Twitter: What Happens When a Startup is Retweeted to 100k+ People

17 pointsvuzum12y ago8 comments

So... today was an interesting day for us at Blogvio(http://www.blogvio.com).

Cendrine, a Twitter user, reviewed Blogvio on her blog and shared the link here: https://twitter.com/cendrinemedia/status/397851160976961536

She has little over 5000 followers. The craziness comes next. :-)

We start to get quite a few retweets and decide to see what's the buzz about. We didn't do anything special to promote Blogvio yet, so what's up?

Using TweetDeck we respond quickly to all comments and tweets, then we dive deep. What we find out is that the tweet has been retweeted many times, and combined was sent to more than 100k users in just 6 hours.

One: https://twitter.com/TheTysonReport/status/398070101934497793

And Two: https://twitter.com/AnnettaPowell/status/398054249277300736

This came as a surprise, since we tried two days ago to buy Twitter Ads and were not able to (not in US).

So we went straight to Google Analytics. And the question is.. what do you think has happened, especially since Twitter just went public today? :-)

Then we'll share some screenshots from Google Analytics every day. But I'd love to let you guess. :)

8 comments

vuzumOP12y ago

The trend seems to be going up, but I am really curious to know what kind of traffic you guys expect when 100.000 somewhat targeted followers see a retweet about Blogvio, a tool they potentially can use.

Here's the first screenshot, next one coming on Monday: http://o7.no/1bikU1r

vuzumOP12y ago

We don't plan to share any numbers yet. We think it makes it more interesting to hear your expectations first.

vuzumOP12y ago

This is my conversation with Marta from Twitter. Her answer was no. http://o7.no/1c0diR2

Interesting that we got the eyeballs out of chance two days later. :-)

ratsimihah12y ago

One trivial guess is a huge spike in your number of visits.

vuzumOP12y ago

Nope. :)

vuzumOP12y ago

Try another guess. :)

ktsmith12y ago

Twitter is full of bots so retweets mean nothing.

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