Retweets for Week Ending 2/27 Please be KIND and RT others who RT your posts

hi everyone! starting the week off early.. Please note that these are RTS for the week beginning today

Please don't forget to RT everyone elses to keep our group going strong! have a wonderful week!!

1) 140 characters + spaces .. including RT @yourtwittername

2) If you post a RT and it gets RT'd
you have to RT something from the person who RT'd your post

3) if you have a limited time RT please indicate that it has a deadline. Please include a
DO NOT POST AFTER XX/XX date..
because posting after a sale is over or a contest is over wastes the time of the person who posts it, RTs it and also the consumer who clicks on the link and finds that the event is long done.

4) please use URL shorteners and also you can
advance schedule posts & TWEETS across the week. -- I have managed every post to hit 2x a week

5) if you have any questions just ask us!! thank you,

Shelley & Stevie

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Permalink Reply by Shelly on February 21, 2011 at 10:17am

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Permalink Reply by debbie north on February 21, 2011 at 10:52am

I'm going to give it a try. Thank you

stevie said:

Hello Debs

did you read the instructions on the front page of the forum? Here they are again

first question-- do you use twitter? can you write a 140 character & space synposis of what you want to say?

You want to get your new site/blog info out on twitter and get it visibile. This group specifically helps you do that! Below are the directions on how to post RT (re-tweets) However there are very specific things you need to do to 1) get it RT'd and 2) If you are getting your RT's posted, you MUST post a RT for the people who post yours. If you don't the entire group suffers and the its purpose fails!
A new discussion with this title will be posted every Sunday so we know which retweets are current

Please post your 140 character (or less) message that you'd like others to tweet about in the Discussion Forum thread "Retweets for the Week".

Specifics: Tips to be sure you get the Re-tweets: HOW TO WRITE YOUR post for RE-TWEETING (or RT) :

1) Use RT @yourtwittername Don't exceed 140 characters/spaces & RT@yourtwittername to ensure you get re-tweeted

Your post to twitter this please should look like this example below:
RT @julieFBT Have u declared the American Cancer Society as the official sponsor of your birthday? http://budurl.com/ACSMoreBdays

2)How to POST a RT on twitter.com. Suggest you use various social media tweeting tools to schedule in advance and thus you aren't dumping a ton of tweets at the same time (some consider that tweet-spamming). It helps create more visibility for your twitter account if you spread them across several hours
copy/paste what you see on the listings and using any of the means available to you :
twitter.com ; bit.ly,--these will not appear on FB bec of some bot issues there; sharethis.com

hootsuite.com/dashboard,

twaitter.com

socialoomph.com

the BOLDED 3 allow you to shorten URLS + advance schedule your posts up to 5 mins or even do repeat scheduling of your or other posts for days ahead.

By making it easy for you to schedule things across the day/night (or more), it gives you and the RTs you created more visibility particularly if you want to RT the same post(s) over several days.

It should look like this when you paste it in: Example:
RT @julieFBT Have u declared the American Cancer Society as the official sponsor of your birthday? http://budurl.com/ACSMoreBdays

3)Using twitter incorrectly can cause people not to follow you or to lose followers. Posting just a url -- not shortening a URL- not indicating what it's about could do that.
Example: ( from twitter -- this was a "RT" )
http://www.la-story.com/food_trends/getting_good_crunchy_with_healt...

no @thetwittername, no shortened url, no comment like "sounds yummy makes it incorrect, less interesting to others on twitter and could possibly be a virus link
. There's a lot of malware going on out there; no one wants to be taken to a porn site or be told they have contracted a virus.

It also shows twitter-verse (twitter universe) that you don't know how to use twitter. It takes time to learn but we are making it easier for you but giving you these tips.

The group here won't post those type of RT requests. You really need to give us the tightest RT @yourtwittername post as possible and we will do it for you (and you will do it for others)

4)Be careful in what you are reading and what you are posting-- make it interesting, useful. If you are RTing the same post 3 different ways each day -- that's going to blow your twitter status and could hurt those who rt for you as well

Please be specific in the description. (ie don't write "read this post or blog" Tell someone what it's about. example: "Check this post abt great holiday meals r less"

RT's should be of value to your followers Twitter and social media is supposed to be a tool for CONVERSATION.
(Sample: meaningful content, a great video, good information or something from someone else that you think has value ..I think you get the idea.) Particularly smart is finding something else on twitter.com to post on this board bec it shows social media savvy and that you aren't just dropping stuff here. IF you found it useful or helpful.. please post it.

6)Indicate time-sensitive posts if limited time or one day only sales. If you can a contest, please note that too bec some people will pick that up more often

7)Twitter reserves the right to cancel or suspend accounts that seem like SPAM so take time to delete them later

8)Do not try to sell your products and services to others, that isn't the point/purpose of social media. You can post information like this on your page.

9) Do not ask for feedback about your blog or business or put full blog posts on this page

10) Look at the number of RT's you list here.
Be careful/mindful of the number of re- tweets you are asking people post so they don't get upset -- meaning you can post 5-6 if you don't post tweets on this board every day.

If you are posting the same tweet every day, or every week, then you need to work on changing the focus of that tweet.

You can post re-writes of the same tweet for different days, but not rewrites of the same tweet/post in the same day>do you see the difference?

11)Members can pick or choose wich messages they would like to retweet. Evaluate your tweets.

. 12) Posting a "thanx for the RT" on twitter is not enough. RT something of each person who has RT'd your posts.
Put the "thanks 4 the RT @yournamehere here on this board. "

debbie north said:

I'm sorry... But I still don't understand how to retweet.

Debs

Permalink Reply by debbie north on February 21, 2011 at 10:57am

This is my first attempt. Here goes!

RT @VInny00V Enjoy the vinny stories at vinnybear00v.wordpress,com

Permalink Reply by Olfa on February 21, 2011 at 12:13pm

RT or scheduled.

Have a great evening

Olfa

Permalink Reply by debbie north on February 21, 2011 at 12:18pm

RT please

Permalink Reply by Tara V. on February 21, 2011 at 3:30pm

Everyone has been tweeted and scheduled. Here are mine for the week

RT @fabshoppingmom Six Must Have Cell Phone Accessories For The iPhone http://bit.ly/fsCvZN

RT @fabshoppingmom Energy Bill Breaking the Bank? 5 Easy (and Cheap) Ways to #Green Your Home http://bit.ly/gupiQp #eco

RT @fabshoppingmom Sleep Comfortable With A Quality @Amerisleep Mattress + Tips For Selecting A Good Bed http://bit.ly/iihvJe #health

Permalink Reply by Stacey Marmolejo on February 21, 2011 at 6:59pm

Hey Debs,

Change the comma to a period (fullstop if you're English)before "com" and add http://www. at the beginning and you've got it!

So it'll be

RT @VInny00V Enjoy the vinny stories at http://www.vinnybear00v.wordpress.com

You might want to pick something out of 1 of your stories to promote rather than stories in general. But technically, this is the link you want to provide.

It'll get easier with time. Read some other people's RTs and you'll start to get a sense of what to write.

WELCOME!
debbie north said:

This is my first attempt. Here goes!

RT @VInny00V Enjoy the vinny stories at vinnybear00v.wordpress,com

Permalink Reply by Tara V. on February 21, 2011 at 11:32pm

Here is one more for me

Jeep Liberty Limited Stroller Review & #Giveaway from @kolcraft and @FabShoppingMom. http://bit.ly/dN9yXZ #baby #win #giveaways

Permalink Reply by Reanna Pettigrew on February 22, 2011 at 3:13am

Hi Debs,

To RT other people, you just copy a line from one of the replies above that starts with 'RT' all the way through to the bit.ly link and paste that into your tweet box on Twitter.

To write the RTs for yourself you'd like others to retweet, start with RT, the '@' sign and your twitter name (so people can find you) and then put whatever message you want and a link to where you want people to go - like to a blog post or something. You shorten the links you want to post on Twitter here at: http://bit.ly/ - to use that, just paste in the link of the page you want to shorten and then copy the link bit.ly spits out for you and put it in the RT you're writing. All RTs have to be able to fit into a Twitter update, so don't make them longer than 140 characters long. Hope that helps!

debbie north said:

I'm sorry... But I still don't understand how to retweet.

Debs

Permalink Reply by Kathy Janitz on February 22, 2011 at 3:37am

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Permalink Reply by debbie north on February 22, 2011 at 5:16am

Hi there,

I think I have got the hang of it now... have RT quite a few already!

Please could you RT this

RT @VInny00V new blog posted at vinnybear00v.wordpress.com

Permalink Reply by Sharon MIller on February 22, 2011 at 7:41am