Is Twitter Still Worth Your Time?

[pcfix411]

I agree with you completely. Bounce traffic is worthless.

[DarkStar1O9]

Well I dunno about you, but I really like twitter, regardless of the return traffic in clicks, I still a get good amount of people subscribing to my YT channel from twitter (15-35) everytime I decide to promote my page, also can make 200-350 new followers on twitter without much trouble where it is almost impossible for me to make the same amount of subscribers in a day with the current amount of traffic I have. Even though its only around 10% of my total engaged traffic, it helps a lot.

[BannanadogProduction]

Hmm yeah lol

[ukendcx2000]

One of those people are going to click on my links, and one of them will click on ads. People take Twitter personally and get uptight about it. No need to cancel accounts and get emotional, just put it on auto-pilot and move on. Go back to tried and true marketing methods.

[markhannah69]

Hi

Great video, i just started with Twitter as a means to promote my website. I read an eBook on marketing with Twitter and it was recommended that you answer some questions people have to start off and get some followers.

But how can you find these questions other than searching for keywords and are there any other ways to kick start your Twitter following

[cray820]

Twitter was never made for marketing in the fist place. It was designed for nosy people to view whats happening with strangers.

[brandonlamarmusic]

nobody even bothers to mention myspace anymore lol. myspace is spam central.

[chocolatedream3411]

great video

[JonMarkertingSecrets]

I would have to agree with you Lisa for the most part. Although twitter can drive a decent amount of traffic if done properly, I would say that investing too much time on twitter could be a waste. I have something like 23K followers right now....

[Karlemids]

I think google will put in an offer for twitter in the near future.

love your channel lisa, keep up the good work.

[aprimic]

You can follow those people, hence they get more followers - Not so you get a follow back.

And then you can put the people who tweet about internet marketing in lists

Sorted

[slimshady22248202]

Nice Video, Lisa, i agree you have to weight the good with the bad on Twitter!

I just interviewed Justin Brooke On How To Buy And Sell Websites. I have just been delving into Justin Brooke Website! He says he follow you too.

[mworsha]

lisa we share the same soapbox on this issue.

[DebbyBeachy]

Hi Lisa

Many use automated software to send out their tweets a few every hour while their out working their day job...they're not even there.

I get very little back from twitter sometimes I connect with a few people but not often.

Twitter on the scale of 1-10 I give it a 4

Debby (-:

[sweetthang100]

Twitter brings me so traffic, but it's a small percentage in the overall scheme of things. I love it and would never give it up. I just don't spend a lot of time on it, I use the auto tweet stuff to get my message out.

[Angellutz]

Hey Lisa, I use Twitter too, that's bring me a lot of traffic to my blog and I follow 2 or 3 people almost but I have a lot of followers. Twitter helped me all the time. I just cannot quit it! It's awesome. Thanks for the video, it is useful!

[MrQmason]

Great video........as always :)

[quickturtle]

Great Video.....as always :)

[quickturtle]

Good stuff...as always :)

[vinnyjadge]

True Lisa, Guess what I think the excess of automation is bad and that's what is abusing twitter, facebook and blog. 'coz if your blog is automated 6-10 times a day so does your other accounts. Not good.

Thanks for the video :-)

[Blitzball51]

very informative. Ive been on twitter for a month & its been good for me to market my product. I liked ur time/benefit point. Id be very interested in your thoughts on hip hop basketball.

[givenyougrace]

I must say first, love the hair and glad to see you back in your original recording position! Although your position is never as important as your CONTENT VIDs!

I pray all is well with your arm/wrist injury!

I want to say next, thank you for all youtube vids... I reference you a lot to my family and friends and I pray that you are blessed abundantly!

This particular VID is very informative and helpful! God Bless you!

[identilce]

It totally makes sense, everything you said! You always say it the best!

Thanks Lisa!

[helokin4]

Hey, Lisa I am new in all this and I am looking for cheap and ok quality web host that offers monthly payments and hosting(if something like that exists) so I can learn 2,3 months about the buisness the hard and cheap way(so i don t need to pay for the entire year hosting yet month by month or every 3 months) and build up content on my page and then transfers my domain to SBI. Any advice?

[eqmico]

The big internet marketing gurus led us to believe that getting Twitter followers was just as valuable as getting opt-in email list subscribers. The reality is that Twitter followers aren't really followers at all.

[quickturtle]

Good stuff :)

[PCTUTES]

Lisa is 100% right.

I had 20k followers/following.

Absolutely useless!

I recently un-followed everyone except those I'm interested in. I focus more on listening and building REAL relationships. What a difference in results!

We often forget the "social" in social media and treat it like a video game score.

I think the best is yet to come for Twitter.

They are cleaning up the spam and adding new features every day.

Besides, its still the best social platform out there in this mobile age.

[successdrivenlifetv]

i fricken hate twitter...that is why im on FB more....its more personal there

[quickturtle]

Good info Lisa..... as always :)

Hope your hand gets better

[utubesucksheha]

its so sad people are trying to make money off twitter. it was supposed to be for fun . and whats with your hair

[MSGOODBAR]

Twitter is also good if you want free stuff, discounts on airfare, job offers, and hooking up with those in real estate.

[MSGOODBAR]

Twitter for me is good for a daily journal

[FATKATKY]

I just don't get the whole Twitter thing. Guess I have to take it step by step.

Thanks for the vid!

[FLStudio4512]

I never joined twitter cause i think it wont last. My brother has twitter though. My view of twitter is negative because of what you mentioned about the narcissism, I don't think poeple honestly will care about EVERY tweet or even catch it if they would like it.

[homegrownart]

HI Lisa, thanks for the personal update. I still use Twitter but I do not spend much time on there anymore. I do see a little bit of traffic coming from Twitter, when Twitterfeed posts my new articles. I will stick with it some more. Bless.

[caseyzeman]

A good way to avoid spam is to stop following those who aren't following you.

[nmr20067]

Sadly Twitter has become a haven for spammers and. That's what else messed it up.

[Twinessence]

Amen, twitter has become a popularity contest. I've actually got to the point where I've deleted some followers who have inappropriate tweets on their twitter. I filter it out as much as possible these days.

[EvelynPrather]

Great video, Lisa! Thanks for bringing out these points, because I've been thinking the same way.

[dfetl1949]

Hi, Lisa i just started web marketing and learning from your website. I have not signup for twitter but i follow you on twitter. I agree what you are saying, thank you.

[ABWORD74]

I think that you are right about the usage of twitter. What is it that you want to get out of it and measure that to see if you are getting the desired results. Good video.

[caseyzeman]

i Know a guy who calls himself the twitter king that has made good money from his ebook that talks about how to make money with twitter. He has made some money and he shows how to use it. of course that was a year ago. He has about 30k followers. He breaks it down and shows exactly how to put the right posts to optimize your following. i am not sure if there is money there or not. I am just doing what he said and hopefully will see results. The key is pinpointed traffic. We'll see!

[scutter4christ]

I dont use twitter and am getting ready to drop facebook.

Look up the youtube channel theantiterrorist and watch his three part series where he exposes google/facebook, etc. It's a real eye opener.

[felisberto2]

you asked what i think of tweeter?well i tell you what i think of tweeter for me tweeter is a waste of time don't have too much time to follow people.

[123agent101]

twitter gave me great sucess on my website. i use it for my marketing

i love it :)

[BrankicaU]

Definitely agree on this. I see a bunch of people following me and disappearing after two days. When I get new followers I look at their tweets, if it is something I need to know and follow I will follow back. Otherwise, as you said, why do I care about someone selling their car or eating jam for breakfast.

I get some clicks from there and although I started recently I think the result it OK since I tweet mostly my new pages.

The "tactics" remains like yours - not following unless I need it.

[ebaymillionz]

I made $500 by writing articles but clickbank still havent sent my cheque, they also have not replied to my 3 emails that I sent them. How am I supposed to receive my cheque? they dont even have a contact phone number...any suggestions would be helpfull. Thanks

[musclelogan]

I agree and understand what you say! Why follow someone that one is not interested in?That's a waste of time! Some of the followers don't even read the content! That's like in blogging, I only subscribe to bloggers whom i find very interesting. Good post.

[mcknight005]

I support your philosophy about following a small amount of people. Quality over quantity any day! Have a nice day Lisa and thanks for the video.

[kimmaytube]

Wow. Twitter sounds like a mess.

I'm still trying to figure out how if I will use it for marketing my online store.

It just seems like madness and chaos.

lol.

[TheUrbanhippy]

you so smart

[shakaama]

I think, Lisa, that you are not seeing the positive effect of twitter with so few followers.

I market my twitter and facebook accounts. So the people that follow me and friend me, are the ones that want to follow me. I unfollow people all the time and edit my follows of those who are obviously not responding to my tweets, i.e. big marketers

And, I do see the traffic, from my stats, that come from twitter.

[lisa3876]

I didn't say I didn't see any positive results from Twitter. My point is that it has decreased over the past year. I also still get traffic from it.

[shakaama]

oh sorry I didn't mean to put it in such absolutes.

I do notice something. There are people who market on twitter and they just spam, not saying you do this, I'm just relating a story. they'll post like 5 tweets in a row, all very dry and without any passion.

conversely, I'll think of the best hook for my tweets. I also have studied writing hooks in my blogs too. I see far more response in mine than those other people. People will click my link and give me immediate feedback on twitter

[lisa3876]

I agree about the spam. But you make a good point about your tweets. What you tweet and how you say it makes a difference. It's good to test and tweak your strategy and that seems to be what you're doing. Good for you! Keep up the good work. :)

[shakaama]

(continued)

I read up on twitter from your previous videos on twitter. The founder fully intended twitter to be very headline like. So it seems he had in mind marketing from the very beginning.

It might also be that since that economy has gotten WORSE, not better [unlike what the govt says] people are more concerned about it. or they are fretting over it :(

sorry about your injury. I pray you're fully healed.

I must say, I try to limit my twitter use. it can become addictive.

[cartoonblock]

i recently started on twitter in the past few weeks. we'll see how it goes.

[sayweb]

Lisa Great Point! thanks for the reliable news. BTW. the background, is related to your content and makes you more human.

[bigblockmustang]

Thanks Lisa!

[bigblockmustang]

Gosh Lisa.. Your spot on and its also the same on Face Book. Your correct and thank you for the video. I'm reading a book and it says to create a list of friends. Then list them in ABC order. ABC being "A" who is responding "B" who sometimes respond and "C" those that are worthy of my time. "D" just pass them by!

<3 ya Lisa Get Well ! ((hugs))

Les

[86mountainman]

Thanks lisa another great video!!!!!!!!

[socomplete]

Man your computer sceen is big lisa.

[Glendon007]

I noticed that a few weeks ago,people would follow me and within a few days they were gone if I did not follow them back....with that said I get a LOT of traffic from twitter to my blog. So for now it works.

But I only spend maybe an hour if that on twitter. I use Hootsuite which is awesome!

[SmokeNoMore]

I get roughly 1.3 million tweets weekly, okay shave 99.9% and you have the real number.

A man can dream -right?

[gavenxtremes26]

i freaking hate twitter its a pointless website no one ever replys so go jump off aa cliff twitter!!

[jaelavee]

Lisa you have way too many ads:-(

[SeanCashPUA]

twitter is all about listening... dont just drop links, talk to your timeline, connect with people. @cash37 btw

[jenslife1]

I have a hard time with twitter because there is to many people tweeting to often and i really dont get to read many of the ones i actually have something in common with. I use some personal and some business tweets but getting repsonce has been difficult. People follow and then drop off so quickly,its confusing. Are they following so i will follow them or do they have an actual interest in what I am doing. I never know with twitter.

[hanznobe]

So for everybody that I'm just following because they ask me to follow them back, should I just unfollow them?

I think I'm going to, cause it would make sense

[00Yarko]

You replied to my questions on Twitter, and I am VERY grateful for that!

[slurp95]

I think your right , seems like when people sign up for different apps to auto follow that's flooding peoples time lines with non sense

[longisland216]

i agree with you, you follow ppl that have the same interests and are in the same business as you, makes sense. but, its also good to interact with others besides just marketing your webistes.

[deakaztv]

it's not just a marketing tool, it's a tool for building relationships and participating in the community.

[BradStephenson]

Twitter has been fantastic for my sites. My visitors are interacting with me a LOT more on Twitter so I can see what they do and don't like. Have also become friends with owners of other sites on Twitter and now we mention each other a LOT on on sites because of this. Have also got a LOT of new visitors to my site who found me on twitter.

[mechanismtrance]

I have also noticed a lack of new followers for my learnshredguitar twitter account. I am using it less often as a result

[creativeguitarstudio]

@mechanismtrance...

I agree, mechanismtrance... people are barely using it for my guitar site/YT Channel as well.

[tonyhenfrey]

Hi Lisa, Maybe its just me but ive never been a fan of twitter or facebook, like you say i dont want to know about personal lives i have my own to look after :) Thanks for posting :)

[DexLamar]

Twitter is not just a one way social network, it's a recipricol thing. You have to give to get. I have gotten alot of strong sales from twitter but I am also referring business to others on twitter, I have also been using twitter as a networking tool. I can also really understand only following people I am interested in who are in my industry.

[thebboysmith]

have you ever thought of getting a higher resolution camera? it would make it more enjoyable to watch your videos.

[Carlos2400]

use twitter for 10 days and then i forgot about it and i dont use it no more but some of my friends look at twitter every second makes me mad

[upallhours9]

I haven't used my Twitter account in ages.

Mostly it was login issues.- it would never remember my login info, i had to reset my password everytime i would login.

Haven't logged in probably nearly a yr ago.

[ZachariahLogan]

i like the familiar scenery, seems really... inviting, i guess is the best word

[NewKokujinOptions]

I really do believe that any marketing benefit of Twitter has declined immensely. There are far too many bots there now.

[TeeFlick]

first

[actonadventurebooks]

I've heard a lot of people talking about the decreased benefit of Twitter. I've also seen a decline of the number of people who see my tweets and click my links. I have made a change; in the beginning, I was completely ADDICTED to Twitter, and would spent a ton of time tweeting. It's paid off, and I got a lot of follower's, but I realized recently that there has been a decline, and I've stopped using it as much. Great video, although the picture isn't as good, great points!

[lisa3876]

Agree! The video is still processing. It will clear up in a few.

[LiangHuBBB]

What is Twitter good for?