How Twitter Traffic Generation Became My Largest Source of Referral Traffic: Lessons to Share

Killer instinct... Got one?
Yes, I know:
“what good can come out of Twitter?” or
” ‘ve been there, ‘ve done that” or
“Tried it, don’t get it…”

I agree, Twitter is sort of like being in the middle of a crowded New York city street at rush hour. Or the floor of New York Stock Exchange in the middle of yet another market meltdown.

Trust me, I get it.

However…

What good can come out of Twitter?

Quality targeted website traffic and tons of it!

How to Make Twitter Traffic Generation Work for You

Some of you may know that I started Traffic Generation Cafe in June of 2010.

Needless to say, my traffic was non-existent, Google never heard of me, and neither did any bloggers in my niche.

The most logical place to spread the glorious news about my existence was social media; Twitter, to be more precise.

Turned out it brought me all the traffic I needed to make my blog one of the authority blogs on the topic of increasing traffic generation – all within 2-3 months.

So how did I do it?

By learning all I could about how I can use Twitter for traffic generation and getting the most efficient tools I could to help me along.

Here are a couple of Google Analytics snapshots to show you what I mean (as of 10/27/10):

And one more:

And this is what this post is all about – I want to show you where I learned about Twitter and what I used to become successful with it.

© Lifes a Pitch

Selling Your Self Image by Mr.Roger

I truly believe with all my being that we are always pitching, selling ourselves. I also believe that this is not a bad thing.



The simple act of reaching out to people and trying to connect is an act of persuasion. Most of us care whether people like us or not and understand that when we are liked and admired, we are more able to get the things we want. This is a universal truth demonstrated repeatedly by successful people everywhere. The million dollar question is, are we liked by the right kind of people who can help us get what we want out of life? A successful salesperson is a unique commodity and worth their weight in gold.

Unfortunately, selling has gotten a bad reputation. The dictionary definitions (relevant to tonight’s topic) are “to convince of, to gain acceptance.” In relevance to that, sales have acquired some unfavorable definitions such as “to cheat or dupe, a hoax or swindle.” It is associated with being phony and inauthentic, forcing people to buy things they don’t want or need.” We all at some point in life have experienced the humiliation and exasperation of feeling that we were taken for a ride. I feel that familiar irritation creeping up on me when I listen to those trying to disillusion everything we stand for and are trying to accomplish. I can only wonder how it is affecting the people that I’ve take responsibility for in sponsorship. This is not what I think of when I sell, and this is not where we are going with this. Rather, I want to set forth some ideas about selling and pitching that are honest, genuine, and borne of deep interest in other people.