One Dot Can Be Worth A Thousand Tweets!

Busy day today so for my weekly blog, I thought I would share something quick that you may be aware of. The "secret" Twitter dot. For those of you who use Twitter frequently, especially for marketing, you may not be aware of how to make sure your message gets out to all of your followers when you may be tweeting to say, just one person. Use the ol dot. Example:

You have to put something before the username to trick Twitter into thinking it’s a regular tweet for mass consumption. Perhaps you’ve seen people start their tweets with a period? Tricking Twitter is exactly what they’re doing. If you haven’t seen this before, here’s a sample:

.@rachelsklar just took at the stage at #SXSW to talk about trends for women in comedy. Any questions I should ask her?Now this tweet will get pushed to everyone following me, regardless of whether they also follow Rachel. Pretty slick eh? You all have a good rest of week!
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-Roy
FDMC Social & Digital Media
www.floridadudemarketingconcepts.com