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Every social network has algorithms dictating when your posts will be displayed to your followers, and so does Twitter.
When you consider that over 5,787 tweets are sent every second, it becomes clear that you need an ace up your sleeve to make sure your tweet stands out in the crowd and captures the interest of your leads.
Fortunately, Twitter decided to go back to serving tweets chronologically. To put it simply: your followers will be seeing the recent tweets first.
However, the quality algorithm is still at play for its prominent Top Tweets feed feature.
So if you want to increase your lead generation through Twitter, you’re going to need to know the optimal posting times because of both the chronological feed and the Top Tweets feature.
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Ideally, you should be posting when the majority of your followers are active.
There are two reasons for that:
According to Hootsuite, the general best time to post on Twitter is 3 p.m. on weekdays.
However, you can also use Twitter Analytics to get the first-hand info on when your followers are active.
Using Twitter Analytics to Find the Best Twitter Posting Time and Increase Online Visibility
Twitter Analytics is a very handy tool that will show you the engagement rate you get on your posts, the demographic and psychographic breakdown of your audience, and yes – of course – the optimal posting times.
However, keep an eye out for different time zones.
If a lot of your leads live in different parts of the world, chances are their 3 p.m. may not be your 3 p.m.
This is why it’s good to be consistent with your tweets. Especially since a tweet’s half- life is 24 minutes.
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If you use Twitter Analytics, you’ll see a breakdown of the times when your followers are most active.
Use it to identify peaks, and longer high-activity periods.
And finally, make sure you’re consistent!
There’s nothing like timely and relevant content being served often enough to turn those leads into customers.