30 Ways to Say Thank You for a Re-Tweet

When somebody retweets (RT) your tweets, the best thing you can do is respond by RT'ing their tweets. But saying thank you in a tweet is also a great way to acknowledge somebody for supporting you.

Some may argue it fills the airways by thanking, but I'm of the opinion that a public thank you acknowledges the individual for doing you a favor. By recognizing them, others will know they are supportive on Twitter, and in turn that may gain them new followers. So a public thank you on Twitter can boost the experience for that individual.

My favorite RT Thank You's
As I've watched conversations on Twitter, I'm struck by some of the great ways people have said thank you. Here are some of my favorite thank you's from people I've re-tweeted:

• @Mazukins: Thank u my precious friend for the RT - ur awesome!!!! hugs mazey :)
• @sharynread: Thank u 4 your kindness, blessings 4 your 2010
• @MartyMisner: Thanks, I am honored and very appreciative!
• @soulbizradio: Much appreciation for your interactions....have a magical day
• @techjoomla: We are honoured!
• @robertbravery: Thanks for the great plug!

The following wasn't a RT thank you, but in reply to a RT thank you. When I read this, it made me smile broadly: @JDEbberly: No prob there, LandauDesign! Love your work! Keep up those tweets - I'll be RT'ing you even more as I ply the Twitter Superhighway. This kind of a thank really epitomizes the reason we all use Twitter, doesn't it?

30 Ways to Say Thank You
I love when I get a special thank you, so I came up with a list of 30 fun ways to thank people for a RT. Please use and enjoy:

1. I couldn't spread the word without you. Thanks for the RT!
2. The joy of Twitter is connecting with others. I appreciate your support by sharing what I said!
3. "The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention." [~Oscar Wilde] Thanks for the RT!
4. It's always flattering when somebody RT's what I said... thanks for putting a smile on my face!
5. It's good news when somebody RT's me - that means what I'm saying here is actually heard. Thanks for the reassurance!
6. ☮ Sharing the love is what it's about! ☮ I appreciate your RT!
   
7. ~ The RT wave is how we reach far and wide ~ thank you for helping me spread the word!
8. "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice." Thanks for RT'ing my post!
9. God gave you a gift of 1,440 minutes today -- thanks for using one to RT my post!
10. RT's always reassure me that there is somebody listening... thanks for the RT!
11. "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." [~ William Ward] Thnx for the RT!
12. Sometimes I wonder if my tweets are like trees -- do people hear them when I post? Thanks for the RT!
13. My mood went from this ☹ to this ☺ after I saw your RT. Thanks!
    
14. Look here, folks, @coaching2win RT's -- following him would be an opportunity to start a conversation. Thanks for the RT @coaching2win!
    
15. I'm all about being a real person on Twitter. Your RT showed me that you care. Thanks for the support!
16. ★ ☆ ★ You're a star to me! ★ ☆ ★ Thanks for the RT!
17. A tweet + RT = my gratitude. Thanks for the support!
18. To put it simply, I really appreciate your RT! Thanks for your support.
19. (for somebody who RT's you a lot): You are my RT angel! I tweet, and you are there to share it with the twitterverse. Are there more where you came from? Thanks!
20. I needed a RT just about then. Thanks for coming through for me!
21. ♫ ♪ ♩ I thank you! I thank you! I thank you! ♫ ♪ ♩ You rock with that RT!
22. “Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns" [Author Unknown] Thanks for the RT! 
23. Thank you so much for RT'ing my post. It makes Twitter way more fun for me when I see others sharing my tweets!
24. It always amazes me how the kindness of strangers is what makes Twitter work. Thanks for lending a hand and RT'ing my post!
25. A little birdie told me that you RT'd my post. Thanks for the extra chirp!
26. You made my day with your RT! Thanks for being part of my Twitter family!
27. ♥ Thanks for the RT luv! ♥
28. Thanks for being my friend on Twitter! I appreciate your RT! 
29. You brought a smile to my face after you RT'd my post. ☺ Thank you so much!
30. Your RT brought sunshine to my day. ☀ I appreciate the infusion! 

Tell us what you think

What is your favorite way to thank people for a re-tweet? What are some of your favorite thank yous that you have received?

More resources:

• What is a Retweet and How Do I Retweet
• Twitter Explains the New Retweet Feature
• Twitter Retweets - RT @ Rules of Engagement

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Tweetmeme is the Way to Get Tweetseesee

If you have a blog or website, Tweetmeme is an excellent way to make it super easy for your readers to Tweet you. With two button clicks reader can select to tweet your posts, and they don’t even have to write anything. A blog without Tweetmeme is missing out on a great opportunity! Don’t believe me? Click on the bright green rectangle at the top of this post, and you’ll see how easy it is to tweet this post.

The other advantage of Tweetmeme is that every post that is tweeted gets indexed in the Tweetmeme directory. That gains you SEO points plus more eyeballs reading your work.

What do I need to use Tweetmeme?
In order to use this service, you need a Twitter account and you need to sign up for a Tweetmeme account. Once signed up, you can install it on your blog. You can also install it on pages on your website.

How do I get Tweetmeme?
You need to visit the Tweetmeme site to get the appropriate code for the retweet button. The code you use will be specific for your blog application or your website format. If you visit the Tweetmeme Retweet Button page, you’ll see the code is neatly organized by how you’re going to use it. The page where you grab the code gives specific instructions on how to use it.

How do I set up Tweetmeme?
While the Tweetmeme site has some excellent information, other writers in the blogasphere have written some excellent tutorials on how to set up Tweetmeme and customize the code:
Improve Your Tweetmeme Setup For Better Results
A Fully Customized TweetMeme ReTweet Button for Your Blog Post
Add A TweetMeme Retweet Button To Blogger
Generate custom Tweetmeme code for Blogger

If you add Tweetmeme to your blog or website, be sure to post a comment below so everybody reading can come take a look and give you some tweets!

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Do You Need More Than 1 Bird in Your Twitter Pen?

Today we sat down and talked about how we are using Twitter in business. What we've come to realize is that personal Tweets are often not in line with what our business is all about. While a great deal of our tweets are related to Joomla, Joomla training or web design, so many others are related to parenting, helping animals or education. We have diverse groups of Twitter followers, and our business message was getting diluted. So today we created the Landau Design Twitter account.

Brand is very important to all businesses, and when the principal of a company is strongly aligned with a company brand, it is sometimes difficult to separate the two. Entrepreneurs know this all too well, since often they are seen as the one and only expert in their company.

How do you decide if you should have separate Twitter IDs?
Ask yourself the following questions to determine if you should separate your personal and business Twitter IDs:

• Is Twitter a key factor in establishing and expanding your online presence?
• Are your personal and business interests divergent?
• Are you working on establishing a personal brand separate from your company brand?
  
• Are you using Twitter for marketing your business?
• Would your personal tweets be be TMI (too much information) for potential clients?
  
• Do you have the time to manage more than one Twitter account?
• Do you have multiple employees who could contribute to a company Twitter account?

If you answer yes to 4 or more of the above questions, you should consider establishing a business identity separate from your personal identity on Twitter.

Did You Know LinkedIn is Connected with Twitter?

LinkedIn has employed a fun new tool that allows you to pull your Twitter tweets into your LinkedIn profile. These tools combined can make these two arenas even more powerful for sharing your ideas. The icon for this marriage is the peanut butter/chocolate introduction made popular by Reese's many decades ago.

To take advantage of this new connection, simply click on the edit button on the Twitter line on your profile page (see red arrow on screenshot). Follow the simple instructions, and now your Twitter and LinkedIn accounts will be connected.

There are variables when setting this connection that allow you to indicate of you want all tweets shared on LinkedIn, or only tweets that include a #in hashtag. In this way you are in control of what does and does not show up.

Why is this helpful? First of all, your Tweets can now be shown on your LinkedIn account, which means you can share information without extra effort. Also, your LinkedIn status will be updated when you Tweet, which means your LinkedIn profile will always be recently updated, which keeps you at the top of search results. You can also now tweet from within your LinkedIn account, which saves more time as you share your information across multiple networks.

For a more detailed overview of this feature, visit the LinkedIn Learning center. or view this online video tutorial to setup a LinkedIn/Twitter connection.

Social Networking from Anywhere!

Social networking has become so wildly popular that many users want to be able to access their news feeds and update their status anywhere, anytime! If you’re ready to have access to your favorite sites from your mobile phone, here are some quick-start tips.

Facebook
The Mobile application for Facebook has recently been updated, and is much easier to use than it was before. To use Facebook on your mobile phone, go to m.facebook.com. Once you set it up, this application will allow you to update your status, share photos, browse your News Feed and keep in contact with all your friends on Facebook wherever you are.
Facebook even has its own blog about the effectiveness of Facebook Mobile.  

Twitter
Twitter has a lot of options for its mobile applications. Choosing the one that’s right for you is mostly based on the phone that you have, but also the way you would prefer it to look. Here is a great breakdown of what is available and how they each work, including screenshots so you can see what they look like.

Myspace
Accessing Myspace from your phone is easy! Log into m.myspace.com from your mobile phone web browser to get started. Installing the software on your phone will allow you to Send and receive messages and comments, Update mood and status, Browse photo albums, Check out profiles, Add new friends, Read and post blogs and more. MySpace Mobile features include text alerts, photo uploads and video. Carriers include: Alltel, AT&T, Boost Mobile, Cellular One/Dobson, Helio, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Virgin Mobile and Verizon Wireless.
Easy tip: * Update your status by texting it to MYSPC (69772) and your status is instantly updated on MySpace!

Be a Real Person on Twitter

I recently read an excellent article on what Follow Friday is truly about on Twitter. It got me thinking about the domain of Twitter and how different people come across with different personas. As somebody who likes to engage people in areas of interest, I want to really connect with people on Twitter. In the several months I've been using it, I have found it an invaluable information resource. I also want to use it as a promotional tool, but it seems to me the most effect method for promoting is through personally connecting with the people who follow you.

How can you be a REAL person on twitter?

1) Tweet with sincerity. There are people on twitter who tweet their every step in the day. While it may not be interesting, they are tweeting with honesty. There are others who only seem to tweet self-promotional dribble, but you don't really know who they are because they don't tweet much about themselves. Share some of yourself on Twitter so people know who the person is behind the username.

2) Engage people in conversation. If somebody tweets an area of interest to you, tweet them back. If somebody tweets an issue they're having, respond with a note of encouragement. These are the conversations that grow into trusted tweet buddies. These are the people who will get to know you, and when you're ready to promote, they will promote you. Just like in real business, the relationships create the network.

3) Don't send canned tweets. I've noticed people have a set of tweets that they send every few days. Where's the innovation in that? They are clearly tweeting for the purpose of promoting, but when using the same promotion over and over, it's clear there's no sincerity. It's not hard to come up with a 140-character sentence. If you want to promote the same link, introduce it in a different way.

4) Find people who share your interests. If you use the subject search box, you can find people who are tweeting on subjects of interest to you. Follow them, they will likely follow you. Then you will have something to talk about that you like reading and responding to.

5) Support your friends. Twitter is about sharing and supporting each other. The way support is shown is by:

• retweeting their posts
• sending out Follow Friday tweets
• mentioning their blog, website in a tweet
• engaging in Twitter conversations so people can get to know them
  

If you're only tweeting yourself or sharing information, you're missing out by not engaging in the exchange of Twitter conversation.

6) Remember the purpose. Twitter is about making connections. It's an excellent way to network, gain new information and find similar people to converse with. It's not about "whoever dies with the most followers wins". That just gets you a bunch of followers and not a true promotional outlet.

Here are some of my favorite REAL people on Twitter:

• @cwalkman
• @robertbravery
• @webspecialist
• @AngelLaurel
• @drseide
• @Lightcoaching

This post was inspired by tweets by @cwalkman and Twitter - Rules for Follow Friday by @JosephRanseth, an excellent article talking about how a sincere idea on Twitter turned into a tit for tat circus, and how we can bring it back to its roots.

Should You Use Twitter to Promote Your Business?

My clients often ask me the benefits of Twitter. My answer usually frames around "it depends on how much time you want to invest." Twitter is a casual conversation tool that engages our sense of ambient awareness. It's like the things you say to the people you meet in the elevator every day on the way to work. The more you chat, the more you will engage the people. Over time you can develop relationships with people, but what sort of relationship might you have at 140 characters a comment?

So much has been written on this subject it's really impossible to come up with something new. So instead I have compiled a group of articles that speak to this subject. There is no right answer when it comes to Twitter. Those who love it have found a way to make it work for them, and those who don't may not care or don't know how to make it work for them. Perhaps the following will assist in figuring out how Twitter can help you.

How To Get Started With Twitter:

• How to Get Started With Twitter
  
• Getting Started with Twitter
• Use Twitter for Business the Right Way
• Leveraging Your Opportunities on Twitter
  

Tips on Making the Most of Twitter for Business:

• 4 Ways Companies Use Twitter for Business
• How to Use Twitter to Grow Your Business
• 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
• Personal Brand - How to Build Yours on Twitter
• How to Use Twitter for Customer Service
  

How Other Businesses Use Twitter:

• CEOs Who Use Twitter
• Tweeters Us Twitter for Business
• Does Your Small Business Use Twitter?
  

Landau Design is on Twitter

Well we've decide to dive in with two feet and truly join the official social network phenomenon of 2009 -- Twitter. A recent report by Nielsen shows Twitter grew 1,382 percent in one year! It's truly the fastest growing network of its kind.

It must be growing fast because when I went there to sign up, I kept getting the message that there were too many twitters, try again in a few minutes. So while it's fabulous to have an interesting network opportunity, the usability factor appears to need some investigation and improvement.

Many people wonder why use Twitter for my business? I wondered the same thing, so I did some research. Hopefully the following helps you decide if this is an avenue that will help to expand your network:

• 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business by Chris Brogan
• How to Use Twitter for Business by Rich Brooks
• How Companies Use Twitter to Bolster Their Brands by Rachael King, Business Week
• How to Use Twitter to Grow Your Business by Michael Stelzer

I'll keep you posted on how Twittering changes things around here!