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6/13/09

Shuttercraft

yes, it is great! It makes it easy for me to update from my phone when I am on my hike across America!

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