How-To: Get Re-Tweeted
This will be my shortest blog post ever.
Because it's about Twitter.
And you don't have much space to say something important.
So here's a quick tip that I believe is the foundation for re-tweetification:
Structure tweets in such a way that you leave at least 10-15 characters for an RT, HT or "via" plus your Twitter handle.
Because it's about Twitter.
And you don't have much space to say something important.
So here's a quick tip that I believe is the foundation for re-tweetification:
Structure tweets in such a way that you leave at least 10-15 characters for an RT, HT or "via" plus your Twitter handle.
For me, that's 13 characters for "RT @krazykriz".
So I feel as if I never have 140 characters.
I've got 127...
...that is, if I want to make it easy for people to re-tweet me.
I suppose it seems intuitive or simple, but I often need to play with some tweets quite a bit before RT'ing.
And I love what they've said and want to share it right away!
What are your thoughts on this idea? Do you do the same?
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Comment by Andrew Krzmarzick on February 18, 2010 at 3:53pm - Joey - Soon enough, my friend, soon enough! Welcome back to real life...but in a fog, I am sure.
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Comment by Joey White on February 18, 2010 at 3:18pm - @Andrew - First day back in the office! But you're right, free time for clicking links is quickly dwindling...I suppose that's true for both of us. ;)
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Comment by Andrew Krzmarzick on February 18, 2010 at 3:16pm
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Thanks, Chinchu...
@Joey - You are supposed to be taking care of twins, my friend! No wonder you don't have time for long downloads of links ;-)
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Comment by Joey White on February 18, 2010 at 3:13pm
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I hardly read people who almost exclusively send retweets or even links. I read a lot from my phone and there's no telling what kind of website a shortened URL will take me to. Some are fine and others chew up way too much memory for a phone if the site isn't adapated to mobile phones. So I tend to prefer original material or retweets that are interesting and don't require a link.
Don't get me wrong, links are good, but not at 70% usage in my opinion.
And I agree on keeping tweets shorter. I try (and often fail) to do that. Short names help too (my username is 7 characters). Good post and discussion!
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Comment by Chinchu on February 18, 2010 at 12:56pm
- Good one and Innovative
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Comment by Adriel Hampton on February 17, 2010 at 11:55pm -
Andrea, problem with the Twitter function is that the RT looks OK there, but all over elsewhere, apps are cutting off the end of the tweet. Though I like Twitter.com a lot, they did us a disservice by letting 3rd party apps flourish and then creating a RT system that doesn't translate well to those apps.
Chris, if influence is the goal, I advise more like 50-70 percent conversation, and a few really good links. Because everybody and their aunts and uncles are doing the link-heavy thing.
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Comment by Andrew Krzmarzick on February 17, 2010 at 7:04pm
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Andrea - who still uses the original Twitter app? ;-)
Since I haven't used it in a looooong time...what does it do? Auto-truncate?
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Comment by Andrea Baker on February 17, 2010 at 5:53pm - Of course, if you retweet via the twitter app itself, then you don't need to shorten the tweet at all.
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Comment by Andrew Krzmarzick on February 17, 2010 at 5:38pm
- Thank you, John.
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Comment by John Moore on February 17, 2010 at 5:22pm - Great tips Andy.
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