Using Twitter in 2018

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My relationship with Twitter has changed a few times.

Like a lot of bloggers, I used it. Built up a following, and used it to interact with others in my marketplace.

But, like a lot of people, I felt Twitter got to be super noisy. And my enthusiasm for the platform dropped. To be honest, I slowly shifted away from actually using Twitter. I barely ever used it… and almost all the posts that I made were automated. Essentially, I was link-dropping my latest stuff to Twitter and otherwise forgetting my profile exists.

And even though I was dropping those links out to over 14,000 followers, the results were a reflection of exactly the energy I was giving it. In other words… damn near zero. Twitter was almost zilch as a traffic source to the Blog Marketing Academy.

It seemed as if Twitter shifted. It seems like it has gotten really political. It seems as if Twitter is more of a platform for people in the media, politicians, celebs, etc. A place for them to vent off over things which, frankly, they should probably just shut up about. And then, those tweets end up becoming the basis for entire “news” stories.

It works for reporters. Trump likes it. But, for the rest of us, not so much.

But, recently, I decided to give Twitter another “go”. Only this time, quite differently.