Last June, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo told a tech-conference audience that the microblog's 140 million users tweet 400 million times a day, as CNET's Dan Farber reported.
Some days it seems nearly all 400 million of those tweets appear on my home feed.
To ensure your tweets don't get lost in the crowd, you need to post your tweets at the times your followers are most likely to read them. Twitter-analysis services offer businesses and individuals tips and tools for ensuring tweets receive maximum exposure. Twitter itself provides Advertiser Analytics in various price ranges.
Determining the best time to post your tweets doesn't have to be rocket science. On the KISSmetrics blog, Kristi Hines explains the Science of Twitter Timing, which comes down to knowing when your followers are reading their tweet stream, and when they are most likely to respond by following a link or retweeting.
Dave Larson recommends on his TweetSmarter blog that you avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to Twitter timing. Larson suggests that you use a combination of tools to find the best tweet times for your unique combination of follow... [Read more]
by Dennis O'Reilly via CNET
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