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One of my favorite ways to get traffic through Twitter is by using a Retweet This button or text link, so that the traffic to a page can go viral.

In fact, you likely came to this page because of this strategy in action.

Here’s how you do it….

If you’re using WordPress, it’s simple enough just to get a plugin like TweetMeme, or to get a button from OnlyWire or SocialTwist.

But what about on your other sites, and on your teleseminar landing pages?

All you need to do is create a hyperlink with a few variables attached to the end of it.

Here’s the code to use for your link (URL) target:

http://twitter.com/home?status=your+message+goes+here+and+link+to+http://yourlink.com

Here’s an example you can test out for yourself.

http://twitter.com/home?status=RT+@BobTheTeacher:+simple+way+to+make+a+retweet+this+link+http://askbobtheteacher.com/blog/retweet-this

Go ahead and click it and login to Twitter to see what happens.

The + symbols will become spaces, and are necessary for sites like WelcomeToTheCall.com (Instant Teleseminar) or other sites that have a form field to enter your links. Without the +, the [space] creates a break in the link.

If you’re in the source code (HTML) of your page, you don’t need the + because you’re going to be able to enclose the entire link with quotes.

Since a lot of people may be tweeting the same thing, I personally like to turn mine into a retweet (like I did above). Notice how it starts with RT @BobTheTeacher:

This has the additional advantage of putting your username in the tweets, which makes it more likely for you to get more visibility.

You can do the same thing with quotes or anything else that you’d like to see go viral.

And now you know a simple secret that will send you more traffic with the help of Twitter!

Bob Jenkins

p.s. I’ll be sharing more social media traffic strategies when I speak at live events. To see where I’ll be teaching, check out my travel schedule.

p.p.s. This retweet this link also makes for a great affiliate tool with systems like Butterfly Marketing or Digital Access Pass that allow for dynamic affiliate links.