Twitter, a popular micro-blogging site, can not only help
you stay in touch but it can help you get your own message
to the millions of other people using Twitter. Retweets
occur when one member re-posts another user's message while
giving credit to the original tweeter. This not only can
help you spread your message, it can also attract attention
to your Twitter page. Here are some tips on how to get
retweeted:
1. You need to post about something unusual that most
people have not already heard about, something that will
draw people's attention. Whenever possible, include a link
that can back up your post.
2. Links to eye-catching photographs often get retweeted as
well. There are lots of free photo hosting services, such
as Flickr or TwitPic, that will host your image if
necessary.
3. Using certain words, phrases, or hashtags can get your
posts automatically retweeted by category-specific "bots"
on Twitter.
4. Joining the "followings" of other Twitter members and
making retweets of their posts (when justified) may help
you get retweeted.
5. Link to your message from a web site or regular blog.
The chance for your post to get retweeted is influenced by
how many people initially see it.
6. Asking people for retweets of a post is sometimes
effective, but only if the message is particularly
compelling and you should limit such requests.
7. Try to fit adequate information in your "tweet", but do
not use so many acronyms and abbreviations that it becomes
hard to understand. There are only 140 characters allowed
per tweet so you have to learn to make it short and sweet.
Always writing about typical, everyday tasks and
occurrences is not likely to get you retweeted. The same
goes for mundane details about running your business, links
with no explanation, or complaints about the weather.
Check out the other posts that have been retweeted to help
generate ideas on how to get retweets. Identifying
retweeted messages is easy. The acronym "RT" appears to
the left of the message. Searching for "RT" on Twitter's
homepage is a great way to see recent examples of retweets.
Some of the retweets on Twitter have offered memorable
quotes, links to articles on using Twitter, information
about breaking news events, and links to various "Top Ten"
lists on other sites. Internet and computer related issues
are often popular.
In the end, if you want to get your messages retweeted on
Twitter, you need to catch people's attention using
interesting and original ways. Timing also holds much
importance; sometimes you must be very quick to post about
a subject before another Twitter user does the same and is
the first to get retweeted.
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Chuck Aikens has been in Internet Marketing since 1997. His
Denver based company, http://www.Volume9Inc.com , provides
internet marketing services through Market Vertical
Partners & Booyah SEO. Follow me at
http://www.twitter.com/chuckaikens
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