To tweet or not to tweet (three times)…
A few days ago, I tweeted these two tweets via my Twitter profile (try saying that when you’ve had a drink or two!):
I usually tweet a new post twice – once when published, again days later in an “in case you missed it” style. Might start doing 3. Thoughts?
— Steve Morgan (@steviephil) September 8, 2013
Day of, next day, day after. All about 24 hours apart. Hardly overdoing it, is it? Or is it? Keen to know people’s thoughts (& what you do)!
— Steve Morgan (@steviephil) September 8, 2013
Here’s a recent example:
New on SEOno – The Best Compliment I Ever Received (Was From A Developer)… http://t.co/7qiVwnJFF4
— Steve Morgan (@steviephil) September 2, 2013
In case you missed it… The Best Compliment I Ever Received (Was From A Developer): http://t.co/7qiVwnJFF4
— Steve Morgan (@steviephil) September 5, 2013
I was curious to know if people thought tweeting about a new blog post three times (instead of just twice) would be considered overdoing it. On the one hand, it’s very easy to miss a tweet in a busy stream, but on the other hand, if someone does happen to see it three times, is it going to annoy them?
The responses I got back were pretty surprising, which you can see in the Storify story below…
Note: One of the first responses (near the top) has a swearword in it. You can always count on @rhyswynne to lower the tone… 
So just be advised that there’s a slight NSFW warning attached to this!
In summary…
So to summarise some of the responses:
- No, three tweets per blog post isn’t considered too much (spread across three days)… Some people do 3-4 tweets just in one day!
- Tweeting for different time-zones is a good idea if you have followers in different countries.
- Use different angles, e.g.
“lots of comments on this post: [link]“
or
“check out this comment, do you agree/disagree? [link]“ - A WordPress plugin called Tweet Old Post (WP.org link) can be used to automatically schedule follow-up tweets for you.
- Similarly, Followerwonk can come in handy when evaluating what time of day your followers are active on Twitter, so you know when’s best to tweet your new post. I always assumed that lunchtimes GMT/BST were best for me, but according to Followerwonk, 4-5pm is when most of my followers are active and online on Twitter, so from now on I’ll probably tweet around then instead!
Got anything to add? Leave a comment below!
[One-two-three apples image credit: Jonathan Cohen]