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Twitter As a Traffic Generator : Set Up a TwitterFeed

Went Hot: March 10, 2008 - 9:13 pm
Posted By: annie7 482 days ago
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Category: Networking

Tips for using Twitter to grow your blog and enhance readership via TwitterFeed - some must-read advice by Loren Baker.

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from BurntToast 481 days ago #

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Nice article, I need to start using Twitter more... I've been saying that for a while, so about time I do something I think - some good ideas here.

from andymurd 481 days ago #

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@seosmarty - I'm guessing this is how you feed your tweets that begin with [Sphinn]. Am I right?

from NickWilsdon 481 days ago #

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This is a useful technique but I think the right way to go about it is to create a seperate twitter feed which deals with posts, as SEJ and SEL do. That way you know what you are signing up for. I've just done it for us at e3internet (http://twitter.com/e3internet). It's v. useful the way twitterfeed can take multilple sources for people writing in more than a few places around the net.

I'm not so keen when high-volume writers just twitterfeed all their content into their stream. It would be even worse if they automatically prefixed all their posts with the word 'Sphinn'! (it's good to see Annie doesn't do this, at least she's manually adding it ;)

People don't react well to Sphinning articles if you command them to do it automatically, as they say, a girl likes being taken for dinner first :D I would still suggest asking for this kind of thing in a unique way - preferably with a little explanation why you think it is valuable.

from NickWilsdon 481 days ago #

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@AndyMurd

No, those posts from Annie come from Twitterfox. not Twitterfeed (AFAIK). You do have the option to prefix your posts using Twitterfeed, but I wouldn't suggest it. Not only for the reason above, but also you loose too much of the title as it is. 140 characters is brutal :)

from 0thelisa 481 days ago #

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Oh please don't advocate this advice. I heart Loren, but is there anything more annoying than an automated Twitter account that does nothing but spit links at you? I think not.

from SearchBuzz 481 days ago #

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I agree with Lisa...I have stopped following many users for their constant stream of self-promotional blog tweeting! I am sure I am not the only one??

Too much noise, will force your audience to take the headphones off!

from seosurvivor 481 days ago #

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Wouldn't this be just another way of receiving a feed? So, now I would have another place to check other than just my RSS feed..

I feel like twitter is meant to be more of a social communicative network rather than a multitude of blog posts from people I don't know.

I like the tool and the intention, but I don't think I'll use it.

from DoshDosh 481 days ago #

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If you write one or two blog posts a day, it's no harm integrating Twitterfeed alongside your normal posts. Most people won't even see it or mind if they are following many other users. It's not really that spammy if you really use the Twitter account to talk/network.

The downside for users is that Twitterfeed usually has a delay of 20 mins+ when you compare it to RSS readers like Google Reader for example. This is noteworthy for social media users looking for content for social news sites...

from 0thelisa 481 days ago #

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@DoshDosh It's really the automation that gets to me. I have no problem with people pushing a few posts in with their regular feed, that's natural, but when you can't even be bothered to personalize it, your feed starts looking far too marketing-like. That's just my feeling. I'm sure others are totally fine with it.