Do you know Twitter can be a useful tool to help promote your blog (or online business / products)? Twitter is part of Micro-blogging. You can post updates of your blog via Twitter, and also include the Twitter widget to your blog to show your updates.
What is Micro-blogging?
Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web. [ Source ]
Other than Twitter, there are several similar services such as Pownce, Plurk, Jaiku, etc…
But why Twitter?
Base on Google PageRank (PR) ranking, Twitter has higher importance than its competitors. Take a look at the comparison with the recent Google PR updates.
| Sites | PR |
| 8 | |
| Plurk | 7 |
| Pownce | 7 |
| Jaiku | 7 |
You can read a very good article from Mr. Javo on Micro-blogging, to learn more about the importance of this technique to drive traffic to your blog.
You can also download a 7 pages e-book, Beginner’s Guide to Using Twitter for Business, by Duct Tape Marketing. It’s a very short and simple guide for those who want to learn about Twitter. Here are some useful tools which are also introduced in the e-book:
- Twitter Tools for WordPress – a nice plugin for WordPress
- Twitterrific – an application that can read and post “Tweets”
- Twhirl – another application to enhance your Twitter experience, required Adobe AIR platform.
- Get more Twitter tools here…
Are you a Twitter user? Feel free to follow me @xiaoyenzi to get my Twitter updates.
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Just a week back i registered with twitter. But need to explore with it..
Good article Apple
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still learning how really twitter works
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Good tips. I was thinking about twitter promo…now I must implemet it.
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Hi Apple! I love Twitter because like you said, it is a nice micro-blogging tool.
Sometimes I just don’t have the time to write a full blog post.
Another advantage is, Twitter can also update my Facebook status, so I can update everyone at the same time!
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Yeah, twitter can help promoting your blog, and it can also bring in some revenue. So give it a go. A full review is on the way on my blog.
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I used twitter since long but never tried or did not find sufficient time to explore and exploit it fully.
I was active in StumbleUpon and FaceBook and I find it hard to remain equally active in all the social media that should be used by bloggers. How anyone manages all these?
However I realize twitter can be a great tool and must be used if you want to be a good blogger.
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