Tag: Twitter Marketing

When it comes to twitter, everyone love to spend time but most people are not reading your tweets.

But that doesn’t mean that you can’t increase the number of people who are seeing them.

Retweet obviously solves the purpose by reaching more people. And if people like what you are sharing they might follow you back which ultimately increases your potential reach.

So, aparantly retweets not only it increases your reach but also can get you more followers.

And who doesn’t like to have a bit more than usual?

But with 1.3 billion active monthly users it is not that easy to get retweets on anything you tweet. You obviously need a push or retweet to get your tweets infront of more people.

So how can you get others to retweet your content?

In this post, I’ll show you 3 surefire ways to get more retweets on twitter without spending a dime.

1. Timing is The Key

The timing element has a huge impact on getting noticed. Posting at the right time, when most users are online can drive more retweets.

Recently Buffer analyzed 4.8 million tweets and found that evenings and late nights are the times when your tweet gets more engagement. But they also found that this varies in different time zones.

So you should experiment and find the times when your audience is online and most engaged. You can use tools like Tweriod or Buffer Optimal Scheduling Tool to find out the best time to tweet for you.

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2. Use Mini Infographics

Give your followers a sneak-peak of the content you’re sharing.

And visuals like mini infographics are perfect for this!

People love these mini-infographics on Twitter as it says much about what’s inside without having them click.

Not only on twitter but this type of content is frequently repinned on Pinterest too. These visuals are engaging and people naturally want to share them.

But how can you create these mini infographics without wasting much of your time?

Fiverr!

Just for $5 you can you can get a well-designed custom graphic image which your audience would love to share again and again.

Now when you are sharing your article on Twitter just add the mini infographic with the short URL rather than just URL or featured image of your post. This is more visually appealing and gives people something informative to share.

3. Tweak Your Best Tweets

You work hours on your blog posts and when it comes to promoting your blog post, don’t you think it deserves a lot more than a single tweet?

Tweet it multiple times to stand out and maintain momentum.

Now here is a mistake people often make…they tweet the same headline again and again.

When you repeat your tweet, tweak it a little bit. Don’t use the exact same tweet every time. Re-arrange words on your tweet, rewrite your blog post headlines, share excerpts from your post…try different thinks to see which one stands out.

Your followers might come across your similar tweets and if you don’t mix it up, you might look like a spammer and that’s not the image you want to portray, right?.

With 500 million tweets a day it is harder to get your tweets noticed but as long as you don’t spam, and add value, it’s a fair game.

Now if you are looking for more then this handy infographic from Quicksprout explains the art of getting more retweets.

Conclusion

Getting retweets isn’t magic, it’s a science.  If you follow these tactics it will surely help you to get people retweet your content.

Twitter is an eternal work in progress. So, don’t be afraid to do your own experiments. If you find one out of every 100 of your followers retweeting you then you are doing far better than almost anyone on twitter. So keep tweeting.

Now it’s your turn.

What about you? What other techniques do you use to get more retweets on twitter? Share your valuable inputs in the comments section below.

With 310 million monthly active users, Twitter is one of the biggest social media platforms around the world.

Earlier we talked about getting more Twitter followers but with around 7,000 tweets every second from all the users worldwide, it’s hard to stand out.

Many users sharing tons of content every day and no one seems to be interacting with them – It’s easy to get frustrated when people are not interacting with your tweets.

But, the BIG question is, how to get these users engage with your tweets?

In this post, I will share 3 tactics to increase your twitter engagement without spending a dime.

So let’s dive in.

#1. Use Twitter Cards

Still now twitter limits your tweet to 140 characters (even though everyone expecting for more) and sometimes it can be difficult to fit everything into it. But the good news is with Twitter cards you can do more.

Here’s how.

With twitter cards, you can add more content to your tweet with different card types such as the summary card, photo card, product card and a lot more. Well, cards surely make your tweet larger, engaging, dynamic and rich.

But before you start using twitter cards first you need to validate your website/blog with Twitter and then add twitter card meta data to your website/blog. It surely makes your posts more dynamic and can increase CTRs. Now if you wanna know how to install them to your site then check this guide here.

#2. Use Hashtags

Twitter hashtags: you might be saying yes I know that but what’s surprising is that only 24% of tweets contain hashtags.

And yes, you will also find people/brands using too many hashtags in their tweets.

So how is too many? As twitter suggests using up to two hashtags in a tweet. A study suggests that Tweets using more than two hashtags have a 17% drop in engagement.

Okay so let’s get down to the ultimate question, does twitter hashtags really increase engagement? In a study by Stone Temple Consulting shows that it does.

Just make sure that you follow along with the trending or industry-specific hashtags to improve your twitter engagement.

#3. Use Animated Gifs

Recently twitter introduced animated gifs and since it’s launch it has become a huge hit.

The GIFs are coming! Get ready to search and send GIFs in Tweets and Direct Messages: https://t.co/uk75stt1zN pic.twitter.com/1dDD1B4CW2

— Twitter (@twitter) February 17, 2016

Unlike images, GIFs also helps to improve twitter engagement massively. A study by Stone Temple Consulting shows that images increase 5 to 9 times as many retweets and 4 to 12 times as many favorites rather than tweets without images.

Since unveiling GIFs have become a great way to boost engagement and get more visibility on Twitter.

But the question is how do you create a GIF image for Twitter?

Now if you don’t want to use fancy software like Photoshop or Adobe Fireworks then you can use Microsoft Powerpoint and GifMaker.me to create a simple animated gif for free.

You can also use tools like Giphy to create these animated GIFs.

But REMEMBER one thing!

Never use animated GIFs on your profile picture because it might annoy users if they visit your profile and find the same tiny animation going over and over on each of your tweets.

If you are looking for more then this handy infographic from Quicksprout explains more ways to increase Twitter engagement.

Conclusion

With thousands of tweets every second it’s hard to stand out in the crowd. But with the average user following at least five businesses on twitter, there is no doubt that there are people interested in what you have to say. They are out there.  You just need to find them.

If you follow these 3 data driven tactics, it will surely help you to improve your twitter engagement in a very short amount of time.

Now it’s your turn.

What other tactics do you follow to get more twitter engagement? Share your valuable thoughts in the comments section below.