Blogger Tip Tuesday is back! After a little hiatus, we’re back to talk about Twitter. I am a total Twitter fan and think that using Twitter if you have a blog, is an excellent idea. So how do I (and how can you) use Twitter for your blog? Read below for my tips and then chime in on the comment section with your own!
- Use Twitter to develop new relationships. Twitter is great for meeting people who are tweeting about similar things — i.e., click on the #runchat hashtag and you’ll find lots of similarly minded runners. Once you connect with people, you can easily start (or hop on) a conversation. That’s the whole point of twitter so don’t feel shy doing so.
- Participate in Twitter chats to help you find others to start building relationships with! Personally, I enjoy #runchat, which happens on Sundays and I also like participating in chats that are sponsored by groups or brands I’m interested in (Zooma, FitFluential, etc. – hmmm probably time for an Oiselle chat, no??).
- Tweet your blog posts. Twitter is a great place to share your blog posts. I usually tweet my blog posts 3 times a day, spread out over the day. Just keep in mind that if your Twitter feed is just you spamming people with your blog posts, it won’t help you. A good rule is 80/20 – you should spend 80% of your time on Twitter connecting / promoting / sharing with others and 20% of your time promoting yourself.
- Use Twitter to keep your older blog posts fresh. If you are self hosted, you can do this by using the Tweet Old Post plugin — this plugin will tweet older blog posts of yours at random intervals (say, when you haven’t tweeted in 4/5/6 hours). This is a great way to get some of your older posts to a broader audience.
- Use Twitter to direct your followers to another social media channel — like your Facebook page, bloglovin profile, pinterest or whatever else you utilize.
What are your Twitter tips?
I love using Twitter to meet and connect with other runners! I’ve met the majority of my virtual running friends through Twitter, particularly through participating in Twitter chats. And I completely agree with not over promoting your blog on Twitter. If all you’re doing is using it for advertising and you’re not using it to connect with others, then its very unlikely that Twitter peeps will want to read your blog posts.
Since I’m not self hosted, I schedule all of my blog tweets through HootSuite. I was recently inspired by you and a couple of other bloggers to tweet out links to older blog posts. I have some set up for the coming weeks, and based on the success of it, I may consider continuing to do this going forward.
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Yes 100% about promotion. I’ve found that tweeting old blog links has gotten me fresh looks and comments on older posts — I hope you find the same!
Tweet old post plugin – interesting!! Learn something new everyday. And I love Twitter. It’s probably my favorite social media platform. I have met so many people IRL this way!
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Yes, try it — it really does work!!
This is so helpful I had no idea about the plugin!
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Good tips. How do you follow a hashtag?
Ah another useful BTT 🙂 I completely agree with you on #1-3, have met so many amazing people in a short amount of time. #4 and #5 are definitely new tips I will take a look into. Thanks!
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Great tips, Courtney! Thanks so much for sharing. Have a fantastic evening.
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Great tips! Twitter is so great for meeting new people and driving blog traffic. Thanks for sharing!
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Great tips! I usually use Twitter in spurts, I know that’s good. It is so fast pace that its hard for me to keep up sometimes. I need to work on utilizing it more!
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