Retweeting on Twitter, Why You Must Do This to Be Successful

by Bill Crosby on June 6, 2009 · 74 comments

in Marketing,Social Media,Twitter

[youtube width="500" height="305"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CWCOHX8ZBs[/youtube]

Retweeting on Twitter is one of the single most important things you can do to get recognized, to build your following, and to engage people.

Tools mentioned in this video:

http://www.twhirl.org/

http://tweetdeck.com

Please comment below,

Thanks

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Nick June 10, 2009 at 2:14 am

Hey Bill

Just got your twitter pac and in a couple of areas of the set-up did not do well. Specifically, the clickbank set up kept giving me error msgs – related to the twitter part – not sure whats going on there…
Is this a common issue and if so, how do you emedy?

Thanks, DrNick
askDrNick-anything.blogspot.com

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BillCrosby June 10, 2009 at 5:38 am

Send a message to Cheryl at support @ Twittertrafficmachine.com and she will help – Thanks

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rechargelife June 10, 2009 at 1:49 am

Hey Bill great foundation for twitterpreneurs to really get serious about engaging, alos great way to filter out Sales Pitchers & Self interest Twitterturps ! great Work again Bill.

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Lisa Mahle June 9, 2009 at 2:09 pm

Thanks so much for clearing this up for me…being a new tweeter, there’ss lots I am confused about, so thanks again.

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mindtube June 8, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Great info..
the course was great thanks

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from breezeway June 8, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Bill, thanks for taking the time to get the best out of people with your video tip on re-tweeting. Will spend more time on that subject and share the notion with my tweeps.

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Amy June 8, 2009 at 12:32 pm

Thanks Bill for sharing what RT means and how to best you use it. Now can you share what Follow Friday (or any day of the week) means?

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Harry F. Delgado June 8, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Thank you for this good info.

Harry

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Rev.Ebenezer J.Malyi June 8, 2009 at 5:16 am

Thanks Bill.Twitter is wonderful.You can send a message to thousands in a second.Everyone who wants to become succesful must use Twitter.
Twitter is there to stay.Amen.@ebenmalyi

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Toby June 7, 2009 at 9:11 pm

Great info AND great music. i like!

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Scott June 8, 2009 at 1:10 am

Can you clarify how many times we can tweet the same message and is it possible to have say 5 different tweets and rotate them them 24/7 without getting suspended?
Thanks Scott
http://twitter.com/InsightfulBooks

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Brenda June 7, 2009 at 8:28 pm

Thanks Bill. This info about ReTweeting will be helpful to us newbies here!

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Daniel Sladen June 7, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Bill, I have to agree with you on retweeting. Works very
well keep sending me great things.

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Brandi Taylor June 7, 2009 at 8:07 pm

I completely agree! I am more apt to help promote those followers that ReTweet. =)

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PennyGo June 7, 2009 at 7:35 pm

Thank, simple explanation regarding Twitter!

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Anonymous June 7, 2009 at 7:27 pm

Thanks for the retweet video Bill. Appreciate all your great help.

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Eileen June 7, 2009 at 10:42 am

Bill: Hello I saw the U tube adv. and signed up for the 6 video series. I am new to this and “followed” you but didn't know how to send you a message so my twitter account”DesignDolceVita/twitter.com and my website http://www.designdolcevita.com could get on your twitter page.Please advise.Thanks. Eileen Reilly

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Judi Russ June 7, 2009 at 10:14 am

Thanks for the great info! You are making this experience so much easier!

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Robyn June 7, 2009 at 2:25 pm

Thanks Bill
Appreciate any help with twitter.

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Allan Mobley June 7, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Thanks,Allan

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money24seven June 7, 2009 at 3:35 am

Hi five folks – yes this is the blog to visit if you want success on Twitter – thanks again excellent tips excellent software

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Igor June 7, 2009 at 2:34 am

Retweeting on Twitter – Your success!

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Aloe June 7, 2009 at 12:27 am

I'am just checking your introduction, it sounds very interesting.
Thanks in advance and have a nice day
Guenni

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normz2 June 6, 2009 at 10:47 pm

Thanks. Did not know that there was such a thing as retweet.

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Ronald Lentz June 7, 2009 at 3:24 am

The videos about twitting from Bill Crosby are fantastic. I’ve have gained useful information as to how become an experence twitter, Thanks Bill.

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Ken Langdon June 6, 2009 at 9:22 pm

Good Afternoon from Wintertime Australia Bill,

Nice and warm and sunny on the Sunshine Coast of Sub-tropical Queensland.

Thanks for the Retweeting update Bill! There you are, this 80 year old Aussie has learned something new for the day, so the day will not be entirely wasted.

WOW! That Twhirl thing will need looking at to see how to use it! Strike me lucky, tis old guy from the horse and buggy days is getting peeps from Twhirl.

Tqking is easy on following after being tossed out once. Up to 1421 followers after several days. Bit nervous about being tossed out again.

Kindest Regards from the best country in the world
(Not that I am prejudiced at all)

Ken Langdon

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Srimanta June 7, 2009 at 2:14 am

Great vedios. More powerful than twitter keyword networking @ http://justkeyword.com

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James D. Still June 6, 2009 at 9:03 pm

Bill, we all so appreciate your knowledge and your system. Retweeting revealed to the masses. It's like learning how to say Thank You in twitter land!

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Mena Yousef June 7, 2009 at 2:02 am

Good stuff Bill. I bookmarked your site as I see you definitely have some relevant and important info up here. Keep up the great work!

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Bruce McClellan June 6, 2009 at 8:40 pm

Bill, Another great idea! Thanks again.
Another thing that retweeting does is really helps to build the relationship with the Twitterer that you retweeted. I have recently retweeted some great tweets, the original person direct messaged me, thanking me for the retweet. Next day I login and find that that person has now retweeted several of my tweets. So I scratched her back, and then she scratched mine.

I have several other articles related to this and other social media / blogging topics on my blog at http://blog.blogginginsider.com .

Thanks again for the great post/video.

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Manos Digenis June 6, 2009 at 7:02 pm

Hey Bill

This is Manos Digenis From Greece (you know behind the Rec. Desk lol)

Great help you provide….

Really helpfull video for RT on Twitter

Thanks again

Looking Forward for Tweeligent or Tweeligence :)

See you & thank a lot for EVERYTHING!!!!!!

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RetireNation June 6, 2009 at 11:53 pm

Hey Bill! Great stuff….I’ve been doing it for a while, naturally. If I liked someone’s comments, quotes, etc. then I wanted my followers to benefit from them.

Looks like it was a great day where you live! We’re here in sunny, I mean very rainy FL dodging major t-storms lately. We had a fantastic winter, so it’s time to suck it up and endure the summer coming up.

Thanks Bill!
Peter
RetireNation.net

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ArtisticWill Studios June 6, 2009 at 11:28 pm

Thanks Bill. I’m new to all this twitter stuff. Didn’t know how to retweet. I’ve been responding by direct messages. Thanks for the info.

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Phyllis June 6, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Hey – I just gave a *local* New to Twitter workshp here in rural Iowa – (yes- thank goodness for Twitter – or all we'd have to talk to is the cows!) And today was JUST on the main Twitter interface and I taught them how to RT. I will eventually share your name with them – don't want to overload them too much yet…but I really enjoy your videos. I love Twitter and have taken to it like a fish to water – or a bird to the sky ??? Anyway – thanks again. @phylliskhare

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BillCrosby June 6, 2009 at 6:13 pm

Sounds fantastic Phyllis, maybe I can skype in on one of the meeting some time :) . Thanks for helping to grow awareness of the wonder of Twitter.

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Ernest June 6, 2009 at 10:44 pm

Good video, I will be doing more retweeting

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Anonymous June 6, 2009 at 10:08 pm

Thanks Bill, that was really helpful! Can’t wait for your next show. :)

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Anonymous June 6, 2009 at 10:01 pm

Thanks Bill.
I’m a newbie to twittering. Got your TTM and developed a following of over 1800 in 2 weeks. Lots to learn still.

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Wade June 6, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Thanks, Bill!
I was wondering just how to do that–ReTweet. Now I know thanks to your free video. Go, Nationals!

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Margaret Jones June 6, 2009 at 9:23 pm

I’m just getting into the idea of retweeting, and I can definitely see the value in it. The main thing to me is that you’re letting the source know that his/her tweets are worthwhile to you–so much that you feel it’s a good thing to spread them around.

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Your Name*tom June 6, 2009 at 9:22 pm

Always do ! I got the rt button so it’s easy for me too !

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Don L Price June 6, 2009 at 9:14 pm

That is simple enought… Thanks

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Anonymous June 6, 2009 at 9:11 pm

Fully agree that retweeting and also connecting users on topics which are relevant is a must rather than just chit chatting and using this as a social jabber or messenger .

Use Twitter to widen your presence either business / commercial as well as news and events that are helpful / useful to twitter users.

Consider the Customer experience and never intend to Spam or Jam the network.

Thanks to Twitter

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Erwin June 6, 2009 at 9:11 pm

Thanks for this “golden nugget:” on the science and nuance of twitter!—all of my twitter team appreciates it, Bill!
Erwin

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Don June 6, 2009 at 8:20 pm

Bill
Very good reminder about a very important point that is often forgotten.
Thanks

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Paul Goldman June 6, 2009 at 8:17 pm

Thanks for this. Most helpful. Many more questions. All in good time.

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andretyus June 6, 2009 at 2:33 pm

I'm completly new at this so I need alll the help I can get, Thanks

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MarioFinkbiner June 6, 2009 at 10:00 pm

Billy

Thank you for the simple but very important concept of Re-tweeting, It is very important fo provide “value” & not selling to your followers. Thanks again Mario.

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Matthew Meyer June 6, 2009 at 2:22 pm

I still have no idea what retweeting is. I installed a neat wordpress plugin on my blog and it has a cool retweet button next to all my posts. I will do some more research. Thanks. Matt.

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SERGIO RAM0S June 6, 2009 at 2:20 pm

thanks for the information is someting that I wanted know the mining of RT

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Kevin Phoenix June 6, 2009 at 2:06 pm

Bill bonjour,… so that's a bit more to add to the science that is Social Media Marketing, bravo!

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BillCrosby June 6, 2009 at 2:18 pm

Cheers Kevin, glad you enjoyed it!

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John D Busswood June 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm

Thank you for the information!

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Emmanuel Mba June 6, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Thanks Bill,
This makes it all worth while following people who take time to provide information.
Very useful information.

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