Want retweets? Ask for them

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Sometimes, just offering quality content in your tweets isn’t enough. Sometimes, taking the plunge and asking for a “retweet” or “RT” can make all the difference.

Salesforce found that tweets that explicitly asked followers to retweet them received a 12x higher click rate than those that didn’t. When “retweet” is spelled out (in full), the retweet rate is 23x higher than average. When the abbreviation “RT” is used , the retweet rate is 10x higher .

Tweet performance with "retweet" vs "RT"

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Note: While RTing is an effective way to mail marketing to doctors do it, make sure to do it sparingly . To keep the request effective, only use it in special circumstances that are of value to your audience.



5. Use action words, like “download”
According to Twitter, using actionable words like “download” will increase your clicks by 13%



6. Recycle tweets
Two identical tweets receive almost the same amount of clicks (140 vs 132 clicks). Make sure to post them at a spaced interval if you want to increase conversions on Twitter without much effort.



7. Tweet about… Twitter
When tweeting about blog posts or offers related to Twitter or social media topics in general, these tweets receive, on average, 22.5% more clicks than other types of tweets.

[Tweet “Tweets containing less than 100 characters receive +17% engagement #Twitter”]



8. Don't worry if you have few followers
Social media monitoring site Mention analyzed more than a trillion social mentions over the past two years, and found that…

[Tweet “91% of mentions on #Twitter come from users with less than 500 followers”]



9. Want retweets? Schedule your tweets for the evening
Trackmaven analyzed over 1.7 million tweets and found that the best time of day to tweet (for retweets) is after hours, between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.



10. Respond, your customers expect it
According to Lithium, 53% of users who tweet at a brand expect a response within an hour . The percentage rises to 72% for those who tweet to make a complaint .

Any of your customers can be an ambassador for your brand, regardless of their number of followers. With minimal effort, you can turn someone who has only mentioned you once into an active user who interacts and recommends your products and/or services.

Make a difference and turn a discrete product into a viral and extraordinary product in a short time by applying good techniques to increase conversions on Twitter. Even by sending a simple “Thank you!”