About a month ago, I put up a post about Twitter: My Twitter Challenge To Myself . The idea was that I would make a concerted effort to Tweet on a daily basis and see if I could significantly increase my Twitter followers and drive consumers to my website and blog.
The original personal challenge was for two weeks. It has been about four weeks.This is what I have found so far:
- Two weeks is not enough time to make a significant change to an on-line presence
- My Twitter followers increased from 52 to 68. I have no idea which Tweets resulted in the most new followers. I could probably track this in a spread sheet, but it would not account for people doing general searches and coming up with my earlier Tweets and deciding to follow me.
- It is kind of fun.
- Visits to my Blog are up 15%.
- Visits to my Website are up 44%
I would have to say this experiement is a success. My objective was to drive more traffic to my website and blog. Of course, most of my traffic contines to coninues to come directly from ActiveRain. The other two main sources of traffic to my sites are Google and Linked In.
Given the source of my web traffic, I would have to classify my Twitter efforts as part of my overall SEO and plan for increased on-line visibility. I don't know if, or when, I will receive business directly from Twitter, but it another way of putting my name on-line in front of an active on-line audience. Best of all, it costs me nothing and takes almost no time.
I think for now, I will keep Twittering and see where the journey takes me. If you would like to follow me: www.twitter.com/hollyweatherwax
If you would like to start 'Tweeting,' go to www.Twitter.com and open your own account. I would love to hear how it goes for you.
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