Easily the most misunderstood social media outlet among authors is Twitter, so in the next few posts we’ll take a look at some Twitter Dos and Don’ts and several ways to improve your own Twitter experience. But first, whether you’re an experienced Tweeter or a newbie Twit, another free tool from Hubspot, called TweetGrader, can give you some insights.
Like MarketingGrader, it’s free and easy to use. Instead of plugging in your website, you’ll enter your Twitter username, i.e. @WhereWritersWin and then enjoy the clever messages while the Tweet Grader does its thing. You’ll get a “grade” (ours was 84), a ranking, and tips/suggestions from Hubspot on how to raise your grade. You can plug in anyone’s Twitter handle (i.e. a Tweeter you admire) and check out their grade, too.
We also visited the Grader.com blog to gain a few more insights as to how the TweetGrader measures your ranking and gives you a grade. Here’s a quick overview from that post:
- Number of Followers: More followers leads to a higher Twitter Grade (all other things being equal).
- Power of Followers: If you have people with a high Twitter Grade following you, it counts more than those with a low Twitter Grade following you.
- Updates: More updates generally leads to a higher grade — within reason.
- Update Recency: Users that are more current (i.e. time elapsed since last tweet is low) generally get higher grades.
- Follower/Following Ratio: The higher the ratio, the better… But once a user gets to a high level of followers or a high level of engagement, the Follower/Following ratio counts less.
- Engagement: The more a given user’s tweets are being retweeted, the more times the user is being referenced or cited, the higher the twitter grade.
To read the entire article, CLICK HERE.
While you’re at the Tweet Grader site you can check out their elite list, which is updated several times a day – learn who’s tops in Twitter and what they’re tweeting on about!
Make a point of grading your Twitter account once a month and keep track of your improved performance via your rank and grade. So, tell us… what’s YOUR Twitter grade?
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Thanks for sharing! I hadn’t heard of this service. I got a 93. It wants me to add my location, but I’m inclined to leave that off since so much of what I do is internet based and doesn’t matter where I live. What do you think?
Agree – I don’t use my location either — think that’s for more location-based businesses, i.e. restaurants. Great seeing you at the Decatur Book Festival, btw — pleased to see how happy, savvy and engaged all the BQB authors were who were there to do signings – well done!