From the category archives:
Retweeting has become a great way to find quality information through Twitter. New, more advanced, Twitter monitoring tools have made it easier to drown out a lot of the noise and focus on the quality posts being shared. It’s not fool proof as popularity and quality battle for the number one spots. You’ll almost always [...]
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Funny how everyone is all up in arms about Twitter’s most recent changes.
Small Settings Update
We’ve updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter regarding replies. Based on usage patterns and feedback, we’ve learned most people want to see when someone they follow replies to another person they follow—it’s a [...]
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TweetSuite
TweetSuite is an excellent plugin developed by ’social & viral marketing scientist’ Dan Zarrella. It started off as a plugin that returned all ReTweets of a post and has turned into a complete Twitter/Wordpress solution.
Features include:
Server-side (no-JS or remote calls) TweetBacks
ReTweet-This buttons for each TweetBack
A digg-like Tweet-This Button
Automatic Tweeting of new posts
A Most-Tweeted Widget
A Recently-Tweeted [...]
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I talked a little about my Twitter following strategy back in a previous post but I wanted to expand a bit.
First you should know I am a very active follower. I take recommendations very seriously as well as any incoming replies.
Then there is my ’social media’ inbox. I’ve basically just set my GMail to move [...]
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Looking around the Twittersphere these days begs the question “How much of people’s daily Twittering is done by Robots”?
Well the answer is Too Much.
Why do I not like Auto-DMs/replies?
I like to use Twitter as a means of connecting with other people in real time. When I get a DM or a reply, I hop on [...]
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My name is Jonathan Bishop and I make websites. I work and play in social media and continue to further my understanding of these interactive technologies.
How Much Value Is In A ReTweet?
by Jon Bishop on May 11, 2009
in Rant, Twitter
ReTweeting is the act of re-posting someones tweet on Twitter by copying their message and adding the prefix “RT @username“. The idea is that you are passing on a tweet or a link that you like and think your followers would also enjoy. It’s also a great way of letting someone know you liked what [...]
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