Facebook Or Twitter Best Results?

[Entrepreneurjay]

Facebook Or Twitter Best Results?

I personally have much better results from Facebook, what do you guys think?

[retta719]

I find a lot of great results from Twitter, but that's probably because I spend more time there than on Facebook. Over the past year and a half I've met a lot of clients on Twitter and come up with a lot of spur of the moment ideas there as well.

[danwangert]

I love using twitter. Its great being able to update people with my most recent business ventures and then getting tons of traffic back to my sites. Then again, I also love Facebook. I make sure my internet marketing business gets plenty of attention by keeping my Facebook status updated.

[Engage]

Anybody care to explain how you get results with either service?

[retta719]

Anybody care to explain how you get results with either service?

Just by getting involved in the conversations. I have a keyword search tab in hootsuite for things that I have sites on like transcription, cross stitch, work at home, etc...

[Engage]

Just by getting involved in the conversations. I have a keyword search tab in hootsuite for things that I have sites on like transcription, cross stitch, work at home, etc...

So, the same basic idea as posting on a forum, hoping folks will click on your signature link?

If yes...

I enjoy posting on forums, and sig links are good for SEO purposes. But I couldn't justify the time based on just the link clicks.

I get the theory of building relationships, and enjoy it, but again, the time investment is so high, that the return on investment just doesn't seem to be there.

Thus, I don't get Twitter and Facebook really.

Of course, I may be posting the wrong things, have a crappy sig, a poor landing page, and lousy products etc. I'm open to the theory it could just be me doing it wrong.

I've seen a LOT of things come and go in 15 years, and am trying to sort out the facts from the buzz regarding social sites. All input most welcomed.

[danwangert]

I get the theory of building relationships, and enjoy it, but again, the time investment is so high, that the return on investment just doesn't seem to be there.

I did some outsourcing and got some very reliable people helping me so it's like I am doing a lot of things at the same time. I have a personal assistant that does the twitter thingy for me, that's just for one site and the result is phenomenal. I never thought I would get that much traffic just for sending updates via tweets. It surpassed my expectations.

Then I got another person to keep my facebook updated. The result is amazing! I know a lot of people with the same strategy. I actually got the idea from them.

[russell]

I know Lynn has stated Twitter has been one of her biggest traffic sources.

[Maa]

For me I have gotten better results with facebook. I have found it to be very hard to hold a conversation on twitter.

[retta719]

I get the theory of building relationships, and enjoy it, but again, the time investment is so high, that the return on investment just doesn't seem to be there.

I think the ROI on a relationship is far better than a one time visitor any day of the week.

So, the same basic idea as posting on a forum, hoping folks will click on your signature link?

If yes...

I enjoy posting on forums, and sig links are good for SEO purposes. But I couldn't justify the time based on just the link clicks.

Not exactly my approach or plan really. If they happen to read the profile and click through there, that's great. If they click a link I tweeted even better. But, getting to know people and helping when I can is really what I'm aiming for when I answer things on Twitter.

I'm not a social media expert and I'm probably doing it all wrong, but Twitter has been good to me and I've met some great folks there