Schedule Your Blog To Update On Twitter Through FeedBurner

Did you know that Feedburner had a feature where it would do automatic updates to your Twitter account every time you made a post? Well, they do. This is a feature that can help you build traffic to your blog since there are so many people on Twitter at any given time. I like this because I know that I don’t have to rush to Twitter to post about my new blog post because it will do it for me.

For instructions on how to schedule blog updates on Twitter through Feedburner click here.



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How To Get Traffic To Your Blog: Twitter

Like I have said before, I am in the learning process of how to grow my blog audience. After all, why blog if you don’t have readers to share it with? Twitter seems to be one of the hottest avenues for promotion these days. I admit that until more recent, I did not even give Twitter a second thought. I have now decided this week to give it a more serious look and see what the hype was all about.

At first glance to a newcomer Twitter appears to be a large message board with real time updates, but it is so much more than just a board where people converse about day to day activities. People are using Twitter to promote their blog post & promote products everyday. One of the tools of Twitter that I have learned was to search by topic on Twitter. This way you can find and follow people who are interested in your niche.

There are two methods to search Twitter. The first way is to just simply enter a search keyword in the search box that is found in the sidebar on Twitter. This will bring up any tweets that have the search words that you entered in the updates.

The second method is to search by using the hashtag (#) before a search term (Example Twitter Update: Make Money Using Your Blog #makingmoneyonline). A hashtag is something that tweeters use to categorize tweets that are about a specific topic. Much like we do when we enter tags (keywords) on our post. Using the example above, you can see that particular tweet was about making money online. Now when someone types #makingmoneyonline into the search box they will see all of the tweets that have been designated by tweeters to be about that topic. This is great to use to find other tweeters that have the same concerns, views, or looking for the same info you are. As a tweeter you can enter the hashtag anywhere in your tweet. You can also use several hashtags to one post. Although, I wouldn’t overuse hashtags for each tweet, I would definitely use it for traffic purposes to your blog though. I would suggest before you enter a hashtag to do a search using it and see if the hashtag has been used before. You want to enter a hashtag topic that everyone is using so you will have an audience to your tweet you enter it in. You don’t want to waste your time using a hashtag that no one is searching for, it would be pointless.

The traffic that you generate from using the search function on Twitter, if used properly, can bring you niche targeted readers. You can then follow some of the people that you tweet with from using the search function, if they like what you tweet about they will then follow you. When this starts happening then you will begin to build a set targeted audience to your blog and tweets.

 have been researching Twitter to see how to use it and have come across an eBook called Twitter Marketing eBook 2.0: How To Go Viral On Twitter. This eBook offers steps that improve your Twitter profile appearance, tips on how to monitor tweets that are related to your niche, tips to improve your Twitter Following versus Followers percentage, and more. This eBook was just recently published on January 13, 2010 so the info is current. To check out this eBook click here.

(Disclosure: I am a member of eJunkie, which offers the eBook "Twitter Marketing eBook 2.0: How To Go Viral On Twitter" and I will receive compensation for all ebooks sol. For more info on my disclosure policy click here.)

How To Get Traffic To Your Blog: Amazon Kindle Store

I have found a new way to bring traffic to your blogs and make some extra income while doing it. How many people do you know that uses a Kindle? I know at least 5 people that use one. For those who are not sure what a Kindle is, it is an electronic portable reading device that allows you to read books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs wirelessly. You don’t even have to have a computer.

Did you know that if your blog is listed with Kindle Publishing they can subscribe to your blog through their Kindle? The Amazon Kindle Store will charge Kindle users for each blog they subscribe to. This is where the extra income comes into play. As the blog owner you will receive 30% of each monthly blog subscription your blog has. You can also have more than one blog listed.

It is free for blog owners to join and add their blogs to the service. All that you have to do is to create an account and make sure that you fill out the account info page. Once that is completed enter your blog information by simply clicking “Add A Blog”. Here it will ask you for a description of your blog, the URL for the blogs RSS Feed, your blog tagline, a screenshot of your blog, your blog’s URL, and some keywords that users would associate with your blog for searchable ability. My blog was published quickly but the promise they make is within 72 hours after submitting your blog it will become published.

Since it is a free service for blog owners, you won’t lose anything by adding this to your list of traffic generating ideas.

If you have a Kindle and would like to subscribe to my blog through your Kindle look in the left sidebar for the link.

I learned about Kindle Publishing from Suzanne Wells post over at her new blog Make Money With Your Brain. Click here for her post on Amazon Kindle Publishing.

(Disclosure: I am an affiliate for Amazon Kindle Publishing. I will receive compensation for any subscriptions to my blog as stated in this post. For more info on my disclosure statement click here.)

How To Get Traffic For Your Blog: Digg

Getting your blog noticed can be tricky without the right know how and tools. Blogging has become more than just writing your deepest thoughts on a web page. People use blogs for feedback and promotion. In order to get traffic success, you have to get the word out about your blog. No traffic would be like standing on a mountain top and screaming with no one to hear you. There are many avenues to promote traffic to your blog. Here is another site that many bloggers have had luck with.

Digg , a social bookmarking site, has become a force on the internet. I have seen many bloggers speak about how Digg has helped them gain traffic.
Here is how to get started:
1. Create an account and complete your profile using the settings feature on the profile page. When in the settings screen, look under your profile picture and click the link to “Customize Topics” and “Viewing Preference“. This will help others match up to your interest and will help you gain friends on Digg.

2. Now start by choosing articles that have already been “dugg” to get practice on how the system works. You will know when your “digg” took when you see the “digg” count go up.

3. Start to add sites that you think the Digg Community would like. Make sure to have a good title and description to draw others to read the article.

4. As you start to “digg” sites, start to add friends by checking out the profiles of the submitters of the sites and then if they have your interest you can click “Add Friend” link. When you do this they will receive a fan notice and have the option to add you as a friend also.

5. Last tip is not to get in the habit of digging your own articles. Digg staff keeps a watch on this and will consider you a spammer and delete your account. To help your articles get a “digg” post a digg button on each post and if your readers think that it is share worthy they will digg it for you.

Don’t get discouraged and give up, it takes time to build up traffic. Tomorrow I will post about another option to bring traffic to your blog.

How to get Traffic for Your Blog: Stumble Upon

Have you ever been on the interstate during rush hour with bumper to bumper traffic, wishing you were anywhere but there? “Traffic” is a word that makes most people cringe at the thought of it, but to a blogger “traffic” means that people are interested in what you have to say. Traffic is a reason for a blogger to keep posting more and more to keep the attention of the blog’s followers.

When I started this blog, I had not blogged before. Well, I had started one about a year ago and never did anything with it. I am determined to keep this blog going and interesting for my readers. I have started using methods to gain more traffic for the blog and as I went through a few of them, I thought about my readers who are going through the same trials and tribulations of blogging. So, I am going to share some ways in the next few days that I have found that appear to work.


 Stumble Upon is something that I heard about 2 years ago but never really paid it any attention. About 6 months ago, I saw someone talking on a forum about how Stumble Upon helped their site traffic, so that got me to rethinking joining the site.


Stumble Upon is a social network community based site that allows it’s members to rate websites, videos, and photos that they would like to share with their fellow members with the click of a button that can be found on their toolbar. You can give websites a “thumbs up” or a “thumbs down” and review sites so that members can see how the site would benefit them.

How can a blogger get started benefiting from Stumble Upon?

1. Open an account and establish a profile that includes a brief profile, picture, and your interest.

2. Download the Stumble Upon toolbar. This is a necessity. You will use it to stumble and give your “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” and brief review of websites. When you click “I like it” in the toolbar for a website, a pop-up screen will appear to allow you to give you review and place appropriate tags so that other stumblers will find it.

3. Make sure to try to stumble daily. Ever heard of the phrase, “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”? That applies to Stumble Upon in the fact that you are going to get traffic from the site so you need to give back to the members and stumble their sites.

4. Don’t continually stumble your own work. That is a form of spam. It is o.k. to do this once in a while but not everyday. If you have the Stumble Upon badge on your site, people will stumble your site for you.

5. As you get going make some Stumble Upon Friends. This is another way that you can share post and updates with the site by sending a link to you friends on Stumble Upon. That will give it a chance to be stumbled.

Remember, like anything else, it takes time and effort to benefit from Stumble Upon. It will take patience and participation from you.

If you have had success with Stumble Upon please leave a comment and share it with us.