Using 140 Character Tweet Limit Creatively – Tweet Like a Pro With These Basics

Twitter’s 140 character limit was originally based on the 160 character limitation of text messaging.    It’s amazing that you can express everything……your thoughts and opinions in just 140 characters !   Tweets must be concise and catchy !  By using Twitter’s 140 character limit creatively, you can tweet like a pro with these basics.

Tweet Like a Pro With These Tips

• Link Counts

A URL of any length will be altered to 22 characters, even if the link itself is less than 22 characters long.   Your character count will be reflected in this alteration   To abide in this rule, Feed140 recently made changes on this one.

• Using Social Media Acronyms

To send the right messages across your audience, using social media acronyms will be very fruitful and productive.  Below is a very engaging and interesting infographic consisting of 40 social media abbreviations that you should use as often as you can.

• Be Creative and Resourceful

Just because your social content exceeded the character limit – and eliminating words is not the answer – it doesn’t mean that Twitter is not the right platform.   If you really want to your messages to reach your target audiences on Twitter, be resourceful and creative !   This might just be a great new opportunity to be found on Twitter and to give value to your audience.    Turn your ideas into tweetable social media tip cards.

These are a few of the many ways to tweet more than 140 characters.   Tweet like a pro today !