Is Twitter Still Worth Using? | Ep. #186

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In Episode #186, Eric and Neil discuss if Twitter is still worth using. Tune in to find out if Twitter is really dead and what alternatives you can use to effectively increase your traffic. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: Is Twitter Still Worth Using? 00:35 – Eric doesn’t use Twitter to engage with people 00:46 – Eric searches Twitter to find out what people are looking for on this platform 01:00 – Eric follows venture capitalists, founders, and SEOs 01:11 – Twitbot’s integration is useful for Eric to read news later 02:00 – “I wouldn’t use Twitter. It’s dead.” 02:27 – Neil’s number of followers is much bigger than the traffic he’s getting 02:47 – Neil’s Facebook traffic is 244K from his fan page 03:10 – Neil’s Twitter traffic is just 2% of his followers while he gets 38% traffic from Facebook 04:43 – Twitter is a waste of time to generate traffic 04:51 – Twitter is still relevant for content ideas 05:00 – You can now livestream for your Twitter app 05:28 – “Facebook is crushing everyone now with Instagram and Facebook live” 05:39 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Twitter still has its benefits and one of them is their search feature. Twitter is NOT the most advantageous platform to generate traffic—Facebook is. Facebook is crushing everyone with Instagram and Facebook live. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu

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0:00.0	Get ready for your daily dose of marketing strategies and tactics from
0:06.8	entrepreneurs with the guile and experience to help you find success in any
0:11.4	marketing capacity. You're listening to marketing school
0:14.5	with your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:49.7	to improve your low time. Welcome to another episode of marketing school.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Sue.
0:56.0	And I'm Neil Patel.
0:57.0	And today we're going to talk about,
0:59.0	is Twitter still worth using?
1:02.0	So from my experience, I mean, me using Twitter,
1:04.4	I actually do open Twitter every single day,
1:06.6	but here's the thing.
1:07.3	I don't use Twitter to really engage with other people.
1:10.1	That's the sad part, even though my Twitter following
1:12.1	is probably the most legit following that I built up over time.
1:15.9	It's the most organic, I should say.
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