Twitter To Launch Official Tweet Button

Posted on by Ryan Deiss in Social Media

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Twitter is launching their official Tweet button that can easily be embedded on your web pages to make it even easier for customers to share your articles, videos, and images.

Although there are currently solutions for Twitter buttons on your web pages, this button will stand apart in a few ways.

1. Provides the most comprehensive count of retweets and shares across Twitter’s network
2. Automatically includes your @ mention in the retweet
3. The option to follow the page creator is given after a retweet
4. The retweet process doesn’t require the user to leave your site
5. Allows you to connect a unique Twitter account for every page you embed the button on
6. Allows you to give an additional Twitter account to recommend a follow
7. Allows you to create a default tweet for the page you place the button on
8. Allows you to provide shortened link versions in the retweet

The best part is how easy the creation of the embed link it.  Twitter provides a form for you to fill out all the necessary info and it spits out a 1 line embed code for you to slap up on your site.

It’s rumored that Twitter will release use of this button to all user accounts sometime this week, so keep an eye out for it and get ready to use it. I’ll be adding it to all my pages. Why?

1. Keeps users on your site/page longer. If they don’t have to leave you page to retweet, chances are that they’ll keep browsing once they’re done retweeting.
2. Makes it easier for users to take action. If they’re already logged into Twitter, they’re more likely to retweet the content because it’s so easy.
3. Get your content in front of more eyes. Combine this with a Facebook Like button and your content gets way more exposure than just tweeting it on your own account.

Do you think this Tweet button will be better than the already existing alternatives? Comment Below

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