15 Great Words To Help You Get Retweets

words that get you retweetsIt is very hard for me not to click on tweets done by Hubspot (on Twitter @Hubspot). This is why I decided to share with you a recent analysis they mentioned in one of their webinars, regarding the top 15 words that spike people’s interest and will likely get you retweets:

Great - who doesn’t want to find out something great? I surely do.

Twitter – we’re on Twitter so something related to Twitter gets us interested

Retweet, please retweet - it pays of if you ask others to retweet something valuable, but don’t do it all the time

Follow – this is a call to action and people often respond to it, still don’t over do it

Please - being nice it’s free, so it’s always smart to be gentle

Social, Media, Social media - Twitter users are social(media) creatures so they get attracted to these terms

Post, Blog, Blog post, New blog post - people are always looking for new stuff to enrich their

Knowledge – you want to be smarter, so do others

How to, Help - try to give a step by step solution to a problem, offer you help to others

10 – we’re flooded with information, so when you’re summarizing for others it works “10 solutions to your big problem”

Top – you don’t like average, you want to find the best, the top

Free - zero, nada, zip, free sticks like glue to people

Check out – a call to action people find it hard to rezist to, the temptation to click that blue link gets bigger

Do you have some other words that worked well for you?

Two-thirds of all smartphone owners perform shopping activities on their phones

According to a report from Comscore for September, two-thirds of all smartphone owners perform shopping activities on their phones, including comparing products and prices, searching for coupons, taking product pictures or locating a retail store.

Looking at the type of products that are purchased on smartphones, the digital goods(songs, music, eBooks, ringtones, images, movies ) lead the way with 47% of smartphone buyers, followed by clothes, tickets, daily deals, electronics, food, each category with over 30% of people buying stuff on their smartphone.

Type of products purchased on smartphones

The research showed that the vast majority of people, 56% of them did the purchases while at home, 42% while out at other places (i.e., park, school, restaurant, etc.), 42% at work, 37% while traveling, and 36% while in stores.

Location when purchasing on smartphones