Should I Get off Twitter If It Doesn't Result in Traffic?

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Pat Flynn

Business Advice, Marketing, Podcasting, Getting Started, Business Strategy, Business, Small Business, Passive Income, Online Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today’s question is from Jeff, whose site is https://newmiddleclassdad.com. He’s noticed that Twitter brings his website the least amount of traffic; should he curtail his activity on Twitter? Do you have a question about social media? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Today’s sponsor is FreshBooks. Go to http://www.freshbooks.com/askpat and enter “Ask Pat” in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	AskPath.
0:04.0	AskPath.com.com.
0:08.6	AskPath.com.
0:08.6	AskPaths.
0:10.6	Hey, what's up, everybody?
0:11.4	Pat Flynn here and welcome to episode 969 of Ask Pat.
0:15.1	Thank you so much for joining me today.
0:16.6	As always, I'm here to help you by answer your online business questions five days a week.
0:20.4	Sweet.
0:20.8	All right. Now, here is today's question from Jeff.
0:23.9	Hi, Pat.
0:24.7	Jeff Campbell here from new middleclassdad.com.
0:27.6	And thanks again for considering my questions.
0:30.5	I know I send you a few.
0:32.4	Hopefully you and your listeners find them of value.
0:36.3	My latest question pertains to my social channels and how much traffic they bring me to my website.
0:43.2	I find that I spend the most amount of time on Twitter, posting content, basically.
0:50.3	And Twitter actually brings me the least amount of traffic according to my Google Analytics.
0:55.1	Facebook and Pinterest bring the most, and even at this point, Instagram has surpassed Twitter in terms of bringing traffic to my website.
1:02.8	So I'm wondering, should I curtail or cut back my activity on Twitter and focus on where I'm getting the most bang for my buck?
1:10.4	Or should I consider continuing with Twitter
1:13.1	and just hoping that it grows in time eventually and becomes worthwhile?
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