6 Ways to Get Retweeted

I was so touched by your sweet comments yesterday about my taking a little step back from blogging for May.  You all were so sweet it made my day!  As I promised I am sticking with Listed Tuesdays and today I am bringing you something no one asked me to do a how to about.

Six Ways to Get Retweeted by Celebrities

1. Be A Dog - I tell you people love dogs and celebrities are people so dogs get a ton of celebrity retweets.  Penny is still looking for her big break. I have a feeling Zooey Deschanel will be the one to come through for her though.  That girl loves her pups.

Example:

Penny The Puppy loves watching @zooeydeschanel in New Girl and wishes she lived in the loft with all that awesomeness.



2. Be Ellen DeGeneres - I mean come on.  If you do not know about her Oscar selfie retweet, you were probably in a coma, but even coma patients who woke up recently know about this selfie.

Example:

https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432

3. Be a Hottie - Proven fact people who are hot or think they are hot are retweeted more than people who do not think they are hot.

4. Be On The Verge of a Breakdown - You need to make it clear that if so and so does not retweet your desperate attempt of twitter connection you will probably die of distress.  Also include your marital status and number of dependents you care for.  And of course include the words, "Can I get a RT?"

Example:

"ILY @leodicaprio!  Can a single mom of six get a RT?  I work 60 hours a week at Walmart and a RT from you will give me the will to live."

5. Be Relentless - If at first you don't succeed keep on trying again and again.  Only stop when twitter shuts your account down for the third time.

Example:

@annakendrick47 I know you have reported all 534 of my tweets to you and my twitter account was disabled, but If you RT me I will leave you alone forever.

6. Be All Things - If none of these work I suggest you just combine them all together for a be all and end all of all tweet.

Example:

@zoeydeschanel @annakendrick47@leodicaprio can Penny get a RT. She is so sad and depressed you have not respond to her 9869 other tweets. @TheEllenshow said you should.



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So You Want To Start A Blog - Social Media

In case you have not been here for very long here are the other three posts in the series.

Week 1 - Before You Write A Word
Week 2  - Basic Blog Design
Week 3 - Content



 

This week I am going to keep it short and sweet cause occasionally my real life job, the one that supports my blogging addiction, gets really busy and I need to work from home for an evening.

If you are starting a blog or have had a blog for a while here are my tips to make yourself known to the world.  Anyone can start a blog, but it takes a ton of self promotion.  One of the best ways to grow your blog and get readers is to be active on social media.

If you are a secret blogger I guess you should make new social media accounts.  I personally like it when people in my real life know about my blog and talk about it.  I spend so much time blogging that it would seem strange to not be able to have that conversation with people.

With everything social media related there is a fine line between being informative and being annoying.  It takes time to figure out the balance and it might even change from day to day.  My go to for promoting posts is this 4 tweets in a day, 1 Facebook post, 3 Instagram specific posts, and as many pins as I can muster a week.  This is a loose guideline and it changes daily.

Email 
I think that you should make an email for your blog. I used my personal email for my blog and it was just confusing and too much.

Bloglovin'
I personally love bloglovin.  It is by far the site that generates the most traffic to my little blog. One of the strangest things that I have seen is blogs that are looking for followers but do not have a link to bloglovin'.  If you do not have Bloglovin' I am pretty sure you do not care if I follow your blog.

Twitter
Next up is my twitter account.  I think it is probably the most used social media site for the bloggers of the world.  If you are going to give a shout out to someone, it will probably be on Twitter.  If you want to say "Hey I like your blog and if we met in real life we would be best friends #notcreepy"

Pinterest
If you have some extra time I highly recommend you make your images in your post "pinable."  For this series I pin the main image and I have actually generated a lot of traffic from Pinterest once a week.  I am not a graphic designer and I do not have a ton of time to spend making things look Pinterest Perfect, but once our twice a week I take a little extra time to do this one thing to help my blog grow.

Facebook
I guess people still use Facebook.  I might have a different take on Facebook than other people, but I sometimes feel like it is a waste of time.  I will say that when I first started blogging Facebook was my favorite way to promote my blog. I would post it on my personal Facebook page and my mom and family would read a few of my posts.  After a few months I started a blog page and only people who follow that page can see my posts.  Create one if you want to, update it with your posts, and move on.

Instagram 
I think Instagram is my favorite form of social media.  I love that I have a more personal connection with some followers and I can see what they are up to.  I do not think it brings people directly to my blog, because you can not put links in your photo captions.  I really love Instagram though and I think it helps readers get a more complete picture elf you as a person.

Google+
So I do not really get Google+ but I will use it.  I post all my posts on Google+ because I think it helps them get higher in search engines when you google.  It makes sense right, Google+, Google same thing man!

So what do you think?  Is there any social media that I missed that you would recommend to a blogger? What is your recommendation for self promotion across social media.

My Super Important Life Goals

I have been thinking a lot about goals lately and where I would like to be in five months, a year, five years, and that is it, thinking beyond five years is too much for me to handle.  While I have very serious goals in my life for my future and my career and such I do not always share them out loud.  I get afraid that they are too lofty and they will sound ridiculous and I will be too sad if I do not achieve them and too many people know that.

So instead of sharing the goals that are totally meaningful today I want to share some goals that are less meaningful but just as serious.

Have a blue verified button on my Twitter

In case you are wondering being verified on Twitter happens when you are famous or have been on Dancing With The Stars.  It is the little blue circle with the whit check mark on the users Twitter account.   Let's look at The White House twitter account.  They have the check mark, you can rest assured that the tweets from this account actually come from The White House, not President Obama, but the house itself.  How cool is that?

 

Side note - One of my kidding, but secretly for real dreams is to be the First Lady one day. I know I could say I want to be President, but have you seen what that job has done to Barak Obama's hair?  No thank you.  I really think it would be amazing to be First Lady though.

You have no idea how much I want this.  I am pretty sure that my plan of being on The Bachelor will get me there though.  Come on ABC what's a girl gotta do?

Start a hashtag movement

I really really want to be the person behind a hashtag phenomenon.  If only I fought of #throwbackthursday

So here are some hashtags I am attempting to make happen and you should join in and help me take over instagram.

#SeriouslySaturday

Seriously Saturday can be a lot of things. You can take a serious picture the one below:

Or you can take a picture of something that is seriously _________________________.

 

This looks like a good point to tell you to follow me on instagram.  I promise I try to post things other then Penny.

Have a successful Link Up!

I had a feature on my blog before Christmas time called Sunday Funday, which you should read about.  Essential I had an Essie nail polish which is the perfect shade of pink orange.



I liked the name and then decided to make a post out of it.  Sunday Funday is a quick post on a Sunday linking to a video, website, meme, e-card, vlog, funny story, other blog post, etc. that makes you laugh or makes your day a little brighter.

I would love to open this up to anyone who is interested in sharing what makes them laugh over the weekend.  So this Sunday please feel free to link your Sunday Funday post here.  All you should do is follow me,  add your link so I can follow you back, and slap this button on your post so others can join the fun.

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I would love to open this up to co-host options as well.  If you are interested in co-hosting Sunday Funday in the near future please send me an email, ericajacquline@gmail.com or comment below and we can get it going.

Have a billion followers

Just kidding, but how cool would that be man!  In case you really want to take that one on you can find all my social media links below.

Thanks for putting up with my delusions of grandeur for today.  Do you have any fun/ridiculous dreams when it comes to social media?

Bloglovin - Twitter - Instagram - Facebook - Pinterest

Why ABC Should Cast Me On The Bachelor

So if you didn't have a life last night and you were on twitter I know for a fact that you were reading my stream from live tweeting The Bachelor.  Let me tell ya I thought I was really funny last night, and so did two other people.

Some of my best quips from the night are as follows

How many years has it been since Cassandra want on a first date? She only said it like once. #Not #TheBachelor

— Erica Thompson (@EricaJT) January 21, 2014

 

Yes Chelsie if you can jump off a bridge with JP you can handle anything - identity theft, terminal illness, drug addiction. #TheBachelor

— Erica Thompson (@EricaJT) January 21, 2014

 

I am looking for a guy who has mastered the art of upside down kissing. #TheBachelor

— Erica Thompson (@EricaJT) January 21, 2014

 

Sharleen I saw your soul through the camera lens tonight. Your fears are now confirmed #TheBachelor

— Erica Thompson (@EricaJT) January 21, 2014

 

Where did all these brunette girls come from? #TheBachelor

— Erica Thompson (@EricaJT) January 21, 2014

Somewhere during all this live tweeting I realized that I really wanted to be a contestant on The Bachelor.  Not because I want to date anyone on TV and have the world watch as I awkwardly learn how to kiss (shout out to Charlene), but because I want a better tan.

If ABC cast me on The Bachelor I can tell you how my time would go down.

1. Wear all my old bridesmaid dresses

Brides have told me that I can wear my bridesmaid dress again in real life.  Well I have yet to find an opportunity to do this outside of being cast on The Bachelor.

2. I would just hang out by the pool and get a sweet tan for two weeks

You guys I can not stress this enough.  I would literally just lounge about while the sun was shining.  I probably wouldn't even talk to any of the girls there and then the producers could invent some drama out of it.  I would be the girl who is one way with them and anther way when The Bachelor comes in the room.  I mean I would have to act somewhat interested in order to keep the pool benefits.

3. I could read so many books

With all the lounging I would be able to catch up on all the books on my Kindle.

4. I would have so much blog material

No but really, I am pretty sure this could launch a career for me.  ABC  help a sister out.

5. I wouldn't care if I got a date or not

Group date, one on one, two on one, sneaking around in the bushes, none of that would matter to me.  I could pretend to be pissed of and hurt when my name wasn't on a date card, but inside I would be rejoicing.

6. Free home gym


You know those girls have to have a pretty great gym in that mansion.  I have always wanted a home gym to work out in before I lay out by my pool and read a book on my Kindle.

7. Dogs are allowed now

Now that Kelly has broken down the social stigma of loving dogs as a profession I am able to walk on the trail that she so brilliantly blazed for dog lovers everywhere.

Pack you bags Penny we are heading to the bachelor mansion!

My 9 Seconds Of Fame

Two nights ago I had an incredible moment where I was convinced my life was going to be different from here on out.  I mean I was just sure that my life would turn upside down and I would finally be doing something different with my little life. Then about 10 seconds later I realized that it wasn't going to happen and I still had to go to work and sit in an office under a gym where the ceiling drops on me when someone jumps just a little too hard.

Even though I told you the end of the story already I reckon that I should tell you the events leading up to my almost new life.


On Tuesday night I sat down at my Facebook and contemplated this whole government shutdown shindig from an Erica perspective.  An Erica perspective is not right wing or left wing, but West Wing.  You see I have been engrossed in The West Wing on my Netflix and all my political decisions are first run through the filter of "What would Josh Lyman or Sam Seaborn do?"  As I reflected on this conundrum I realized they faced this exact situation on The West Wing.    I think wrote this on my Facebook:

PS I feel like the post below it was amazing comedy gold too.

I got a few likes and I thought, "You know what?  Why not tweet this gem?"

I am not sure why everyone is so worried about this government shutdown. have seen this episode of The West Wing, it will be cool in 42 mins
— Erica  (@EricaJT) October 1, 2013

A few minutes later my friend and Stand Up Comedian Adam Cozens re-tweeted me.  Then in about 9 seconds I had three new notifications on my phone.  I mean it was like grand central station in my house for about 9 seconds.  I texted Adam and said that his re-tweet was blowing up my social media.  He said that one of the people that liked it worked for a TV show as a writer.  As soon as I saw that text I thought that I was about to become a comedy writer for TV.

Be impressed friends, be very impressed that my phone is 100% charged.

In a way I have always wanted to do something in entertainment and I have often thought of writing comedy and then clearly having a my own TV show one day.

While my phone was sending me notifications on a much higher than usually rate I was sure that this was going to be it, my random big break.  I would leave my school, maybe come and teach one class, ya know just to give back to the community, and I would be able to have funny people to work with and I would not have to be trying to figure out what the heck I am doing at this job.

After about 10 seconds my phone returned to normal and people stopped re-tweeting me.  I did not become an internet sensation and I had to go to work again on Wednesday.  I know this post is a totally silly one to be writing, but for about 9 seconds I had a new life and it was glorious!