I finally have twitter, now what??? | Help Desk | Yakezie Forums

Okay, so I finally have twitter, my username is gotmonkees or @gotmonkees, whatever. Now I don't know what to do. How do I set it up on my blog, etc.? Can anybody help? Pretty please with a cherry on top. I'm completely Social Media Clueless. I just don't know what to next.

If you publish a feed via feedburner, you can have it setup to automatically tweet your new posts.  I can't remember the exact screen but if you click around in feedburner, it's pretty easy.

I would follow people you like.  Re-tweeting their tweets or sharing their posts with your users will get you noticed and chances are they'll start returning the favor.

Personally, I've found that momentum is easier to build with Twitter than with Facebook.  I've begged and pleaded and it took three months before I hit 25 Facebook likes, where Twitter has built pretty steadily without nearly as much work. 

I would also advise that, while you want to interact, don't neglect your blog for the sake of Twitter.  Work into it gradually and you'll find what works for you and will get more comfortable with it.

MyJourneytoMillions said:

It took me a really long time to "get" twitter and it was this analogy that got me there.

Twitter is like being at a HUGE party.  You can listen into anyone's conversation (following someone) and if they want to listen in on your conversation they will follow you. 

 

Love this analogy!

I agree with what everyone has said. Twitter isn't necessarily for tweeting what you had for lunch (but you can!) Make it an extension of your blog. Follow others in personal finance and participate in conversation. Ask questions. Provide answers. Participate in TweetChats (Money Crashers and WiseBread hold TweetChats weekly). If you're on Wordpress there's widgets that will allow you to show your latest tweets on your blog. I was a social media coordinator and I can honestly say Twitter is one of the best tools out there.

Jen @ Master the Art of Saving said:

Thanks for making it much less scary, you guys are awesome. Do you know how I link it with my blog, so that people can follow me and so that it will show up in my stats?

 

Oh, and I did try to make it match my blog name but it was too long and everything I tried sounded soooooo stupid. So I figured I'd stick with gotmonkees, it's been my email and username other places for around 9 years now. I can always change it later if it really bugs people.

I would say don't wait until later, change it now! Did you try just "ArtOfSaving"? That's probably short enough. Even "MasterSaver" might be good.

There's so many different ways you can tie Twitter into your blog – what type of "link" are you trying to do exactly?

definately get a twitter widget/button on your site, and start following fellow yakezies. easiest and fastest way to do that is hte yakezie list you can find on the yakezie twitter account. List has all current members.

Okay guys, I changed it to MasterTAOSaving. Thanks. I'm going to try to do the button on my blog now.

Thanks Shannyn. I can't wait until I get the hang of it.