Your Twitter Landing Page

If you have a Twitter account, under the "Account" tab of your Settings you'll find place to enter a More Info URL.  Now most people just enter the URL of their Web site address or their blog.  For example, Covered Bridge Cellars Twitter profile links to their blog, as does El Jefe. On the other hand, Sol Rouge links to their winery's home page.

But there's something better you can do.

People who click on that link are expecting more information about you.  Don't just throw them onto your home page.  Create a Twitter Landing Page, specifically to address the questions of someone considering following you (or wondering whether to block you from following them).

Here's a terrific example of a Twitter Landing Page from Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.net, who also wrote this great post about how to create a Twitter Landing Page.  Although ProBlogger focuses a lot on how to make money from blogging, it has useful information for all bloggers about building traffic.

Comments

[Jeremy Cote]

Thanks for the mention Mike!

Here is a link to a tutorial for your readers that might be interested in customizing their Twitter landing page background with logo's, pictures, etc.

http://voltagecreative.com/blog/2008/11/5-steps-twitter-branding-profile-template/

The post includes a link to a pre-formated Photoshop template that makes positioning your graphics a breeze.

J

[Mike Duffy]

What a great tutorial for branding your Twitter home page (as distinct from the More Info URL). Thanks for the link, Jeremy!

[El Jefe]

hi Mike - Back when I started tweeting the convention seemed to be to list one's blog for the Web address, so I did that - based on the principle of being mindful of local customs when making a foray into a new social media site.

But that was then and now creating a proper landing page looks like a great idea - especially since I'm rolling out TYRCTWW this week and plan to make use of twitter for it.