Twitter How-To Tip #80 – The Twitter Tease Strategy
September 22, 2008 by Reba
Filed under Blog, Hot Topics, Social Network Marketing
A couple of weeks ago I saw a tweet on Twitter from Dan Hollings that caught my eye. On his website, Twittin’ Secrets – 100 of the World’s Greatest Twitter Tips & Twitter Secrets – The Ultimate “Twitter How To” Guide, he was in the process of posting 100 Twitter tips all over the internet and wasn’t quite finished. He was up to Twitter Tip # 70 or so and was running a contest for Underdog Blog Writers to win a tip to post on their blog.
Well, being the underdog blog writer I am, I entered the contest. Low and behold, I WON!! The contest said my blog needed to be less than 140 days old, have less than 140 posts, and less than 140 subscribers ~ yep, that’s me!
So, before I post the tip, I bet you’re wondering why this is a beneficial thing for me to post this tip. And you’re probably also wondering why Dan would do this. Both very good questions.
First, Dan is doing this so he can build back links to his website. Being my site is new, I haven’t written anything about Search Engine Optimization or SEO as it’s called in the internet marketing world. But back links are very important to getting a high ranking on Google for a specific keyword. It’s Google’s job to list the very best websites when an internet searcher types a keyword in for a search. Google has determined that the more links a website has pointing to it, the more “authority” it has for that keyword. So, Dan will receive 100 back links to his site by doing this and all will have the the keyword “Twitter How-To Tip” as the anchor text. When someone goes to Google and types in “Twitter How-To Tip” or “Twitter How-To” or even “Twitter Tip”, there’s a high possibility that Dan’s website will rank high on the page because he has so many back links with that anchor text.
Now, why is it beneficial for me? Well, any back link is going to help my site at this point. Being a brand new site, I need to do whatever I can to build back links and traffic so I’ll take what I can get. Dan will be putting a link on his site to Tip # 80 – The Twitter Tease Strategy that takes his visitors to my site. If he gets a high ranking on Google, just maybe some of that traffic will follow his link to my site to read about Tip # 80. And then, maybe some of that traffic will like my site and subscribe. Additionally, since Google has determined that Dan’s site is an “authority” site, his link to me will hold a lot of credence and give me a little authority for the keyword phrase “Twitter How-To Tips”. It’s a win-win.
So here’s Twitter How-To Tip #80 – The Twitter Tease Strategy
NOTE: This Twitter How-to Tip is an authorized part of the “Twittin’ Secrets” Series: 100 World’s Greatest Twitter Tips and Twitter Secrets by Internet and Twitter Strategist, Dan Hollings.
TWITTER HOW-TO TIP #80
The Twitter Tease Strategy. That’s right, tease. If you are about to release something (a product, service, discount, event, eBook, tip sheet, whatever) – don’t just Tweet it with a link and think folks are reading. Twitter is like trying to have a conversation with someone who is in their car, sorta tired, listening to the radio, and ordering onion rings at a drive thru restaurant, ALL at the same time. Oh, and let’s not forget the guy with the jackhammer repairing the curb six feet away. One tweet might not grab their attention.
However, duplicate tweets are not recommended either. It’s rude and spam-like. This is where the Twitter Tease comes in. You can use Twitter to drip out to your followers. Bit-by-bit in a plot-like fashion. Updates on how your release is coming along (snags, news, changes, feedback, whatever) can add to the whole tease effect. The Twitter Tease can be like a text version of a movie trailer where you merely build excitement or it can be a social engagement strategy.
I’ve seen authors engage followers, chapter-by-chapter as they write books; I’ve seen event planners pick venue locations, set pricing, pick speakers and offer discounts; I’ve seen tools designed with follower input, features added, and beta testing done… all via Twitter. The Twitter Tease at its finest, is socially engaging others in your process whereby the end result is seen as a team effort.
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Thanks Dan!
Reba 
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Hey,
did the Tweet strategy work well for you? backlinks, traffic etc..
JT, I’m going to be honest here, I haven’t used this strategy because I haven’t had anything to “tease”. However, I will say that I have been on the receiving end and I know it works. This strategy should be used for build up to an event, like launching a product, making a special announcement, or something along those lines.
From my experience, very new site. We have had a lot of extra traffic and offline contact for our services. I think as long as you try and target a network of followers that fit your ideal customer profile, it should work well in any scenario. Our business is regional based, so we try and make contact with people in that area.
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@JT, using exactly this strategy i was able to gain many followers on twitter, and the eventually converted into traffic, but the most important thing was the subscribers, i got. Teasing is maybe one of the best strategies and it works not only for twitter but for the others social media network sites and web 2.0 properties. Great tip @Reba , it really deserved to win
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Thanks for the resource, I am new at twitter. This has helped me a lot, I am going to try them out. I never realized about using twitter as SEO strategy, going to see what I can do about this.
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction…my business model about making money on the internet is to diversity as much as I can – and I have been trying to figure out how to make money by tweeting – these #100 tips by Dan Hollins are definitely worth the read – probably wont make you rich but if you use the info right you can make a pretty penny from them – I know that I will
Good write up Reba
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Oh the joy of sociali networking, it is indeed a great tool to build links. I must admit I find if hard to havest any substantial results from it tho, althougth i do find it can give a little boost. I just think I might just give the #100 tip a go and see what it does for me. Thanks for the low down, and good luck.
Ok I didn’t know there were so many tips.
I am a huge fan of Twitter and Orkut. There are so many blog posts that i have read of twitter but i found very less blogs of Orkut, i wonder why?
I find the secret quite interesting, because it certainly is something that can increase a website’s traffic and make a site authoritative.
Great post congratulations.
Twitter is a huge tool nowadays in the Internet. I have a boost in my work with the use of twitter.Really awesome. Cheers
Great article. Twitter is starting to be an awesome tool for marketing now.
Nice post Keep it up
I am a huge fan of Twitter and Orkut. There are so many blog posts that i have read of twitter but i found very less blogs of Orkut, i wonder why?
twitter can be used for a number of site promotions and other particular link strategies. there is an improtant benchmark in using this type of linking strategy which when using the products makes perfect sense
Great article. Twitter is really awesome. It really has many uses other than just a micro blogging tool. Thanks.
I don’t use it that much, but maybe I’ll start. The thing that annoys me most is that you STILL can’t post to Twitter via email. Why, WHY, WHY?! If you’re at work and the site is blocked and your cell doesn’t work so great in the building, you SHOULD be able to email the freaking thing.
Someone was telling me I should twitter my blog posts but being new I don’t really have a clue about it so I guess 100 tips wouldn’t really do someone like me much good LOL. But I do have to say thank you for the tip on links being so important to my blog and getting it ranked. I guess I still have a lot of learning to do!
For the most part, all of hist twitter tips are up-to-date with very valuable information to help you make the most out of Twitter (if you notice anything that needs updating, drop me a tweet).
I saw that those 100 twitter tips are posted across many web sites and blogs, all of which are linked on this page and connected as you travel to each Twitter Tip destination. Cool !
Certainly an interesting topic. Twitter has really made some huge strides in making the Internet a much better place with new and innovative stuff. Appreciate it. Cheers
I wasn’t a twitter big fan, however I came to learn that twitter might be very usefull for a certain kind of marketing. there are lots of people searching on twitter and facebook that may hit your site from your twitts. Personaly, I have still much to learn about it, this is why I keep reading posts like this one.
I’ve been looking at a twitter service called http://www.usocial.net that allows you to buy followers. Not sure that this is such a good strategy. Anyone have experience with this?
Oh the joy of sociali networking, it is indeed a great tool to build links.
I disagree twitter is not for building links, twitter is for building followers and then the whole aim to get more traffic onto a certain page.
For example big brands have more followers, they have new products everyday, so you target that new page and promote it on twitter.
This is one great example of what link baiting through creating eye catching and controversial content is all about.
There are lots of ways to build links in a creative way and Dan just did a fabulous one by using Twitter posting. Another great example of genius link building.
Agreed. Twitter has increase my traffic tremendously. Can’t live without it.
Is it just the keywords ” Twitter How-To Tip ” ?
Because… these keywords seems strange.
If you are the only one to use ” Twitter How-To Tip “, you will be the first found, ok.
But if we search with keyword ” Twitter “, Can we find you easily also ?
The tease strategy actually sounds very good. Whenever we have a new website up and running, I’ll just post a tweet with the title of the news post and a link to it, but it makes more sense to get the people excited for this news. To tease them that something new is coming. Give them a sneak peek with pictures and features to expect in the website.
I’ll keep that strategy in mind. Are there any ways to improve the link popularity of your website directly or indirectly through your Twitter acount by the way?
Wow, what a great article. I’m starting to implement your ideas already!Thanks
A great way to get some free backlinks. There’s no dout it helped your new site too. Google tells you that backlinks are very important in their eyes.
Took me long to all the remarks, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be very usable to me and I am sure to all the commenters here! It�s always good when you can not only be educated, but also involved! I�m sure you had fun saving this article.
I honestly didn’t think that Twitter will become this popular. I think when celebrity uses it, people would want to try.
Good tip, thanks…twitter can work wonders…
I think Twitter has started to play a big role for social media and internet marketing such as SEO. Thanks for sharing! The Twitter tease strategy would be helpful for beginners.
These are great tips. Backlinks and all that SEO stuff really works and I think there will be more techniques that will be discovered to have high ranking sites. The interent is just amazing.
I don’t use it that much, but maybe I’ll start. The thing that annoys me most is that you STILL can’t post to Twitter via email.
I think it’s great that Dan Hollings gave someone’s blog this opportunity. Clearly he wants to be able to offer people the chance to get more links to their site as well as getting his own a bit more publicity and traffic. It’s a very good idea and congratulations on winning!
Great tip. Twitter can be used as a great way of marketing and hopefully it will only get better. So good tips are always welcome!
I will use twitter for my new blog for sure. But right now I am not ready and so I won’t start until I can follow your tip.
Twitter helps me a lot in promoting my business and I hope that businesses should try this too and see how internet marketing will help bloom their sales.
Great article. Twitter is a great marketing tool if used in correct manner. Always have a clear strategy of what you want to achieve with twitter before using time on it. Too many people just do it because it’s “trendy” – always publish something that your followers might be interested in. If your followers interested in SEO stuff, then try to provide them with interesting stuff regarding search engine optimization, internet marketing and stuff.. you’re sure to get more followers that way! Who would be interested in hearing you sitting on the toilet taking a crap ?
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Hey all,Insightful post, although i’m more interested in what will come out of the google vs facebook social network war. I have not found out much news on it recently, which perhaps means that it’s not that far off, but i’ve a sense its likely to result in many significant changes to social networks. I think, i would prefer facebook came out of the battle still in the lead simply because google’s already large enough, additionally they currently hold a lot of data on absolutely everyone. I don’t feel that both can exist though, either google’s social network will control or absolutely fail. What does anybody else think?
Like all the internet users in this day and age i’ve been hit by Web 2.0 to much an extent. I’ve always loved facebook but twitter was a new concept that i was reluctant to move to, until couple of years ago. Twitter is a great and informative site. While facebook is personal twitter gives you an insight into the world, whatever is happening around the globe minute by minute or even updates by the second.
Very good strategy if about to launch an event or new product. Thanks
Twitter is quickly becoming the destination for sensationalism. It’s being used to highlight the “look at me” culture and the very nature of the conversation on Twitter leans towards encouraging people to click on “you” to learn more, read more, see more, hear more, etc… A good tweet will get you more followers and will also get them clicking on to read your Blog or subscribe to your Podcast.
Excellent info, thanks for sharing