Getting re-tweeted is a worthy goal for the time and energy you spend on Twitter posts. For retailers, more re-tweets equal a greater reach to more potential customers for your store. Would you like to be re-tweeted more? I recently read a great article by Chris Lake with ten tips for getting re-tweeted more.

Here are some of the tips I liked best:

The time you tweet matters. To get the greatest number of readers and re-tweets, the best time to post is around 5PM EST. At that hour, it’s evening in London, afternoon in New York and just past lunchtime in California.
Be personal. Tweets that use the words “you” and “your” seem to be more personal and thus get more readers and re-tweets.
Avoid overkill. Tweeting too often can lead to readers tuning you out. Offer interesting, useful tweets, but not too often.
Remember a call to action. Just as with any marketing, always include a call to action in your tweets whether you’d like readers to click a link, re-tweet or respond.
Say please. Whether it’s your style or not (it’s not really my style) but apparently requests to ‘please re-tweet’ along with a post are more often re-tweeted.

For more tips on getting re-tweeted, read Lake’s article.

Let me know what’s been working for your. Happy tweeting!