How to score the coveted retweet
Posted: July 16, 2009
By: imediaconnection.com
The sincerest form of flattery today appears to be a retweet. Someone says to their Twitter followers, “Hey, this guy said something I thought you should all know.” It feels good. We want more. How do we get more and for what purpose? I’ve done a fair bit of research and have quite a bit of experience doing this, so here’s what I think. Please give me your thoughts in the comments below.
What does a retweet look like to you? Go to search.twitter.com and enter “RT @yourtwittername” to see which of your tweets have already been retweeted. Search for “RT @yourcompetitor’sname” to see which of their tweets have been retweeted. Then, start to classify what gets retweeted. Weed out retweets from your colleagues and close friends because they are supposed to retweet you. If my mom was on Twitter, I would likely have a lot more retweets……….[read entire story]
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