8 reasons why a blogger should be on Twitter?

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I came to know about Twitter last year in March through some of the posts on Problogger. But for some strange reasons those 140 characters appeared less to me and I decided not to tweet. I can tell you, I was such a dumb ass to make such a decision and deserved to be kicked on my backside.
Anyways ,it is better to be late than never.

Twitter has shown tremendous growth last year and tweeting phenomena has taken over every other social media site. I have become a part of Twitter community only recently and I have discovered some areas where Twitter can be beneficial from a blogger’s perspective. This is what I am going to deal in here today.( I have also posted a video at the end of the post on the topic and hope you would enoy watching this.)

OK, then, let’s discover the 8 reasons why a blogger should be on Twitter?

Networking opportunity-

In some ways blogging is like running a business. Just like businesses make relations with their customers and prospects ,a blogger has to interact with his readers. Twitter can be used as a platform to communicate with your readers and also with other fellow bloggers in your niche.

You can have a nice chit chat with others or answer reader’s questions or even ask questions to others. Tremendous !! I mean ,you can do miracles with those 140 characters in terms of building relationship.

Updating your readers-

You can make use of Twitter to update your readers. You can share your latest posts with them by twitting the link. Or you can share a link of a nice article you just found while surfing or you can share the breaking news with your fellow tweeterers.
Just see, how easily you can update your readers about the latest happenings in your niche.Isn’t this fantastic?

Learning opportunities-

I have found some great articles when someone else tweeted about it and I feel ,I couldn’t have found those articles Googling.
So, you can also get some learning opportunities through Twitter.Afterall a blogger has to learn before he delivers.

Posting ideas for future-

A nice chit chat can transform into an idea for your future post. Although this hasn’t happened to me yet but I have heard some bloggers talking about getting ideas from a tweet or communication they had on the Twitter.

Making new friends-

Just like any other social media site, you can make friends on twitter from areas which are out of your reach. You can track other people’s conversations and befriend someone who is involved in useful and interesting conversation.

Finding new reader-

Although I am using twitter for last few days only, but Twitter has provided me with some visitors.The numbers are understandably not great right now but I expect some more visitors to my blog once I become more involved.

Traffic from twitter is usually achieved by tweeting about one of your posts. You can also request your friends to tweet about your posts (not every one only those which are interesting).You never know when some of your post goes viral this way.So, twitter can also be beneficial in increaseing hits on your blog.

Tracking conversations about your blog-

You can track the conversations involving your blog.You can know what people are saying about your blog and this can be a nice feedback to improve your blog.
This is done by making use of the twitter search.Type in your blog’s url or title and see what people are saying about your blog. Easiest way to get feedback from a community, isnt it?

Networking on the move-

Imagine ,you are in a restaurant eating delicious recipes and something interesting happens around you.Now, if you are on any social media other than twitter you have to rush to your computer or nearest cafe to share the event. But with twitter you can share the incident instantly using your mobile phone.
From a bloggers perspective, you don’t lose contact with your readers even when you are on a holiday or in a train or plane.

Here is one of the videos that effectively answers the question – ‘why you should use Twitter?’. I find this video extremely beneficial and interesting. The video has been prepared by jeffBT and was taken from youtube. Jeff is a young entrepreneur and runs the site besttechie.net. Hope you would enjoy and learn from this video.