{"id":11333,"date":"2013-06-24T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crazyeggblog.wpengine.com\/?p=11333"},"modified":"2017-07-14T22:52:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T03:52:28","slug":"get-more-retweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crazyegg.com\/blog\/get-more-retweets\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Easy Ways to Get More Retweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter offers a great way to extend your influence online: the retweet.<\/p>\n

When used wisely, retweets often lead to more influence, more followers, and more web traffics. According to Statistic Brain<\/a>, there are over 550 million active Twitter users as of April 2013, 58 million new tweets daily, and 135,000 new Twitter users every day.<\/p>\n

What are all these people doing on Twitter? This infographic clearly shows that a big chunk of them are using Twitter (as well as other social media platforms) to learn about business brands\/products\/services.<\/p>\n

Your potential reach on Twitter is huge. So is your competition. There are hundreds of thousands of other marketers just like you, competing for attention in the Twitter space.<\/p>\n

Sharing good information and writing bold headlines<\/a> are vital in winning the tweet-retweet war, but to maximize your odds, there are several other factors to consider.<\/p>\n

Here are the collections of my experiences and online studies.<\/p>\n

1. Tweet at the right time<\/h2>\n

Casting your tweets at the right time is perhaps the most important factor of all. After all, there is no point pushing out tweets when none of your followers are tuned in, right? According to Dan Zarrella\u2019s The Science of Retweets, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST is the best time to ask for a retweet.<\/p>\n

\"Retweet<\/a><\/p>\n

But wait! There is no one-size-fits–all solution for this. Your followers may not be living in the same time zone as Zarrella\u2019s study samples. That\u2019s when Tweriod<\/a> comes in handy.<\/p>\n

Tweriod is a free Twitter analysis tool that analyzes where your recent 1,000 followers are from and recommends the most strategic time to send out tweets.<\/p>\n

2. Ask for it<\/h2>\n

The easiest way to get a retweet is… well, ask for it. Do you know that by adding the phrase \u201cPlease Retweet,\u201d you increase the chances of retweet by 160%?<\/p>\n

Using call-for-action words on Twitter is just as effective as using \u201cClick Here,\u201d \u201cOrder Now,\u201d and \u201cCall 1-800-xxx-xxxx Today\u201d in your sales copy \u2014 it works.<\/p>\n

A few known effective call-for-action phrases for retweets are:<\/p>\n