Easy Ways to Get More Retweets on #Twitter

 

So, you’ve been using Twitter for a while. You’ve mastered the basics, got to grips with hashtags and figured out who to follow.

Now: how do you get more retweets?

Answer: you have to do some work. You can’t just put anything out there and expect people to happily share it with friends, family and colleagues. It’s different for celebrities and it’s different for the big brands – they can get away with just about anything. For common or garden users such as you and me, the rules are different. Getting a lot of retweets takes work – a lot of it.

Thankfully, there are some shortcuts. Here are 10 easy ways to get more retweets.

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1. Share original content

Everybody loves to be the first to retweet the new stuff. By reacting quickly to breaking news or creating original content you will automatically increase your chances of being retweeted.

2. Be unique

If you can’t be the first to break a story, be the first to make it interesting. Put your own unique spin on third party content.

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3. Give the people what they want

Figure out exactly what it is that your Twitter followers expect from you. They followed you for a reason – give them what they want. Repeat.

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4. Always, always, always upload a picture

Tweets with images generate 150 percent more retweets than text-only tweets. Always include a picture, and always upload it directly on to Twitter so it’s instantly visible in the timeline – don’t link to a third party photo host (i.e., Instagram) where it requires an extra click to be seen.

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5. Leave plenty of extra space in your tweet

Not everybody uses Twitter’s built-in retweet button. Some people – and this includes millions of veteran users – prefer to retweet manually via the old-school RT @ or “quote tweet” method. Often they do this to add their own comments to your tweet, so get in the habit of writing tweets to a maximum of 100 characters – this leaves plenty of room for old-fashioned retweeting.

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6. Retweet others

It has to work both ways. Retweet other people regularly and they’re far more likely to return the favour.