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A Look Behind The Big Data Twitter Curtain Thanks To A Wizard

A Look Behind The Big Data Twitter Curtain Thanks To A Wizard | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

What factors go into determining how many Twitter followers you gain (and lose) each day? I analyzed thousands of accounts to find the answer.

 

Key takeaways

 

The types of content you tweet have significant impacts on attracting and keeping followers.Hashtags probably aren't dead.Each tweet that includes an image, has a hashtag, is a retweet, or mentions someone associates with 2-6% more daily followers.


Just as it does with Rand, your account will likely have individualized factors that move the needle for you.You can explore these via Excel! Check your Followerwonk account for a complimentary spreadsheet of your Twitter activity.Don't forget to follow me @petebray so that I can test whether this blog post significantly moves my follower count! :) And let me know what you uncover.







Via Jeff Domansky, SocialEvolutionism
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Brilliant big data analysis of Twitter says save your great tweets for the weekday, cut down on URL usage and do include hashtags. Great insight from a pile of Twitter data slapped into shape by an ACE quant.





Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 2, 2014 12:53 PM

Pete Bray offers a fascinating analysis of what impacts Twitter follower increases and losses.

mircoooo's curator insight, September 2, 2014 1:45 PM

Hashtags werden in dem Maße problematisch, in welchem das Hashtag Spamming weiter zunimmt. Insbesondere Instagram ist hier ein Treiber dieser unguten Entwicklung und Crossposting.

 

Benjamin Labarthe-Piol's curator insight, September 3, 2014 11:33 AM

Insightful

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15 SEO Writing Tips [5 Infographic, 5 Marty]

15 SEO Writing Tips [5 Infographic, 5 Marty] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

This is an infographic about current SEO thinking with tips and tools to help sites rank better on search engines.

 

Most people have a general idea of how to optimize their content for search engines. That search engine algorithms are proprietary and evolving inevitably causes different opinions on SEO. Of course there’s another school of thought that minimal keyword research and a green-light from a SEO plugin are enough to publish a piece.

 

This infographic challenges writers and some of the preconceived notions about SEO. It has a mixture of tips and tools to help you rank better in search...


Via Lauren Moss, John Boitnott
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Marty's 5 SEO Writing Tips

I've written about how to write for humans and spiders extensively at http://scenttrail.blogspot.com/2009/03/seo-writing-2.html , but here are 5 "quick SEO Writing tips" to add to this excellent infographic:

5 More SEO Writing Tips
* Write out "Stop words" (words like I, and, but, we, them, they spiders can't understand).
* Be specific - one way to write out "stop words" is to be specific.

* Short Sentences - helps eliminate connections (and, but, thus, so).

* Short paragraphs - helps humans read online.

* Use subheads (H2s) - Only ONE H1, but you can have multiple H2s.

 

You may not know about "stop words". I was taught to gauge quality score by putting total words on the top and stop words on the bottom. If you have 10 words with 5 stop words you would have a "quality" score of 2.

I don't have to do the math anymore. Now I WRITE long and edit out as many stop words as I can before copy sounds spamming. Seeing words like "it", "they" or "them" I rewrite by being specific about those things. Sometimes I have to use alternative words since to use the main word to replace a non-specific word like "it" may mean the copy is too keyword dense.

Any word with MEANING is better than a stop word. Write "natural" and train your editing eye to see and replace stop words, long sentences and dense paragraphs. Web writing is more Hemingway than Faulkner, so punch those words out :).

Martin (Marty) Smith's comment, May 2, 2013 12:52 PM
Great comment MizWalidah. I wold modify one point. Instead of "continually optimizing your meta keywords and tags" I would find ways to ping in fresh content such as User Generated Content from reviews or comments. Once a website I've SEOed is inside of Google's algorithm changing meta values that matter (mostly the page's title) can HURT SEO. I change titles VERY VERY carefully since the first rule of SEO is DO NO DAMAGE. The QDF (Quality Deserves Freshness) movement post Panda and Penguin LOVES it when a page pings, so I love the 1% of visitors who are willing to comment, review or otherwise contribute User Generated Content.

I DON'T play with meta nearly as much as you imply since to do so can look SPAMMY and cause real harm. The most important idea is creating content other people want to share. This is why I love GAMES and CONTESTS especially for bands. High engagement content such as Contests and Games can help with SEO and they can help create a distinct brand all bands need. Appreciate your enthusiasm, but be careful about meta (especially title) changes. Marty
Coralie D.'s curator insight, May 3, 2013 4:32 AM

Infographie sympa sur la rédaction SEO... A lire et relire, c'est toujours utile ! ;)

Joe Wise's curator insight, May 21, 2013 5:31 PM

Any of you SEO gurus out there care to confirm any of this?

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Cool C.O.N.V.E.R.T.S. Mnemonic From @KISSmetrics

Cool C.O.N.V.E.R.T.S. Mnemonic From @KISSmetrics | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
You don’t want people to just visit your page. You want them to take action once they are there.

Via GrupoNeo, massimo facchinetti
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KISSmetrics Mnemonic For Landing Pages

C
= Clear Call to Action
O = Offer
N = Narrow Focus
V = VIA: Very Important Attributes
E = Effective Headline
R = Resolution-Savvy Layout
T = Tidy Visuals
S = Social Proof

If I had to summarize the pieces of this mnemonic that are clear like VIA, Resolution Savvy Layout and Tidy Visuals in 3 words they would be, "LESS IS MORE" and SIMPLE Beats COMPLICATED.

Take out Occam's Razor and then, when you think you've shaved everything possible off the landing page shave another 25% and you will have created a great TEST page. First test? Shave another 25% and see who wins.

Rinse and Repeat.

 

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10 Ways To Make Your Infographic Cool, Connected and Viral from @AtDotComSocial [infographic]

10 Ways To Make Your Infographic Cool, Connected and Viral from @AtDotComSocial [infographic] | BI Revolution | Scoop.it
10 Rules That Make An Infographic Cool, Effective and Viral [INFOGRAPHIC]


Great Infographic from John van den Brink (@AtDotComSocial) about how to create Great info graphics. 

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How Can YOU Become A Power Tweeter? Lessons From #SEOMeetup [VIDEO] - Atlantic BT

How Can YOU Become A Power Tweeter? Lessons From #SEOMeetup [VIDEO] - Atlantic BT | BI Revolution | Scoop.it

How can you become a POWER Tweeter? Learn from how Power Tweeters tweet. This study of the SEO Meetup in Raleigh on 3.26 shares cool Power Tweeter tips. 

Note: Axis Title should be IMPRESSIONS. Will fix later tonight.  

Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Was so BUZZED by great Raleigh #SEOMeetup last night on why Content Marketing is the New SEO with @1918 (Phil Buckley, @CommsNinja (Amy Lewis) and @Casieg (Casie Gillette) and me that I wanted to keep the buzz on by doing a deep dive into the event's TWEETS. 

I am not so nerdy to think the DIVE is the fun, but finding out things that can help me tweet better is cool. Things like:

* Tweet More.
* Tweet Better by including more mentions.

* Tweet with hashtags. 
* At events, FOLLOW those who RT you.

* Tweet BEFORE and AFTER the event (with the #hashtag).
* Open Search.Twitter.com and follow #EventHashtag.

* RT great tweets and follow (90% they follow you back). 

There are charts and graphs and the event video from the Live to the web broadcast via a Google Hangout (thanks to Nikol Murphy and her Talking Moose Media company). 

What about you? What are your tips to become a POWER TWEETER? 

Share and I will curate in.  


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