Comments on: The Twitter dilemma: how to tweet value in 140 chars? http://www.zsoltballa.com/twitter/the-twitter-dilemma-how-to-tweet-value-in-140-chars/ Virtual playground of a real-life net junkie Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:29:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gina Chen http://www.zsoltballa.com/twitter/the-twitter-dilemma-how-to-tweet-value-in-140-chars/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Gina Chen Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:10 +0000 http://www.zsoltballa.com/?p=116#comment-95 Great tips. I can't emphasize enough the value of retweeting other people's tweets. I think that's where the real power of twitter can come in as far as using it professionally. I've had a few lucky occasions where people way more plugged in than me retweeted my tweets, and the impact was tremendous. I think retweeting is also interesting because you can get a sense of what people find as valuable. If something gets retweeted again and again, obviously the audience sees value in it. That can help you as you decide what to tweet, even what to blog about. (You can see the retweet stream by using http://search.twitter.com/ and typing in the original twitter name or a keyword.) One more point (sorry I'm way over 140 characters): I think the 140-character limit is a good discipline. It's kind of like writing a haiku (although, obviously, not as difficult) because you have to fit what you want to say into a given structure and still make it understandable. Great tips. I can’t emphasize enough the value of retweeting other people’s tweets. I think that’s where the real power of twitter can come in as far as using it professionally. I’ve had a few lucky occasions where people way more plugged in than me retweeted my tweets, and the impact was tremendous.

I think retweeting is also interesting because you can get a sense of what people find as valuable. If something gets retweeted again and again, obviously the audience sees value in it. That can help you as you decide what to tweet, even what to blog about. (You can see the retweet stream by using http://search.twitter.com/ and typing in the original twitter name or a keyword.)

One more point (sorry I’m way over 140 characters): I think the 140-character limit is a good discipline. It’s kind of like writing a haiku (although, obviously, not as difficult) because you have to fit what you want to say into a given structure and still make it understandable.

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