Twitter’s Testing a New Process to Lure Lurkers into Signing-Up for an Account
Social Media Today
AUGUST 2, 2022
Twitter's convinced it has millions more users that don't log-in.
How Twitter’s New Conversation Dynamics Will Affect Your Brand
Ignite Social Media
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The way conversations work on Twitter is about to change. This year at CES, Twitter announced some experimental changes affecting tweet threads that we could be seeing as soon as the first quarter of 2020. Twitter has acknowledged the potential for exploitation and plans on monitoring for abuse during this experimental phase.
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Akamai Marketing
APRIL 4, 2011
By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. It might frustrate you to know that LOTS of people are lurkers. 640 Million on Facebook.
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How Social Media Marketers Use Social Media In Real Life
Ignite Social Media
MAY 17, 2016
Jessica, AKA “the Analyst” On a daily basis you can find Jessica on the backend of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. After a long day of staring at Excel sheets, Jessica prefers to wind down with Twitter and Instagram, describing herself as more of a social media lurker.
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Why Blog Lurking is Not Bad
Ari Herzog
JANUARY 4, 2011
Denise Tanton loves lurkers. The BlogHer community manager, a self-confessed lurker, admires people who may be you who prefer to read and lurk than read and comment. In a comment about lurking, she writes : I know the word “lurk&# and thus being a “lurker&# sounds bad but really, it’s not bad at all.
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#measurePR Recap: Measuring the Millennial Workplace
Waxing UnLyrical
MAY 29, 2015
When brainstorming guests for the May #measurePR Twitter chat, I instantly thought of Maddie Grant and Richard Sheridan. On the types of metrics that they focus on for internal and external communities: A2 engagement metrics are the most important, but including “lurkers” who read and share #measurepr.
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Reviewing 10 Restaurants on Facebook
Ari Herzog
JUNE 20, 2012
Comments Comments Related Stories How Twitter Gentrified a City Intersection Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare. Please continue reading Reviewing 10 Restaurants on Facebook and leave a comment if inspired. Ari Herzog is currently seeking a full time position in social media.
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133 85% of Facebook’s 955M Active Users Are “Creating Content”
The Realtime Report
JULY 30, 2012
This seems quite an impressive number compared to other social media platforms – like Twitter – where creation on the platform is largely driven by a few ‘super-users,’ rather than by the majority. Messaging within Facebook and check-ins are not included as content creation. What do you think?
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How to Measure Social Media Success for Your Small Business
yMarketingMatters
JUNE 20, 2014
Twitter Stats show a number of stats, including the mentions, follows, and unfollows, along with stats for each individual Tweet. You can measure a particular channel, like Facebook or Twitter. My clients frequently have customers tell them “I love your posts on Facebook” or “I came here because I follow you on Twitter”.
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Need blogging inspiration to start off 2011 with a bang?
SocialFish
JANUARY 4, 2011
Post videos, images, long essay-like posts, short list posts (ahem), link love posts, interviews, case studies, deconstruct a Twitter conversation, try a podcast or live blog an event. This does NOT mean people are not reading – remember your 90% of users who are lurkers. Pay attention to what resonates.
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This weeks #Social Media Topic: Connecting With Consumers Through Social Media
Direct Marketing Observations
MAY 3, 2010
To translate this back into social media jargon, you end up with an audience of lurkers (assuming they stay that long) when you are attempting to get those consumers engaged. If you do not make it easy, fast and safe for consumers to engage you will end up with more than 90 percent lurkers trolling your content. Jake McKee 90-9-1.com.
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How to come up with social media content using feedback from your silent fans
Sprout Social
APRIL 7, 2021
For example: let’s say you notice consumers tend to use words that suggest search intent on Twitter. With insights from social listening and less obvious metrics, you can come up with social media content that engages even the shyest of lurkers. Adjust your strategy to prioritize educational content. We're back in full swing!
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135 Do you need to be an Extrovert to be in Social Media Marketing?
Buzz Marketing for Technology
JUNE 15, 2010
The 1-9-90 theory that says out of every hundred people who join a community or network – 1% actively contribute – 9% contribute from time to time – and 90% are lurkers. Facebook Location Based Services Podcasting Social Media Social Networking Twitter Wiki. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare
Ari Herzog
JUNE 1, 2012
Comments Comments Related Stories The Death of Blogging: Part 271 Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers Mark Schaefer on The Tao of Twitter. Ari Herzog is currently seeking a full time position in social media. Connect on LinkedIn today.
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How To Change Your TikTok Username In 5 Easy Steps
Hootsuite
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
If you’re ready to turn your lurker account into an actual business, it’s time to learn how to change your TikTok username. She has maintained a consistent presence across Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and more. Luckily, changing your TikTok username is a cakewalk (but with some caveats).
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70 10 Tips to Build Better Converting Twitter Traffic
Sprout Social
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Twitter is an integral part of social media marketing these days. Almost every business, big and small, is on Twitter. Unfortunately Twitter traffic has become more difficult to come by over the past few years. Twitter can drive solid well-converting referral traffic. But hard doesn’t mean impossible.
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A Tale of Two Communities Part 1 – Volkswagen
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Their staff are not actively engaging with VW customers on any channel besides Facebook and Twitter. It is easy to be a “lurker&# and yet learn a great deal from the community. While each outpost has its own core group of users, the lurkers or casual users are welcomed and encouraged in all activities.
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174 How to Manage Facebook Relationships: Reciprocal Friends and 1-Way Subscriptions
Ari Herzog
JUNE 26, 2012
Twitter and LinkedIn, in the way I use them to connect with the world, don’t offer me ways to know who’s who unless I know you. by Kristi Hines Related Stories Reviewing 10 Restaurants on Facebook Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers.
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Arguing is innovation, expelled for cursing & pirate duel on your phone
Jeff Esposito
MARCH 29, 2012
What Should You Do With Your Lurkers? Does your community have lurkers? Jose Canseco is now fighting global warming and possibly murdered Al Gore – for this week’s edition of bat-shit-crazy, I present you Jose Canseco and his latest rants on the Twitters. Seriously how can you expel a kid for cussing in a Tweet?
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40 Don’t Sell Your Brand’s Soul to the Facebook News Feed Algorithm and Vanity Metrics
Pam Moore
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
They have an audience, fan base, community and customers who enjoy communicating on platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram with and about the brand. What About the Silent Lurkers? Earning an organic audience and engagement comes natural for these brands and businesses. Sign up now and stop wasting time.
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The Social Media Analytics Compass: What and How to Measure
Razor Social
NOVEMBER 29, 0002
On Twitter you can run a report to see what categories of people are part of your profile. In an audience you will typically have the following: Lurkers – People that monitor what you share but don’t interact. For example, Twitter analytics or Facebook Insights. Audience Profile. Platform analytics. How does it work?
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Smarter Ways to Measure Authoritative Content
Waxing UnLyrical
AUGUST 7, 2015
’ Add to that the fact that the vast majority of content is consumed by people who can best be defined as ‘lurkers’ and people who never leave blog [comments]… measuring the efficacy of content by the number of comments received has never been effective. ” The ultimate goal of authoritative content.
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A Tale of Two Communities Part II – Salesforce.com
SocialFish
MARCH 3, 2011
Here’s the quick overview of Salesforce.com’s community “outposts&# : Twitter: Salesforce has an active Twitter community. I was unable to get statistics for “lurkers&# , but I am sure it is high. Much of the community is even built on their own platform and infrastructure.
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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Twitter is Ubiquitous Like Terrell Owens, Carrie Underwood, and Coke Zero, Twitter is almost universally on the radar of Americans.
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7 Powerful Ways to Get Your Blog Post Noticed
ProBlogger
DECEMBER 10, 2010
You can simply ask for topics on Twitter, do a Google search with your topic and the word “help”, hang out in online forums, or survey your own readers. Lurkers start commenting and people start sharing. The ghost town around my blog post provided all the proof I needed. These days, research is pretty simple to do. Yep, that voice.
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What is BeReal? Your Guide to the Newest Social Media App
Hootsuite
JULY 21, 2022
You’ve mastered Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you’re a lurker, you’re out of luck. You’re finally ready to tackle TikTok. But don’t get too comfortable — a hot new social media app has entered the villa. Gen Z is raving about it, but what is BeReal? How to get started on BeReal.
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Diva Marketing Talks Boomers Step Into Social Media With Des Walsh, Barbara Rozgonyi & Carlos Hernandez
Diva Marketing Blog
APRIL 9, 2009
Carlos' has shown fellow professionals how to develop networks and connections via LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter in an integrated and cross-promotional manner. Expo San Francisco (Twitter's @missrogue ). He has been successful by working with individuals and businesses to leverage Web 2.0
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45 Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy
Buzz Marketing for Technology
JULY 7, 2008
7) I’m not convinced there is a “tipping point&# for social tools (like twitter): Many may disagree on this and likely we’ll end up debating semantics…but here’s my thinking. Television hit a tipping point - but channels (NBC) don’t. advertising. blogcouncil. bookmarking. clearspace. consultant.
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117 Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.
Convince & Convert
AUGUST 11, 2010
link] saving4someday Jay, I have been a long time lurker but wanted to wish you and your family all the best. In the meantime, I will look forward to conversing here and on FB and Twitter and to finding opportunities to hang out. But ultimately, it’s going to be worth it. Fully virtual, fully mobile. I appreciate you being there.
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115 The 23 Blogger Breeds—Which Are You?
ProBlogger
JULY 29, 2011
Aw, look at her beautiful blue Twitter and Facebook icon eyes and her cute little RSS nose. Social engineers are on Twitter and Facebook more than their own blog. If you’re constantly marketing (I’m talking to you, Twitter broadcasters) and selling, many people will grow weary of you and you could lose potential business.
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7 Practical Tips to Optimise the Results of Social Media
Razor Social
APRIL 14, 2021
Can you see how he has made this content stand out on Twitter and made it easy to consume? For example, things like story highlight covers may seem too small to worry about but this is a great opportunity to make a great first impression and convert lurkers to followers. Line breaks are simple ideas, right? And you also see captions.
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120 17 Plugins to Improve Your WordPress Blog
Ari Herzog
MARCH 3, 2011
Twitterlink Comments lets you input your Twitter username which converts that into a link for people to follow you. Contact Commenters , the subject of an earlier article illustrating how to turn a lurker into a user , enables me to target email messages to people who comment on specific posts or haven’t commented in a given period of time.
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20 Important TikTok Stats Marketers Need to Know in 2020
Hootsuite
MAY 7, 2020
However, it has already surpassed LinkedIn, Reddit, Snapchat, Twitter, and Pinterest. Especially since Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, and YouTube have all been blocked on the mainland. But for every two TikTok lurkers there’s about one creator: 34% of the app’s daily active users in the U.S.
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How to Make the Most of Your Social Media Budget
Sprout Social
OCTOBER 6, 2016
This keeps your fans engaged and turns lurkers into advocates for your brand. Here are some more free social media promotion ideas that only require time and creativity: Participate in Twitter chats. This means everyone is on board and can communicate in real time for greater success. Invest in your audience and your team.
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90 Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers
Ari Herzog
APRIL 18, 2012
You can understand that 90% of blog readers are lurkers but you don’t understand why you can’t tap into the Facebook market. Please continue reading Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers and leave a comment if inspired. Forget Increasing Twitter Followers or Facebook Fans – Be Meaningful Instead.
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Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers
Ari Herzog
APRIL 18, 2012
You can understand that 90% of blog readers are lurkers but you don’t understand why you can’t tap into the Facebook market. Please continue reading Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers and leave a comment if inspired. Forget Increasing Twitter Followers or Facebook Fans – Be Meaningful Instead.
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23 WordPress Plugins I Use: Part 5
Ari Herzog
OCTOBER 12, 2010
WP Twitip ID , brought to you by Andy Bailey, also responsible for CommentLuv, collaborated with Roger Byrne to enable you to add your Twitter username when adding a comment. Let me know if it doesn’t work for you. It’s further customized to work with the Thesis template.
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123 Blogosphere Trends + Effective Calls to Action
ProBlogger
APRIL 13, 2011
You know that most of your readers are lurkers, but how do you lure them out to become an active part of your community? Reach her on Twitter @kimber_regator and get free widgets for your blog from Regator. When the goal is interaction, offer some options. Drawing attention to your call to action is imperative.
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41 104 Fascinating Social Media and Marketing Statistics for 2014 (and 2015)
Webbiquity SMM
DECEMBER 2, 2014
7 Twitter Marketing Stats. The average time per month spent by users on Twitter is 170 minutes. Only about half of the people who log in to Twitter once a month are actually taking the time to tweet. The rest are lurkers. eBay is the most engaging brand on Twitter. Rocket Post ). Rocket Post ). Rocket Post ).
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How I Helped Make a Bland Blog an Overnight Success
Viper Chill
MARCH 11, 2010
If you enjoyed this post, you can: Save on Delicious Share on Facebook Print > [link] title="Click to send this page to Twitter!" I know it’s picky, but UpgradeReality doesn’t have over 1000 subscribers as anyone who looks at the FeedBurner stats and has followed Diggy’s quest on Twitter will know.
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78 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Tips, Guides, Tools and Strategies of 2010 (So Far)
Webbiquity SMM
AUGUST 16, 2010
HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace by Mashable. Andrew Ran Wong provides a valuable list of productivity tips for Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Google and other social networks to help readers get more done in less time. 8 brand personalities Facebook and Twitter users hate by iMedia Connection.
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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know
Hootsuite
MARCH 31, 2020
How the Twitter Algorithm Works. How to Use Twitter Analytics: The Complete Guide for Marketers. Blocked Twitter users won’t be able to add you to lists. Twitter chats, like the monthly #HootChat , are a prime example. How to Host a Successful Twitter Chat. Learn more: How the Facebook Algorithm Works.
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How I Went Viral on X (Formerly Twitter): An In-Depth Analysis
Buffer Social
DECEMBER 6, 2023
For me, it was LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter). Twitter growth for startups comes down to a (mostly) repeatable playbook. Anyone trying to grow a personal brand online eventually has to choose which social media platforms to focus on and why. Get his complete framework from this thread.
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Reddit Marketing: What Is Reddit & How Can You Use It As A Marketer?
Keyhole.co
MARCH 3, 2023
Reddit contrasts other social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where timelines and content are generally controlled by algorithms and user profiling. What is a lurker on Reddit? A lurker is someone who visits the site, but doesn’t post or participate in the conversations. Get started for free.
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