Comments on: Do You Get Twitter? http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/ Internet Marketing Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: igor Griffiths http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-594 igor Griffiths Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:41:12 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-594 Hi Matt I did some testing with Trafficwave adtracking on Twitter posts, a while a go. Turns out Twitter is a great place to test messages, as you can see in real time the click through rate of the messages. If a tweet get no clicks then you can amend it repost and see what happens, great place for PPC advert testing, However the value of each message is very short lived, the click through rate falls away after a couple of hours as the timeline moves very quickly and people do not often trawl through your previous messages looking for stuff....an idea for a competition perhaps. If you want to get followers then follow heroes in your niche, my latest twitter account was created in this way and has generated 170 followers with minimal effort from me. function sbmgOptinValidateForm106(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm106' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm106' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

Hi Matt
I did some testing with Trafficwave adtracking on Twitter posts, a while a go.

Turns out Twitter is a great place to test messages, as you can see in real time the click through rate of the messages. If a tweet get no clicks then you can amend it repost and see what happens, great place for PPC advert testing,

However the value of each message is very short lived, the click through rate falls away after a couple of hours as the timeline moves very quickly and people do not often trawl through your previous messages looking for stuff….an idea for a competition perhaps.

If you want to get followers then follow heroes in your niche, my latest twitter account was created in this way and has generated 170 followers with minimal effort from me.

]]> By: suejeff http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-587 suejeff Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:18:03 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-587 Hi Matt, not really sure that I actually'get' Twitter, but I do like reading interesting blog posts and catching up with people from time to time. sue function sbmgOptinValidateForm456(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm456' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm456' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

Hi Matt,

not really sure that I actually’get’ Twitter, but I do like reading interesting blog posts and catching up with people from time to time.

sue

]]> By: clarkworcester http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-529 clarkworcester Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:46:37 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-529 I'm new to Twitter too and like your thought about learning to use short posts effectively. function sbmgOptinValidateForm860(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm860' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm860' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

I’m new to Twitter too and like your thought about learning to use short posts effectively.

]]> By: Toni East http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-377 Toni East Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:50:15 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-377 I joined Twitter after listening to Perry Belcher in a Webinar, and how he utilisers it. Can't say I understood too much, but what I did understand did make sense. So I started doing what he had said - sort of - and started following well know people like your self - LOL - and suddenly had people following me from where I have no idea, so I send them product links -not my own -. Will they read them or click? Who knows. It's worth a try, because it's rather strange the way it works, and I will just keep following and communicating and see what what happens. As it's viral, it wont stop. Toni By the way, Matt, I do enjoy your Blogs. Learn a lot from them as I have just started a new blog. function sbmgOptinValidateForm226(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm226' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm226' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

I joined Twitter after listening to Perry Belcher in a Webinar, and how he utilisers it. Can’t say I understood too much, but what I did understand did make sense. So I started doing what he had said – sort of – and started following well know people like your self – LOL – and suddenly had people following me from where I have no idea, so I send them product links -not my own -. Will they read them or click? Who knows. It’s worth a try, because it’s rather strange the way it works, and I will just keep following and communicating and see what what happens. As it’s viral, it wont stop.
Toni
By the way, Matt, I do enjoy your Blogs. Learn a lot from them as I have just started a new blog.

]]> By: Kathie M. Thomas http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-346 Kathie M. Thomas Wed, 06 May 2009 02:15:46 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-346 Took me quite awhile to get my head around it and like blogging a few years back, never though I'd need more than one profile. :grin: See it quite differently now! :lol: :lol: function sbmgOptinValidateForm101(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm101' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm101' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

Took me quite awhile to get my head around it and like blogging a few years back, never though I’d need more than one profile. :grin: See it quite differently now! :lol: :lol:

]]> By: Roy Everitt http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-345 Roy Everitt Tue, 05 May 2009 18:53:37 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-345 I joined Twitter a while back and then did nothing for some time and consequently nothing happened :) Recently, I've made a more concerted effort and today I started following some of the advice in Alex Jeffreys' new videos. Result - I just about doubled my followers in a few hours. Now, Alex says you shouldn't promote stuff directly, but build a following to the point where they come to you, which makes sense. I've a little way to go before I reach that level on Twitter, but it seems to be working for him, so I think he's on to something! Roy function sbmgOptinValidateForm494(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm494' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm494' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

I joined Twitter a while back and then did nothing for some time and consequently nothing happened :)

Recently, I’ve made a more concerted effort and today I started following some of the advice in Alex Jeffreys’ new videos. Result – I just about doubled my followers in a few hours. Now, Alex says you shouldn’t promote stuff directly, but build a following to the point where they come to you, which makes sense.

I’ve a little way to go before I reach that level on Twitter, but it seems to be working for him, so I think he’s on to something!

Roy

]]> By: One Huge Carnival Of Leads To Making Money Online — Cheap Keywords http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-207 One Huge Carnival Of Leads To Making Money Online — Cheap Keywords Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:50:52 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-207 [...] presents Do You Get Twitter? posted at Matt Garrett, saying, “Twitter is really a fast growing community site and [...] function sbmgOptinValidateForm125(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm125' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm125' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

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]]> By: MattG http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-150 MattG Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:34:58 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-150 I guess that's because so many people use third party apps, like Twhirl, to access their Twitter accounts. :) Matt function sbmgOptinValidateForm272(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm272' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm272' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

I guess that’s because so many people use third party apps, like Twhirl, to access their Twitter accounts.
:)
Matt

]]> By: blog tips http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-148 blog tips Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:11:32 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-148 an interesting interview over at Read/WriteTalk, and as noticed by the ProgrammableWeb, Twitter’s founder Biz Stone claims that Twitter API has 10 times the traffic of Twitter function sbmgOptinValidateForm953(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm953' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm953' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

an interesting interview over at Read/WriteTalk, and as noticed by the ProgrammableWeb, Twitter’s founder Biz Stone claims that Twitter API has 10 times the traffic of Twitter

]]> By: Jeff http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-96 Jeff Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:22:47 +0000 http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/#comment-96 This is my Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/MyUniqueLife" rel="nofollow">MyUniqueLife</a> I liked Matt's article now I don't feel so alone in not getting Twitter: <a href="http://mattgarrett.com/do-you-get-twitter/" rel="nofollow">Do You Get Twitter?</a>   Thanks Matt! I enjoyed your article, I know I have more room to write here, but I am practicing my Tweeting.   Enjoy Life! function sbmgOptinValidateForm258(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm258' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm258' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

This is my Tweet: MyUniqueLife I liked Matt’s article now I don’t feel so alone in not getting Twitter: Do You Get Twitter?
 
Thanks Matt! I enjoyed your article, I know I have more room to write here, but I am practicing my Tweeting.
 
Enjoy Life!

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