Twitter from blogger’s point of view

Twitter for Bloggers

All people used to say that twitter is very important for bringing huge amount of traffic but no one tells how to use twitter. I was among those people who didn’t understand how to use twitter to bring huge traffic. So I decided to research on twitter and decided to share my experience with other newbie bloggers.

Twitter is a free service that allows anyone to say almost anything to anyone in 140 characters or less.

Some basic concepts of Twitter

Tweets: When we post or write 140 characters on twitter and hit send button then it is called a tweet or tweeting.

Handle: This is your twitter name for example @mazakaro for http://twitter.com/mazakaro

Follow: This is simply the act of adding someone to your list of people you are following. By doing this their tweets will be visible on your home page.

Replies: When someone writes a tweet directly at your handle is called a reply. For example “@mazakaro how are you doing”  - this is a reply to @mazakaro.

Retweet (RT): This is republishing someone else’s tweet on your twitter. This will show republished tweet to all your followers.

DM: This is a message that is sent directly to another user. You can send DM to someone if he is following you. DM will not be visible to your entire followers.

Hashtag: This is a way of categorizing tweets so that others might use the same tag and so create a way for people to view related tweets. For example #tech, #fun, #marketing, #seo, etc.

Why we must use twitter?

1. You can connect and network with others in your industry and share your views
2. You may get instant access to what is being said about your organisation, people, products or brand
3. You can get ideas, content, links, resources and tips focused on your interest.
4. You can monitor what is being said about your customers to help them protecting their products.
5. You can extend the reach of your thought, blog posts and other content.
6. You can promote your products and services directly to a target audience.

5 Tips for getting more from twitter

1. Tweet your content 3-4 times a day. Follow people who always find great stuff.
2. Reply to conversations, join conversation, ask questions and reply answers to questions.
3. Retweet other people’s tweets. If you are following tweets of other people then your followers will pay attention to you since you are re-tweeting interesting tweets.
4. Use advanced search feature of twitter to find specific people who has same interests like yours. For advanced search open http://search.twitter.com/advanced
5. Write tweets in only 120 characters so that others can re-tweet tour post, since twitter allows only 140 characters to post.

Twitter Lists

Twitter added a feature os lists. You may put any user to any lists and these lists can be publicly available for others to view. You can search lists of other users and others can search your’s.

Advantages to use List feature of twitter

1. You can monitor a group of individuals in a list without following any of the folks on twitter.
2. You can easily delete a list.
3. You can find a list and can follow the entire collection with one button click.
4. You can promote your lists easily to each other on twitter. For example “Tech” list will have URL like http://twitter.com/mazakaro/Tech
5. You can build a bigger list of followers.

Now you might got an idea of using twitter for getting more from twitter for your blog.