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10 Ways I like to Thank Twitter Followers for Retweets. Have you ever grown tired of seeing a flood of @mentions…@mentions “Thanks for the RT!”

10 Ways I like to Thank Twitter Followers for Retweets

On Twitter? I have to say, it’s not the most interesting thing to read. Even though it’s a nice gesture, it doesn’t always convey the weight of what a retweet really means to me. It really falls flat in comparison to the real gratitude I feel when I see an RT @mention pop-up on my screen. My Twitter followers may not always know it, but many times, instead of taking up space in the stream just to say “thank you,” I like to go beyond those two simple words. When I see someone has retweeted or done something to promote a post of mine, I like to return the favor in unexpected ways. I do it because I want to get to know the people who thought enough of me to follow me on Twitter and tweet my posts. These are just a few of the ways I say thank you. What other creative ways could you add to say “thank you” and make your followers feel special? Image Credit. Finding Twitter Followers. Regardless of how you use Twitter, there’s one thing you don’t need to worry about half as much as many people do.

Finding Twitter Followers

I’m talking about mutual/reciprocal following. When I started using Twunfollow to see who was unfollowing me, I was shocked by one single thing. Not the number of people unfollowing me, not a load of people who I thought of as great contacts, not anything negative at all. The one thing that surprised me was the number of users who would follow me and unfollow me within a day or two. If I didn’t instantly follow back, I was swept aside. Most users using an aggressive follow/unfollow technique consist of: spam accounts;promotional accounts;people/brands trying to push their ’social media expertise’;users boasting how many followers they can get.

I don’t understand why anyone still sees value in obtaining so many pointless follows like this. Boasting the number of followers you have is no longer a big deal. Does creating hashtags and trending topics on Twitter actually work? Everywhere I go now I see people advertising hasthtags and trying to get things trending on Twitter.

Does creating hashtags and trending topics on Twitter actually work?

I saw about ten examples at the weekend alone. Movie trailers. On outdoor advertising, pushed during TV shows. On food packaging and in restaurants. People have suddenly gone #hashtag mad. The aim that most people have is to create "word of mouth" marketing where lots of people are mentioning something with a hashtag and then linking it back to their product. Stop Thinking About Getting Things Trending You can see why people would want to get trending on Twitter. When It Works Well There are of course ways in which #hashtags work well. How to Use Hashtags on Twitter: A Simple Guide for Marketers. Every time we host live webinars (and as this long list suggests, that is quite often), quite a few attendees get confused about what to do with the hashtag we provide.

How to Use Hashtags on Twitter: A Simple Guide for Marketers

What is it? What does it do? How do you create one? Let me explain! What is a hashtag? A Twitter hashtag is simply a keyword phrase, spelled out without spaces, with a pound sign (#) in front of it. What does a hashtag do? A Twitter hashtag ties the conversations of different users into one stream, which you can find by searching the hastag in Twitter Search or by using a third-party monitoring tool such as HootSuite. So, if Twitter users who are not otherwise connected talk about the same topic using a specific hashtag, their tweets will appear in the same stream.

Hashtags are great for centralizing conversations around live, in-person events or conferences, live webinars, or other marketing campaigns you're running. How do you create a hashtag? Contrary to what you might think, you don’t need any tools to create a hashtag. How to Find the Best Twitter Hashtags.