Why We Love Twitter For Blogging (And You Should, Too!)

I never really looked at Twitter as a powerful tool to generate traffic to my website until Facebook changed their algorithm awhile back that encouraged page owners to boost their posts in order to see the same amount of organic impressions prior to the change. Prior to Facebook making their change, I was getting about 1,000 new likes a day and my posts received over 20,000 impressions each. Since the change, the amount of new likes to my page and post impressions dropped DRAMATICALLY.

This is why I started looking into Twitter as a way to drive traffic to my blog. I haven’t turned back. I always saw Twitter as a place where people post nonsense one-liners that didn’t provide any value to me. There was also the case where users shared articles they found on the web. In this light, Twitter can be very powerful in terms of spreading content in a viral manner. After several months of really diving in deep with Twitter, I’ve compiled a list of reasons why you should start using Twitter to drive viral traffic to your blog.

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How To Automatically Tweet Pinterest Pins

Have you ever wanted to automatically tweet Pinterest pins? Thankfully it’s pretty easy and just requires two things: RSS and Twibble.io. In this article, I’ll walk you through how to easily and automatically tweet your latest pinterest pins.

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How Unfollowers.com Grew to Over 9 Million Users In Less Than 3 Years

Unfollowers (UF) is a social network management application that allows you to see who unfollowed you, who doesn’t follow you back, who is fake, who is inactive or spam. The application allows you to connect your Twitter, Instagram or Facebook account to then optimize your accounts to better your social networks. It is currently used by over 9 million people worldwide.

In response to the strong user demand, Unfollowers released the Unfollowers Android Application in April 2013 and is available in 8 different languages (English, Arabic, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian). Over the 3 months it has spent in the Play Store, it has been downloaded more than 1 million times. Owing to its clean design and intuitive UI, the app currently holds a 4.5 star rating and has garnered rave reviews from users.

Unfollowers was created in May of 2011 by Tushar Mahajan with the help of his brother Rishabh Mahajan in the town of Amritsar, Punjab in North India, home of the exquisitely beautiful Golden Temple.

Because of Tushar’s phenomenal success building and growing UF, we thought it would be great to interview him and share his experience and insights with the world. So you can imagine our pleasant surprise when he agreed to take some time from his busy schedule to talk with us; and today, we’re very excited to share with you this interview.

Tushar casts light on the otherwise dark and often uncertain topics surrounding the building and growth of social media tools. So a huge thank you to Tushar for his valuable feedback!

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3 Killer Tips & Tricks to Easily Master Twitter

The 3 things you need to know to easily master Twitter

Twitter is a curious thing. Over a billion accounts; yet only 250 million active users. A seemingly arbitrary 140 character limit; not quite the 160 of, say, SMS, as pioneered by Nokia in the 1990s. And with seemingly no rhyme or reason to its inexorable news feed flooding you with a veritable cacophony of communication, you wouldn’t be blamed for tossing it aside as little more than an absurd bit of social media excess; the whipped cream heaped atop an otherwise sufficiently fat-laden ice cream sundae.

But you would be wrong. Because, you see, Twitter is more than just whipped cream, a mind bogglingly, face distortingly powerful thing indeed, but only once you familiarize yourself with the following 3 things you need to know to easily master Twitter:

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Is Twitter Automation Bad?

Managing your social media accounts can be very time consuming. That is why most companies that have the resources available usually hire a social media marketing person to handle the load. It’s a lot of research, scheduling and engagement. That’s why some people (especially those who are bootstrapping a business) need to manage their social presence themselves. This can be a huge ordeal if you don’t know what you’re doing. That’s why some look towards automation tools. Continue reading →

[REPORT] Twitter Statistics for 2014

If you’re like me and are curious about the state of Twitter as of May 2014, you’ve found the right place. It’s important to know Twitter statistics to understand why exactly Twitter is such a great platform for marketing. Although as marketers we still should look at Facebook, Twitter offers something much different.

With Twitter, it’s much easier to create several popular accounts whereas on Facebook, usually a user will have only one Facebook Account but maybe a couple pages.

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