Comments on: A Secret to Writing Posts that Go Viral on Twitter

By: The Bushman

The Bushman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:43:42 +0000

This never occurred to me, now all I need is people to ReTweet!

By: UTP

UTP — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:20:56 +0000

Its the little things that count. Thanks for sharing. Good stuff…

By: Ms. Sanity

Ms. Sanity — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:15:15 +0000

I’m already addicted to twitter, and haven’t been using it that long. when shortening links I use the twitfox as my “platform” (it’s free) and also the (free/theoretically someday money-making) service at adjix.

By: Make Money Online Tips

Make Money Online Tips — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:15:52 +0000

So a short tweet is best for re-tweet. Hmmm short and sweet seems to work in the Twitter world.

By: Vern at AimforAwesome

Vern at AimforAwesome — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:38:35 +0000

Good points. And for content – I guess the topic ranges, depending what followers you have. I have a Thailand group and a personal development group so if I write something I want retweeted I should target one or both of those groups. Otherwise, fat chance.

Or, hit them with something universal. Comedy photos and videos is sometimes good for that. Sometimes my humor doesn’t really generalize to anyone else though. :(

I think I’ve been retweeted about 6 times in 3 weeks. Not stellar by anyone’s yardstick – but, working on it. Great post…

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:24:29 +0000

That’s an excellent reminder about Google. Longer titles, of course, allow for a more targeted audience, however, there is a compromise as you point out.

By: blogsarticle

blogsarticle — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:00:42 +0000

Good points on retweets, I have always wondered this when some of my posts have been retwittered on twitter. Also a great point about google..

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:35:01 +0000

Thanks for the tip on using Twitter. I would like to leverage Twitter and other social networking systems more than I currently do, so any tips are welcome. Priority number one in post titles for me in the past has always been accuracy, in that the title properly describes the content and uses the right keywords. After that, I’ve geared titles towards clarity and efficient use of words as I think in general a shorter clearly worded title that still covers the content properly is the best title to use.

By: krissy knox

krissy knox — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:41:53 +0000

Thanks for reminding us all about keeping our character length short enough on Twitter so that we can be RTed (retweeted). I know there have been times when I wanted to RT a fantastic post and couldn’t, b/c there just wasn’t enough room for me to tweet it. I even asked my followers a couple of weeks ago to please consider leaving enough space so I could RT their tweets. A few still don’t even understand what retweeting is, or how to do it. Now I can merely point them to this post of yours (either tweet it, or retweet it if someone already has tweeted). Thanks for the great post!

krissy knox :)
follow me on twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/iamkrissy

By: The Happy Housewife

The Happy Housewife — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:55:45 +0000

Great and timely tip. Just yesterday I found a something I wanted to RT but it was too long and I didn’t want to mess with editing it, so I didn’t.
Very informative.
Toni

By: ZK@Internet Marketing Blog

ZK@Internet Marketing Blog — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:54:02 +0000

I just follow your tips today and able to see the results. I just added my tricks as well. So that it can look much better and attractive as well.

By: ashok

ashok — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:13:34 +0000

Curious: is there a particular sort of post content that tends to go viral on Twitter?

By: ican't internet

ican't internet — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:10:22 +0000

Very good tip to get more retweets indeed, on the practical side at least… But, how do you get people to WANT to retweet your tweets?

By: Agent 001

Agent 001 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Google also takes (advises web masters) 65 characters for title tag.
I realized the fact about twitter that I need to shorten my URL when tweeting. So I use a plugin which shortens URL to 16 characters. I save many character. Using short titles is a good idea.

By: ZK@Internet Marketing Blog

ZK@Internet Marketing Blog — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:35:09 +0000

Wow logic with the perfect counting … you were good at maths. This post proved that … lolzz

I know only you can provide such in depth analysis on twitter and thanks god I am here :)

By: Jay Marlin

Jay Marlin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:41:46 +0000

In a tweet where I announce a new post, I’ll put the shortened url at the beginning of the tweet and follow w/ the post title. My logic being that if it get’s retweeted, the title will roll off the end, rather than the url.

By: Gary McElwain

Gary McElwain — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:38:44 +0000

Darren

Thanks for this great information. I didn’t give it much thought before
so thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Gary McElwain

By: Sheila Atwood

Sheila Atwood — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:41:09 +0000

I will often give up on RTs if it take me too long to get it under 140 characters. It would have to be a pretty important tweet for me to take the time. So this works for me.

Because the search engines cut your title down to 65-70 characters it is important to put your keywords first.

By: SpeedyPin

SpeedyPin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:42:03 +0000

Darren, I really enjoyed this post. Posts which offer real business examples are my favorite. Keep up the fantastic work!

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:06:20 +0000

Good tips, I have just started trying to get more traffic to my blog through twitter, thanks for the info.

-Jake