Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

We Internet marketers sometimes run through blog and forum posts so fast that we miss some important money-making tidbits that might be useful to us – now or in the future. We miss little secrets that others may reveal because we don’t have time to pay close attention or we have something else on our minds. Scanning is the way we handle most of our emails too – at times, missing the point.

Slowing down and paying attention can expose some valuable information, such as competitions that may produce some quick cash. One competition on Twitter awarded a promo space on a home page, with one winner every hour. Free promotion of your site or product – if you had only seen it. All you had to do was answer a question (send a tweet) and a winning name was drawn from the correct answers every hour.

When people are interested enough to tweet about it, others will certainly tweet about it until you go viral. But the trick is to make it interesting – a contest or other money-making idea – something that will pique their interest. Recently on a forum, one person posted that they used Twitter for test competitions and the results were even better than expected. You can ask readers to retweet and increase your exposure even more. If people are interested in your product or site, they’ll check it out based on the recommendation.

Another tip for getting some great exposure and have fun in the process is to simply enter into discussions with others on Twitter, even if you’re not being followed by that person. His or her followers will see your name and perhaps enter into the discussion – but at the very least, they’ll see your name – possibly putting you on their follow list. Ask something or say something that has bearing on what’s being discussed. If it’s helpful or valuable, you may get a response.

Want to get your tweets re-tweeted? Use WordPress to install the plug in My TweetBacks WordPress Plugin, and your tweets will automatically be re-tweeted. The value in that is that you can get literally thousands of people tweeting every hour in hopes to win the prize – lots of free exposure.

A word of wisdom here – be sure that your Twitter profile name is eye-catching. For example, use a Twitter profile like, “WinCASH” and set up fun and scintillating answers to the questions. Use answers to questions about headline topics that everyone is sure to have seen. The better the prize – the more people will respond. It’s a no cost viral exposure method.

I’d love to hear your Twitter tips, please share in the comments!

Here are a couple of tips on getting more people to click to your website by finding your tweets (or posts) and profile on Twitter:

First, make sure your profile is maximized to attract traffic. Create a 1084 x 740 image to fill your background on Twitter. If you use a normal sized picture, it will only show up as a small thumbnail.

But go one step further. Open up your image in Paint and add some text to your background in the upper left corner where it won’t be obscured by Twitter’s formatting. Type in your domain’s URL.

This way, whenever anyone visits your profile, they’ll see your domain location right next to your username where they’ll have the option of following you. You also want to create a live profile URL link.

When you log into Twitter, go to your Settings link in the top right corner of the profile page. There’s a place that says, “More info URL.” Add your link to your blog, website, or affiliate offers and others will see the hyperlink when they visit your profile or past tweets.

Did you know Google is indexing these tweets in their system? If you make a post that reads, “Visited a cool website about making money online at www.mcvictor.com ,” it will eventually show up in Google SERPs. If you’ve created your profile with an image and text link, they’ll see your link and you’ll get more traffic!