4 Ways Twitter Can Help Jumpstart Your Blog Traffic

1. Getting traffic to your blog posts - With a simple post to Twitter, you can have lots of readers come to your blog. Even though blog feeds do the same thing, you can often find new readers on Twitter or remind current readers to revisit your blog.

2. Connecting with your readership - When you blog, you’re speaking to your readership from a distance. You write your post, edit it and then post it. During all of these activities, you’re removed from your audience. But when you use Twitter to communicate, it becomes a conversation. You can show more of your personality to your followers and truly communicate with them on a different level. This can get them more interested in you and your blog, which will build more traffic over time.

3. Building your brand - In order to stand out amidst the large amount of blogs and Twitter accounts online, you need to develop a persona for people to connect to and identify with. You can accomplish this through your blog, but you can further your branding by using a Twitter account. You need to figure out what makes you unique in your niche and then extend these differences between you and others in you Twitter posts. Decide what your persona or approach is, and then make sure your Twitter posts reflect that.

4. Researching - With Twitter, your target market can be at your be at your fingertips. You can spy on their interests, ask them about their needs and automatically get ideas for your blog posts.