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10 TIPS TO GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR TWEET

By: Heidi Cohen

Do you ever wonder if anyone’s listening to you on Twitter?

If so, you’ll want to read the latest research from Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and Georgia Tech. It shows your feelings are correct about a quarter of the time. But before you start worrying, know that slightly more than one in three of your tweets is worth reading. 

Want more bang for your 140 characters? Then follow these ten rules based on this research to make your tweets break through the Twittersphere’s noise to get read. (Of course, it helps to practice good Twitter etiquette.)

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If you missed my writing and marketing tweets and retweets Thursday and Friday, here they are again: 

1. Create a Good Reader Experience With Your Nonfiction Book - BLOG - Stories To Tell Books http://ow.ly/qNGq1
2. 7 Ways to Develop Your Voice - Marcy Kennedy http://ow.ly/qNGsY
3. The Right Way to Use Social Media | Linky Blog http://ow.ly/qNGvS
4. The Two Big Myths in Editing a Novel — Indie Author Guidebook, Part 5 http://ow.ly/qNGAW
5. How To Brainstorm New Writing Ideas | C H Griffin http://ow.ly/qNGE5
6. The Two Letters That Will Help You Write Faster | The Renegade Writer http://ow.ly/qNGJz
7. Four Ways to Reveal Your Character’s Personal Boogie Man | Ninie Hammon http://ow.ly/qNGSa
8. Plateauing is hard to do | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/qNGYx
9. How a Winery Uses Social Media to Increase Sales and Brand Loyalty | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/qNH2j
10. Nine Ways to Find Writing Ideas http://ow.ly/qOPOq
11. Blog Guidebook: How To Add An Instagram Widget To Your Blog http://ow.ly/qOS9P
12. How to Install Google Apps on the Kindle Fire HDX - The Digital Reader http://ow.ly/qPnD8
13. Tweets With Images Get 18% More Clicks, 89% More Favorites And 150% More Retweets [STUDY] - AllTwitter http://ow.ly/qPPPL
14. Karen Woodward: How To Create Characters That Evoke Emotion http://ow.ly/qQ3fv
15. Books-a-Million to Install POD Machines in Stores in Maine and Alabama - The Digital Reader http://ow.ly/qQ3l6
16. How to Successfully Write Omniscient POV - Marcy Kennedy http://ow.ly/qQ3oX
17. How to Sell on Facebook Using Images | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/qQ3uq
18. The Two Big Myths in Editing a Novel — Indie Author Guidebook, Part 5 http://ow.ly/qQ3yj
19. 5 Ways to Write a Damn Good Sentence | Copyblogger http://ow.ly/qQ4dH
20. Get to Know Your Readers: An Example of When It Counts : @ProBlogger http://ow.ly/qQ48E
21. How Do You Spot a Good Editor and Avoid the Amateurs? | The Passive Voice |  http://ow.ly/qQ4kj
22. HOW TO Create Twitter Bait - Heidi Cohen http://ow.ly/qS5Rq
23. Grow Your Facebook Audience | Social Media Today http://ow.ly/qQ773
24. Marketing Your Book for Self-Publishers and Indie Authors — The Book Designer http://ow.ly/qQ78W
25. Three Things to Include in the Back of Your eBook http://ow.ly/qQ7bd
26. 10 Surprising social media statistics that might make you rethink your social strategy - The Buffer Blog http://ow.ly/qQ7cW
27. 5 Web Design Must-Haves For Every Author Website http://ow.ly/qQ7es
28. Ditch the Press Release | Social Media Today http://ow.ly/qQ7g7
29. Understanding Book Distribution (Part 1: Digital) | Book Marketing Strategies and Tips For Authors http://ow.ly/qQ7hy
30. Amazon Hack: Increase Sales by Enhancing Your Book Headline and Description! | Author Marketing Experts, Inc. http://ow.ly/qQ7k0
31. Keep Calm and Keep Posting: 5 Social Media Marketing Myths Debunked | Social Media Today http://ow.ly/qQ7lk
32. RT @elizabethscraig: The Self-publishing Conversation is Changing: http://t.co/MWSAYGkJdx @TheFutureBook @agnieszkasshoes
33. Using Analytics to Optimize Your Site » Book Promotion . com http://ow.ly/qRhUa
34. 3 Reasons Why Your Twitter Following Isn't Growing http://ow.ly/qRi69
35. Using Scrivener and Evernote to Write Your Book - LiveHacked http://ow.ly/qRoyD
36. Success In Writing: How To Win The Game http://ow.ly/qS4Cz
37. The Writing Desk: Building your author platform #10 Free Book Promotion Sites http://ow.ly/qS5mo
38. Twitter: Make Every Tweet Count [Research] - Heidi Cohen http://ow.ly/qS5wC
39. 12 Mistakes Authors Make in Connecting with Readers - Rachelle Gardner http://ow.ly/qS66a
40. Twitter 101 for Social Selling | Social Media Today http://ow.ly/qS6aj

Happy writing & running, Kathy