ReTweets – What are They?

First, what is a ReTweet (RT)? When someone ReTweets they are sharing interesting tweets from the people they are following with their own followers. Thus, the a Tweet becomes a Retweet.

Here’s an example of an RT: (The blue areas are  linked inside Twitter)

RT @kendraboo If you live anywhere near Murray Indiana, @kendraboo is gonna be playing a top secret lil show at Midnight Café on Elms St.

This RT is then ReTweeted over and over again by anyone who lives in Murray Indiana, thus it goes viral and hundreds of people show up at the Midnight Café on Elms St. Which could be good or really bad if the show stinks or there are only 30 seats available for a hungry crowd of 200 people waiting to hear the show.

The benefits of RT’s can be from both sides of the coin. First, when you RT worthy Twitters, your followers will soon learn that it’s worth while to pay attention to your Tweets.

The second benefit of RT’s is when you personally share something of great value, your followers will then RT your Tweets.

How to ReTweet to Your Followers

It’s pretty simple. Just click on the Tweet you want Retweeded, and you’ll see an option to Retweet appear. Watch the video below to see just how simple it is to Retweet.

It’s a sweet way to Tweet.

Retweet Twitter Resources – Say that 3 times really fast!

To get the most out of RT’ing, check out these two resources:

TweetMeme WP Plugin – A WordPress button that allows your visitors to Tweet your post to their followers. You can see an example at the top right hand side of each post in my blog. Read about the TweetMeme button plugin on this site, or visit the official site at Tweetmeme.com.

Retweetradar: Retweetradar finds trends in the mountains of information ‘retweet’ed on Twitter. You can follow the Retweetradar by clicking this link à> http://twitter.com/#!/retweetradar

You can follow this Social Networking 101 series as it progresses, become a follower à> http://twitter.com/#!/netwoozy. Currently the series focus is on Twitter with new posts in the series every Friday.  This is the second post in the Twitter basics series.

Here’s a quick video on how to Retweet using the new version of Twitter.