What is a Re-Tweet?

Do you re-tweet? Re-tweeting is the act of taking another’s tweet you enjoy, giving them credit, and then reposting it to your feed. If there is room in the 140 character limit, I also like to add a little comment.

I went to the Cool Twitter conference last August and learned some great techniques regarding re-tweeting. For example one tip is that when you get new followers, take a look at their feedback and re-tweet a post you like as an act of gratitude.

How often do you re-tweet? Do you have any suggestions on re-tweeting? Here is post on the science of re-tweeting.
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