Social Media Know-How: Twitter - How to ReTweet

A retweet (or RT) is simply a tweet that contains some or all of a tweet that has previously been posted.  Typically, retweets are interesting links, funny quotes, or breaking news.  Forming a retweet is simple, and can be done two ways (now that Twitter has its new retweet feature).  First, you could use Twitter's new feature and click "Retweet" next to "Reply" on the tweet you wish to retweet.  This will place the tweet in your timeline for all of your followers to see.  However, this feature does not allow you to provide commentary on the tweet.


If you wish to comment, simply go the old fashioned route and form a tweet beginning with RT followed by an @reply to the original user that posted the tweet, and then the tweet itself.  Many people either comment before the RT or after the tweet using "/ /" to separate their thoughts form the original tweet.


An Example:


My original tweet:
Social Media Know-How: Twitter - How to ReTweet http://bit.ly/7DDOgr


So your retweet would be:
RT @TRAVSocialMedia Social Media Know-How: Twitter - How to ReTweet http://bit.ly/7DDOgr


And, if you wanted to comment you could either say:
Nice post! RT @TRAVSocialMedia Social Media Know-How: Twitter - How to ReTweet http://bit.ly/7DDOgr
Or:
RT @TRAVSocialMedia Social Media Know-How: Twitter - How to ReTweet http://bit.ly/7DDOgr / / Nice post!


Please remember: Only retweet content that you find truly interesting and relevant.  A retweet is designed to add value to your followers, so be sure they will actually appreciate your effort of retweeting and it is not merely spam they will gloss over.