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10 Formulas: How to Use Twitter to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

1.Use Short, Provocative Tweets Short tweets, under 100 characters get a 21% higher interaction rate. E.g.

2. Include Statistics: Interesting statistical information in your article, tweet about it

3.Use #Hashtags: Hashtags are a great way to spread your tweets to various topics. It is like keyword

4. Use @mentions: A mention is how you include Twitter users @usernames. They are a way you can send a tweet directly to followers, customers, or anyone on Twitter

5. Retweet Mentioned Blog Content: If someone mentions your blog content on Twitter, retweet their tweet.

6. Ask for a Retweet (or RT): Simply ask your followers to retweet, or RT your update.

7.Use Visually Appealing Images: appealing and enticing your blog post tweets are, the more they will be interacted with, and the more they will drive traffic back to your site.

8. Ask a Question Related to Your Topic:  A question in your tweet can generate lots of engagement.

9. Seasonal Events.: Use festival, seasonal events for the tweet on this occasion with the hashtag .Use hashtags such as #MothersDay to insert your business into the discussion.

9.Tweet about Your Blog-Hosted Contest: Running a contest, sweepstakes or group offer on your blog is a brilliant way to drive traffic to your site

10. Include a Blog Link in Your Bio: Your Twitter bio is what your followers (and others) see when they visit you on Twitter. It doesn’t change unless you make changes to it.

How to Optimize Your Twitter account for Search

1: Optimize Your Account for Twitter Search: Make sure your handle and username match your website and brand name.

2. Bio, Photo, and Link: Your bio, photo and link are the places to make changes and updates to promote campaigns or events

3. Twitter Bio: Twitter indexes your bio regularly, so any changes affect your relevancy score in the search. You can use up to 160 characters in your bio section, so make the most of them.

4. bio link: It is sending your Twitter followers to. The safest option is to use the main page of your brand’s website because it usually has the best SEO authority

5. Add Google’s Markup Code to Your Website: (Twitter Cards) Google lets you embed code in your website to specify your preferred social accounts, like Twitter, to include in search results

Twitter Cards

With Twitter Cards, you can attach rich photos, videos, and media experiences to Tweets, helping to drive traffic to your website. Simply add a few lines of markup to your web page, and users who Tweet links to your content will have a “Card” added to the Tweet that’s visible to their followers

The different Card types each have a beautiful consumption experience built for Twitter’s web and mobile clients:

• Summary Card: Title, description, and thumbnail.
• Summary Card with Large Image: Like the Summary Card, but with a prominently-featured image.
• App Card: A Card with a direct download to a mobile app.
• Player Card: A Card that can provide video/audio/media.

Get started in 4 simple steps  :

1. Choose a card type to implement.
2. Add the correct meta tags to the page.
3. Run the URL through the validator tool to test. If you are working with a Player Card, request approval for whitelisting. All other Cards do not need whitelisting.
4. After testing in the validator or approval of your Player Card, Tweet the URL and see the Card appear below your Tweet in the details view.

Some Useful Free Tools in Twitter:

• Tweepi.com: Give details for who to follow, retweet etc, follow follower list
• manageflitter.com: Very Good List to unfollow users
• followerwonk: Analyze the twitter account. Give the details of follower distribution, active hour, social rank. Etc
• friendorfollow.com: Sort and filter your followers.
• www.trendinalia.com/twitter-trending-topics &  trends24.in : Are used for Getting Trends
• Twitter Dictionary: A Guide to Understanding Twitter Lingo (Short Word ): www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/Twitter_Dictionary_Guide.asp

How to Analyze Twitter Data: -

Twitter data can give you insights into type of information stored for your account. It provides an easy way for you to view details about your account, and to make changes as you see fit.

• Account Home: It gives Total tweets, tweet impressions, profile visits, mentions
• Tweet activity: It gives you a broad view of the number of Tweets and organic impressions
• Audience Insights: Give the details Top Interest, Top Language, Top Interest Type, Mobile Footprint
• Twitter Events: On the events section, you can see an overview of the biggest events trending on Twitter.  This means you should know when important industry-related events are happening.