10 Steps to Monetize and Automate Twitter
I’ve done plenty of research and tinkering with various Twitter tools, and systems, and finally found one that works pretty well. It’s being sold as a system called the Twitter Traffic Machine, but I’ll tell you the important steps here for free. It’s just a system with various twitter tools that has been monetized. Might not work forever, but it’s booming at the moment!
You have two basic options for monetizing. Sell your own stuff (as a freelancer, affiliate marketer, writer, etc.) and get traffic to your blog, site, etc. OR you can copy my system for selling the system. Either way works. Try both if you like!
(Notice: People don’t like spammers. So don’t spam! Not only unnecessary, it will LOSE YOU MONEY in the long run. You can’t sell to someone who doesn’t TRUST you!)
OK… drumbroll please. Here it is, plain and simple. Takes a little bit of set-up work, but it’ll be way faster than trial-and-error (like I went through!)
The 10 Steps To Monetize & Automate your Twitter Account:
1. Sign up for Twitter
You’ve probably done this already. If not, [read this].
2. Sign up for TweetLater.com
The basic service is totally free, but we’re interested in being able to set up automated recurring tweets! That’s the beauty of the program. It’s automatic. It’s recurring. It’s very low cost at $30 per month. You’ll make way more than the $30/mo. after a few weeks of the recurring commission. Besides, other similar services are $150 or more. [Need a more detailed walkthrough? Click here.]
Major options to turn on:
- Autofollow
- Auto un-follow
- Auto-tweet
3. Set up a Squidoo lens
Free website. This is a landing page where you basically duplicate what I’m showing you now. Don’t copy & paste my work. That’s illegal. Write it in your own words! Read the guide from TweetFollow when you sign up for their affiliate program (next step).
4. Sign up for TweetLater Affiliate Program
You’ll see it on their site. Can’t miss it! This is where your bucks come in. You earn recurring commission for every user you sign up. I signed up, now it’s your turn. Works like a charm. Goodbye paid search advertising!
5. Write your recurring Tweets on TweetLater
You want at leat 50 pre-loaded messages. Be creative, take the time. Fiddle with the options as you like!
Major tweets to include:
Your affiliate TweetLater link
Your Squidoo Page (”How to make money on twitter!”)
Thoughts & Commentary
Any affiliate products you’d like to recommend from ClickBank.com or Amazon.com associates program.
6. Register on Twellow
This is the massive 3rd-party Twitter directory. Awesome for getting targeted people to follow. This is the source for people to look up.
7. Sign up for Twollo
This activelys seeks out new people to follow based on keywords. Play with them and add as many as you like, while TweetLater adds the people who follow you back. After 2,000 followers, you need to keep within 10% difference of following/followers.
8. Um… Actually, that’s pretty much it. I thought there’d be at LEAST 10, but you’re all set.
Quick review of what you’ve just set up:
You autofollow people interested in either A) your content or B) making money with twitter automation. Then they go to A) your affiliate link or B) your Squidoo page (or blog, etc.) wich has your affiliate link or other products and services. Then you reap in the rewards with commission cash, then let the autofollow/unfollow/tweet/responder do your work for you. Tweak as necessary to maximize results. Rinse and ReTweet as desired.
Hope that helps. If anything trips you up or you have more questions, let me know! I set mine up and can walk you through in more detail if you need. If you have any questions, send them over to my Twitter account for fastest response, otherwise you can reach me at birdbucks@justkiddinglife.com.
Best,
@justkiddinglife
PS: For more detailed Twitter automation techniques including RSS feed posting, check out this awesome post by Stephan Miller at http://www.stephanmiller.com/the-inner-workings-of-the-twitter-machine/
UPDATE Be careful of “re-follow” spam! http://www.mariareyesmcdavis.com/twitter-automation/
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June 2nd, 2009 at
Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!
June 2nd, 2009 at
Thanks Kris! The Twitter Traffic Machine is so over-hyped, but it really is a sweet system. The only thing I didn’t cover was the auto-content updates (you plug into a Google alerts feed via twitterfeed.com and bit.ly.com). Thanks for the subscrip ;)
June 17th, 2009 at
Thanks for linking to my site. This works awesomely. I haven’t done much following for a few weeks but the Twitter I account I was using for the post now has almost 3000 followers.