Want to get more ReTweets (RT)?

I just had a quick conversation with a friend about ReTweets. Not enough for a full blog post, but an idea I didn't want to not write about.

The concept is to leave enough room so that anyone who wants to retweet you doesn't have to work to do it.

Here's a simple formula I use:

140 - (RT @<your twitter ID>) - <colon> - <space> = Maximum Tweet Length

In my case:

140 - (RT @bgrier) - <colon> - <space> = 128
140 - 10 - 1 - 1 = 128


So if I keep my tweet under 128 characters, anyone can retweet me without having to edit my tweet.

Easy for them and effective for me.

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