How to get your Tweets Retweeted
Twitter is a powerful tool for promoting a business, sharing personal information and spreading knowledge. You can increase your reach substantially if you can convince others to retweet your posts, especially if they possess a lot of followers. Different strategies can increase your chances of being retweeted.
• Send out interesting information
Tweet something that other people will want to retweet. Not too many people are going to retweet the fact that you ate a burrito for lunch. If you want people to send out the information, then make it something that they cannot resist sharing.
In general personal information and complaints do not get retweeted greatly. Some hot, new and interesting information is likely to go further. Also, people love to laugh, so adding something that is truly funny to your tweet may help to get it out there.
• Make quality tweets
Do not send out a tweet with a lot of typos or slang. Tweets are short by definition, thus if one is full of errors a follower is much less likely to want to share it with their own followers.
• Ask
It is amazing how powerful the simple statement “Retweet” can be. If you want others to retweet your work, then ask that they do, and you may get your wish. You can also ask in other fashions such as asking that they share your work with others.
• Consider hot subjects and proper nouns
People love to gossip about the hottest new celebrities and breaking news. You can include a celebrity’s name in your tweet, and other people may spread it around.
• Consider time/day of week
There are not a constant number of people on the computer at any given moment. The amount spikes and dips at different times of the day and different days of the week. One study found Fridays to be a particularly good time. Experiment with your tweets to see when your followers are most likely to retweet.
• Retweet others’ tweets
A lot of people retweet the work of those who retweet them. They may watch who does this service and try to reciprocate. Of course, you are not going to retweet every single tweet, however carefully choose some to send out to your followers. Share this fact with them, so that they know you are doing it. You may even want to talk to someone blatantly about retweeting each other’s work.
• Get followers that retweet
Some followers are more likely to retweet than others. You want to gain as many of these as possible. Obviously, you cannot typically tell when you connect with someone via Twitter, however you will get an idea as you read through their tweets.
If you want to maximize the chances of your tweets being retweeted, then take as many steps as possible to encourage this. As you navigate Twitter, evaluate your tweets make adjustments as necessary to get yourself the most reach. With careful planning, your words will get out there for the masses to read.
Resources:
• http://www.penn-olson.com/2009/07/30/6-types-of-tweets-that-get-retweeted/
• http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/dan-macsai/popwise/report-nine-scientifically-proven-ways-get-re-tweeted-twitter
• http://www.twitip.com/how-to-get-retweeted-the-formula/