FAVE HOW TO: Add a “tweet this” to blog post excerpts

You probably know how to tweet an entire blog post or shorten a URL to get to a blog post, but you might not know how to make excerpts of a post tweetable. And if you do, just humor me, okay? I’m running on little sleep.

Here it is, short and sweet:

  1. Use this URL (copy and paste): https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?source=webclient&text=
  2. Next add in your text (keep it less than 140 characters so people have room to RT)
  3. DO NOT add hashtags as it will not work (Sorry!) You can add hashtags by doing the following: “%23 instead of a # symbol”
  4. Copy the URL with your text and insert it as a hyperlink next to the tweetable text. I usually add something brilliant, like: “tweet this.”

Want to try it out? Tweet this. (It’s a surprise.)

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Amoravick
Amoravick

This is actually one of my favorite Twitter tricks! You can also include twitter handles by using %40 for the @ symbol. Personally, I think it adds a lot to a post. For all the symbols you can use, here's a little cheat sheet: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp