Interesting thing ha
[2023-11-09 09:44:19 AM] : Interesting thing happened yesterday. I’ve had a twitter account since Elon was a boy and managed to accumulate about 100 followers in that time. Over the last week or so I’ve been reposting one of my old e-bombs on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn every day. I put the entire text of the article on each platform. Yesterday one article blew up on Twitter and I got 50 real human followers in a day. I’ve spent the morning trying to figure out what made that article click with people in a way that the previous articles didn’t because I’d like to write a lot more of those.
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[2023-11-09 09:46:24 AM] : Share the one that worked (and maybe some that didn't?). Sometimes it's a random thing you can't control, but we can try be to help you analyze the differences :smile:
[2023-11-09 09:51:01 AM] : Here’s the winner: https://pete-bowen.com/forget-about-reducing-the-cpc
[2023-11-09 09:51:39 AM] : These didn’t get much attention: https://pete-bowen.com/why-did-google-charge-me-usd300-for-a-usd20-click
[2023-11-09 09:51:50 AM] : https://pete-bowen.com/what-to-do-if-leads-dont-answer-when-you-call
[2023-11-09 09:51:59 AM] : https://pete-bowen.com/will-using-technical-terms-and-industry-jargon-improve-conversion-rate
[2023-11-09 09:52:09 AM] : https://pete-bowen.com/how-to-sell-expensive-consulting-services-on-the-first-call
[2023-11-09 09:52:14 AM] : Thanks
[2023-11-09 09:52:24 AM] : You said you put the whole body into the post, even on Twitter? Can we see what that looks like?
[2023-11-09 09:53:31 AM] : https://twitter.com/Pete_Bowen/status/1722258280058351809
[2023-11-09 09:53:49 AM] : That’s the winner again
[2023-11-09 09:55:13 AM] : Hmmmm
[2023-11-09 09:55:18 AM] : Actually, I’ve made a mistake. I didn’t post the entire articles to Twitter. I posted them to LinkedIn
[2023-11-09 09:55:52 AM] : I see the quote tweet saying it's a good post. Did that happen before or after the bulk of those new followers?
[2023-11-09 09:56:06 AM] : I just put a summary in Twitter. Apart from the one that got the interest.
[2023-11-09 09:56:58 AM] : The quote happened before most of the new followers
[2023-11-09 09:57:13 AM] : Now that we’re talking here I think that might have been the trigger
[2023-11-09 09:57:44 AM] : I’ll continue posting a full article every day and see if that’s the common thing or if it was just amplification from someone else
[2023-11-09 09:58:02 AM] : Thanks for helping me get closer to the answer
[2023-11-09 09:58:40 AM] : Seems likely! The only other thing is that Twitter's Algo has gotten very picky - links in posts make those posts more likely to get buried, while good, relevant jargon helps posts find relevant people.
Sometimes. :sweat_smile:
[2023-11-09 09:59:10 AM] : Chasing the algorithm is a dangerous sport, but it's fair and fun to experiment!
[2023-11-09 09:59:18 AM] : I’ll remove the links and see what happens
[2023-11-09 09:59:39 AM] : Or rather, I’ll post without any links and see what happens