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Sep212009

The Science of Retweet Success 


Fascinating study by Dan Zarrella that looks at what does/does not get retweeted, based on 40M retweets. Unsurprisingly, words and time of day matter immensely. Surprisingly, begging works! Yet, semicolons don't!







Reader Comments (20)

wow good permission-based, sharing words (tho I hate plz RT!) LOL

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCourtney Lambert

Begging? I can do that lol

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLynda Morgan

hey, haha, sleep well. I'm tired and bored! please Retweet!

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterGuy McCullough

Amazing that asking for RTs is still one of the best ways to get them; lol, bored and off to bed...

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJim Hayes

Very interesting. Thanks for passing along. I think if you take this information, and the information that recently came out from Vitrue -http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=138442 - in regards to Facebook Brand Pages, one might be able to start building a strategy for cross promotion.

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMichael Pranikoff

Wow short sweet and to the point -- I like it!

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterdeborah3756

When I followed the link from darren rowse twitter feed I was expecting a long article, this is great.

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterrobert

That covers the highlights.

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSteve Rubel

Great tips! I wonder if the words would be the same in portuguese!..PLEASE follow my twitter: http://twitter.com/comofazerumsite :)

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAvelino

Awesome post about keywords and retweet success

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJames Yeang

Seems to me that the 1st list are commonly used phrases I'm gonna use on facebook, lol, whilst the second list are new phrases on how to check out a free blog post on twitter.Hey I'll be back, sleep well, g'night. got work in the morning. hahaEntertaining stuff.

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterstevo_driver

I hate seeing people ask/begging to retweet. However, as my grandpa used to say, "You don't get anything if you don't ask for it."Unfortunately, thanks to this study, we'll probably see more desperate people begging for a retweet.Anyhow, nice list, thanks for the concise summary.

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFox

Excellent marketing data or interesting Twitter trivia? Depends on your perspective.

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTheCashFlowDJ

Shouldn't it be the overall compelling content of the tweet?

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJoe Buhler

you! please help retweet twitter! ... free social media blog post

September 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJohn Keese

wow! love this tips. Thanks for sharing. Please follow me on twitter.

September 23, 2009 | Unregistered Commenteraaronluminding

rt

September 23, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterChristian Mayrhofer

it´s affected by culture and/or language - still helpful

September 23, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKlement Cabana

interesting twitter conversation around the initial findings release of this report from @pamelawella, @renee_innosight re causality, statistical significance. dan didn't respond very well...I'm with thecashflowdj above.

September 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTodd Randolph

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