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ReTweeting is an action you wish your readers to take, and, like any other action, the best way to persuade people to do it is to ask them to.
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word “please” occurs in ReTweets far more often
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Other common calls to action
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he first few days of the business week, Monday through Wednesday, typically see more ReTweeting
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9am and 6pm
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seems to be important
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Time of day
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70% of all ReTweets contain a link.
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The likelihood of a tweet being ReTweeted increases dramatically each time it is ReTweeted.
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you have to “add value” in social media
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please RT
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- Check out…
- Follow this person
- Please vote
- Help me
- Questions, e.g. “What do you think of…”
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The first few days of the business week
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between 9am and 6pm EST
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70% of all ReTweets contain a link
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- How Tos and Instructional Content
- News, especially breaking news
- Warnings (like the DM phishing scam)
- Freebies and Contests
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(like the DM phishing scam)
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(like the DM phishing scam)
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Anita Cohen-WilliamsGood piece by Dan Zarella: 5 Steps to Going Viral on Twitter | @copyblogger http://ow.ly/3i0qr
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here are the 5 factors you need to take into account when trying to get your content to spread virally on Twitter.
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1. Call to Action
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the best way to persuade people to do it is to ask them to
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My research has shown that the word “please” occurs in ReTweets far more often than it occurs in other Tweets
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“please ReTweet” is the most common call to action and occurs in a large number of ReTweeted messages
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2. Timing
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The first few days of the business week, Monday through Wednesday, typically see more ReTweeting than Thursday, Friday and the weekend.
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Time of day also seems to be important; between 9am and 6pm EST the amount of ReTweets sees a sharp increase.
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3. Links
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almost 70% of all ReTweets contain a link.
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4. Social Proof
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Nearly every form of viral sharing that I’ve looked into includes some form of social proof. Humans have a natural tendency toward imitation
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5. Value
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A. T. Wyatt5 steps for going viral on twitter. Content and structure of tweets that get re-tweeted.
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Briana TomkinsonConcrete tips to make Tweets go viral. Common genres:
How Tos and Instructional Content
News, especially breaking news
Warnings (like the DM phishing scam)
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Roland GesthuizenGetting your content “ReTweeted” on Twitter (i.e. getting people to repeat what you’ve said, usually along with a link) can drive significant quality traffic to your site, which in turn can boost your subscriber numbers. So, how does ReTweeting happen, an
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seppkurtwann und was sollte man twittern damit es auch beachtet wird
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Amanda Lathamgreat to kno when you want ot get the word out
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Carl RempelValue: Every “social media expert” tells you that you have to “add value” in social media, and while I’ve been guilty of this a few times myself, “value” is far too nebulous a word to be considered useful advice. In the context of ReTweets, value comes i
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Lynne JonesTwitter is changing the way information spreads online. Links that would have been blogged a couple of years ago are now more often shared via the micro-blogging service instead, which fundamentally changes strategy when trying to get content to spread.
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Howard RheingoldTwitter is changing the way information spreads online. Links that would have been blogged a couple of years ago are now more often shared via the micro-blogging service instead, which fundamentally changes strategy when trying to get content to spread.
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Brent RossPublishers can complain and wistfully wish for the good old days of blog links and Google juice, or they can adapt to the new reality Twitter represents. Getting your content “ReTweeted” on Twitter (i.e. getting people to repeat what you’ve said, usually
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