I Thought Twitter Was My Growth Engine–Turns Out It Was a Mirage Posted by benchmarkapp on Thursday June 05, 2025 @05:35AM from the news.seoforfounders.com dept. https://news.seoforfounders.com/p/seo-myth-busting-4-i-don-t-need-seo-i-m-active-on-x-twitter ( 1 comment | 3 points | on HN )
I posted daily. Got likes, retweets, even grow at 10k+ followers.
But when I looked at the actual numbers across my SaaS projects, reality hit hard:
- 72% of signups came from SEO. - Less than 8% came from Twitter.
That’s when it clicked:
- Tweets vanish in 24h
- Blog posts rank for years
- Twitter interrupts, SEO matches intent
Social is a spark — SEO is the engine
Now I repurpose my best tweets into blog posts, link them from landing pages, and pitch them to niche newsletters. Nothing fancy. Just consistent.
Curious: Anyone else feeling this shift? What’s working for you to turn attention into lasting traffic?