Disclaimer 1 - they are "brand new" because I say so, not because I know so. If you thought of them already, Congrats!! Write your own blog post titled "Three OLD AS THE HILLS Strategies to use Twitter Effectively (but I'm sure Sai thinks he invented them today)"

Disclaimer 2 - I am still testing these strategies and I am seeing decent results but in the interest of better science, I want you to replicate my results using these or similar strategies .

Contextual Ads..for free

The holy grail of advertising - the foundation on which Google built its empire which today lets Larry Page dick around trying to build a flying taxi service - are contextual ads. These are ads which get displayed when someone searches for stuff (Wiki it to learn more).

Now, you, with a little bit of time and some search string fu, can fully control access to the best keywords on Twitter. And you can do it for free. And you can do it forever.

1. Use Twitter's search to find the best tweets related to whatever you want to promote. Unlike Google which hyper personalizes every aspect of your search, Twitter's search results (I think) don't vary all that much across large swaths of geography. Which means everyone searching Twitter for your keywords is going to see similar tweets.
2. Go into the top tweets of the results. Respond to these tweet with whatever you are promoting. Make sure your own tweeted response is engaging and contextually relevant.
3. One of three things can happen
   • Nothing - other than a bit of time, you haven't lost much from this outcome
   • The original tweeter responds - Great! You have connected with someone who cares about your message! That's a free clickthru' right there.
   • Other people searching for similar keywords respond - THIS is what marketers live for and you got it done for free!
4. The interesting thing is that response to that tweet will live on forever, silently working for you to bring you customers. Twitter is never going to delete your tweets. There is no downvote on Twitter so it can't be hidden.

Leverage your Twitter Profile

Almost invariably, the About or Team page is the first link clicked after someone lands on your website for the first time. Similarly, on Twitter, if someone likes your tweet, they are going to check out your profile. And if you aren't getting the most juice out of your Twitter profile, your loss.

• Pin tweets to your profile - Tacky and out of context as they can seem at times, pinned tweets get amazing amounts of engagement. Use this to push people to your website or product.

• Have a profile photo - do I need to explain this? Do I really need to explain this?

• Have recent tweets - even if it's a tweet saying you're too busy to tweet, just tweet that tweet, sweetie.

People are judging you on these things but chances are, you have never even thought about it.

Use Twitter Moments

Meh! What's so great about Twitter moments?. Believe me, Twitter moments has the power to transform Twitter into a proper blogging platform - not just instant microblogging - where people go to immerse themselves in OPL (Other People's Lives). And the more they immerse themselves in your life, the higher the chances that they will join your tribe.

Create your own Twitter moments and reference them in your Twitter bio. If someone is interested enough in you to read your personal Twitter moments, you are likely to convert them into a customer at some point of time. You want quality, engaged followers not just Bots stupidly retweeting your short form diary-rhea.

^{Twitter is all about words (Thanks Pexels)}

Conclusion

Friendly reminder - Science is suffering from a Repeatability Crisis so - I would love to have you try these suggestions out to see if they work universally.

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