Everyone says a “Tweet” is 140 characters.
I say a GOOD Tweet is 120 characters because you want to leave room for one of the best things that happen on Twitter – the Re-Tweet (RT).
The reason you want to leave room for the RT is the link is usually at the end of the tweet – and if it goes over the limit the link will be broken and no one will be able to go to your site. Giving at least 20 characters to the RTer’s name, RT and a space and @ will keep the link intact.
I suggest using track-able links as a business and they are generally 18-20 characters long.
140 – 20 (for the RT) – 20 (for the trackable link) = 100 characters for the words!
What can you say in 100 charactrs – it’s hard enough in 140!
Example:
When you market something online make sure you give something away that people would want. Please RT. (100 characters)
As a business on Twitter you have to remember that Twitter is a SOCIAL network.
In my opinion that means you can tweet about your business, but you need to also show you are human. This is a very important point.
The world of human, authentic marketing is upon us and we need to slip into that way of thinking – where work and life are not separate – but one continuous whole.
Business + Human + RT + Sharing = Excellent Social Media Citizen!
Hi Phyllis.
Seems like we are not only sharing the same theme, but some of the same ideas on how to use Twitter.
I teach my audience the same – to stay within 120 – 125 characters if they want their tweets to be retweeted.
When your tweets goes viral then you start see the real power of Twitter. I you need to provide info beyond the 120-125 characters then guide your friends and followers to your blog. Here you provide additional pitch points.
Some advice on your theme that I had to do also; narrow your columns a little. The right column get cut in half on my monitor (even if you can use the slide bar to view it I found it more efficient to have to full view on my monitor..). I also took out the search bar that you have on the top right. The edit options on this theme is awesome, and set up so it is very easy to use. Don’t have to be an expert in design to use it and add your own little touch to it. Really cool..
Have not updated to the latest version yet. Might do that, have to see.
Cheers.. Are
Yes – love to tweak this blog theme! Just did a few things last night BUT for the life of me I can’t figure out why my banner images do not load in firefox or Flock.