It might seem like the only things that affect the amount you get retweeted are your follower count and what you’re tweeting – but the timing of your tweets is just as important. You might notice that when you tweet at certain times of the day you get more retweets than when you tweet at others, and you’re not alone. Finding the best time to tweet is crucial to reaching the most engaged audience on Twitter – and Timely, a new app from Flowtown, will help you find that time-of-day sweet spot. For free.
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If you’re managing a small business Twitter account, you might want to dust off your “Famous Quotes Bathroom Reader” and start tweeting those notable quotes. According to a recent study, quotes are retweeted more than any other type of content on Twitter.
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There’s a new tool available for you to track the hottest links on Twitter from 100 of the top news sources online. Popshared.com offers you insight into what’s popular right now on Twitter in the world of tech and social media, showing you which stories have been retweeted the most in the past 24 hours.
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On the surface, Twitter is simple. 140 characters per message, retweet if you want to share something, find interesting people to follow… that’s all there is to it, really. But it’s when you get deeper into the measurements of success and the creation of strategy that Twitter starts becoming complex.

That’s why we’re excited to share this tool with you today: it boils things down to their simplest. By entering your Twitter username, you’ll be able to see what days and times your tweets get the most retweets.
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If you’re a prolific tweeter, you no doubt get dozens of retweets a day. And while that might boost your self-esteem, it can also cause a problem: since retweets usually include your username (at least old style retweets do), too many of them can mean actual @mentions get lost in the mix.

Here’s how to view all of your @mentions, but filter out the retweets, so you can focus on the accounts who are actually engaging you in conversations.
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If you’re like us, you obsessively check your @mentions first-thing when you log in to Twitter. It’s a thrill when you see your words retweeted by a follower. But beyond simply being exciting, there are tangible benefits to being retweeted. If you want in on the one piece of advice you’ll ever need to get retweeted, we’ve got it for you below.
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If you update a blog or any kind of website that publishes new content on a regular basis, adding the official Twitter button to your articles is a great way to let people easily share your stuff.

Even better, the button keeps a numerical tally of all the times that your item has been shared, which provides a fantastic indication of how well your work has been received, as well as an always-welcome massage for the ego.

But what if you want to know exactly who has been tweeting your stuff – how do you do that? Easy: just click on the number.

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You may have seen the offers in your DM box or your timeline: “Buy 10,000 Twitter followers now!” and “We’ll get you 200 retweets instantly!” Offers like these pop up in the Twitterverse from time to time, and if you have a nose for it, you’ll likely notice that they’re in the too-good-to-be-true category of things.

Buying followers or retweets doesn’t work on Twitter, plain and simple. You won’t find “instant success” through black-hat methods like this – you’re actually more likely to damage your Twitter reputation and destroy a perfectly good account.
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Just because businesses shut down on the weekends doesn’t mean Twitter does. There’s lots you can do on a lazy Sunday afternoon in only 10 minutes to make your next week of tweets a success.

This weekend, why not write out five retweetable tweets to space out throughout the week, to practice the art of crafting the perfect tweet?
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On Twitter, you can tweet all you want, but unless your tweets are actually being seen by people, they won’t have much of an impact. And while many people think having more followers means they’ll be listened to by more people, they’re dead wrong. Instead of paying 50 cents a follower or following back everyone who follows you, why not try this simple trick that will increase your exposure organically.
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