Positive language about learning new things and serving the self-interest of readers is the most common characteristic of blog post titles that get shared the most on Twitter, according to new analysis posted on the blog Smart Data Collective.
Essentially the analysis sought to identify which words or phrases have a positive versus negative bearing on what is likely to get your content tweeted.
The author, Greek data mining consultant Themos Kalafatis, found that the words increase, socialize, automate and manage appear most in posts that prove popular.
Terms including write, talk and trust appear to have a negative weight on the likelihood of a post being retweeted.
With this information, an analyst may then identify why such words tend to commonly exist in popular Social Media posts.
Here are some insights :
- Personal Branding also appears “hot” with people interested in the ways they can increase their “personal worth” in the Social Media arena.
- Internet Word Of Mouth is also a concept that frequently occurs in SM posts with many re-tweets.
- It appears that posts that discuss various possibilities in a positive way (use of the word could) where found to be re-tweeted more (recall link and increase keywords discussed previously).
Learn more at Social Media Insights
Interested in the best time to post tweets?
According to a study by Connecticut software developer Jake Luciani, between 1pm and 3pm PST (after lunch) or between 5pm and 7pm PST (after work) are the best times and Thursday is the best day. The worst time to post? Between 3 and 5 PM PST on the weekends – nobody cares. (U.S. Data).
Head over to ReadWriteWeb to learn more about it.
UPDATE:
Take a look at what’s Tweeted today.
