Archive for September, 2009

Florida Keys Twitter – How to Reach The Most Readers

In the Internet world the object is usually to have your message seen by the greatest number of people. As always the most important rule is to write relevant and interesting posts. If you are Tweeting through Twitter you probably have the same objectives. Some of Twitters rules restrict how many users see your Tweets and others enhance it. Do you know which are which? Below are some examples of how Tweets can be sent and who will see them. Note: Tweeters who don’t want anyone but those they allow to follow to read there Tweets should ignore this information.

Send a Tweet and it will be seen by your followers and someone who happens to be searching words or phrases in your Tweet.

Send a Tweet beginning with @username and it will be seen only by @username and those following @username, someone who happens to be searching words or phrases in your Tweet.

Send a Tweet with @username not at the beginning but within the body of the Tweet (a mention) and it will be seen by your followers, @username and their followers and someone who happens to be searching words or phrases in your Tweet.

Send a ReTweet beginning with RT @username and it will be seen by your followers, @username and their followers and someone who happens to be searching words or phrases in your Tweet.

Include a #hashtag with any of the above examples and it will be seen by any of the above plus others that search or watch for the #hashtag.

So if you want to reach the greatest number of Twitter users it is best to not begin your Tweet with @username, use words and #hashtags others may be watching for, ReTweet relevant Tweets from users with many followers. Of course if you send a Tweet with a bunch of irrelevant mentions and #hashtags, Twitter users will begin blocking you as a Twitter Spammer (Twammer).

An example of a Tweet that could reach a huge number of Twitter users, and possibly garner you some additional followers, is to follow one of Twitterdoms top users (or a user with similar subject Tweets as yours) for the number of followers they have. For example: @aplusk (Ashton Kutcher), @TheEllenShow (Ellen DeGeneres) or @britneyspears (Britney Spears) each with over 3 million followers, and search their Tweets to find one that is about a subject you also Tweet about and use a #hashtag for. Then ReTweet their Tweet and add your comment and #hashtag.

Some of their followers may ReTweet or Tweet directly to you or checkout your Twitter page or your #hashtag. If you have a collection of interesting Tweets they may even begin following you. Continuing this procedure should increase your followers and readership on Twitter and if you have other Internet Blogs and or Websites they should also filter through to them.

One quick note: If you want to send some sensitive information to one of your Twitter followers you should use a Direct Message (DM), begin the Tweet with DM @username. The Tweet can’t be read by anyone but @username, unless they ReTweet it. Remember a DM can only be sent to someone who follows you.

Happy Tweeting

Florida Keys Tweeting

I joined the Twitter world in June of this year. My primary Twitter name is predictably KeysTreasures http://twitter.com/KeysTreasures. Currently I follow most of the Twitter users from the Florida Keys and have had success in garnering followers from the Florida Keys and around the world. If you are looking for Tweeters from the Florida Keys you can check out those I follow to see most of them http://twitter.com/KeysTreasures/following. If you know of an interesting person on Twitter who is from the Florida Keys please send me a Tweet with there user name and I will check them out.

My time on Twitter has taken away some of the time spent on this blog. I hope to resolve this in the future by both Tweeting Blog posts and Blogging about Tweets.

Since Tweeting is at the same time enhanced and somewhat limited by the 140 character rule, blog posts can be used to tell the “Rest of the Story” when 140 characters just won’t do.

I hope you will join me in both the Florida Keys Twitterdom (A particular domain or field of twitter communication) and Blogosphere

Boating With Wild Dolphin in Key West – Video

Amazing video of hundreds of dolphins running with our boat 30 miles offshore south of Key West, Florida,
Video from FishMonsterMedia