Get SEO Help from Twitter Leaders
Posted by Sandy Fitzgerald on Thu, Apr 08, 2010
Until just recently, I thought I'd reached a plateau of 97 followers on Twitter. Now I have more than 500, and I add 10-20 more every day.
How did I do it? After all, I'm not Oprah or Ashton Kutcher! But I decided to employ some of the Twitter tips I read about all the time, and they're working. And I realized that by following the tips of industry leaders that are using Twitter successfully, I could translate that to ways to offer customers a little SEO help.
The main way to increase your Twitter presence is to decide just who you want to follow - and who you want following you.
But how do you find those people? It's helpful to use one of the many websites that are popping up that provide lists of people in specific professions, such as http://listorious.com. Are you interested in SEO help? Writing, marketing, news, crafting? Other Twitter users have created lists of their favorite Tweeters, and most of those list sites are highly searchable.
Create a profile that contains keywords other Twitter users are seeking and then find yourself a couple of lists of people who share your interests and follow them.
Then, make yourself available. Pick a couple of the new people you've followed, and retweet their posts. Send a comment about something they've posted, and often they'll start following you when they comment back. At the very least, they'll often start following you when you retweet them.
It might be tempting then to start promoting your own business or website on Twitter. Don't, at least right away. While you're still building up your followers list, you don't want to come across as someone who is spamming - nobody will follow you.
Take it easy on your own self-promotion, but be helpful with someone else whose blog you enjoy. I added 50 followers the other night when I posted a link praising a marketing blog whose tips I enjoyed - plus I ended up on that blog's list of "interesting bloggers."
While you're building your Twitter efforts, be sure to be picky about who you let follow you. It won't help your reputation or your website to have the wrong kind of people associated with you.
Yes, Twitter can be just some place to post what you've had for dinner, but it can be so much more. Isn't it time you followed some leaders and gave your website some SEO help at the same time?