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Traffic + friends… Can’t go wrong with that, John! 
Thanks for coming by. Let me know how your reading goes once you dive into it.
Ana
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- That’s a great little plugin indeed, Bryan.
Many of us have a lot of great posts buried in our blogs; this is a great way to bring them out and generate some traffic while at it.
Ana
- Hello Tommy,
I really hope you will.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ana
- Hi Susanna,
Thanks for the great comment. Wow, I’m so glad you appreciate this post. Go for it. I know twitter can do wonders for your blogs.
Cheers,
Ana
- Hi Heather,
I’m glad to see you again. Thanks for the comment. Yes you should try it and you’ll see. I know that it will also work out well for you.
All the best,
Ana
- Hello Rob,
I’m glad you did and I’m happy that I was able to convince you.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ana
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You just made me smile ear to ear, Andrea.That’s what my intention was with my report - to make it easy to understand. SEO is not difficult, but many folks make it out to be and make us go hire “experts” to do easy tasks that we can all do.
Look forward to seeing more of you around my blog!
Ana
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Hi, Mukund - sounds like you are a long-timer with it comes down to blogging.I did write a few articles on improving site speed; most of it is probably WP-related, but I am sure there are some principles that will apply to any blogging platform.
Just search for “need for speed” term on my blog to find those posts.
Ana
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Hey Ana,
Now I know how you manage to post those old post on Twitter. I’ve been noticing that you are publishing some of your old articles on Hootsuite every few hours. I’ve got the tool and I’m using it. Hope to have the same amount of success as you.
bryan´s last blog ..SEO – In Depth Tips
That’s a great little plugin indeed, Bryan.
Many of us have a lot of great posts buried in our blogs; this is a great way to bring them out and generate some traffic while at it.
Ana
Thanks Ana,
I use Twitter but don’t use most of the resources you mentioned. I am going to come up with a plan to maximize them.
Great list of resources.
Tommy D.
Tommy DiPietro | MLM Sales´s last blog ..Social Media Superstar Strategy Magically Invite All Your Facebook Friends With A Click Of A Button
Hello Tommy,
I really hope you will.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ana
Wow Ana,
This is totally packed with Twitter value! I can clearly see what all the hype with Twitter is about after reading this. You do make it seem a little more friendly than I’ve always thought.
I can’t say that I’m ready to jump on board with Twitter today, but after reading this, I am certainly more open to it.
Thank you for all you do!
Susanna
Susanna Hess´s last blog ..How & Why Tag Friends In Facebook Status Updates
Hi Susanna,
Thanks for the great comment. Wow, I’m so glad you appreciate this post. Go for it. I know twitter can do wonders for your blogs.
Cheers,
Ana
Ana,
You had me at automate everything else, I had to stop and go buy market me sweet before coming back to comment.
I just went through and created tweet sets of 50 tweets on various topics and was going to load them into social oomph…I love your tips and will be trying them instead.
Thanks a bunch,
Heather
Heather C Stephens@internet network marketing mlm blog´s last blog ..Sidetracked Here’s a Network Marketing Home Based Business Activity Plan
Hi Heather,
I’m glad to see you again. Thanks for the comment. Yes you should try it and you’ll see. I know that it will also work out well for you.
All the best,
Ana
Anna, thank you for this great write up. I spent a good part of the last 2 days reviewing much of this information. Some of it I already knew and much was a great eye opener. I have always been one who just didn’t get Twitter. I picked up a ton of good information which will help my Twitter efforts.
Rob Franta@Success Coach and Mentor´s last blog ..The Law of- “What Do You Want More”
Hello Rob,
I’m glad you did and I’m happy that I was able to convince you.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ana
Wow Ana.. you really hit this one out the park.
I’m really gonna have to get into twitter more than I am now - these are some great results and great resources..
thanks
Hector
Hector Cuevas´s last blog ..BBP 001 - Starting A Blog- Getting Visitors & Making Them Stick With Yaro Starak
Hello Hector,
Yes you should definitely do that and see how it can do amazing things for you.
All the best,
Ana
Hey Ana,
Twitter is without a doubt a great source of quality traffic and as of now I’m getting a big portion of my traffic from there. Some months ago when I began with the micro-blogging platform, things were totally different though. I was struggling to get even a single visitor to view my blog. For me it turned out that the key to Twitter success is having tons of followers, offering quality tweets and tweeting frequently (it’s 10 to 20 new tweets each day for me).
Daniel Sharkov@Blogging Tips´s last blog ..Avoid Those Bad Habits for a Better Blog
Good to hear that Daniel. I’m glad it works out well for you. It is indeed a great source of quality traffic.
Cheers to that,
Ana
Hello Ana
I have finally started to engage on twitter after all of your great posts on the subject and of course because of your results.
Peter Fuller MBA@Home Business Solutions´s last blog ..Long Term Unemployed on 60 Minutes - Are you feeling desperate
Wow I’m happy that you make that move Peter and you now I appreciate how twitter works. You made my day.
I’m glad you came by,
Ana
Hey there, Ana!
I am not really into twitter but your twitter secret is a really nifty tool to have.
I am glad is such a success for you and I hope it will remain and even grow!
By the way, isn’t that via url thingy gone in the new version? (yeah I suck at twitter
).
Oh, and not to forget, the information on this post is an example on how to succeed when starting from nothing and working in close relation with the new social networks!
Alex@Jocuri´s last blog ..Mowgli Baiatul Junglei
Great tips Ana.. nice to see more people seeing the benefits to using Twitter to drive traffic.
John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..What Your Traffic Numbers Really Mean
Thanks, John Paul. I know you are doing just fine with Twitter!
Ana
Lots of great tips here Ana. I have never been a big fan of auto following software for Twitter. I have been working really hard to make it grow organically on both my profiles. Just my way I guess. I appreciated the branding options for posting your blogs on Twitter. I will need to look into that. Thanks so much.
Jonathan Saar´s last blog ..Socius Has Begun
Hello Jonathan,
Thanks for the comment. I hope you we’re able to gain lots of insights from this blog and I am glad that you have plans of considering the idea of using twitter for branding.
Take care,
Ana
I thank you for this useful and complete post, I was looking for post like this. I like your blog.
Thanks so much for dropping by. Feel free to come back and see more of my posts.
Have a nice day,
Ana
I am a big big believer in Twitter and have slowly been increasing my usage because it is such a powerful medium.
You have had some really great results in a very short time-Nice work. You are on my RSS short list.
Zach Smith´s last blog ..If You Know the State of the Blogosphere- You Have an Opportunity
Thanks, Zach - I am honored.
Twitter is not rocket science, just takes some time getting used to.
Ana
Ana,
Brilliant content as always! I’ve had some very good results with Twitter recently…after pretty much ignoring it for months. It has renewed my interest and I plan to implement all your wonderful tips.
Cheers,
Karen
Karen Newman @ Experience Mapping´s last blog ..Developing a Strong Work Ethic for Online Business
Glad to hear that, Karen - great way to drive traffic to all your awesome blogs!
Ana
I agree Hunter - you have so much that it ought to be in an e-book! I am willing to help do that with you - if you are interested!
cheers
Pete
I am sure I have a few ebooks in me - I only wish I didn’t have to sleep!
Thanks for the offer, Pete; will keep in mind.
Ana
This is a timely and good reminder regarding being consistent and persistent with Tweeting.
I find your recommendations for products always to be worth checking out - though I can’t always afford them (yet). It’s good to see a review from someone who is a user and not just a seller.
BTW - just did an Alexa review of this site - as a thank you
cheers
Pete
Thanks for taking your time to review my site, Peter - the biggest compliment to me is that of your time!
I do know what you mean about products; I started with nothing. I also ended up spending a lot of money on products that did nothing for my business.
That’s why I only talk about the few that did make a difference.
Ana
OK… I need a nap! You are an absolute powerhouse! I am definitely heading over to check your links… but what I’m really interested in is the program you use for mental capacity!! (and energy!).
I thought I would mention that I have used ‘justunfollow’ which is a cool little tool. It will give you a list of all the people you follow, but do not follow you and you can choose who you want to ‘unfollow’… as Stacy says, I like to choose my own people to unfollow because there are a few who I like to keep on my radar.
June 2010? good grief lady! I’m ashamed of myself. Did you just wake up one morning and think “OK World, here I come” ??? Holy Moley … I’m gobsmacked.
As usual, you’ve blown me away. Your posts are always incredible and over the top! Thanks for all you share!
Jayne Kopp´s last blog ..Learning Internet Marketing Without Losing Your Marbles
“Gobsmacked”? See, Jayne, you just taught me something as well.
My powerhouse is called coffee and stubborness.
“justunfollow” sounds interesting, but too time-consuming.
Here’s what I would do instead: create a separate list for all people you definitely want to follow no matter what. Then you can check up on that list in a separate feed when you click on it. That way you’ll never miss what you peers say. I would also suggest to make the list private, but it’s up to you. Now whether you follow them or not, they will still show up on that list.
After you do that, just unfollow EVERYONE who doesn’t follow you. They are just dead weight and prevent you from acquiring more followers who actually want to hear what you have to say.
Makes sense? Just a suggestion - I am all about maximizing your time!
Have a great day, Jayne.
Ana
Ana,
Thanks for this extremely valuable post! It’s going to take me a while to really let all of this soak in. I have already added the tweet old posts plugin, thank you for that tip!
I use a free tool to unfollow people who are not following me. It’s friendorfollow .com and it’s not automatic (which is nice because there are some people that I want to follow who aren’t following me) but it is free. I usually use that site a few times a month.
Thanks!
Stacy
Stacy@Grow With Stacy´s last blog ..How to Become More Productive- Part Three
Hi Stacy,
I’m glad you did. Thanks also for sharing additional info. About friendorfollow.com, I haven’t heard of that yet but I’ll find time to check it out.
Take care,
Ana
Hi Ana,
I also use twitterfeed to tweet out my current feed whenever I create a new post and tweet old post. Between these two methods, my twitter account is fairly active and brings in a decent amount of traffic for me.
Richard´s last blog ..5 Reasons to Work From Home
Hello Richard,
I’m glad we’re on the same track. I’s really amazing how it works right?
All the best,
Ana
Great stuff! I already have quite a few, but not quite gotten a handle on how to deal with a lot of people. -that may be a common issue for later discussion. ( also at JacktheDog.us)
Hello Victor,
Thanks for visiting my site. That is a good start I think. About dealing with people, yes that might be a good topic for another blog. You can do it.
Keep it up,
Ana
Wow, I think you have a ebook to write. So much great information. Thanks for sharing
Hunter´s last blog ..Improve Search Engine Rank with Blog Engage
Hello Hunter,
Thanks so much for the great comment. I’m flattered.
Hope to see you again,
Ana
Hey Ana,
I have to say, “You knock it out of the park on this one!” This is jammed pack!!!
I’m going to use some of this information here for my clients. I just love having so many smart friends.
Chat with you later…
Josh
Josh Garcia@Generate Free Leads´s last blog ..How To Make Money Offline Using Internet Marketing Skills
Wow thanks for the wonderful comment Josh. Feel free to share those info with others because that’s my point of blogging it, to spread the idea.
Have a great day,
Ana
Hi Ana,
Wow so much to read but well worth reading. I love the idea of the wordpress plugin so will be heading over to get that one.
I will also have to check out MarketMeSuite, I have seen this but you have explained better than the spammer on FB did and also added value. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing.
Tristram Lodge
Tristram Lodge´s last blog ..How To Create Cool Twitter Backgrounds
Hi Tristram,
I’m glad you decided to give it a try. I am confident that you will also find marketmesuite and wordpress plugin very useful and effective.
Thanks for coming,
Ana
Thanks Ana, it has been one week since I am visiting your site and reading your posts again and again. The steps you have mentioned are very much true. Since 1month I was observing that my twitter followers were reducing. Since 2 days I have started retweeting and replying to some DMs and suddenly I have 100 new followers. Thanks for the tutorial
Kavita@SFIhomebizz.com´s last blog ..Make Money with Commission Junction
Hello Kavita,
I appreciate that you keep coming back to read my blogs. I’m truly grateful. I’m glad you took the initial action to retweet again, just continue doing that and you’ll see the great result in no time.
All the best,
Ana
Hi Ana,
Thanks for sharing the super helpful twitter breakdown.
I’ve found tweeting content and engaging to be powerful practices. The more Thank You’s and chatting, the more value added, the more traffic and potential revenue.
Ryan
Ryan Biddulph´s last blog ..How Not to Generate Leads for Your Home Based Opportunity
That’s right Ryan, we can never go wrong with using Twitter. We can gain not only friends, followers and traffic but even monetary benefits.
Glad you came by,
Ana
Thanks, Anna, I can see I have a ton of reading to do!
I’m just cruising through this now but I’m looking forward to diving in tonight. I’ve only recently gotten into Twitter and I’m hoping to take it up to the next level and gain some solid traffic and (hopefully) a few friends
.
John Garrett´s last blog ..Templates and Themes- 5 reasons why you should use a template or theme when creating a website
Traffic + friends… Can’t go wrong with that, John!
Thanks for coming by. Let me know how your reading goes once you dive into it.
Ana
Great tips, Ana, especially for a Twitter n00b like me. I just bought Tweet Attacks, which looks more or less the same as Tweet Adder. I’m pretty excited to dive into it!
Tristan@BloggingTips´s last blog ..Get the Brand New AWESOME WordPress Publish Confirmation Plugin!
I think Twitter will be of huge help to your new (and very cool!
) blog, Tristan.
Ana
PS Your post will be published this Friday.
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for letting me know about the guest post!
Tristan@BloggingTips´s last blog ..Get the Brand New AWESOME WordPress Publish Confirmation Plugin!
Twitter and facebook are currently the best tools for new sites and sites that do not receive much google love to attract traffic (if you are into written content and not into videos that is). Best results can be received when using a combination of adding new followers daily, posting and commenting on the latest news in your niche and retweeting interesting messages that revolve around the niche.
Dead-on, Andreas.
If you don’t have any traffic, start with social media. With a well thought through strategy and some tweaking along the way, it can be a huge success.
Always appreciate you reading my blog!
Ana
Wow I need to learn how to use twitter because the numbers I just seen are crazy girl, Lets link up so you can tell me what you are doing. Get post by the way.
Kareem Williams´s last blog ..Best MLM Company-Things To Look For Series-Featuring Jeffery Combs
Thanks, Kareem.
I pretty much spilled the beans on what I do on Twitter; now all you need to do is just DO it.
Ana
I am bookmarking this post. I am not big on twitter but willing to learn from you Ana.
Thanks
Tristan Richards´s last blog ..4 Ways To Generate MLM Business Leads On A Tight Budget
I used to hate Twitter, Tristan, and didn’t start using it till the beginning of this year. Boy, was I proven wrong!
I hope you’ll give it a shot as well at some point - well-worth it.
Ana
Ana, Thanks again for valuable information. I have been working on gaining more followers without spending all day posting on twitter. The process you outline is very helpful.
Melanie
You are very welcome, Melanie.
That was exactly my point about Twitter: you can learn how to use it without spending hours upon hours on it - who has the time!
Have a great day.
Ana
Hi Ana,
thanks for a great article - I agree, I’ve started using twitter which has increased my traffic and I’ve only scratched the surface. I have a few ‘notes to self’ to learn more about various tools I’ve seen mentioned - twitter adder, twitter deck … now including looking in more detail at some of your tips & refs above,
many thanks & keep up the good work!
Alan
Thanks very much, Alan.
You are right - learning never stops.
By the way, looks like you are a new reader on my blog - welcome!
Ana
Thanks Ana, I like how ‘clean’ and straight-forward your site is and you have a very nice writing style. I will certainly be back to read more as and when I have time.
Please also be sure to check out my new website: http://www.lifestoogood.co.uk - I only just started it but it is growing fast.
taje care,
Alan
Really wonderful post Anna!! Twitter is my third highest traffic, though I don’t get as much traffic as you do. I mostly get traffic by swapping retweets with my social media club which accounts upto 120 members. Your post here is really useful and I’m going to try to out a few things you’ve listed here.
You know, Vishal - setting up your own “social media club” is another great way to bring in some traffic. That’s another thing I did when I first started the blog.
Let me know when your Twitter traffic improves!
Ana
Hi Ana! Thank you very much for sharing these valuable information. Hope to continue getting such valuable guidance in future too.
You are very welcome, Sreekumar, and yes, I will continue sharing many valuable tips as long as you continue reading them!
Ana
Hi Ana,
I have found Twitter to be among the top referrers for my blog, as well. It started to level off at some point when I stopped intentionally growing followers, but the interesting thing is that the level of traffic remains consistent. (Plus, the more followers you have the more you get even w/o trying).
I use SproutSocial, which is a premium service, mainly because of its demographics reporting and interesting contact management tool. I also like HootSuite, and the regular new Twitter, too.
I had seen MarketMeTweet before when it was first launched and it looks like it’s finally become affordable, so I have gone ahead and purchased a monthly to see what happens (for my clients, mainly).
Cheers!
Tia
Tia´s last blog ..Two Cents Tuesday- Dealing with Uphill Climbs in Blogging
Good morning, Tia.
Never heard of SproutSocial; something to check out.
Yes, MarketMeTweet went through a couple of price point changes and I think they got it right this time.
Thanks for coming by!
Ana
Very true, most of my initial traffic to both my Day Trading blog and my Network marketing blog came from Twitter.
In fact I still get far more traffic from Twitter even though I have a few groups in Facebook with nearly 3000 subscribers.
I’m not sure why that is, but there you have it, ‘money for nothing and ….’ as Mark Knopfler says.
Mark Meir´s last blog ..Why affiliate programs should form part of your strategy but not be it
Hello Mark,
Thanks for taking time to read my post. Yes it’s truly amazing. Sometimes I still can’t believe how it brings traffic to my blog. Making use of twitter is such a very effective technique.
All the best to you as well,
Ana
Hi Ana,
wow, amazing post. I also get quite a few visitors from Twitter but they don’t stay as long on my blog as folks from Facebook for example. Facebook is my main traffic resource. I think that your post are going to help me find more targeted people. Great job !
Thanks for sharing.
Take care
Oliver
Oliver Tausend´s last blog ..Oliver Tausend’s Blog- Thanks To Top Commentators In October
You are very welcome, Oliver.
As you can see from my Analytics screenshot, my Twitter visitors stay on my site on average for 3 minutes and visits at least 2 pages - not bad at all.
Getting cold in Germany yet?
Ana
Hi Ana,
that is definitely good ! Congratulations.
By the way, we still have mild temperatures here and it’s dry. That’s OK. I don’t like it when it’s cold and wet…who does ?
Take care
Oliver
Oliver Tausend´s last blog ..Oliver Tausend’s Blog- Thanks To Top Commentators In October
ANA your idea is as beautiful as you,nice share
Jamal Mohamed´s last blog ..Edu backlinks list 2010
First thing in the morning and you are already making me blush, Jamal.
Ana
Hey Ana,
Amazing results you got by using Twitter as one of your traffic generation source — way to go!
Thanks for sharing this.
All the best,
Mavis Nong
Mavis Nong @ Attraction Marketing Online´s last blog ..Making Money Online – How Fast Can You Make It
You are so welcome, Mavis.
How’s your Twitter traffic generation?
Ana
I was very surprised after I first began using Twitter. When looking over my stats, a significant amount of my traffic was now coming from Twitter.
You don’t have to tell ME twice
Rick
Rick LaPoint @ Internet Marketing´s last blog ..The Only Business Model that Works
High five, Rick - thanks for your support!
Ana
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