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Chris · 11 months ago

Great advice, as usual.

I like using Bit.ly for my shortening services because it keeps track of all sites you shorten, and then can go back and analyze the information for that link. It's quite handy, and it's even shorter than some others like tinyurl.

Marko Saric · 11 months ago

@Chris - I'll have to take a look at Bit.ly to see their tracking. TweetBurner could use some more options with analytics.

@Max - Good point!

@Gera - Oh I did not realize that some mobile phone and clients do not show the whole tweet. Will have to look into that.

@David Hobson - Wow impressive! I would have to take a look at that.

@Geoserv - Thanks and good luck on Twitter!

Max · 11 months ago

making the twitter post easy to retweet is good, keeping it short and not taking all the characters up allows people to add "retweet" to the message.

Gera · 11 months ago

Hi Marko!

An important point to remark is when you make a retweet try to change the order if possible to put the tiny url nearer at the beginning….the reason many people see the first characters in their mobile phones or other applications show the first ones… In that way you can increase the chance to someone to read it.
Other point is the difference of hours with your followers as well the quantity of them. This fact can determine the success of a retweet.

Great article …keep going and I'm retweeting it :)

David Hobson · 11 months ago

A great new plugin for tweeting is Tweetsuite. It enables your members to tweet your posts. I received over 1500 hits from twitter to one blog post thanks to the plugin.

Pliggs · 11 months ago

STUMBLED!

I haven't used Twitter much yet, I will need to now that I have read this great post.

Thanks.

Gerald Weber search engine mar · 11 months ago

You have a great point. I had a new blog post yesterday 10 Twitter Comandments and just tweeted it normally and it was without my encouragement retweeted in a balls to the walls fashion and went viral on Twitter yesterday. There is truly power in the retweet.

None I want comments on my blo · 11 months ago

well twitter is my favorite tool. This is really very good.

Derek · 11 months ago

Hey, I really useful post there. I don't spend enough time as I should to on Tweeter, but will be doing so from now on. :-) Derek

SusanMazza · 11 months ago

Great information esp for those of us learning to use twitter. Used your RT button - seemed cumbersome though, somehow it still seems easier to copy and past your url to a tweet box. I do that oftern. But maybe that is just me. Then again if someone isn't into that habit you haven't lost the opp of having them retweeting so I get the point.

Marty Thornley · 11 months ago

Great ideas for the use of the Twitter links. I have tried a couple of the Twitter Plugins for Wordpress and like the ideas, but found a few somewhat lacking. Using the simple link you provided and combining it with the permalink tag in wordpress could be a simple solution. And I see you included @yourname as the starter - I gotsta add that method to my links. Thank you!

zeeshan · 11 months ago

Nice post,
i wanna ask a question though,
how to put the retweet button???
i searched a lot didnt find anything like that ?
the only way i know someone can retweet is by doing it manually ...
it wud really help a lot if there is a shortcut to this.

Marko Saric · 11 months ago

@zeeshan - On Twitter.com you can only copy/paste retweets. If you use Twitter client like Tweetdeck.com you have a "RT" button showing alongside any tweet so it is much easier.
To make it easy for your visitors to retweet your stuff, either use a link like I did, or use a plugin like http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweet-this/ .

Rowell Dionicio · 11 months ago

I'm so amazed with what Twitter is capable of doing! The user clicked RT link is pretty smart to do. I've also seen more contests going on with Twitter. This year is going to be a year of innovative uses with Twitter.

Shane · 11 months ago

Kick-ass Thesis Mod you have here! Very nice.

I also love the fact that your form incluses a Twitter ID field. You are the first to do this I believe.

Regards
Shane

Scott Williams · 11 months ago

Good Stuff!

Tony Hereld · 11 months ago

Excellent article! As someone who is new to Twitter and social marketing, I found this very helpful, and will be using your tips on my own blog, SEO Builder.

jsinkeywest · 11 months ago

Hi great info
Off to that other post you have
Stumbled and Twit that ;)
Thanks

Arfan · 11 months ago

Great Post, I myself is having a twitter contest for a Free Apple Touch give away I had a contest last month for RSS subscriber and it went great, hopefully this goes as great as the last contest held =)

Robby G · 11 months ago

Very nice post. First time visiting your blog and I know it won't be the last time. Keep it up boss.

John Welsh · 11 months ago

Hi Marko
I stayed up to the early hours on Monday working out how to replicate your automatic reTweet link at the end of a post. Fo what it is worth, I thought I would give you some feedback.

1 I tried it on two posts, one that was a week old but very popular (about Twitter - surprise, surprise!) and the other was a new post. I managed it despite NO programming experience and a simple Wordpress.com platform. I was so proud of myself!

2) Within 24 hours, both posts had been reTweeted by people I do not know. Both had followers in the 200s. So my traffic shot up yesterday. I used Twitter Search to track any reTweeting.

So, a really great idea from you. Only one small tip from me

3) Make sure you add a space (%20) between the acronym RT and your Twitter name if you are following @yourTwittername. With no space, you also have to search Twittername. Probably obvious to others!

So, a big thank you!

Marko Saric · 11 months ago

@John Welsh - Very nice story, congratulations and thanks for the update! It just shows that it is possible and reaffirms my thinking that every blog/site should have "tweet this" instead of "email this" in their articles.

Sarah Thompson · 11 months ago

Really useful

Rowell Dionicio · 11 months ago

@John Welsh

Congratulations on the implementation! Looks like it really paid off

Tom · 10 months ago

I've posted some instructions on how to add retweet links to your blog entries automatically if you're using MoveableType, Wordpress or other blogging software that supports templates.

http://karlo.org/2009/01/add-retweet-links-to-your-blog.html

Geoffrey Gordon · 10 months ago

Great post, it has sound advice, i am already doing quite a bit of your suggestions, bt you have presented it out in a nice piratical way.

Christian · 9 months ago

Good Stuff! I have found great response to asking for a RT. However, choose to only do it on occation, and only on the good stuff!

Tia Singh aka @TiaSparkles · 9 months ago

Hi Marko, just found your blog thanks to a tweet :) I love the look of it and will be using your tips. On an aside, how long have you been blogging? Site's Alexa ranking is VERY impressive! My blog/site is about a month old and I'm always interested in knowing how long it took other to get great traffic, as well as methods used .. care to share? Thanks! Tia

Marko Saric · 9 months ago

@Tia Singh - Thanks for the nice words! I already did answer / share all the details you're interested in. Check out this post: How I got my blog from Google PR0 to PR4 in two months.

michelemeiche · 9 months ago

i got your link from dusyedwards on twitter & will RT
a lot of solid info here & written well.
ty
m :-)

Siaar · 8 months ago

I like this post and all the five plugins or methods these really helps to get more and more twitter followers : thanks to the author.

Matt Cheuvront · 8 months ago

Great advice. What I've found is that it's more important to simply get involved - retweet other's tweets, respond to others' questions and comments. Once you build a rapport with people, they will be happy to throw some PR your way. An ineffective promotion method is to simply send out a tweet every time you have a new blog post. Connect and engage with your followers, and they'll do the same in return.

ariff · 8 months ago

Great posst!

Tia Singh · 8 months ago

Thanks for the link Marko! Soaking up all the info :D Happy Easter! x

avaihooks · 8 months ago

mm.. thank you :)

Ashish Kalmegh · 6 months ago

hay than you for this tutorial .
Tell me how I can add the twitter box to my posts so that the users i.e. visitors can directly twitt this posts on my blog if they like ?

Marko Saric · 6 months ago

@Ashish Kalmegh - See how to add tweet this to your posts.

Ashish Kalmegh · 6 months ago

I have my blog on blogger . So how can I do this there ?

Marko Saric · 6 months ago

@Ashish Kalmegh - I don't know how to do it on Blogger. Switch to Wordpress to get all the customization and plugin opportunities.

Movie Reviews · 4 months ago

Thanks for the tips. I'll be a twitter wizz in no time. ;)

Bluray Maven · 4 months ago

Wow what a great blog. Glad I've found this link. I will definitely use the Twitter's plug-in to go viral. Awesome man. Thanks.