psykoid.com » getting more traffic from twitter http://psykoid.com Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:40:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 9 ways to be retweeted on Twitter (statistics based:) http://psykoid.com/2009/10/9-ways-to-be-retweeted-on-twitter-statistics-based/ http://psykoid.com/2009/10/9-ways-to-be-retweeted-on-twitter-statistics-based/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:45:12 +0000 psykoid http://psykoid.com/?p=969 There are many people looking for ways to increase their Twitter followers, retweets and thus traffic to their websites and blogs. No wonder since it is already a proven fact that Twitter marketing is now much more powerful than email marketing. Consequent to Twitter becoming such a powerful and popular platform is the occurrence of many paid info and software products about Twitter marketing. To be honest with you – all of these products suck big time and in order to keep it ethical to some extent i won’t mention their names.

If getting more retweets is your case, then check out the study called The Science of Retweeting by Dan Zarrella. After having spent 9 months in analyzing 5 million tweets and 40 million retweets, he has now published his Nine tips and tricks on how to get retweeted on Twitter.

To those who are still wondering in why we need retweets, Dan Zarrella explains that retweets may seem like a small idea, but are applicable to the viral concept for other media.

Well, here are the key conclusions of his study:

1. The shortest links get the most retweets.

Retweets contain 3 times as many links as normal tweets. New URL shorteners such as bit.ly, ow.ly, is.gd are more popular than longer ones such as tinyurl.

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2. Ask for retweets.

Contrary to popular belief, it is favorable to you if you openly ask people to retweet you. According to Dan Zarrella, the words “please”, “retweet”, “check out”, and “new blog post” are often to be found in retweets.

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3. Be pertinent.

Facts such as you may not have slept well or are drinking wine right now do not interest anyone. If you do not have anything interesting to tweet, you better do not.

twitter_least_retweets

4. Do not use abbreviations.

Retweets contain more syllables per word than normal tweets and are more difficult to understand.

twitter_readability

5. Use punctuation marks, but avoid semicolons.

98% of retweets contain punctuation marks, while 86% of normal tweets do. The most popular punctuation marks in retweets are: the colon, the period, the exclamation mark, and finally the comma. Punctuation marks to avoid: the hyphen, the question mark, the ellipsis and the semicolon.

twitter_punctuation

6. Tweet original content.

This may sound banal, but is still important to mention: original content is retweeted much more than already known and popular information.

twitter_content

7. Use names.

Retweets mostly contain nouns, proper names and verbs in the third person (example: Lindsay Lohan escapes from rehab facility; ).

8. Be pertinent.

Tweets about work, religion, money, media and celebrities are retweetd more often than tweets containing vulgarities, negative emotions or ones that talk about the author himself.

twitter_topics

9. Wait for the ideal time to tweet.

Tweet on Friday afternoons at about 16:00. The proof is below…

twitter_time

Are you ready to tweet now : )

1. The shortest links get the most retweets.
Retweets contain 3 times as many links as normal tweets (19% vs. 57%). New services to shorten your URL such as bit.ly, ow.ly, and is.gd are more popular than longer ones like TinyURL.
2. Ask for retweets.
Contrary to what you might think, it is favorable to your tweet rate if you openly ask people to retweet you. According to Zarrella, the words “please”, “retweet”, “check out”, and “new blog post” are often found in retweets.
3. Be pertinent.
The fact that you may not have slept well or are eating a bagel doesn’t interest anyone. If you don’t have anything interesting to say, don’t tweet it.
4. Don’t use abbreviations.
Retweets contain more syllables per word than normal tweets and are more difficult to understand.
5. Use punctuation marks, but avoid semicolons.
98% of retweets contain punctuation marks (only 86% of normal tweets do). The most popular punctuation marks in retweets are: the colon, the period, the exclamation point, and finally the comma. Punctuation marks to avoid: the hyphen, the question mark, the ellipsis and the semicolon.
6. Tweet original content.
It may be banal, but we can’t stress it enough: original content is retweeted much more than already known information.
7. Use names.
Most retweets contain more nouns, proper names, and verbs in the third person (example: Lindsay Lohan Escapes From Rehab Facility).
8. Be pertinent.
Tweets touching on work, religion, money, media and celebrities are retweeted more often than tweets containing vulgarities, negative emotions, or ones that talk about the author himself.
9. Wait for the ideal time to tweet.
Tweet on Friday afternoons at 16:00. The proof is below…
Are you ready to change the way you tweet? On your marks, get set, tweet!

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