Edit Your Tweets For Impact
Subtitle: Purpose And Method In Editing Tweets
I’ve talked about editing one time before, but not in a sense for maximizing impact. Just a moment ago, I edited a ‘tweet’ to make it more to the point and retweetable. Here’s the tweet:
@MantakChia Hi, I thought it would be great if you used #nei kung or #chi kung or #bonemarrow for Twitter search, so others can find you easily under that hashtag @afurth
Here is the final cut:
My thinking:
- ‘Hi, I thought” can be more direct by “thought:”
- “it would be great if you used” can be shortened to “would be great if U “
- Took out the “or” between hashtags, left one “or” to communicate that there’s a choice and I’m not stating to use all
- Removed “search” and “hashtag” as I felt they were already redundant and present already in topic.
As you can see, there is purpose and method to editing. With a little practice you will see the art behind it.
UPDATE 11/21/09 1:31pm: Talk about editing…I just edited this whole post.
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