Category Blog WGCI's Loni Swain Teaches Twitter Pt. 2
| WGCI's Loni Swain Teaches Twitter Pt. 2 |
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| Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:52 |
 If you missed part one of this interview with WGCI Mid-day host Loni Swain, you need to play catch up. Loni is teaching ChiStepper.com how to be Twitter Pros. Today she's breaking down "Re-Tweeting" and "Trending Topics." It's starting to get a bit technical, but don't worry, Loni gives good examples. You can catch up with Loni on WCGI from 9am to 2pm (5 hours long, 5 hours strong) or at www.loniswain.com. You can follow her on Twitter at @loniswain and you can follow me at @tpratt1. You can also look her up on FB. Let’s get it cracking … T. Pratt: Let's deal with the symbols for a second. I notice that you RT (re-tweet) a lot. First off, what does this mean? Secondly, how do we do it? Third, when should do it? Loni Swain: To re-tweet or RT something is one of two things. The first scenario is when someone sends me a message by “@ + my username” and I want to share this message with my followers, because as we previously discussed, if someone sends me a message, that message is only visible to the senders followers, NOT MINE. The second scenario is when someone that I am following sends a message that I want to share with my followers. The basic premise is that when you re-tweet something, you are acknowledging and noting to your followers that you did not write the content. You are crediting the person that originally tweeted it. If the tweet was not over the allotted 160 characters, you can add your own comments to the tweet as well. People use the re-tweet to share informational tweets with their followers that they think they might be interested in. They retweet things that they agree with and include comments stating so, or the re-tweet things that they disagree with and equally state so. Overall, re-tweeting is a way of sharing someone else’s tweets with your followers. If you re-tweet something that someone said, and offer no further commentary, you are considered to be in agreement with whatever that tweet said. It is favorable for other people to RT your tweets. This increases the likelihood of gaining new followers. If people RT your tweets, and their followers are interested in what you said, more than likely they will choose to follow you as well. Example: If you saw a tweet from me that read: RT @Joeblow Hi That means that @Joeblow said Hi- Not me, and basically I am repeating what he said and sharing it with my followers. NOTE: Some people will type re-tweets from celebrities to make it appear as though the celebrities tweeted them or said crazy things that they really didn’t. Beware of false re-tweets! T. Pratt: What about the # sign? Give us the scoop on how to use the pound sign. The # sign is used to represent a “trending topic.” A “trending topic” is something that a lot of people on twitter are currently talking about. The “trending topic” appears in the format # + topic, with no space in between the symbol and the topic. You are expected to use this format and then add your own commentary. Example: #wheniwasakid I could buy a week’s worth of groceries with $20 The “trending topic” is “when I was a kid.” You would only type the trending topic portion and then add your own memory, unless of course, you were re-tweeting someone else’s comment to show your agreement.Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
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